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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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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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Art review: One show celebrates Surrealism, another mud. Both are terrific
At the Portland Museum of Art and Ogunquit Museum of American Art, respectively, see ‘obstreperous’ Surrealists, who proposed upending all art, and John Walker, who finds beauty, and meaning, in mud.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2022
Art review: Galleries show the spectrum of Maine’s contemporary art scene
But these exhibits aren’t up for long, so make a plan to see them soon.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2022
Concert review: Dionne Warwick delivers timeless repertoire in Portsmouth
The legendary singer brought all the hits to an appreciative audience at the Music Hall.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘Gender Queer’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2022
Art review: Maine museums offer a survey of the state’s art history this fall
From Wabanaki baskets to Ashley Bryan and beyond, these institutions are covering a lot of local ground.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
Deep Water: ‘Finding Praise,’ by Eileen Griffin
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
Art review: Painters go to different depths in Portland, Rockland shows
Works on view at the Alice Gauvin and Caldbeck galleries use varied approaches to creating dimension.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Deep Water: ‘Moon Jellyfish,’ by Richard Foerster
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘Downeast’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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