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Doors open at 7:30pm, event starts at 8pm, $5 , all ages
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Once a year, Davy and Peter Rothbart climb into their van with a trunk-load of magical finds and hit the road for a couple months to put on lively reading-and-music FOUND shows all over the country. They'll share their latest and greatest finds, the kind of notes and letters folks find on the ground and send in for publication in the super-famous FOUND Magazine. And if that wasn't enough, the bros. Rothbart welcome local filmmaker David Meiklejohn, who will screen exclusive footage about FOUND mag from his upcoming documentary, "My Heart Is An Idiot"!
http://www.foundmagazine.com/

5:30pm, free, 21+
A one-of-a-kind Greendrinks event born from the combined resources of Space Gallery, Rose Street, and Goodwill Industries of Northern New England. Come network with environmentally-minded Portlanders, while enjoying locally brewed beer, and browsing a selection of items from area Goodwill stores, specifically chosen with you in mind. Bring your wallets! Our Goodwill boutique will feature hip clothing, unique jewelery, and used bikes - just in time for spring riding. Arrive with an item to donate, and receive a ticket for the night's raffle drawing.

7:00pm, $5 suggested donation, all ages
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Over the past year, with the help of The Telling Room's community of writers and artists, more than 100 elementary, middle, and high school students from fifteen schools throughout Greater Portland wrote stories and songs, took photos, created performances, and filmed videos for this community storytelling project, all about their neighborhoods. Come see Portland through the eyes of its young writers and storytellers.  Artist Michael Shaughnessy's sculpture class at USM will help create a neighborhood inside Space, block party food will be served, and copies of The Telling Room's third anthology, featuring student writing and photographs, will be available for sale. 
http://www.tellingroom.org

Doors open at 8pm, event starts at 8:30pm, $7 , all ages
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Rooted in Flamenco dance, driven by palmas, and borrowing elements from Afro-Cuban, Folk, Acoustic, and Arabic music, Lindsey Bourassa, in collaboration with an eclectic group of Portland dancers, musicians and artists, composes a story about movement.  Through original music, flamenco dance, and spoken word Lost for Words is the visceral and corporeal representation of a written narrative about geographical, emotional, and expressive movement.  Featuring dancers Lindsey Bourassa and Megan Keogh, and musicians Chriss Sutherland, Dylan Blanchard, Tom Kovacevic, Leif Sherman-Curtis, Molly Angie and Anna Trunzo.

Doors open at 7:00pm, event starts at 7:30pm, $10 or $8 for SPACE members, all ages. Buy tickets here.

Anyone who made it to the packed house for the Found Footage Festival last November knows they're in for a wild ride as FFF curators Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher to host a whole different batch of outlandish and hilarious found videos, culled from yard sales, dumpsters and sent in by contributors.
http://www.foundfootagefest.com

Doors open at 9pm, music starts at 9:30pm, $7 , 18+
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Azita Youssefi established herself as a fixture in Chicago's Wicker Park no wave scene in the early nineties when she formed the Scissor Girls. Since then, she's traded in the abrasive guitars for solo work on piano and her brilliant warbling voice, got picked up by Drag City records and released records with members of Isotope 217 and Tortoise. Plains opens with their acoustic shoegaze sound along with the Portland ramshackle folk collective The Orchards.
http://www.myspace.com/azitamusic
http://myspace.com/whattheplains
http://www.myspace.com/ericschwan

Doors open at 6:00pm, event starts at 6:30pm, for PMF members only, all ages. To join, visit www.portlandmusicfoundation.org

The Portland Music Foundation's workshop “Your Band, Your Brand” will focus on marketing your band and building your band’s brand. Featuring industry members who’ve worked closely with national acts, the two back-to-back sessions will discuss the coordination of your live show, your web presence, the music you write and play, and everything else that goes into how the public perceives you. As you develop your fanbase, what messages are you sending, what are the important things to pay attention to, and how can you help cement the perception and story of your band that you believe in?

Doors open at 7:00pm, event starts at 7:30pm, $5 or free for SPACE members. Buy tickets here.
2 films from local filmmaker Jeff Griecci: Murphy’s Law, an 8mm short documentary about the desire to leave, New England’s beautiful turning foliage, and the quest for Sasquatch, all gone horribly askew. The Transition of Minor Skies is a captivating tale weaving together the subtle comforts of home with the pressing urge for escape. This inspired blend of drama, comedy, and breathtaking cinematography make for a completely unique film experience.

Doors open at 6:30pm, event starts at 7:20pm, $5, all ages
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Started in 2003 by Klein Dytham Architects, Pecha Kucha (pronounced peh-chak-cha) Night is an opportunity for designers of all stripes to present their work. We welcome a broad mix of participants to present their designs, thoughts and ideas in a format of 20 slides x 20 seconds each. If you’re an architect, graphic designer, illustrator, painter, landscape designer, photographer or some other creative type, then come and tell the world about your ideas in 6 minutes and 40 seconds! Pecha Kucha is a fast-paced, friendly social gathering where you can can see and/or present work while meeting other designers and artists.
To submit, visit: http://www.pechakuchaportland.com/

Doors open at 9pm, event starts at 9:30pm, $8, 18+
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Strange Famous is underground hip hop legend Sage Francis' ultra-indepedent record label. He returns to SPACE with some of the finest artists on his roster: ferocious emcee B Dolan, the hybrid hardcore punk hip hop band Prayers for Atheists, and rising star Prolyphic. Local master producer Alias will spin tunes for the night, and he and Sage promise to bum rush the stage to back up their friends.
http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/
http://www.myspace.com/bernarddolan
http://www.myspace.com/prayersforatheists
http://www.myspace.com/prolyphic

