SPACE, 538 Congress Street, Portland, ME (2025)

09/03/2025

▪️The mighty Godspeed You! Black Emperor return to Portland on September 14th. Joining Montreal’s legendary post-rock protest music ensemble (and longtime SPACE friends) for an evening at the State Theatre, co-presented by SPACE. Their new album is magisterially good, and we strongly recommend you submit yourself to the experience of witnessing their enormous, cathartic, multimedia live show in person. This is their Liberation Fall of ‘25 tour.

September 14 • Sun 8 pm, doors at 7
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
at
$35 advance, $40 day of show
Co-presented by

09/02/2025

🎞️ SEPTEMBER FILMS AT SPACE
All films $10, $7 for SPACE members, 🎟️ at SPACE538.ORG

Sep 2 • Tue 7 pm
𝘿𝙪𝙣𝙚 (1984) [SOLD OUT]
dir. David Lynch • 137 min.
at
Watch your step! SANDBLASTER! is a collaborative outdoor film series that showcases a trio of our favorite monster movies that turn the beach and desert into sites of adventure, scares, and gnarly fun. First up, David Lynch’s complicated 1984 masterpiece Dune.
Co-presented by , and

Sep 8 • Mon 7 pm
𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨
dir. Quay Brothers • 76 min.
The first feature in 20 years by The Quay Brothers is inspired by the writings of Polish author Bruno Schulz, a mix of live action and breathtakingly intricate stop-motion puppetry.

Sep 10 • Wed 7 pm
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙠
dir. • 90 min.
The Farmer and the Shark explores the extraordinary life of local Martha’s Vineyard legend Craig Kingsbury, and his impact on the production of Steven Spielberg’s classic, Jaws.
Co-presented by and

Sep 22 • Mon 7 pm
𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮𝙚𝙣𝙙
dir. • 113 min.
In a near-future Tokyo, two high school friends pull a consequential prank on their principal, prompting the school to install a surveillance system. Stuck between the oppressive security system and a darkening national political situation, the two respond in contrasting ways.

Sep 26 • Fri 7 pm
𝘼 𝙋𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙢 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜
dir. Michael Gorman & Donna Daly • 45 min.
A playwright and advocate breathes new life into an abandoned theater, creating a metaphor of recovery for both the venue and those living in the shadows of the op**te crisis in Maine’s state capital of Augusta. Screened with a Q&A with playwright, producers and cast members.

Sep 27 • Sat 4 pm
𝙎𝙪𝙙𝙖𝙣, 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙐𝙨
dir. Hind Meddeb • 78 min.
Blending intimate storytelling with political urgency, Sudan, Remember Us is a collective portrait of the young Sudanese generation fighting for freedom through words, poems, chants, and artistic creativity.

Doors open 30 min. before screenings.

08/31/2025

Joining Frankie Cosmos on September 18 is Fantasy of a Broken Heart, the Brooklyn-based art pop duo of Al Nardo and Bailey Wollowitz. A kooky and explosive sound shaped by the surrealist endeavors of '70s prog-rock and late-'90s dream pop, Fantasy of a Broken Heart are Nardo and Wollowitz's dedicated project when they're not part of the pirate crew touring unit of Water From Your Eyes.

https://space538.org/event/frankie-cosmos-2025/

Bailey's husky baritone whispers, shouts, and croons, Al's airy vocals twang and soar transcendent, their voices drifting in and out of conversation with each other. A transient dialogue between the two runs through the tracks, often out of sync and existing sometimes in absentia. Chaos Practitioner's meditative and surreal elements are grounded by driving percussion and shimmering twangs of harp, while ethereal synth layers maintain the dreamlike foundation.

