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Comment on Coffee by the Stars: Portland’s Got a Great Café for Every Taste by LiveWork Portland – Quality of Life Requires a Quantity of Opportunity

LiveWork Portland – Quality of Life Requires a Quantity of Opportunity — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:16:42 +0000

[...] "quality of life" amenities, and they're showcased extensively here on this blog (oceanside parks, good coffee, public art, etcetera).These are great things to have, no doubt about it. But we also have two [...]

Comment on Otto Pizza, Portland’s Gift to Cambridge by LiveWork Portland – First Friday Art Walk, Holiday Edition!

LiveWork Portland – First Friday Art Walk, Holiday Edition! — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:11:20 +0000

[...] in line to purchase a slice of what many consider to be the finest pizza north of Boston (and now Otto is in Harvard Square, too!). When it comes in as ideal and manifold a presentation as Otto offers, pizza can crystallize [...]

Comment on Coffee by the Stars: Portland’s Got a Great Café for Every Taste by Chris Allen

Chris Allen — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:34:15 +0000

Bard is very expensive and the barristers rarely give you your change. A regular cup of coffee is $2.40. I have been there several times and given the barrister $2.50 and I have never gotten my change back. Arabica is a much better choice; the service is better, the price is better and the coffee is better.

Comment on The Industrial Revolution–>>Steve Jobs–>>Portland: We’ve Got Tweakers! by Ashton Kutcher’s Tweet-Too-Soon and the Quality of Speed |

Ashton Kutcher’s Tweet-Too-Soon and the Quality of Speed | — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:16:00 +0000

[...] And there I had it! That was my lead, that was my angle. What I had seen at the Juice conference was that the intersection of the creative economy and the innovation economy in Maine was being powered by a larger than average concentration of “tweakers.” What I have found in Portland and now in this network of innovation clusters spreading throughout the state is that kind of engineering of the possible that powered the Industrial Revolution and could well power the Post-Industrial one. And not only that. Just as I managed to get Ashton Kutcher into the headline and the lead of this post (quite organically, I think) I managed to get Steve Jobs into the LiveWork Portland post! [...]

Comment on Made in Portland: Sea Bags Gets an Authentic New Identity Campaign, and Buys Local by LiveWork Portland – Want to Survey the Landscape of Ad Creative in Portland? See Who Won the Brodersons.

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:22:32 +0000

[...] their print campaign for Sea Bags (great Portland agency building a great Portland brand—this is our kind of story). KGP also scored with their Camden National Bank Annual Report and their logo for the Children's [...]

Comment on A TED Grows in Portland: TEDxDirigo and the Art of the Audience by LiveWork Portland – Is Risk the Juice in the Creative Economy? You Might Have to Go to Camden to Find Out.

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:08:01 +0000

[...] may all be a bit too independently minded for our own good. That's why conferences like Juice (and TEDx Dirigo) and places like Portland are so important. As the innovation economy spreads out through Maine, [...]

Comment on Second Saturday in September: Time for SPACE Gallery Block Party and TEDxDirigo in Portland! by LiveWork Portland – First Friday Gets with the Program: 58 Venues Plus Another Marching Band!

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:50:44 +0000

[...] local commerce through the propagation of fine art.And building on the uproarious success of the What Cheer? Brigade at the SPACE Gallery Block Party, tonight's festivities include New York's Asphalt Orchestra for more street band fun. (Thank [...]

Comment on What if You Threw a Block Party and a Steamroller Showed Up? by LiveWork Portland – Second Saturday in September: Time for SPACE Gallery Block Party and TEDxDirigo in Portland!

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:34:26 +0000

[...] hope to triple the attendance by hosting it in Portland. We were particularly enamored by the steamroller stunt at last year's block party, and while no steamrollers are on the menu for this year's event, there [...]

Comment on Ripe time for a picnic: Pinecone + Chickadee lands in Lincoln Park by James

James — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:57:04 +0000

I’m partly playing Devil’s advocate. I like much of the art the site’s shown on its vendors page. But I don’t think the juried aspect is intended to keep the work local and to keep out the mass-produced. In that case an application process would say “gotta be in Portland” and that would be the gate keeping mechanism. Jurying might be necessary …because Lincoln Park is not that large. Anything promoting the arts is good, I think, but I’m smart enough about art that I know my tastes are different from Betty’s. I encourage everyone to connect with and promote the arts and art making, but I’m not a fan of provincial attitudes trying to determine what’s “good” and what’s not. Art in the Park in SOPO 2 weeks ago was great because there was an enormous variety of work. Picnic seems limited, which doesn’t mean I won’t go.

Comment on Ripe time for a picnic: Pinecone + Chickadee lands in Lincoln Park by The Editor

The Editor — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:43:09 +0000

If there is a filter, it seems to be more about making sure that all of the vendors are the makers of original stuff and that they’re making it in Portland. The juried aspect may be necessary to prevent the creep of the homogenous, the mass-produced, the dreck. From my experience there last year, it felt very inclusive and a whole lot of fun. Great family event. perfect if your kids need to shop for a friend’s birthday party and don’t want to show up with the same thing as anyone else!

Comment on The Creative Economy Needs the Creative Consumer by James

James — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:32:45 +0000

Good post. Best kind of a supportive audience is one able to pay for art and the services of creatives. It’s the economy.

Thanks!

