First Thursday Art Picks

Below is our list for interesting exhibits for this months' first Thursday art walk.

Art Institute of Portland, 1122 NW Davis St - Top Green Projects: an exhibit of sustainable architecture and green design solutions as recognized by the American Institute of Architects and its committee on the Environment.

Bullseye Gallery, 300 NW 13th - Glassworks by Steve Klein and Michael Rogers.

Froelick Gallery, 714 NW Davis - works by Susan Seubert (Science/fiction) and Gail Tremblay (Recycled Images/Iroquois Forms)

Blackfish Gallery, 420 NW Ninth - "Blackfish is 30". Celebrating 30 years of business and still going strong.

Augen Gallery, 716 NW Davis - Selected works by Tom Miller, Sally Cleveland, and Amy Archer.

CD of the Week: New from U2

For music lovers, there is a new CD out by U2 – No Line on the Horizon. According to the Greg Kot at the Chicago Tribune, U2 tries to “shrug off years of staleness” with its 12th album. Coming off two popular but artistically unsurprising releases, the new CD looks to “reconnect with the sense of yearning and mystery that once made it special”. While half the songs “sound as fresh as anything U2 has done in a decade,” the other half fall prey on predictability.

No Line on the Horizon isn’t meant to reinvent U2. Rather, it’s a “record about searching for meaning, but always knowing the way home.”

U2’s new music is available at amazon.com (where the album gets a four star rating), the Itunes music store, and music sellers throughout downtown Portland.