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
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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
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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🎶 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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Events: space538.org/events
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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
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?...
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?...
Roochie Toochie and the Ragtime Shepherd Kings - Chorus Jig
YouTube video by Roochie Toochie & The Ragtime Shepherd Kings
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October 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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?...
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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🎶 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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🎶 from Debbie Does Dallas (via Radio is a Foreign Country)
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...
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...
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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September 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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...
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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🎶 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...
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Virtuosic legends this evening @spacegallery.bsky.social. Thrilling to hear, and be transported by, the friendship between David Murray and Kahil El’Zabar.
June 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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...
space538.org/support/
Julia’s show “Just Passing Through” is up through June 21!
space538.org/exhibition/j...
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!
space538.org/exhibition/j...
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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...
dadadrummer.substack.com/p/music-is-t...
Music Is Too Important To Be Left To The Marketplace
A Conversation with Liz Pelly
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June 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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...
dadadrummer.substack.com/p/music-is-t...
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Giving a talk and signing books at the @spacegallery.bsky.social in Portland, Maine tonight at 7, come join us! space538.org/event/passpo...
May 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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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🎶 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
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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 💙💙💙💙
May 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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
@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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space538.org/event/vulcan...
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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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...
space538.org/event/nathan...
May 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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...
space538.org/event/nathan...
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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)
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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.
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.
April 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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.
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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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 ❤️
April 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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...
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
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 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
space538.org/event/poppic...