SPACE Gallery
@spacegallery.bsky.social
SPACE is a launchpad for ideas, an ever-evolving creative resource, a performing arts venue, gallery, and maker hub in Portland Maine, since 2002. space538.org
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.
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.
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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.
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.
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.
It’s a broad set of works from artists, most of ‘em Mainers. Come poke around. It’s good.
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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.
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...
It’s at 7 pm!
Tickets: space538.org/event/videoh...
October 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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...
It’s at 7 pm!
Tickets: space538.org/event/videoh...
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🎶 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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🎶 Hajjah Nur Asiah Djamil & Orkes Gambus Nur El Balad - Menuntut Ilmu (Gambus Music from Indonesia) via Radio is a Foreign Country
October 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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🎶 from Debbie Does Dallas (via Radio is a Foreign Country)
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🎶 from Debbie Does Dallas (via Radio is a Foreign Country)
September 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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🎶 from Debbie Does Dallas (via Radio is a Foreign Country)
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🎶 Andalusian Nights - Radio Algeria (Sublime Frequencies) via Radio is a Foreign Country
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🎶 Andalusian Nights - Radio Algeria (Sublime Frequencies) via Radio is a Foreign Country
September 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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🎶 Andalusian Nights - Radio Algeria (Sublime Frequencies) via Radio is a Foreign Country
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🎶 Andalusian Nights - Radio Algeria (Sublime Frequencies) via Radio is a Foreign Country
Freedom of art is non-negotiable.
SPACE joins 275+ leaders and 150+ institutions demanding courage over censorship.
Stand with us ➡️ collective-courage.com
SPACE joins 275+ leaders and 150+ institutions demanding courage over censorship.
Stand with us ➡️ collective-courage.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Freedom of art is non-negotiable.
SPACE joins 275+ leaders and 150+ institutions demanding courage over censorship.
Stand with us ➡️ collective-courage.com
SPACE joins 275+ leaders and 150+ institutions demanding courage over censorship.
Stand with us ➡️ collective-courage.com
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🎶: TARPA PAWARI - PREM PAWAR & DJ GOLU DHARANGAON (INDIA)
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🎶: TARPA PAWARI - PREM PAWAR & DJ GOLU DHARANGAON (INDIA)
July 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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🎶: TARPA PAWARI - PREM PAWAR & DJ GOLU DHARANGAON (INDIA)
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🎶: TARPA PAWARI - PREM PAWAR & DJ GOLU DHARANGAON (INDIA)
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...
Tickets here space538.org/event/assasi...
June 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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...
Tickets here space538.org/event/assasi...
The artist Julia Arredondo, who is great, lent some words and wisdom about SPACE for our spring campaign.
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Julia’s show “Just Passing Through” is up through June 21!
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Julia’s show “Just Passing Through” is up through June 21!
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June 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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...
space538.org/support/
Julia’s show “Just Passing Through” is up through June 21!
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🎶 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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🎶 平安座ジントーヨー(HenzaJintoyo) Seiji Tokuhiga Group from Deep Japan: Okinawan Records from the American Era
May 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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🎶 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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🎶 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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🎶 Ciwit Ciwitan - Aseng Suarsih (Sunda Kliningan) (Indonesia) from Radio Is a Foreign Country
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🎶 Ciwit Ciwitan - Aseng Suarsih (Sunda Kliningan) (Indonesia) from Radio Is a Foreign Country
May 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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🎶 Ciwit Ciwitan - Aseng Suarsih (Sunda Kliningan) (Indonesia) from Radio Is a Foreign Country
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🎶 Ciwit Ciwitan - Aseng Suarsih (Sunda Kliningan) (Indonesia) from Radio Is a Foreign Country
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
@mariahblake.bsky.social discusses her They Poisoned the World, with @ayanaeliza.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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
@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.
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May 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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...
space538.org/event/vulcan...
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🎵: The Danny Fisher-Lochhead Large Ensemble - “String” from World of Difference (2025)
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🎵: The Danny Fisher-Lochhead Large Ensemble - “String” from World of Difference (2025)
May 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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🎵: The Danny Fisher-Lochhead Large Ensemble - “String” from World of Difference (2025)
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🎵: The Danny Fisher-Lochhead Large Ensemble - “String” from World of Difference (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...
FYI, they get in for FREE at this kids show, today at 4:30.
space538.org/event/luanas...
April 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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...
FYI, they get in for FREE at this kids show, today at 4:30.
space538.org/event/luanas...
April 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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.
sidebody is Hava Horowitz, Lena Warnke, Martha Schnee and Cara Giaimo.
April 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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.
sidebody is Hava Horowitz, Lena Warnke, Martha Schnee and Cara Giaimo.
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.
April 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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.
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.
April 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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.
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.
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.
April 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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.
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.
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
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7 pm at SPACE
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April 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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...
7 pm at SPACE
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April 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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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.
Low-ticket alert, 7:30 show start. It’s gonna be nuts.
April 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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.
Low-ticket alert, 7:30 show start. It’s gonna be nuts.
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Slideshow music: “I Stole the Right to Live” by Michael Hurley
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Slideshow music: “I Stole the Right to Live” by Michael Hurley
April 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Slideshow music: “I Stole the Right to Live” by Michael Hurley