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PACA kicks off an all new series of Creative Conversations on March 17 with “YOUR TURN!”.

All Creative Conversations take place at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress Street, Portland, www.space538.org.
Doors open at 6:30, program from 7 to 9 pm.

YOUR TURN! is a Creative Conversations comment box, moderated by Jessica Tomlinson.  This an open-forum discussion with members of PACA, the newly minted Creative Portland Corporation, City of Portland representatives, local press and the music and gallery communities. Come to this informal roundtable for answers to your questions or to voice your concerns about the future of the Arts in Portland. There are a few different avenues you can take to contribute to the conversation: during the discussion; submit an email anytime up until the day of the event with your question or comment to info@portlandarts.org, include the subject line “Your Turn”; or fill out a comment card anonymously and drop it in the comment box provided at the beginning of the night. Come be a part of setting the Arts agenda for years to come.

Future Creative Conversations:

April 13 – The Arts in our Communities.  This program will highlight several projects that are currently engaging diverse communities in Portland through the arts.  Panelists will discuss programs in Public Art, individual initiatives, and Art at Work, a national venture to improve municipal government through strategic art-making projects with city employees and elected politicians.  This program will be moderated by Marty Pottenger, PACA board member and Arts & Equity Director for the city of Portland, www.artatworkproject.us.

May 19 – Cool Ideas!  This evening, PACA invites several arts leaders in the community to discuss recently developed projects that have made Portland a more exciting, interesting, and creative place to be.

NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING
regarding the development of 70-82 Oak Street into
OAK STREET APARTMENTS

When: Tuesday, December 22nd from 4-5pm
Where: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, 561 Congress Street

The meeting will provide an opportunity for anyone interested in the project to learn more about initial design concepts, offer suggestions and ask questions of the design and development team.

Questions or comments may be directed to:
Greg Payne, Development Officer at 553-7780 x211 or gpayne@avestahousing.org

This meeting is to discuss the development of the proposed low income housing development project on Oak Street. Who should attend? Anyone, including artists and business people, interested in supporting artist live/work units. Have your voice heard – attend!

Friday, March 27th, the Museum of African Culture will host “Friends of Africa,” a slide show and discussion with Deb Locke called “To Timbuctou and Back: Among the Many Cultures of Mali & Burkina Faso.”

The Museum of African Culture is located at 13 Brown Street in Portland, call 207-871-7188 for more information. www.museumafricanculture.org

1.29.2009 | Thurs | The 2009 Slow Food Portland Writer’s Night
Doors open at 6:00pm, readings start at 7:00pm, $25, $20 for Slow Food members, all ages

Come hear local and nationally known authors read and sample tastes of Maine ’s soil and see. Featuring Russell Libby, Executive Director of the Maine Organic Farmer’s Grower’s Association and author of Balance, A Late Pastoral, a book of poems; Sam Hayward, chef/co-owner of Fore Street, and author of “Island Sheep”, an article for The Art of Eating; Nancy Carlisle, curator for Historic New England, and author of America’s Kitchens; and Anne Mendelson, author of Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages.

1.31.2009 | Sat | Middle Eastern Night with Turgay Ertürk and Alhan
Doors open at 7:30pm, music starts at 8:00pm, $10, 18+
Turgay Ertürk was born and raised in Urgup, a small town in Central Anatolia, Cappadocia , Turkey . He started playing the longed neck lute saz (baglama) at the age of fifteen. A master saz player and singer, he performs Turkish village music from Anatolia, Balkins and Caucasus . Turgay also performs on the oud and yayli tanbur for Turkish folk music. And Portland-based Alhan plays classical and popular Arabic music. The members of the group are Eric LaPerna (Okbari) on riqq and darbuka, Michael Gallant on violin, Madeleine Hanna, lead vocals and Tom Kovacevic (Fire on Fire) on oud, nay and vocals.

Ouch! Love hurts! But along with the inevitable agonies, what bliss!  Portland Playback Theatre returns to Abromson to honor stories of  romantic love. Five talented actor/improvisers, through a combination  of movement, music and dialogue “play back” stories volunteered  spontaneously by members of the audience. Bring a story from any chapter of your life and experience the unique satisfaction of watching it performed! Or just come to enjoy! As always with affairs of the heart, you’ll be spellbound! Find more information about Portland Playback Theatre at www.Portlandplayback.com.

When: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 7 p.m.
Where: Hannaford Lecture Hall, Abromson Community Education Center, USM Portland Campus
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 USM students, employees and OLLI  members

Register Now! Tickets can be purchased online, usm.maine.edu/cce/evenings.htm or by phone (780-5900), or at the door.