On September 13th at Lincoln Park, over 70 vendors (maybe including you?) will set up their wares at the PICNIC Music and Arts Festival. There will also be live music from some of the best indie acts in Portland, including Metal Feathers, Cougars Kill Cobras, Dead End Armory, Huak and more!

To apply to be a vendor at the festival- fill out the online form. We’ll see you there!

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Summer is here again with the start of the Portland Downtown District’s Alive At Five Concert Series. Kicking off the live music series was As Fast As and the Pete Kilpatrick Band.

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In celebration of “Independents Week“, Portland Buy Local circulated several copies of the Declaration of Independents– an opportunity for you to declare your support for the independent businesses that make Portland “a singular city and great place to live”.

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Submit a design for the Portland Buy Local T-shirt design contest. I’ve included submission instructions and guidelines in this post.

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I was in New Orleans over the weekend as part of a convening of grantees of the Andy Warhol Foundation. Walking around the Warehouse/Arts District I spotted this urban infill project.

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I finally got around to making some final updates to the Indie Biz Awards site. Perhaps most importantly, I added an “Acknowledgements” page, giving thanks to the incredible volunteer committee (Avery, Susan, Peter, Dave, Heather and Brianna!!) that worked with me to organize the event, as well as the event sponsors, the silent auction and [...]

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Peter and I are staying for a few days at Meg and Dave’s lovely new home in Bartlett NH. They built the house from scratch over the last year or so, from 100% non-toxic materials (no plywood, glues, formaldehyde’s, etc)– many of our regular readers are familiar with the house already.
Curious enough to come to [...]

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Meet Justin Alfond
Democratic Candidate for State Senate District 8
May 15th from 7-8:30 pm
253 Congress Street
(home of Port City Studios and Eli Phant)
Peter Eiermann, Sally Struever & Nolan Thompson invite you to join us for a meet and greet with Justin Alfond- former Director of the League of Young Voters, and currently a candidate for State [...]

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MAY 22nd at SPACE Gallery
6:30-10pm
This event has been one of my recent obsessions- I hope folks in town can make it out! The Indie Biz Awards is Portland Buy Local’s first fundraiser, and it looks like it might even raise some funds! Amazing!
Anyway- the voting is going on as we speak, and this is your [...]

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We had a great time at ILAP’s Cele Soirée Fundraiser last weekend. It was hoppin! They ended up having more than 400 people attend the event this year– more than they have had any other year. And they managed to raise some money– always a good sign with a fundraiser. I was on the event [...]

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This Thursday at 2pm at Maine Green Building Supply, the City of Portland will hold a press event regarding the release of the Sustainable Portland Taskforce Report and Brochure (Port City Studios did the editing and design for the brochure). From the Press Advisory:
This Thursday, the Sustainable Portland Taskforce will release its Sustainable Portland Report. [...]

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Peter and I are on the event committee for the First Annual Portland Indie Biz Awards– a fundraiser for Portland Buy Local and the Portland Independent Business & Community Alliance (I am on the Board).

We’re asking that everyone and anyone nominate their favorite Portland Businesses for an award. The awards will be presented on May [...]

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I’ve been working with ILAP on the planning committee for CeleSoirée, their annual fundraiser, a “celebration of immigration through the arts”. The event is this Friday night and will include great food, a silent auction (including a rare opportunity to get your hands on some Tamworth Farm yarn) and some music and other entertainment. It [...]

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Just in case the excitement about the potential monthly Pong Night at our new storefront hasn’t hit the newsstands yet, I will refer you to our new organizer – Cneal.
Cneal (of: Vigorous North & Rights of Way) posted an amazingly hilarious, but attention grabbing comment about our new space. He suggested finding a free ping [...]

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The Space Gallery’s current installation Arcade: An Interactive Environment opened on Friday for the monthly Art Walk. They event was a big draw, attracting hundreds of nostalgic 70’s and 80’s Atari and Nintendo fans. Visitors were able to play games like Super Mario Brothers and Space Invaders - projected on big screens. They also had [...]

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Tuesday the 19th, Mark Newport, the head of the Fiber Department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit, spoke to a space-audience about his work. He is a fiber artist and in particular a knitter. Mark has produced a great series of super-hero inspired knit costumes that have made their way around the country, [...]

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The Snowman Adventure Race, sponsored by Portland Trails and Casco Bay Sports takes place this Saturday, March 1st on the Eastern Promenade of Portland. This is a two-person Bike, Run, Sled event. 4.5 miles of snow-biking, 2.75 miles of winter running, and a grueling sled finish down the eastern prom. Hold on, condition are always [...]

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Thursday, February 21, 2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Ocean Gateway Marine Passenger Terminal
Commercial Street, next to the Maine State Pier and Casco Bay Ferry Terminal
The City of Portland invites the public to attend a public forum on transportation and public transit. The feedback received at this meeting will help shape the City’s Peninsula Transit Study. The [...]

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There was a great opening last week at SPACE gallery- for Matter, an exhibition of sculptural textiles curated by Catherine Draper as part of SPACE’s annual “Artists Curating Artists” series. Here’s an excerpt from the press release:
Matter refers to physical substance and to a subject of thought or concern. Used here metaphorically, Matter describes an [...]

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January 23rd, 5:30 to 7:30pm
Location TBD (check out the Buy Local website for updates)
Sarah Cushman of Portland Green Streets, Joe Walsh of Green Clean Maine, Forrest Keever of Green Tree Clothing, Chris McCabe of Maine Nonprofits Alliance, and Bob Fratto of Efficiency Maine will talk briefly about being green at work and in business.
We’ll also [...]

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