Comment on Ripe time for a picnic: Pinecone + Chickadee lands in Lincoln Park by James

James — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:17:44 +0000

Picnic is fine, but it’s juried, which is a drag and seems rather cliquish. What’s quality is subjective. If Picnic’s curators are trying to set an aesthetic for their event, that’s fine, but they should choose to do so in a place other than a public park.

Comment on Picnic Music and Arts Festival is Creative Portland at Full Quirk by LiveWork Portland – Ripe time for a picnic: Pinecone + Chickadee lands in Lincoln Park

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:11:12 +0000

[...] up local foods to nosh on while shopping and listening to music.DeFilippis says that the success of previous years has culminated in the biggest picnic yet. The small town aspect of the city also helps with the [...]

Comment on Picnic Music and Arts Festival is Creative Portland at Full Quirk by LiveWork Portland – Ripe time for a picnic: Pinecone + Chickadee land in Lincoln Park

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:18:11 +0000

Comment on Venturing Beyond First Friday, Base Camp Gallery Begins their Ascent on Last Thursday by Press « Will Sears

Press « Will Sears — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:42:39 +0000

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Comment on Nomia and Annie Sprinkle Team Up to Arouse Our Sexual Selves by LiveWork Portland – Gimme More SPACE! Portland’s Most Trafficked Gallery Expands

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:15:32 +0000

[...] the four-day screening of Matthew Barney’s epic The Cremaster Cycle, pornstar Annie Sprinkle’s disquisition on “eco-sexuality,” and a live storytelling series called SLANT, and you’ve begun to taste [...]

Comment on A TED Grows in Portland: TEDxDirigo and the Art of the Audience by Adam Burk

Adam Burk — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:50:18 +0000

Thanks for spreading the word about TEDxDirigo! We are very excited to be hosting it in Portland this year and our seats our filling up quickly.
Any and all innovators and change-makers are invited to apply.

Comment on Asian Food Upgrades Abound this Spring in Portland! by Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:08:18 +0000

San Jose CA has two Cambodian Restaurants, both named Chez Sovan. The one downtown (just off 101 at Old Oakland Rd but south) has the best food, you must try Amok, but is only open for lunch and is very plain hole in the wall. The fancy one on Bascom Ave has good food, and is open for lunch and dinner).

Comment on Peloton Labs takes Coworking Up a Notch in Portland by LiveWork Portland – 2 Degrees Portland Does Kevin Bacon Four Degrees Better for Inbound Creatives

Fri, 27 May 2011 14:30:10 +0000

[...] so far and both have been big fun. The next one is this Wednesday, June 1st, from 6-8pm at Peloton Labs on Congress Street in Portland. The Levity Institute will induce hilarity, though the [...]

Comment on Election, Economy, Onset of Winter Got You Down? Try Laughing it Off! by LiveWork Portland – 2 Degrees Portland Does Kevin Bacon Four Degrees Better for Inbound Creatives

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:48:35 +0000

[...] next one is this Wednesday, June 1st, from 6-8pm at Peloton Labs on Congress Street in Portland. The Levity Institute will induce hilarity, though the old-fashioned spontaneous type is always welcome. If you are [...]

Comment on South Portland: The New Hollywood of Maine? by chbd

chbd — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:30:31 +0000

There is already a small film scene in SoPo, with Lone Wolf Productions based there, Chris Bohler’s outfit, and an upstart web series. Lone Wolf does “big” work without ruffling any feathers; it seems premature to worry about LA in Maine! This is interesting, and I for one am happy that that beautiful building will be getting some attention.

Comment on South Portland: The New Hollywood of Maine? by Latham Green

Latham Green — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:22:37 +0000

Judging from the way Hollywood film has been going lately, lets hope its NOT the new Hollywood of Maine.

Comment on Spring in Portland, Here and Gone, Remember to Savor it Now by admin

admin — Sun, 08 May 2011 15:07:02 +0000

No sooner had I posted this that I picked up an issue of the New Yorker from last fall and read this quote by the Israeli writer David Grossman describing the impact of discovering the stories of of Polish Jewish writer Bruno Schultz:

“Reading his works made me realize that, in our day-to-day routines, we feel our lives most when they are running out: as we age, as we lose our physical abilities, our health, and, of course, family members and friends who are important to us. Then we pause for a moment, sink into ourselves, and feel: here was something, and now it is gone. It will not return. And it may be that we understand it, truly and deeply, only when it is lost. But when we read Schultz, page by page, we sense the words returning to their source, to the strongest and most authentic pulse of the life within them. Suddenly we want more. Suddenly we know that it is possible to want more, that life is greater than what grows dim with us and steadily fades away.”

Comment on Sara Corbett Writes Cover Story for The New York Times Magazine Issue about Computers and Education by LiveWork Portland – Even When The Writing Gets Lonely, The Writers Are Not

LiveWork Portland – Even When The Writing Gets Lonely, The Writers Are Not — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:29:15 +0000

[...] that was cofounded by Conley, Corbett, and Paterniti, all previously featured on this site (Conley, Corbett, Paterniti). The city’s limited distractions and peaceful absence of sensory overload allow her [...]

Comment on You’ve Heard of a Writer’s Writer? Well Portland is a City’s City… by LiveWork Portland – Even When The Writing Gets Lonely, The Writers Are Not

LiveWork Portland – Even When The Writing Gets Lonely, The Writers Are Not — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:51:50 +0000

[...] youth that was cofounded by Conley and Paterniti, both previously featured on this site (Conley, Paterniti). The city’s limited distractions and peaceful absence of sensory overload allow her to “hunker [...]