Check out this nice article that the 48 Hour Music Festival got in the Portland Press Herald. Check it out HERE!

On Saturday, February 27 we had a unique Middle Eastern Night here at SPACE. The night began with an impressive performance by Alhan Middle Eastern Music Ensemble before picking things up with the high-energy music played by The Shavarsh Kef Ensemble. Both groups paid homage to the late master musician Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian. Photos by Jon Donnell.

Originally billed as a show for Glenn Jones, the headliner had to cancel, but luckily we were still left with a great three-act bill, helmed by Arborea and with two of Maine’s most promising newer acts, Old Man Forest and Selbyville, supporting. Photos by Jon Donnell.

For something with a name that causes so much confusion, Pecha Kucha certainly is an overwhelmingly popular event. Basically, it’s an international event at which designers and creators of all sorts come together to share their work (20 slides, 20 seconds each) with an audience. The Portland event has a site here where you can find out about their upcoming events and view photos and videos from the presentations. On February 25, the 11th Portland event was held at SPACE and including Xnip, Doug Hall Photography, Masey Kaplan, The Sunday Best, a Dave Poole tribute, Willard Beach TV, architect Todd Richardson, Tom Newhall, (SPACE’s own) Aaron Flacke, and food sculpture by Evan Carroll & Sasha Salzberg. Check out the night’s photos by Sam Cousins below.

On Saturday, February 13, we had our 4th Annual Dead Of Winter show. This experiment involves taking songwriters out of their element (bands) and seeing what they do on their own or with new collaborators. This year’s performers were José Ayerve (Spouse), Eric Schwan (Orchards), Randy Illian (Tin Ceilings), Jeremy Alexander (An Evening With), Aly Spaltro (Lady Lamb the Beekeeper), Jacob Augustine, Darien Brahms, Matthew Lajoie (Cursillistas), Peet Chamberlain, Tim Findlen (Over A Cardboard Sea), Emily Dix Thomas, D. Gross, Joshua Loring & Annie Larmon. Photos by Jon Donnell.

In an effort to support Partners In Health’s efforts in Haiti, SPACE Gallery held a fundraising event on Friday, February 12. For this unique event, we had two of Portland’s most notable acts perform classic albums: Darien Brahms did Green Valentine (with some help from friends) and Phantom Buffalo played Shishimumu. Thanks to the bands as well as Rogues Gallery and the Pine Haven Collective for their help in this event! Photos by Bryan Bruchman.

You know those days when your at home with your laptop and just fall into the world of Youtube? and one video leads to the next, well that happens over here also! Here are some choice picks from SPACE past, Enjoy!
Conifer

Matt & Kim

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Once again, Portland proves that no matter the night of the week, if a great band is coming to SPACE, the crowd will show up on make a great night of it. This was the case on Monday, when Chicago’s Maps & Atlases played (with local openers Brenda and Dead Man’s Clothes). Check out the photos below (by Bryan Bruchman).

By the way, what do you think of our new lights?

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On February 6, the Maine Academy of Modern Music brought their annual Girls Rock! show featuring young talent from their Rock Camps to SPACE. This bill included Marie Moreshead, Totem, Darien Brahms, Oxymorons, and Arcane Lore. Photos by Dennis Stein.

At SPACE we love big events, especially the kind that get a large group of local musicians together to experiment with sounds. In this case, we gathered about 20 drummers to perform an hour-plus (mostly) improvised drum concert. This First Friday afterparty was sponsored by The Drum Shop. Photos by Dennis Stein and Jacob Folsom!