Past Events

The Halluci Nation: Path of the Baby Face Tour with DJ Lu
Friday, June 6

Funeral Parade of Roses
Wednesday, June 4

tilt, Kafari, and Annie Dodson
Sunday, June 1

Moonshake with Red Tide and KTTNMTTNS
Saturday, May 31

Dr. Fun Guy’s Passport to Kingdom Fungi with Gordon Walker
Friday, May 30

Combo Chimbita with Mosart212
Thursday, May 29

Japanese Avant-Garde Pioneers
Wednesday, May 28

NEA Big Read | Poetry That Grew from the Paint: Writing Workshop with Signature MiMi @ Mechanics’ Hall
Saturday, May 24

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
Friday, May 23

Sabbath Queen
Wednesday, May 21

Monster Beauties: A Maine Transgender Poetry Anthology book launch party [SOLD OUT]
Tuesday, May 20

Califone with Dead Gowns
Monday, May 19

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist with Liz Pelly (in conversation with Damon Krukowski)
Sunday, May 18

The Casco Bay Tummlers with Jamie Saft album release
Saturday, May 17

Vulcanizadora
Friday, May 16

Leila and the Wolves
Wednesday, May 14

Danny Fisher-Lochhead Large Ensemble
Sunday, May 11

Tune-Yards with JayWood [SOLD OUT]
Saturday, May 10

Grime Studios Benefit with Misery Whip, Zud, Beers Brosnan, and One Hundred Thorns
Friday, May 9

NEA Big Read | Blurb Club @ Congress Square Park
Thursday, May 8

Mariah Blake – They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals (in conversation with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson)
Wednesday, May 7

NEA Big Read | The Color of Sound with John Cotter & Shanna Compton
Monday, May 5

Nathaniel Dorsky: The Arboretum Cycle
Sunday, May 4

Compensation
Wednesday, April 30

Viet and Nam
Tuesday, April 29

Rough Francis with Bait Bag and Omen Negation
Saturday, April 26

My Sweet Land
Thursday, April 24

Luana’s House – a family sing-along and story time
Wednesday, April 23

SPACE on Earth: Panel & Performance with Cara Giaimo, Brandon Keim, Laura Poppick, and sidebody
Tuesday, April 22

Moonshake with Kush Jones and Won Pound
Saturday, April 19

SAFE Maine presents Sing 4 Abortion, karaoke fundraiser
Friday, April 18

Mount Eerie with Hana Stretton (late show) [SOLD OUT]
Thursday, April 17

Sessa with Erev
Wednesday, April 16

Landscape films of Larry Gottheim and Forrest Sprague
Tuesday, April 15

La Luz with Color Green
Monday, April 14

Paint Me a Road Out of Here
Sunday, April 13

Cold Cave with Buzz Kull [SOLD OUT]
Saturday, April 12

Wormrot with No/Mas, Bandit, and Qualms [SOLD OUT]
Thursday, April 10

R.A.P. Ferreira and BLAX: The Situations & Spectacle Tour with Graphic Melee and DiRocco & Cato
Wednesday, April 9

Natural Affinity
Tuesday, April 8

Eephus
Saturday, April 5

Secret Mall Apartment [SOLD OUT]
Saturday, March 29

Twain and Esther Rose [SOLD OUT]
Friday, March 28

Quest Master and Fief with Ichorclaw and Deep Gnome
Thursday, March 27

Eephus [SOLD OUT]
Wednesday, March 26

Jeremy Bradley Earl (Woods) and Daniel Higgs with Matt LaJoie
Tuesday, March 25

Habibi with Bonnie and Crazy Déjà Vu
Sunday, March 23

Moonshake with New York Disco Machine (Justin Miller) and Dad’s Denim
Saturday, March 22

The Pretty Great Spelling Bee 2025
Friday, March 21

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – Shake The Sheets 20th Anniversary with NOVA ONE
Thursday, March 20

Gost with Dead Register and Goiter
Wednesday, March 19

Come As You Are: A Community Resistance Event [sold out]
Tuesday, March 18

A Deer A Horse, Cadaverette, Pocket Knife, and Birdie
Saturday, March 15

The Empire
Friday, March 14

Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Wednesday, March 12

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
Saturday, March 8

March First Friday Artist Pop Up Market for Collective Marks
Friday, March 7

Crystal Canyon, Midwestern Medicine, Teenage Tom Petties, Ladybrain
Thursday, March 6

Ada Calhoun’s Crush: A Novel (in conversation with Caitlin Shetterly)
Monday, March 3

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
Saturday, March 1

Going 2 Hell, Bmola, TheWorst
Friday, February 28

Spinning Wampum: Reclaim-memorating the Treaty of Casco Bay as Wabanaki Practice
Thursday, February 27

Nothing But a Man (projected on 16mm)
Wednesday, February 26

The Cathedral of New Emotions
Monday, February 24

Moonshake with Poole Music and Cecil G.
Saturday, February 22

little house creates
Thursday, February 20

A Traveler’s Needs
Tuesday, February 18

Amiright record release with Space Camp, Pond 1000, and Otis
Saturday, February 15

