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.

Society Notebook: Scarborough rallies to help heat neighbors’ homes

by Amy Paradysz February 25, 2023February 25, 2023

The event Feb. 11 raised $28,000 for Project GRACE.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

Art review: Biddeford art scene also has bright spots

by Jorge S. Arango February 25, 2023February 27, 2023

University of New England hosts a car-themed show, while Engine displays the work of Kifah Abdulla, a Baghdad native and former prisoner of war.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State

In photos: Artist sets out to re-create scene from Marsden Hartley painting

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023

Vermont painter Eric Aho had planned the community ice-cutting event last year, but the weather conditions weren’t right until last week.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

‘Emily’ a Brontë-esque portrait of the author of ‘Wuthering Heights’

by Ann Hornaday The Washington Post February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

The Australian actress Frances O’Connor makes a striking directorial debut with “Emily,” a provocative revisionist biography of the author Emily Brontë. Played by Emma Mackey (“Sex Education”) with a beguiling combination of self-conscious reserve and feral intensity, O’Connor’s enigmatic heroine isn’t the reclusive, neurasthenic creature concocted by popular imagination (with the help of her older […]

Business, Food, Local & State

Rivalries sports bar closes in Portland, gastropub to take over space

by Staff report February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

The owners of Rivalries will continue to operate their Falmouth location.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ goes big – and boring

by Ann Hornaday The Washington Post February 21, 2023February 21, 2023

“It’s never over.” Those prophetic words are spoken by Kang the Conqueror in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” but they apply just as easily to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the pop culture behemoth that has self-iterated into infinity, wiping out what used to be called “movies” and co-opting an entire medium for generations to come. […]