Posts By John Spritz
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The Arts
First Friday Art Walk, Holiday Edition!
December 3, 2011 / / Part of what makes Portland’s First Friday Art Walks so much fun is that they have no epicenter. As the crowd surges along Congress Street, with smaller group investigating eddies in the Old Port, the Place To Be shifts from one locale to the next.
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Living In Portland
Praising the Poetics of the Practical at Maine Hardware
November 29, 2011 / / Nobody writes poems about hardware stores. But if they did, Portland’s Maine Hardware would be a worthy subject.
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Living In Portland
Coffee by the Stars: Portland's Got a Great Café for Every Taste
November 22, 2011 / / The creative economy runs on coffee, and as you would expect, Portland, Maine, has a plethora of fine coffee and great coffeehouses. If you're a creative thought worker trying to figure out where to park your laptop when inspiration strikes, the variety can be overwhelming.