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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 inFood, Recipes
A rustic French-style tart with the best fleeting winter fruit
Quince is the word.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Kennebunkport still gets fired up for Fire & Ice
A decade after it started, the Nonantum’s two-night Christmas Prelude event sold out in less than half an hour.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Review: Greta Gerwig’s narrative flip makes ‘Little Women’ a vibrant new classic
The March girls have never felt quite so alive than in this modern retelling, which arrives on Christmas Day.
Posted inDo This, Review
Movie review: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ amps up the body swapping with hilarious returns
It’s a one-joke story, but there’s still tread on its tires.
Posted inDo This, Review
Movie review: One question about ‘Cats’: Why?
It’s kind of endearing in its earnestness, but something like this badly needs a campy edge.
Posted inDo This, Food
Tap Lines: New year to bring more balanced brews
Beer industry trends are moving away from extremes.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
From Billy Eichner to Florence Pugh, here are the top 11 scene-stealers of 2019
This year has been full of performances from supporting actors who’ve commanded audiences’ attention.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Impossibility,’ by Myronn Hardy
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
How J.J. Abrams and Billy Dee Williams tied up the epic, nine-movie Skywalker Saga with ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’
To borrow a line from Darth Vader, the circle is now complete. For more than 40 years, the “Star Wars” movies centering on the Skywalkers have been a force unlike any other in this galaxy or beyond. And now, the epic saga is coming to an end. “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” which came […]