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 are activists and advocates, coaches, caring neighbors, leaders and spirit-lifters. Here are their stories. Photos by staff photographer Gregory Rec.
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, Review
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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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Get caught in the sand trap that is ‘Woman in the Dunes’
The Japanese art film is playing at Space next week.
Posted inDo This, Food
Tap Lines: New sour from South Portland joins the bevy of Maine breakfast beers
Louis Louis Preble, a collaboration between Fore River Brewing and Cafe Louis, pairs well with a variety of foods.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Sardines,’ ‘Surrender’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘First Snowfall,’ by David Patterson
Maine Poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Making Ronald McDonald Houses more like home
A gala and auction at Aura in Portland raised money for houses in Portland and Bangor that put up families with children who are in the hospital.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Find reasonably priced art at these 12 holiday shows
These galleries, in Portland and beyond, have works for sale for under $1,000, and in some cases, much less.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Classical review: VentiCordi shows playful and somber sides
The chamber music performance Sunday was at Woodfords Congregational Church in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This, Review
Theater review: Good Theater at its best with ‘Carousel’
The small Portland stage overflows with joy in this production of the classic musical, set on the Maine coast.