The art of island commuting: An illustrator's story
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What's life like for a busy artist living on a Portland island? Scott Nash, a Peaks Island dweller and nationally recognized illustrator, shares his experience.
LiveWork Portland Blog
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Building a 'City of Ideas'
/ Anouar Majid has global ambitions for our city. The University of New England professor is working hard to broaden Portland’s horizons, creating a “city of ideas” via a series of humanities discussions and the establishment of a UNE campus in Morocco.
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Study says: 2nd happiest state according to tweets
/ An innovative study of geotagged tweets rates Maine as the second-happiest state.
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Portland's latest trend: food swaps
/ The Portland Food Swap offers the opportunity to trade homemade, homegrown, or foraged foods with people who care about high quality, innovative local food. Part of a national trend, the food swap has grown out of Portland's thriving, food-forward culture.
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In search of a new indie film theater: How it might work here
/ There are some early rumblings about the viability of a dedicated indie cinema. We look at what might work.
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Unleashing youth voices on Blunt Radio
/ WMPG's Blunt is keeping radio relevant for youth, who do the interviewing, hosting, reporting, editing, and engineering for the award-winning show. The results are often compelling.
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Latest addition to thriving textile scene: A Gathering of Stitches
/ Portland's fiber/textile scene is flourishing. A new Bayside maker space, called A Gathering of Stitches, is the latest evidence of a thriving community.
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Little Free Library a model for neighborhood art boxes?
/ A dollhouse-sized container mounted on a pole in Deering contains 25 books for sharing. This street-corner resource is a concept ripe with possibilities for artists who like to share.