September 18 • Thu 8 pm, doors at 7:30
Frankie Cosmos with Fantasy of a Broken Heart and Moontype
$25 advance, $28 day of • $2 off for SPACE members

08/29/2025

THIS WEEK AT SPACE
TICKETS AT SPACE538.ORG

August 29 • Fri 7 pm
Boys Go to Jupiter 🎞️
dir. • 89 min.
$10, $7 for SPACE members

August 30 • Sat 8 pm
with Black Pepper Flake
$15 adv, $20 day of • $2 off for SPACE members

August 31 • Sun 7-10 pm
Connected: Karaoke Fundraiser with
Masks required
ASL, French, and Spanish interpretation provided

September 2 • Tue 7 pm
Dune (1984)
at , 95 Desert Rd, Freeport
$10, $7 for SPACE members
*low-tickets* | *advance tickets only/no walk-up*
Co-presented by , and

September 4 • Thu 6 pm
Nourishing a Publishing Ecosystem with
at , 536 Congress St. (above SPACE)
FREE

September 4 • Thu 8 pm
with
$17 adv, $20 day of • $2 off for SPACE members

September 5-6 • Fri 5-9 pm; Sat 11 am-4 pm

FREE

September 7 • Sun 7:30 pm
The House Party (10-Year Edition) [Insight Member/VIP Party]

September 8 • Mon 7 pm
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
dir. Quay Brothers • 76 min.
$10, $7 for SPACE members

EXHIBITIONS

This is There
Window installation by .full__
Aug 1-Sep 22

Artificial Abundance

September 5-October 11
First Friday Art Walk artist reception Sep 5 5-8 pm

As Long As Space Exists
Shon Ua Mahoney
Main Venue

ℹ️ Doors open half hour before show time.

08/29/2025

🪩 The Moonshake residency continues on September 13, featuring a headline set from Montreal’s prolific underground collaborator DJ/producer Regularfantasy and her sultry, dusty pop for freaky dancefloors. Get your tickets soon at SPACE538.ORG 🌖

This certified househead doesn’t shy away from throwing in a soft chord, a catchy vocal, or a cheeky twist. Think dark and delicious basslines, guilty pleasures, and a dubby, sensual alt-house sound with a pop feel — nodding to ’90s floorfillers with flashes of disco, UK garage, and tripped-out percussive tech moods. Psychedelic, sleek, and styled for the dancefloor, with a retro-leaning visual world inspired by synthetic textures, upholstery, and bold colours. This, is Regularfantasy.

Her DJ CV includes appearances at international clubbing institutions like Panorama Bar, Horst, Dimensions, Corsica Studios, OXI, Else, Nowadays, Public Records, A Club Called Rhonda, Smart Bar, Bassiani, Maricas, and MUTEK — along with an impressive array of underground and q***r parties, where her sound feels most at home.

Plush Managements Inc., the label she runs with fellow Canadian and rave auteur D. Tiffany, is a regular outlet for her solo work and collaborations with friends and co-conspirators on both sides of the Atlantic — putting out anthemic, tongue-in-cheek club numbers for sexy, sultry, and whimsical discos alike.

September 13 • Sat 9 pm-2 am (21+)
with and
$20 adv, $25 day of • $2 off for SPACE members

08/28/2025

Just announced! The legendary Olympia rock band Earth will return to SPACE in November, playing their landmark 2005 album Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method in its entirety. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 29 at 10 am.

Marking a new direction the band would follow in years to come, Hex stands in stark contrast to Earth's previous works. While retaining the extremely heavy doom/drone metal song structure of epic riffs over simple repetitive drumbeats, the guitar was inflected with country influences that favored a cleaner reverb-heavy tone layered with acoustic instruments over the band's previous predilection for distortion. The press release for the album cited diverse influences such as Ennio Morricone, Billy Gibbons, Neil Young's soundtrack to the movie Dead Man, country musicians Duane Eddy, Merle Haggard, and Roy Buchanan.

Over the course of their thirty trips around the sun, Earth has remained diligent in their commitment to monolithic minimalism. The sonic vocabulary may have changed—from their early years churning out seismic drone metal on albums like Earth 2 (1993) to the dusty Morricone-tinged comeback album Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method (2005) to the meditative rock approach of Primitive and Deadly (2014)—but the underlying principle of austerity and restraint remains a constant.

November 4 • Tue 8 pm, doors at 7:30
Earth – Celebrating 20 Years of Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method
$20 advance, $25 day of show • $2 off for SPACE members

08/28/2025

Boys Go to Jupiter screens this Friday night! Julian Glander’s hilarious and otherworldly feature film is an absurdist animated fantasia about the gig economy set, of course, in Florida, and has drawn rave reviews from all over. The film features a trove of comic talent including Jack Corbett, Tavi Gevinson, Elsie Fisher, Janeane Garofalo, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Miya Folick, Julio Torres, Joe Pera, Sarah Sherman, Cole Escola, Eva Victor, Chris Fleming, River L Ramirez, Max Wittert and Demi Adejuyigbe.

