If you were a recent arrival from Alpha Centauri and approached the new biopic “Reagan” with no knowledge of America’s 40th president, here’s what you might learn: He was an actor who made one notable movie and a lot of TV commercials. He hated communism and Soviet Russia, and the Germans tore down the Berlin […]
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.
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A play on parenting, featuring a puppet, closes out Portland Theater Festival
‘Wolf Play’ runs through Sept. 8.
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Not-quite documentary ‘Those Who Wait’ depicts doomsday cult in Maine
The Maine-set and -shot film is showing at Space on Saturday.
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Society Notebook: Fashion models tell their stories in style at Maine Jewish Museum
The Aug. 8 fundraiser benefited the Portland museum’s programming.
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Deep Water: ‘Morning Dip in Penobscot Bay,’ by Elizabeth Boquet
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Bestsellers: ‘Sandwich,’ ‘The Wager’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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What you can learn from Maine’s college art museums this fall
Plus, the major shows of the season at the state’s other leading art institutions.
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard takes sold-out Thompson’s Point crowd for a wild ride
Fans of the genre-spanning Australian band are saying the Tuesday night show in Portland, featuring debut performances and a dip in the Fore River, was among the strongest on its tour so far.
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Maine briefly hits the big screen in ‘It Ends With Us.’ Don’t get too excited.
There’s not a lot to admire about this controversial box-office hit.
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Deep Water: ‘Virga,’ by Kathleen Ellis
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.