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.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2022
‘Amsterdam’ a true-ish shaggy-dog tale from 1933 with echoes of 2022
“A lot of this actually happened” is the opening epigram of “Amsterdam,” David O. Russell’s kaleidoscopic riff on the curious case of Gen. Smedley Butler, who in 1933 became involved in what would be known as the Business Plot, wherein he was allegedly approached by a cabal of wealthy business executives to be the figurehead […]
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PublishedOctober 2, 2022
Deep Water: ‘First frost, final bouquet,’ by Anne Cyr
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2022
Deep Water: ‘The Jangled World,’ by Mark Evan Chimsky
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2022
Ken Burns on his latest PBS documentary, ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
Burns: ‘The willingness of people to believe the lies of an evil regime and manipulative leaders – demagogues – isn’t something that’s a one-off.’
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2022
Review: Ken Burns’ new documentary spotlights how little the U.S. did to stop the Holocaust
‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ shows that Americans fell far short of their ideals in their treatment of Jews threatened with imminent murder in Europe. And the film suggests that the past is not past.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Green Plate Special: Making ketchup is perfect cooking project for less patient little ones
The process is amenable to stopping and starting in accordance with kids’ attention spans.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Deep Water: ‘About your impasto,’ by Linda Aldrich
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Author who catapulted vegetarianism to speak at Common Ground Fair
Frances Moore Lappé’s ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ was published in 1971, the same year the fair started.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Maine Gardener: Falmouth gardens that feed the hungry are growing
Tidewater Farm is expanding its gardens and building structures, where it plans to hold classes.
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