It’s the day after Christmas in suburban Florida and Billy 5000 (Jack Corbett) and his friends pass the seemingly endless days by slacking, shoplifting, and beatboxing. In between lounging on the beach and sneaking into pools, Billy spends his time hustling on the food-on-demand app Grubster, desperate to make $5,000 before New Year’s Eve. As he darts around the city delivering to a series of oddball characters, a routine stop at the mysterious Dolphin Groves Juice Company leads to a run-in with his former classmate—and crush—Rozebud (Miya Folick) and a surprise backpack stowaway in Donut, a bizarre creature from another world. But Dr. Dolphin (Janeane Garofalo), the powerful orange juice CEO, will do anything to get Donut back, and Billy is forced to make hard choices about love, friendship, and how far he’ll go for financial security in a world ruled by capitalism in this absurdist and musical take on a coming-of-age comedy.

August 29 • Fri 7 pm, doors at 6:30film 🎞️
dir. • 89 min.
$10, $7 for SPACE members

08/27/2025

Bob Mould isn’t the only alternative rock legend coming to town on September 16 — we get J. Robbins too. A staple of the massively influential hardcore, punk, and post-punk scenes emerging from Dischord Records in Washington, D.C., J. Robbins is an independent music lifer. Starting out at the end of the 1980s playing bass in the final and longest-tenured lineup of DC hardcore mainstays Government Issue, he went on to gain prominence in the ’90s as the singer/ guitarist of the prolific and widely-traveled indie rock band Jawbox. That band’s sound developed to become a template for most of J’s later work: passionate and tuneful vocals set to driven guitars that swing between melody and clashing dissonance, atop complex and driving rhythms, abrasive post punk and melodic guitar pop influences in an always uneasy alliance greater than the sum of its parts.

Releasing a slew of independent EPs and two full-length albums on DC’s iconic Dischord Records, Jawbox (like many of their peers from the music underground of the day) transitioned to the major label world in the mid ‘90s, going on to release two albums on Atlantic Records before disbanding. Returning — and rededicating himself — to the indie music world and its ethos, Robbins almost immediately formed a new band with former GI bandmate and drummer extraordinaire Peter Moffett: Burning Airlines, which released two albums and toured the U.S., Europe, and Japan.

Robbins’ current writing is driven partly by a desire to write songs that can survive in all sorts of different arrangements, from solo acoustic to electronic, to rock band bashing away at top volume. Un-Becoming (2019) and Basilisk (2024) are solo records, with a broad sonic palette, but the sound of a rock band is still at their core, and collaboration is still key.

September 16 • Tue 8 pm, doors at 7:30
Bob Mould () Solo Electric: Here We Go Crazy with
$38 advance, $45 day of show • $2 off for SPACE members

08/26/2025

SPACE has signed Cultural Freedom Demands Collective Courage: A Nation-wide Statement of Values and Principles for the Field of Art and Culture.

In the face of increasing threats to artistic and intellectual freedom in the United States, the Statement reasserts the arts sector’s commitment to retain programmatic independence and resist pressures of institutional self-censorship, which is the only way to ensure that future generations inherit robust cultural institutions that stimulate the imagination, engender free thinking, and incubate new futures.

Upon its publication, the Statement has more than 275 individual signatories working across the art and culture sector, as well as over 150 cultural institutions.

Join us at collective-courage.com.

08/25/2025

Happyend, an emotionally layered sci-fi thriller described as “if Superbad took place at the end of the world” (WBUR), screens at SPACE on September 22. Tickets at SPACE538.ORG

In a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake pervades daily life, two rabble-rousing best friends are about to graduate high school. One night, they pull a consequential prank on their principal, which leads to a surveillance system being installed in their school. Stuck between the oppressive security system and a darkening national political situation, the two respond in contrasting ways, leading them to confront differences they never had to face before.

September 22 • Mon 7 pm, doors at 6:30
Happyend 🎞️
dir. Neo Sora • 113 min.
In Japanese with English subtitles
$10, $7 for SPACE members

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