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Last week I wrote a post about opportunities to get involved in Portland's abundant civic organizations and volunteer groups. This week, I'd like to highlight one of those city committees I'd mentioned — the Portland Public Art Committee, which happens to have an opening right now. 
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A couple of months ago, I had an idea for an art project: I could use the Google Search API to filter through the 27,400 Image Search results for watercolor paintings of Maine's Monhegan Island, sort them by their dominant hues, and rearrange them in an grid to create a pointillist approximation of a Monhegan Island scene.
There were two strikes against this idea ever seeing the light of day: first, I've never considered myself an artist, and second, I was only a novice at the programming languages I would need to pull the necessary data from Google's servers and put the mosaic together.
/ "Rethinking the Art Gallery in the Digital Age" with panelists Dan Kany, Bridget McAlonan of the Sylvia Kania Gallery and Andy Verzosa of Aucocisco was a fascinating exploration. "Street Art v.
Bright Eyes gave a great show last night at the State Theatre. The band's leader, Conor Oberst rubs people either the right or the wrong way, so I didn't really know what kind of rapport he would strike with the audience.
There's been a shift in the theatrical landscape of Portland. Last fall, Mad Horse Theatre Company moved from the Studio Theatre at Portland Stage to the new Lucid Stage off Forest Avenue, and last week, the new Dramatic Repertory Company began the run of their first production at the space that Mad Horse exited.
The creative economy is more about ideas than stuff. In many cases it's about ideas about stuff.
There are lots of reasons to love SPACE Gallery. There's something going on there almost every night, and the quality and fun levels are uncommonly high.
The students at Lyman Moore Middle School in Portland are in for a surprise treat this evening. Portland based R&B/pop singer and rapper ILLiJah will perform (for free) at their dance tonight.
