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Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘The Tally,’ by Wesley McNair
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
There’s no stopping Twyla Tharp, even as she approaches 80
NEW YORK — To say Twyla Tharp is still at it after all these years would be inaccurate. Because there is never anything still about Twyla Tharp. The title of the new PBS documentary about this seminal figure in modern dance – who has sent bodies of all shapes into orbit and even made Mikhail […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Maine Preservation takes gala guests on virtual speakeasy tour
The nonprofit’s 10th anniversary fundraiser made use of an app that enabled attendees to mingle in smaller groups online.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: ‘Stray’ follows dogs through the streets of Istanbul
The documentary filmed at dog-level is available to stream through PMA Films and Frontier.
Posted inDo This, Food
Run & Eat: There’s much to like about extended menu at Maiz
You can build your own rice bowl and contribute to groceries for local families.
Posted inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: Ironside is a whiskey lover’s paradise
The Portland Regency’s new lobby bar features flights and hard-to-find bottles.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Eyeglasses provide the medium for Tad Beck’s visionary portraits
The Vinalhaven photographer, driven to abstraction, challenges the preconceptions of his art form in his series ‘Eyes of,’ showing in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘The Courier’ is a throwback to the kind of solid yet fun spy thriller they don’t make anymore
Benedict Cumberbatch delivers an appealing, technically tricky performance in “The Courier,” in which he plays Greville Wynne, a British salesman who in the 1960s became an improbable player in Cold War tradecraft at its most high-stakes. Wynne really did exist, a fact that bears noting because his story is often too wildly dramatic to believe. […]
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Deep Water: ‘The Eyes of Love,’ by Michael Tarabilda
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.