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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.
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Indie Film: Both inspiring and infuriating, ‘The Fight’ goes the distance for freedoms
A new documentary exploring the ACLU’s efforts to safeguard civil liberties is available for rent through PMA Films.
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Skillet-cook summer corn and chorizo for tacos that pop with summer flavor
The sweetness of fresh corn can be balanced by a spicy sausage.
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Movie review: A low-key ‘Secret Garden’ that still blooms
For more than a century, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s ‘The Secret Garden,’ first published in 1911, has endured.
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Seafood guacamole makes a luxurious, no-cook weeknight supper
Sometimes a weeknight dinner can be luxurious. There’s no rule against that, right? I was inspired to make this Seafood Guacamole – with shrimp and crab – after spending time with Roberto Santibañez’s “Truly Mexican” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011). After leafing through the office copy, I bought my own and gave it a spot on […]
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Concert review: Chamber musicians meet challenge of performing remotely
The Portland Chamber Music Festival continues with performances Sunday and Thursday.
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Movie review: ‘She Dies Tomorrow’ is a queasily effective horror film for the pandemic era
Writer-director Amy Seimetz dredges up a queasily effective sense of impending doom in “She Dies Tomorrow,” a vivid but vaporous portrait of collective unease that feels uncannily of this moment. The film opens on the teary, bleary eye of an obviously distraught woman. It belongs to a character named Amy (Kate Lyn Sheil), who has […]
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With his camera, Gordon Parks humanized the Black people others saw as simply criminals
In 1957, Gordon Parks accepted an assignment from Life magazine, where he had been a staff photographer for a decade – the first African American to hold such a position – to explore crime in America. An interesting gig. How to tackle it? Parks traveled for six weeks, visiting Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and […]
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What to know about Beyoncé’s ‘Lion King’-inspired visual album ‘Black Is King’
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter released “Black Is King” in the wee hours of the morning of July 31, roughly one month after publicly announcing that she had shot a companion piece to her original music released alongside the live-action “Lion King” film last year. The new visual album, streaming on Disney Plus, is “meant to celebrate the […]
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Homefront: Tian of Zucchini is both healthful and comforting
A tian is a cousin to a quiche, but no crust is required.