Hark! The SPACE Pop-Up Shop returns for another holiday swirl! Our staff has lovingly curated a trove of books, records, prints, cards, clothes, kids stuff, tapes, movie posters, framed art works, and more. It’s a broad set of works from artists, most of ‘em Mainers. Come poke around. It’s good.

Tonight we’re screening Videoheaven, the documentary film by Alex Ross Perry about the incredible impact that the era of video rental stores had on American culture. It’s at 7 pm! Tickets: space538.org/event/videoh...

T H I S W E E K A T S P A C E Events: space538.org/events Exhibitions: space538.org/exhibitions Reader: reader.space538.org The Kindling Fund: www.thekindlingfund.org 🎶 Hajjah Nur Asiah Djamil & Orkes Gambus Nur El Balad - Menuntut Ilmu (Gambus Music from Indonesia) via Radio is a Foreign Country

Roochie Toochie & the Ragtime Shepherd Kings make a dramatic return to Portland this Sunday night! From Detroit, Nashville, and New Orleans, they’ve brought to life music from 90-100 years ago in a way that delights people aged 7-97. We can’t stop watching this one. youtu.be/mK2SxdZ_dus?...

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Heads up, today’s the last day for Bob Mould tix at the advance rate! We’re honored to bring this legend back to SPACE Tuesday, Sep 16. The show also brings J. Robbins, an indie music lifer and legend in his own right, from Jawbox, Government Issue, Burning Airlines. space538.org/event/bob-mo...

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Our friend Assasi did up the SPACE logo in Arabic for us. We love it! You can catch Assasi — raised in Syria, based in Biddeford, Maine — Friday for Hakawati, a night of traditional Syrian storytelling, Middle Eastern music and Arabic hip hop, with a band. Tickets here space538.org/event/assasi...

Virtuosic legends this evening @spacegallery.bsky.social. Thrilling to hear, and be transported by, the friendship between David Murray and Kahil El’Zabar.

The artist Julia Arredondo, who is great, lent some words and wisdom about SPACE for our spring campaign. space538.org/support/ Julia’s show “Just Passing Through” is up through June 21! space538.org/exhibition/j...

This was a very insightful conversation, and it took place at Portland's own @spacegallery.bsky.social. I get Harper's and I read her article on Perfect Fit Content, but this talk is wider in scope and I left excited about an economic re-imagining for music. dadadrummer.substack.com/p/music-is-t...

Giving a talk and signing books at the @spacegallery.bsky.social in Portland, Maine tonight at 7, come join us! space538.org/event/passpo...

T H I S W E E K A T S P A C E Events: space538.org/events Exhibitions: space538.org/exhibitions Become a member: space538.org/support _ 🎶 平安座ジントーヨー(HenzaJintoyo) Seiji Tokuhiga Group from Deep Japan: Okinawan Records from the American Era

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I love walking by the beautiful @krehmellick.bsky.social installation at @spacegallery.bsky.social nothing makes me feel less alone in the world 💙💙💙💙

Tonight, we’ve got investigative journalist Mariah Blake in town to talk about her deep reporting on forever chemicals and the chemical industry’s great efforts to hide their dangers from the public. @mariahblake.bsky.social discusses her They Poisoned the World, with @ayanaeliza.bsky.social

We’re screening Vulcanizadora on May 16th. The film is a NYT Critic’s Pick has been called “spasmodically funny” and “raw and moving,” and our era’s Old Joy. space538.org/event/vulcan...

Attention Mainers! TOMORROW (May 4) at 5:30 — Kinonik, Points North Institute and @spacegallery.bsky.social present very rare screening of Nathaniel Dorsky’s 16mm masterpiece ARBORETUM CYCLE. Not to be missed! space538.org/event/nathan...

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A week from tonight—Monday, 5/5, 7 pm SPACE @spacegallery.bsky.social 538 Congress Portland ME @johncotter.bsky.social & Shanna Compton, The Color of Sound We’ll be reading/talking about hearing & visualizing sound. John’s got a new story & I’ve got a fresh slideshow. Copies of our books too too.

Hey, Maine. There’s a thing that you should go to next Monday! With @shannacompton.bsky.social and @johncotter.bsky.social at @spacegallery.bsky.social ❤️

It’s April Break, and any young kids you know are looking for something to do! FYI, they get in for FREE at this kids show, today at 4:30. space538.org/event/luanas...

This man (below) is talking about this! space538.org/event/rough-...

