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2025

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Evros with FLOR Cuadro Flamenco
Friday, June 13
Paper Lady, Red Eft, Beach Broads
Thursday, June 12
The Day the Music Stopped
Wednesday, June 11
NEA Big Read | Moving Poem: Miniature Matchbook Crankie Workshop
Tuesday, June 10
Palaver Strings: Lifesongs
Sunday, June 8
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

2024

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
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
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
OneBeat
Saturday, October 12
Maine Lit Fest – A Showcase of Black Poets Laureate
Wednesday, October 9
New England Art Book Fair 2024
Saturday, October 5
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

2004

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

📚The New England Art Book Fair returns September 5-6th…do you want your work to be part of it? The submission form is live, and we are accepting applications through July 11th. Learn more here.

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