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Torrey Ham @torreyham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm a big proponent of staying off your phone at a show and living in the moment, but I do allow myself one 30 sec video. Had a truly wonderful time with my guy Spencer Krug at @spacegallery.bsky.social last night

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨, a documentary by Brittany Shyne, is an exploration of Black generational farms in the American South, revealing the significance of owning land. 𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 won the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary at Sundance. We’re screening it next Sunday, February 22, at 7 pm 🎞️ space538.org/event/seeds

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

For added doses of ease, comfort, and joy, you can also get fee-free SPACE tickets through our IRL Box Office — cash only, please! We’ve also got SPACE GIFT CARDS for sale, for use toward tickets and/or bar concessions, or throw down for a half-price GIFT MEMBERSHIP FOR TEACHERS.

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

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.

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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...

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

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

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

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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Roochie Toochie and the Ragtime Shepherd Kings - Chorus Jig

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

T H I S W E E K A T S P A C E Events: space538.org/events/ Exhibitions: space538.org/exhibitions/ SPACE Reader: space538.org/reader-index/ 2026 Kindling Fund Application: space538.org/reader/annou... 🎶 from Debbie Does Dallas (via Radio is a Foreign Country)

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We also consider Bob a big part of SPACE's own history. SPACE's founding and original staff had the good sense to bring Bob here on August 11 of 2003, a year after we opened. Were you there?

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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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Bob Mould Solo Electric: Here We Go Crazy with J. Robbins – SPACE

The legendary frontman for Hüsker Dü and Sugar returns to SPACE on a solo electric tour celebrating his new album, Here We Go Crazy, with…

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

T H I S W E E K A T S P A C E Events: space538.org/events/ Exhibitions: space538.org/exhibitions/ 1/2 Price Gift Memberships for Teachers program: space538.org/reader/space... 🎶 Andalusian Nights - Radio Algeria (Sublime Frequencies) via Radio is a Foreign Country

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Freedom of art is non-negotiable. SPACE joins 275+ leaders and 150+ institutions demanding courage over censorship. Stand with us ➡️ collective-courage.com

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

T H I S W E E K A T S P A C E Events: space538.org/events Exhibitions: space538.org/exhibitions Sonic Visions Fund: space538.org/reader/sonic-visions-2025 🎶: TARPA PAWARI - PREM PAWAR & DJ GOLU DHARANGAON (INDIA)

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

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...

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Buzz Poole @buzzpoole.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

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

David Murray and Kahil El’Zabar at SPACE in Portland, Maine

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

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...

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Alex Silver @halfvivid.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

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...

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Music Is Too Important To Be Left To The Marketplace

A Conversation with Liz Pelly

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Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

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

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

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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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

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 🎶 Ciwit Ciwitan - Aseng Suarsih (Sunda Kliningan) (Indonesia) from Radio Is a Foreign Country

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kmc @kimberconvery.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

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

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

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...

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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

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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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

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 🎵: The Danny Fisher-Lochhead Large Ensemble - “String” from World of Difference (2025)

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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.

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Maureen Thorson @maureenthorson.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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 ❤️

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

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...

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

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

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

And finally, sidebody are known for their electric high-energy performances, four part harmonies, and unique DIY pop-art-rock sound, and have been compared to Talking Heads, the B-52s, and The Raincoats. sidebody is Hava Horowitz, Lena Warnke, Martha Schnee and Cara Giaimo.

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Laura Poppick is a Portland-based science and environmental journalist whose stories have appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, National Geographic, and elsewhere. Her debut book, Strata: Stories from Deep Time, is coming out July 2025.

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Brandon Keim is a science journalist specializing in nature and animals. His latest book, Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a More-Than-Human World, is about animal personhood and our relationships to wild animals and to nature.

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Here’s a who’s who for tonight: Part field guide, part travelogue, part cabinet of curiosities, Cara Giaimo (and Joshua Foer’s) Atlas Obscura: Wild Life is the definitive traveler’s guide to the world’s most fascinating, unusual, and least-understood flora and fauna.

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

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 🎼: Ockeghem 5:47

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

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.

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

T H I S W E E K A T S P A C E Events: space538.org/events Exhibitions: space538.org/exhibitions Support: space538.org/support Newsletter signup: space538.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... Slideshow music: “I Stole the Right to Live” by Michael Hurley

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ACLU of Maine @aclumaine.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

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

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ACLU of Maine @aclumaine.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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.

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Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse – SPACE

directed by Philip Dolin & Molly Bernstein98 min. Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel MAUS is a landmark in reckoning with the Holocaust and breakthrough in…

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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.

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Remy Brecht @remybrecht.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

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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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

T H I S W E E K A T S P A C E Events: space538.org/events/ Exhibitions: space538.org/exhibitions/ Kindling Fund grantees: space538.org/kindling-fund/ Music is “Sequel to Head Will Explode” by amiright?

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

More info and tickets here space538.org/event/foret-...

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SPACE Gallery @spacegallery.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

The story is long and thoughtful, with passages on with passages on SPACE’s Sonic Visions grant, and the “ennui…joie de vivre…and tristesse” of Acadian music.

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