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Creative economy
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Maine museums find partners in business
September 17, 2012Amy Lent, executive director of the Maine Maritime Museum, doesn't have far to look for evidence that Maine's shipbuilding heritage is very much alive on the banks of the Kennebec River.
September 17, 2012'Bert and I' could be headed to Hollywood
August 23, 2012"Bert and I," the celebrated Maine humor record albums created by the late Marshall Dodge and Bob Bryan when they were Yale University students in 1958, is launching a branding campaign thanks to a marketing agreement signed by the 80-year-old Bry
August 23, 2012Bangor's growing cultural offerings underscore its creative economy
August 20, 2012It's a great problem to have: Do we head to the Cool Sounds concert and outdoor market in Pickering Square in downtown Bangor or over to the Pecha Kucha event at Nocturnem Draft Haus?
August 20, 2012Acadia Insurance expands offerings for art community
July 30, 2012Westbrook-based Acadia Insurance has expanded its coverage for museums, fine art dealers and corporate collectors throughout New England and New York.
July 30, 2012Entreverge awards highlight Portland entrepreneurs
June 14, 2012Five Portland small businesses ranging from a popular food truck to a new flea market received awards at Wednesday night's entreverge event held at Grace restaurant.
June 14, 2012
TEDx evolves in third try
May 28, 2012The latest offering from TEDxDirigo, the ambitious Portland-based volunteer effort modeled after the popular multidisciplinary online TED talks, featured speakers presenting 10- to 20-minute talks on everything from social justice theater to the c
May 28, 2012Arts organizations get $887K in grants
April 26, 2012Nine Maine arts organizations have received nearly $1 million in grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
April 26, 2012Portland earns high marks on magazine lists
April 16, 2012Portland has received some national and regional accolades as of late.
April 16, 2012
Conference to showcase Portland's creative economy
March 6, 2012A conference to be held in the summer of 2013 will bring hundreds of creative professionals, economic development experts and city planners to Portland, highlighting the city's arts district and promoting the exchange of ideas and best practices a
March 6, 2012
Artist-turned-entrepreneur finds new outlets in social media apps
January 23, 2012With two iPhone apps in the works, a university tenure and little drawing ability, Raphael Diluzio does not seem like your typical artist. But then, Diluzio doesn't really consider himself an artist.
January 23, 2012Creativity not enough to succeed, expert says
January 23, 2012Success in a creativity economy hinges not on the uniqueness of an idea or product but whether that product has utility in the market, according to renowned professor, author and consultant David Reibstein.
January 23, 2012
Rough year for the silver screen? Not so, say independent theaters
January 2, 2012Could going out to the movies be going out of style? It doesn't seem possible. Yet the New York Times published an article last week reporting that 2011 ticket sales at movie theaters in North America fell $500 million behind 2010 sales.
January 2, 2012Obama's latest push seeks to speed commercialization of core research
December 12, 2011As I've noted in previous articles, the Obama administration has been focused on bipartisan-informed regional innovation cluster initiatives since 2009.
December 12, 2011Expectations surface around new intellectual property laws
November 28, 2011Patent law reforms that were passed in September are intended to bring U.S. patent laws in line with global patent practices and spur job growth through changes in the costs, time and complexity of the patent process.
November 28, 2011
New performing arts festival planned for Portland
November 8, 2011Bangor has a three-day folk festival. Waterville, L-A and Camden have multi-day international film festivals.
November 8, 2011
Report: Arts and culture nonprofits economic driver
October 25, 2011New England's nonprofit arts sector is a job-generating, financially robust sector of the economy, despite stereotypes to the contrary, according to a new report released by the New England Foundation for the Arts.
October 25, 2011
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