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Miller & Shellabarger, Beards with Bow, exhibit at the ICA, portland, maine
Performance Artists Miller & Shellabarger Enact the Mundane at ICA on First Friday Gay marriage is a hot-button topic in Maine, but to Chicago-based performance artists Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger, it is an everyday ...

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SCOPE visual arts film series at SPACE Gallery, Portland, Maine
SCOPE Visual Arts Film Series Starts Next Week at SPACE Gallery There's a great crop of recent documentaries about the visual arts, and SPACE Gallery has picked some juicy ones for their new ...

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MaineLine Colalition to Fund Haiti School Rebuilding Project, Portland, Maine
MaineLine Coalition Will Hold Golf Tourney to Build Ten Schools in Haiti Now that it is time for our kids to go back to school after one of the most beautiful summers in recent ...

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caleb o'connell of Portlandtaps in a video by angela dimillo, portland, maine
Checking in with Your Favorite Beers is Easy with Portlandtaps You can check in with your friends on FourSquare, Gowalla or the new Facebook Places, but the only way to find out ...

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picnic music and arts festival 2009, portland, maine, by samuel cousins
Picnic Music and Arts Festival is Creative Portland at Full Quirk The Picnic Music and Arts Festival, this weekend on Saturday, August 28, showcases a layer of creative commerce in Portland that mostly ...

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Live in Portland
Why Live in Portland? You're stuck in traffic, on a crowded bus or a noisy subway train and you realize you are spending way too ...

Neighborhoods and Housing Here in Portland we live in historic brick buildings with working fireplaces, ornate Victorians with sunny bay windows, and spacious city lofts ...

Education and Kids Portland is a great place to raise a family. The setting enables kids to experience the best of a city, suburban, and ...

Arts and Entertainment Portland is a mecca for creative individuals and endeavors, and the arts and cultural scene in our city reflects that. Any night ...

Food and Foodies Eating well is easy in Portland. Bon Appétit named Portland America’s foodiest small town, the New York Times calls us “one of ...

Climate and Recreation Portland is situated atop a peninsula overlooking Casco Bay, and beyond that, the Atlantic Ocean. The sea tempers Portland’s climate, making for ...

Community Life The size of Portland supports and encourages community involvement. Social circles are smaller here meaning it’s much easier to meet people, make ...

Work in Portland
What Works in Portland Portland works primarily because of its people, but its people have been drawn here, and remain here, because of a unique balance ...

Creative Community The energy of Portland is generated by creative friction. Maine has a strong tradition of industriousness and self-sufficiency. Mix that culture of ...

Investment and Incentives There is broad agreement between the City of Portland, the State of Maine and many other organizations that the creative economy is ...

Workspace and Infrastructure Portland has an abundance of quality workspace from office buildings to warehouses to downtown lofts, and rents are a third of the ...

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