Join us tonight as we host a panel and book release party for environmental journalists Cara Giaimo, Brandon Keim, and Laura Poppick — plus a set from art-pop band sidebody! 7 pm at SPACE space538.org/event/poppic...

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Mainers, this is your chance to see the Singaporean grindcore band Wormrot. They’ve reunited their original lineup and play Maine — on Thursday night — for the first time ever in their 18-year history. Low-ticket alert, 7:30 show start. It’s gonna be nuts.

Folks! Swing by SPACE during the First Friday Art Walk from 5-8 pm. We’re opening not 1, not 2, but *3* new exhibitions: - Envision Resilience: Shifting Tides & Evolving Landscapes • 534 Gallery - Kreh Mellick, The Humming Lion • Window Gallery - Shon Ua Mahoney, As Long As Space Exists • 538 Venue

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We had a great evening with the community at @spacegallery.bsky.social last night for a screening of Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse. Come see us next week for Come As You Are: A Community Resistance Event, on Tuesday 3/18 at 7pm. More info >> tinyurl.com/26px5p35

This is beautiful, I’m psyched these will be available, and I’m psyched to get back to the @spacegallery.bsky.social !

WEDNESDAY: Join us at @spacegallery.bsky.social for a screening of Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse. Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus earned him a Pulitzer Prize and is one of the most banned books. It reckons with the Holocaust and tells the story of his father's survival during the war.

Getting excited for this show tomorrow at space guys! @snakelipsmusic.bsky.social @teenagetompetties.bsky.social @spacegallery.bsky.social @repeatingcloud.com

Looking for something special tonight? We’re hosting a conversation between NYT bestselling author Ada Calhoun and Maine writer Caitlin Shetterly. Ada’s novel Crush is a New Yorker, TIME, Harper’s Bazaar, Bustle, Lit Hub, AARP, Bloomberg, and Vulture Most Anticipated Book of 2025.

Picked up GOST's "Rites of Love & Reverence" on vinyl yesterday since I didn't have that one of theirs yet, and it seemed perfect timing given that @colorsoundoblivion.bsky.social will be co-presenting the Portland stop of their tour at @spacegallery.bsky.social on March 19th w/ Dead Register. 🖤💀🖤

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Psyched to host Califone for the first time since 2009! 🗓️ May 19th Tickets + info here: space538.org/event/califo...

Forêt Endormie’s Acadia: A Word Disappeared from the Map premieres tonight(!) at SPACE! Here’s the local paper’s feature on bandleader Jordan Guerette and the project, an original song cycle built on the words of Acadian poets and their musical traditions. www.pressherald.com/2025/01/31/a...

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First Friday in #PortlandME 5-8pm tonight at @spacegallery.bsky.social: 6 years of #Print Jam with @rwsstudios.com #printmaking w/steam rollers

🌲💛 Big congrats to the 2025 Kindling Fund grantees! We're jazzed to award 12 Project Grants and 4 R&D Grants in this year’s cycle, totaling $65K in grantmaking. Grantees were juried from a pool of 111 submissions, the most-ever in the Kindling Fund's 11-year history! space538.org/reader/annou...

It may be a little on the nose 👀 but we're doing an encore screening of Soundtrack to a Coup d'État after it was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature category. Join us for a Sunday matinee on February 16th at 2 pm. space538.org/event/soundt...

Kahil El Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble @spacegallery.bsky.social was brilliant and cathartic yesterday. Remember to take care of yourself in these trying times. Surround yourself with good people.

Our new @spacegallery.bsky.social monthly residency begins Saturday, February 22nd, 9p-2a! See you on the floor!

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Tonight at 7 pm, we’re screening the film Three Promises, a documentary by Yousef Srouji, in partnership with Maine Jewish Voice for Peace and Maine Palestine Film Collective. Tickets here. space538.org/event/three-...

Cold Cave, the darkwave synthpop band of Wesley Eisold (American Nightmare, Some Girls, etc.) and Amy Lee, make their long-awaited Maine debut at SPACE on April 12th. space538.org/event/cold-c...

Thoughtful article about Jason Read and his book release show at SPACE for "Unemployed Negativity: Fragments On Philosophy, Politics, and Culture.” It marks the first time Baruch Spinoza has been referenced in the local paper, according to its digital archives. www.pressherald.com/2025/01/27/p...

Almost 15 years ago I was lucky enough to design a poster for @tedleo.bsky.social & Screaming Females at @spacegallery.bsky.social At the time I worked at The Art Mart right next door to Space and my boss had a box of old tapes under the register. I drew each tape and used them for this print.