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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.
Bar Guide: You’ll want seconds at Flood’s, if not for the seating
The cocktails are well made, but the barstools uncomfortable at the new restaurant inside the Francis Hotel.
Indie Film: Two Maine documentaries show the value of running toward problems
‘When The Chevy Breaks’ and ‘Just One Step’ both screen Thursday, on opposite ends of the Maine coast.
Book review: In ‘White Flights,’ a writer reassesses the literary canon
Jonathan Franzen, David Foster Wallace and Richard Ford are enshrined in the white literature pantheon, beloved for their prose, even if their narratives exclude people of color. In his earnest and ranging essay collection, “White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination,” Jess Row, a white writer who dealt with race in his 2015 novel, […]
Book review: ‘The Perfect Wife’ has intriguing plot, chilling finale
JP Delaney’s third psychological thriller, ‘The Perfect Wife,’ puts – almost perfectly – a high-tech spin on the stories of Frankenstein and Pygmalion with a tinge of ‘The Stepford Wives’
Art review: Wabanaki art is on its own terms at Colby
The college art museum leaned heavily on people within the tribes to curate the exhibition.
Society Notebook: E2Tech facilitates sociability in the name of sustainability
People from different fields were encouraged to connect at the summer gathering on an Old Port rooftop.
Deep Water: ‘John Doe’s Love Letter,’ by Dawn Potter
Maine poems edited and introduced by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.
Dance review: Maine State Ballet captures comedy of ‘Midsummer’
The production featuring professional and student dancers serves Shakespeare well.
Indie Film: ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ has valuable lesson for superhero fans
The animated film is playing next week on the Bayside Bowl rooftop.