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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PublishedDecember 24, 2022
Art review: For inaugural exhibit, Waterville gallery puts focus on video art
Three videos and a related sculpture make up ‘Light on Main Street’ at the Joan Digman Schmaltz Gallery of Art in the new Paul J. Schupf Art Center.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2022
Spielberg peels back the curtain on his youth with ‘The Fabelmans’
Let the record reflect that “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg’s self-portrait of the artist as a young man, ends with one of the best final scenes in recent memory. That scene – and the wink that follows it – is reason enough to see a movie that, true to its title, lends a gentle fairy-tale sheen […]
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PublishedDecember 11, 2022
Growing indoor crops is more about the fun than the food they produce
Make a hobby out of watching these plants grow, and maybe even get some fresh ingredients out of it.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2022
The best vegan cookbooks of 2022
Seven that stood out from an increasingly crowded field.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘Big Truck Little Island,’ ‘The Light We Carry’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2022
Theater review: Two actors bring to life a Texas town at Christmastime
Tom Ford and Nathaniel P. Claridad play all 22 roles in ‘A Tuna Christmas’ at Portland Stage.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
Art review: History of persecution connects two artists featured at Farnsworth
See ‘Leonard Baskin: I Hold the Cracked Mirror Up to Man’ and ‘Louise Nevelson: Dawn to Dusk’ in Rockland.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2022
Art review: Colby shows a deeper side of Alex Katz
‘Alex Katz: Theater & Dance’ explores lesser known aspects of the artist’s work.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2022
Meet our 10 Mainers To Be Thankful For in 2022
Every year, we ask you to tell us about people in your community who go out of their way to give of themselves for the benefit of others. This year’s 10 Mainers To Be Thankful For includes a volunteer from Augusta and an artist who creates public art from Solon. Here are their stories.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2022
Theater review: ‘Straight White Men’ takes on the complexity of family dynamics
Gathered for Christmas, three brothers and their dad debate social and personal issues in the Mad Horse production.
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