We’re celebrating our 24th birthday, and we want to celebrate with you! SPACE first opened its doors on August 2, 2002, and we love marking…
Cult hero of outré folk Phil Elverum, an artist self-described as “stubbornly still DIY to the bone,” returns to Portland in his guise as Mount…
dir. John Early98 min. MADDIE’S SECRET is comedian, writer, and actor John Early’s critically acclaimed directorial debut starring himself as Maddie, a plucky dishwasher who…
Join The Telling Room’s 2026 Young Emerging Authors Fellows as they celebrate their book launch at SPACE. Authors Anna Grey Bergstrom, E.C. Jay, Len Harrison, and Lily Jessen took…
Legendary indie-rock act Destroyer, the longtime moniker of genre-hopping songwriter-artist Dan Bejar, makes the first Maine appearance of his nearly 30-year career in a special…
After numerous sold-out SPACE shows, Arkansas-based folksinger-poet Willi Carlisle returns to Portland for an evening at First Parish Church, toting his expansive new double-album, The Universal…
6 films99 min. The 2026 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour, presented by Ketel One Vodka, is a curated collection of six standout short films…
dir. Sasha Waters91 min. Additional screening! The 7 pm screening on Tuesday, July 21 is sold out. If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver…
The homespun indie rock act Runnner, guided by Noah Weinman, make their SPACE debut on the heels of a new LP, A Welcome Kind of…
By Megan HillProduced by Out There Theater CompanyDirected by Joanna Clarke Jazzercize is out (that’s three z’s), and Zumba is in. But instructor Kelsea Wiggans is not going…