Doors open at 9pm, music starts at 9:30pm, $6 , 18+
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Just in time for summer, Honey Clouds are releasing their first CD entitled "Fall On the Honey Clouds", a properly recorded follow up to 2007's "earl grey demos". Honey Clouds exemplify all that is good in indie rock, finding a niche somewhere between the hammock and the grill, the paper on the porch and the slippers in the kitchen.Two of their (and our) favorite portland bands join the noisy pop festivities— Gully and the newly expanded lineup of the Rattlesnakes!
http://peapodrecordings.com/honeyclouds.php
http://www.myspace.com/gullytheband
http://www.myspace.com/therattlesnakes

Doors open at 7:30, music starts at 8pm, 13 adv/ 15 door, 18+
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Secret Chiefs 3 is led by composer and producer Trey Spruance, former guitarist of Mr. Bungle and Faith No More. Fresh off a tour with Les Claypool, the current incarnation is something like a kick-ass surf band playing in Arabic/Persian tunings, and then switching over to a wall of Penderecki-style orchestral chord clusters accompanied by AC/DC. Brooklyn's premier experimental rock ensemble, Kayo Dot, return to SPACE for the opening slot.
http://www.myspace.com/secretchiefs3
http://www.myspace.com/kayodot

Doors open at 7:00pm, film starts at 7:30pm, $7 or $5 for SPACE members, all ages
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Follows American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck on his journey to Africa to explore the little known African roots of the banjo and record and album.  Béla's boundary-breaking musical adventure takes him to Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia and Mali and provides a glimpse of the beauty and complexity of Africa.  Using his banjo, Béla transcends barriers of language and culture, finding common ground and forging connections with musicians from very different backgrounds. Co-Sponsored by WMPG Community Radio.
http://www.throwdownyourheart.com

Doors open at 6:30pm, event starts at 7:00pm, free, all ages
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Amy Hausmann is the Assistant Director of New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority's Arts for Transit program.  Hausmann will discuss the growth of Arts for Transit and the process by which artwork is selected. She will discuss AFT-administered programs including the Poster and Lightbox programs and the Music Under New York program and will present a survey of permanent art projects, highlighting recent work by Sol Lewitt at 59th Street/Columbus Circle, Jean Shin at the Long Island Railroad Broadway station and the Starn Studio installation at South Ferry. Presented by the Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance, and funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
image: Willie Birch's "Harlem Timeline, 1995"

Doors open at 9pm, event starts at 9:30pm, $7, 18+
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isobell releases their first album, Maproom, on Peapod Recordings, at SPACE tonight. Members formed not so long ago but have quickly moved onto everyone's radar. The Portland Press Herald added them to their "10 to watch" list with an album that's being compared to Sigur Ros and Mazzy Star. SPACE favorites Lady Lamb the Beekeeper and Phantom Buffalo open.
http://www.myspace.com/izzabella
http://www.myspace.com/ladylambthebeekeeper
http://www.myspace.com/phantombuffalo

11am - 4pm, free, all ages

We're committed to alternative and underground arts for our events and that passion extends to alternative formats for music listening. Enterprise Records knows that in the age of mp3's you still can't beat vinyl LPs. Join them and many other record dealers here at SPACE for an opportunity to dig through the crates for hard to find selections in all genres. Viva la vinyl! Dealers: for information regarding table reservations for the fair, email Enterprise Records enterpriserex@aol.com or call 207-773-7672

Doors open at 9:00, music starts at 9:30, $10 , 18+
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Remember that amazing Black Mountain show at SPACE last year? Well say hi to their alter ego! "Outside Love" is the third album by Pink Mountaintops, AKA Stephen McBean, the driving force behind Black Mountain. With Pink Mountaintops, McBean marches to the beat of a poppier drummer, turning his songwriting to themes of love, while maintaining the dense sonic architecture that propelled Black Mountain's runaway acclaim.
http://www.myspace.com/pinkmountaintops

Friday evening: Doors open at 7:00pm, film starts at 7:30pm
Saturday matinee: Doors open at 2:30pm, film starts at 3:00pm
Sunday evening : Doors open at 7:00pm, film starts at 7:30pm

$7 or $5 for SPACE members, all ages.
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Inside a small airport in central Maine, a group of senior citizens are making history by using handshakes and hugs to play a critical role in the Iraq war. The Way We Get By is an inspirational story about how these handshakes can change a person's life. Since March 2003, nearly one million soldiers and marines from across the country have been greeted at the Bangor International Airport. With each flight, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, these volunteers have been there to send them off and welcome them home.

The Way We Get By follows three senior citizens, Bill Knight, Joan Gaudet, and Jerry Mundy as they battle with the critical issues common to the nation's ever-growing aging population. Through their candid and moving stories, viewers are provided with a truthful look at what millions of Americans are facing across the country.

One theme explored throughout the film is the emotional losses that come with growing old. Whether it's the loss of a spouse or a child, the loss of identity after retirement, or the loss of youth, each comes with life-altering consequences. We take a raw and intimate look at our three character's lives outside the airport, revealing their own personal losses that led them to troop greeting. On the surface, it looks like the endless trips to the airport provide an escape for them. But as the story progresses, we learn the airport is where they find the inspiration to confront their issues at home and the strength to overcome them.

Watch the trailer for The Way We Get By