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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.
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Prefer your horror films with some company? Here are 8 scary movies playing on local screens
Halloween-themed screenings are happening at theaters around the state this week and next.
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Lights Out Gallery gives you 2 reasons to book it to Norway
These nearby shows — one of photography, the other straddling the line of art and craft — both close Oct. 13.
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Documentary insists the free press isn’t doomed. Phew.
A screening of ‘Trusted Sources’ at Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta will be followed by a Q&A with Maine journalists.
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Twenty years in, Camden film festival keeps getting more competitive
The festival, which starts Thursday, received more than 2,000 submissions for about 50 spots.
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12 hidden gems of this year’s Maine International Film Festival
From an animated short about a social media-addicted pig to a Blue Hill-based horror film, there’s lots to see in Waterville.
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Julia Gagnon’s down-home charm, big-time experience on display at Merrill
The ‘American Idol’ contestant sold out the Portland venue for her homecoming concert Sunday.
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Billie Eilish shows us what she was made for
It feels too early to draw a bright pink line through Billie Eilish’s recording career, but do we really have a choice? Her obliterating ballad from last summer’s “Barbie” soundtrack, “What Was I Made For?,” felt so delicately inventive and deeply existential that it automatically split her songbook into before-and-after. So into the post-pink we […]
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Crispy Buffalo chicken bites add loads of flavor to this crunchy salad
When people who don’t know me find out that I work in food, they sometimes mistake me for some sort of hoity-toity culinary snob. They assume that I’m out dining at the hottest new restaurant whenever I’m not cooking elaborate meals at home. Little do they know, that couldn’t be further from the truth. While […]
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This spicy bucatini with crab is a restaurant dish worth making at home
Do you ever wonder what your favorite chefs cook at home, when they’re in their own kitchens, away from the chaos of the restaurant? Do dishes from their menus ever end up on their dining room tables? Well, this recipe is an answer. It comes from Stephanie Dietz, who runs the Pink Dinghy in Virginia […]