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.

Arts & Entertainment, Do This

Indie Film: Scraping the bottom of the streaming barrel isn’t all bad

by Dennis Perkins September 14, 2020September 16, 2020

A third round of suggestions for alternative streaming services

Do This, Food

Bar Guide: Cocktails now come bundled with other fun stuff

by Angie Bryan September 14, 2020September 12, 2020

Have fancy drinks while you’re setting sail, watching a movie or making a meal.

Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Entertainment, Review

Art review: Find connection in confrontational paintings of Harold Garde

by Jorge S. Arango September 13, 2020September 16, 2020

The artist’s work is on view at Waterfall Arts in Belfast, where he lives part-time.

Review

The new ‘Mulan’ is somber and serious-minded – and spectacular

by Ann Hornaday The Washington Post September 13, 2020September 10, 2020

Disney has engaged in an aggressive program of brand extension in recent years, reframing the studio’s animated classics as live-action features, a strategy that attracts both nostalgic fans of the original cartoons and a brand new baby audience ripe for enchantment. Some of those second helpings have become classics in their own right – the […]

Arts & Entertainment

Deep Water: ‘Notes from the Library Lecture,’ by Linda Aldrich

September 13, 2020September 8, 2020

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

Review

Two 20-somethings meet cute – way too cute – in ‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’

by Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post September 13, 2020September 10, 2020

Two 20-somethings meet hyper-cute in “The Broken Hearts Gallery.” Lucy (Geraldine Viswanathan) – a quippy Manhattanite who has been dumped recently by her superficial boyfriend and fired from her job as an art gallery assistant – has accidentally jumped into the back seat of an idling vehicle she mistakes for her Uber, only to find […]