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Leslie Bridgers
Columnist
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 inBusiness, Food, Local & State
It’s Miller Time at Sanford man’s 96th birthday
The company presented Ben Simpson with his favorite beer – 96-calorie Miller Lite – in cake form.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Documentary props up Pogues frontman
‘Crock of Gold’ makes the case that Shane MacGowan is among Ireland’s greats.
Posted inDo This, Food
Tap Lines: Bangor yeast lab banking on beer
Maniacal Yeast, which plans to move to Vassalboro next year, freezes strains for breweries to use.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
In ‘Sound of Metal,’ Riz Ahmed is a knockout as a man going deaf
“Sound of Metal” opens and closes with tight close-ups on Riz Ahmed, the actor whose performance carries this story of a drummer going deaf. It’s a small film made larger by Ahmed’s ability to take something so interior – hearing loss – and make it so visible, so palpable. The actor’s character, Ruben Stone, is […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: A window into activism among Black athletes
Titi de Baccarat created the installation on view from outside of Space in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
COVID-19 documentary ’76 Days’ is gripping, compassionate
The film chronicles how hospitals dealt with the pandemic outbreak in Wuhan, China.
Posted inBooks
Bedside Table: Kennebunk area is reading youth remix to ‘Stamped’
A high school teacher raised money to get the book about racism into the hands of students.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman are exhilarating in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
In “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Viola Davis occupies the screen with the imperious, implacable command of a prizefighter, which in many ways her title character has been forced to become. With her teeth extravagantly capped, her cheeks lavishly rouged and her eyes ringed with bruise-like shadows, Davis’s Ma Rainey is a terrifying, transfixing figure: domineering, […]
Posted inFood, Recipes
How to make dal makhani, the most luxurious and creamy dal of all
Why is dal makhani so beloved? To Nik Sharma, author of the gorgeous new book “The Flavor Equation,” it comes down to one thing. “It’s such a comforting texture,” says Sharma, a molecular biologist turned food writer. “It’s smooth, it’s velvety, it’s creamy, and when you bite into the beans, they’re falling apart. It’s so […]