Leslie Bridgers – Page 43 – The Portland Press Herald

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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.

Arts & Entertainment

Deep Water: ‘Provenance,’ by Patricia Smith Ranzoni

March 3, 2024February 28, 2024

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

Art review: As winter wanes, 2 exhibits offer glimmers of intimacy and color

by Jorge S. Arango March 3, 2024March 1, 2024

The artistic handiwork of Lauren Luloff is on display at Dunes, while four painters pack into Sidle House Gallery in Freeport.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State

Society Notebook: All’s fare at annual Flavors of Freeport competition

by Amy Paradysz March 3, 2024February 27, 2024

Restaurants put their best bites forward at the Fare and Ice event.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

‘Dune: Part Two’ is 166 minutes of brilliant casting and sand

by Ann Hornaday The Washington Post February 29, 2024March 1, 2024

Imagine a world devoid of color or warmth, foundering amid environmental catastrophe and tribal factions that threaten to bring humanity to the edge of fatal fanaticism. But enough about election-year politics. Let’s talk about “Dune: Part Two.” In this big, basso profundo follow-up to 2021’s first installment, we catch up with Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides […]