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.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Best-Sellers: ‘Small Mercies, ‘That’s What She Said’

May 21, 2023May 17, 2023

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.

Arts & Entertainment

Deep Water: ‘Minutes on the Warming Earth,’ by Mary Tracy

May 21, 2023May 20, 2023

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

Arts & Entertainment, Business, Local & State

Saco Drive-In reopening at Aquaboggan next week

by Staff report May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

The 83-year-old drive-in closed last year, but pieces of it, including the projector, have been moved across Route 1 to the water park.

Arts & Entertainment

See where some of Maine’s most famous artists worked

by Jorge S. Arango May 18, 2023May 22, 2023

There’s more to see this year at Winslow Homer’s Scarborough studio and the Cushing home of Bernard Langlais, while the Farnsworth takes a close look at the Andrew Wyeth’s depictions of the Olson House.

Arts & Entertainment

The must-see art exhibitions at Maine museums this summer

by Jorge S. Arango May 18, 2023May 24, 2023

Fill your summer with art by taking in these 16 shows at museums from Ogunquit to Rockland.

Arts & Entertainment

‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ shows actor in a vulnerable light

by Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post May 16, 2023

Davis Guggenheim’s film incorporates new interviews, archival footage, scripted clips and reenactments to show how the actor lives with Parkinson’s disease.