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Discover the Next...
by Chelsea H. B. DeLorme / By now most people have at least heard of Kickstarter, the crowd-sourced funding platform for creative projects. But have you heard about Portland's new organic bagel company or the aquaponic greenhouse filled with tomatoes and tilapia? Using Kickstarter's "discover" page allows you to find projects by geographic area.
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Health, Happiness, and Employment
by Chelsea H. B. DeLorme / One of the most popular facebook posts Creative Portland and 2 Degrees Portland have shared (ever) was a recent link to The Atlantic announcing the happiest states in the union, based on tweets (The Geography of Happiness According to a Million Tweets). Hawaii was first, and Maine was the runner-up for relative, collective happiness.
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"This incredible, magical community"
by John Spritz / "This incredible, magical community of ours" is how Stuart Gerson, co-owner of Longfellow Books, described Portland last night. He was onstage at SPACE Gallery with his co-owner, Chris Bowe, describing the wave of affection and support the bookstore has received since it was flooded out by an errant sprinkler system during the early-February blizzard.
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Tweeters Turn Greeters
by John Spritz / "Some of the most creative people in town. " That's how co-host Rich Brooks, president of flyte new media, described the crowd last night at the February Tweetup, held at Spread on Commercial Street in the Old Port.
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VIDEO: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
by Chelsea H. B. DeLorme / If you've never heard Aly Spaltro's voice, hit play before you read any further. And maybe close your eyes the first time through, because this video, "The Nothing Pt.
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Richard Blanco at Merrill Auditorium
by John Spritz / Sitting there, way up high in the balcony of Merrill Auditorium, you had to wonder: have this many people ever assembled, in this space, to hear a poet? Longfellow was gone long before Merrill was built -- and who else, in Maine, could have that kind of draw, could bring close to two thousand people out on a full-moon night to listen to poems? Richard Blanco, that's who. He who read his poem, "One Today," at President Obama's recent inauguration.
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The Abyssinian Meeting House
by Jay Sacher / Portland wears its bruises. It’s limped through its share of lean times.