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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 inDo This, Food
Eat & Run: Locally Sauced fits right into Yarmouth spot
There’s plenty of outdoor seating, and some inside, too.
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Posted inReview
A moving portrait of John McCain, in all his contradictions
There was no one like John McCain. But readers may come away from Mark Salter’s outstanding and frequently moving biography of the late Republican senator wondering if the absence of anyone remotely like McCain from our current politics says more about him or us. Salter began working for the senator from Arizona as a speechwriter […]
Posted inReview
Netflix’s ‘Rebecca’ is pale specter of Hitchcock’s original film
The remake of the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock classic is nothing more than a “garden-variety melodrama.”
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Local review: A teacher with a past has to navigate the present in Maine-set thriller
A coastal boarding school is a backdrop for the suspense in ‘The Sea of Lost Girls.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Be Afraid,’ by Kathleen Sullivan
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inReview
Borat makes America look silly again
Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest movie follows the same formula as the original Borat, with groan-inducing comedy that somehow works.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: Stephen King strikes again
“Stephen King, ‘The Institute.’ Completely unbelievable and, at the same time, totally plausible. Not a scary read unless you consider the realistic likelihood of political evil infiltrating our everyday lives without our knowledge. The story is a real ‘page-turner.’ This Maine author has range like no other author.” — TISH LEMIRE, Old Orchard Beach
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‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ is a raucous, rousing paean to cultural pluralism
Filmed before the pandemic, the recording of Byrne’s Broadway show delivers a message a hope through music and dance.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: In need of a little love? Stop by Ocean House Gallery
The Cape Elizabeth frame shop is showing works by Marci Spier in ‘Letters to Love.’
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