SPACE and Back Cove Books co-present the book launch for The Frequency of Living Things, the new forthcoming novel by Biddeford-based author Nick Fuller Googins.…
It’s T minus four weeks out to Pride and time to celebrate queer performance and rally around the Dykes who kick off the Pride festival…
Dr. Gordon Walker will give an overview of the wild, weird, and wonderful ways that fungi show up in the world and profoundly impact our lives. Beyond…
Join us for a public staged reading of Ilya Kaminsky’s 2017 book of poems, Deaf Republic, with a post-show talkback. ASL interpretation will be provided.…
In Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic, puppets serve as a form of resistance. As we explore our connections to community and collective action, we invite you to…
All applicants must RSVP by submitting their poems using this form! Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic, the 2025 NEA Big Read selected by SPACE and Mechanics’ Hall,…
Ready to write a poem with your toes? Participants are invited to take their shoes off and dip their feet in paint to create images…
Join Friends of Congress Square Park, SPACE, Mechanics’ Hall, and the Portland Public Library for a thematic Blurb Club book club on the occasion of…
Join us in the historic Mechanics’ Hall Library for a one-time book club facilitated by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, the Executive Director of the Maine Writers & Publishers…
Journalist Liz Pelly discusses her book Mood Machine, an unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism,…