Patrice: The Movie [SOLD OUT]
Thursday, February 13

Far Out: Life on and after the commune
Tuesday, February 11

Jennifer Finney Boylan – Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us [SOLD OUT]
Monday, February 10

Forêt Endormie – Acadia: A Word Disappeared from the Map
Sunday, February 9

Little Oso album release with Greasy Grass, Spirit Ghost, and Snake Lips
Saturday, February 8

NEA Big Read – Book Giveaway: Ilya Kaminsky’s ‘Deaf Republic’
Friday, February 7

Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble [sold out]
Tuesday, February 4

King Kyote with Keenan Hendricks
Saturday, February 1

Dig! XX
Friday, January 31

Three Promises
Thursday, January 30

One Big Joke: Translating the Humor in Osamu Dazai
Tuesday, January 28

BLK Plutoh
Sunday, January 26

Brazen Bandits – Queer Artist Support Group
Saturday, January 25

Every Little Thing
Thursday, January 23

Jason Read – Unemployed Negativity
Wednesday, January 22

Brazen Bandits – Let Me Hold That For You
Monday, January 20

Brazen Bandits – Conspiring For Our Survival: A Panel On Organizing In Maine
Sunday, January 19

Heather Lynn, Oodelally, and Emily Irving
Saturday, January 18

MAMM’s Rock of (All) Ages
Friday, January 17

Theater of Thought
Wednesday, January 15

Brazen Bandits – Body As Revolution: Creative Collaboration Workshop
Sunday, January 12

Obsessed With Light [SOLD OUT]
Saturday, January 11

Annie Xibos Spencer – How to Break An Addiction
Friday, January 10

Brazen Bandits – Artists Talk
Saturday, January 4

Brazen Bandits – First Friday Gallery Opening
Friday, January 3

SPACE New Year’s with Moonshake
Tuesday, December 31

The Wizard of Oz (16mm)
Saturday, December 21

Memoir of a Snail
Friday, December 20

The Outcasts
Monday, December 16

Strut Krampus Bash feat. Lana Ja’Rae (of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17)
Saturday, December 14

Wednesday (solo) + Cryogeyser (solo)
Friday, December 13

Salt Short Docs Premieres (Program B)
Thursday, December 12

Salt Short Docs Premieres (Program A)
Wednesday, December 11

Maine Crafts Association Artist Award Ceremony
Tuesday, December 10

Water Women Mini Film Fest [SOLD OUT]
Sunday, December 8

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
Saturday, December 7

Screed Mag presents a Music History Pop-Up
Friday, December 6

The Postpartum Body Variety Show
Thursday, December 5

Eric Slick with Dominic Lavoie and Cilla Bonnie
Wednesday, December 4

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
Tuesday, December 3

DAY WITH(out) ART 2024: Red Reminds Me…
Sunday, December 1

Zootz Reunion [SOLD OUT]
Saturday, November 30

Zootz Happy Hour
Friday, November 29

Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young and Pavement
Tuesday, November 26

Playland
Sunday, November 24

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Friday, November 22

Union
Wednesday, November 20

2025 Kindling Fund Peer Review Session
Sunday, November 17

Florist with Mariee Siou
Saturday, November 16

Glare with Zeruel and Leaving Time
Wednesday, November 13

New Sphere plays Thelonious Monk
Saturday, November 9

Mal Blum with John-Allison Weiss
Friday, November 8

Coffins with Ancient Death, Worm Altar, and Commuted
Thursday, November 7

Nocturnes
Wednesday, November 6

2025 Kindling Fund Info Session (Online/Virtual)
Monday, November 4

2025 Kindling Fund Info Session (Online/Virtual)
Sunday, November 3

2025 Kindling Fund Info Session @ Light Manufacturing
Saturday, November 2

Night of the Living Dead (on 16mm!)
Thursday, October 31

Del Rey and Samuel James
Tuesday, October 29

The Bloody Lady
Monday, October 28

Maine Public Film Series Horror Night
Sunday, October 27

SPACE Halloween with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, No Doubt, MGMT, and Veruca Salt
Saturday, October 26

There’s Always This Year: An Evening with Hanif Abdurraqib [sold out]
Wednesday, October 23

Daaaaaalí! 
Tuesday, October 22

Jimmy Drinks World presents: Pop Punk Drag with Cherry Lemonade & Bunny Wonderland
Monday, October 21

The 2024 Portland Lantern Walk @ Deering Oaks Park
Saturday, October 19

Rushadicus (Rushad Eggleston) with id m theft able
Friday, October 18

Eureka
Wednesday, October 16

OneBeat
Saturday, October 12

Maine Lit Fest – A Showcase of Black Poets Laureate
Wednesday, October 9

Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut
Monday, October 7

New England Art Book Fair 2024
Saturday, October 5

Wade In The Water: A Journey Into Black Surfing and Aquatic Culture
Monday, September 30

Creative Portland Arts & Culture Summit Panel: Inclusive Practices / DEI Programs
Tuesday, September 24

Portland Park(ing) Day 2024: Guerrilla Downtown – Free Conversations
Friday, September 20

Centro-matic with The Pale and Pete Kilpatrick Supergroup
Wednesday, February 18