Silicon Lobster Presents: "Get There From Here"
🦞 Get There From Here
A night of sound, story, and inspiration celebrating Maine’s creative and tech community. Hear from filmmakers, technologists, musicians, and artists as they share the journeys that shaped their work and how they got here from there.
Hosted by Silicon Lobster (https://www.siliconlobster.com) in collaboration with the Society of Creative Pursuits and Sponsored by Viridian Law (https://www.viridian.law/).
🔞 21+ event — under 21 requires a parent or legal guardian.
🎙️ Featuring
• Jeff Poulin [talk]- Creativity is Maine's Greatest Asset - Understand Your Own Creativity and How to Use It!
• David Heatley [talk]- Truth at All Costs: 25 Years of Working in NYC’s Advertising World by Day While Drawing Autobiographical Comics by Night
• Alec Pinkston [film] - Filming a Puppet Pilot for Project Greenlight
• Jen Millard [talk] - Protecting Water Quality and Building Water Abundance
• Ryan Allen Meier [music] - Deconstructing a Song No One Has Heard Yet
• Ben Swanson [talk] - Vanlife 101
• Alessandro Chille [film] - Natural Selection
• Patrick Roche, Morgan Myer [film] - The Diver (view trailer here https://www.thedivermovie.com/view-the-trailer/)
More to be added soon!
🦞 About Silicon Lobster
A grassroots initiative growing Maine’s creative, media, and tech economy. We’re building a directory of studios, production companies, tech firms, and independent creators while hosting events and funding projects that strengthen Maine’s creative ecosystem.
🎬 About Society of Creative Pursuits
The Society of Creative Pursuits (SCP) is a Portland-based collective founded by Ryan Bennett, Chad Hurd, Joe Presser, Joe Rosshirt, and Alec Pinkston. It unites Maine’s filmmakers, animators, game developers, writers, and creatives of all types to share ideas, collaborate, gripe and celebrate creativity through its monthly meetup every last Tuesday, 6pm, now at East Ender and other community events.
⚖️ Sponsored by Viridian Law
Viridian is a full-service law firm dedicated to guiding businesses, investors, and entrepreneurs through every stage of growth. Our team combines deep legal expertise with practical business insight, helping clients navigate complex transactions, financings, and strategic decisions with confidence. Our Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) and Intellectual Property (IP) practices are at the heart of our work with startups and investors. We support founders from formation through exit, and we partner with venture funds, angel investors, and family offices to structure and close successful investments. We help founders safeguard their ideas and brand identity by advising on all aspects of IP ownership, registration, protection, commercialization, and enforcement. Whether advising on IP protection, early-stage financing, governance, or scaling strategies, we bring the knowledge and responsiveness that fast-moving companies and investors need.