This weekend started off with an extremely well-attended First Friday Art Walk. The Arts District and Congress Street in particular, shown here, were so crowded with art lovers it was tough to walk down the sidewalk. This festive atmosphere was heightened by a variety of street performers (yes I did see a cat dancer, no I didn't get a picture) and the music coming from the Tower of Song. Students from the Maine College of Art offered up their wares flea-market style outside of the Porteous Building, and many of the galleries were so packed it was almost impossible to get inside.

I did get the chance to check out a pair of new galleries on Congress Street, Two Point Gallery and Bridge Gallery. Both had some really fascinating work on view. We also ran into a bunch of people headed for the Blue Hammer dinner theater at Whitney Art Works.

After we finished art walking, ate dinner and had some drinks, Adam and I just happened to walk by the new GRO Cafe, which had transformed itself into a pulsating nightclub for the monthly event. Here we checked out some street dance moves and sampled a gingery-tasting drink made from the medicinal plant kava. It proved a perfect nightcap for an evening overflowing with our city's unbounded creative energy.