Richard Buckner with Anders Parker and Darien Brahms

8:30p, $8, 18+

Richard Buckner's voice is a deep brown warble that sounds as if it were fashioned from the same stuff as the earth itself, infusing every word, every syllable the man utters with emotional freight.

Anders Parker is known for his work as frontman for Varnaline, and now he's touring to support a new solo album. (One review says the "band was proving impossible to categorize, except by saying, as many did, 'Damn this Anders Parker guy can write a song.'")

Local diva Darien Brahms opens with her star drummer Ginger Cote.

Stinking Lizaveta with Darediablo and Money Castasia

8:30p, $6, 18+

Calling the decade-old Stinking Lizaveta simply an instrumental trio is like saying Malcolm X had a way with words. When their music isn't overstuffed with pile-driven polyrhythms, bottom-feeding bass lines and cluttering guitar scrawl, it's a slower experiment within spare, icier surroundings.

Darediablo succeed on the strength of their stripped-down rock three-piece. It's their unbelievable range of direct influences - from the 1950's "organ trio" model to the cock-rock of the 1970s to spaghetti western soundtracks to modern (but not "Nu") metal. And as their latest album, "Twenty Paces", makes clear, damn near everything in between.

First Friday Artwalk:
Boy's Life
what haunts ...
5-8p, Free, All ages

Art Bites Buffet Dinner, catered by Morpheus Eats. Served at 7:30p, $8/person

The works in guest-curator Denise Markonish's "Boys Life" follow the progression from boy to manhood. The artists in the exhibition address stereotypically male centered hobbies, skewing the notion of what they mean to society by adding humor, social commentary and art historical references to create works that are both about masculine activities as well as their link to more generalized ideas of manhood.

In the front window we feature Cathy McLaurin's "what haunts ..." -- an interactive exhibition of people's secrets revealed.

Hollow Mountain Music:

Ponies in the Surf
Carlisle Sound
Certain Numbers

8:30p, $5, 18+

Ponies in the Surf play pretty, minimalist acoustic pop songs that hearken towards all kinds of folk music traditions of the past, from children's music to religious folk to the music of Columbia, where the duo grew up. They sing with both a child-like playfulness and an accomplished sense for melody.

Carlisle Sound includes present and former members of Major Stars, Soltero and Pants Yell, bringing vintage psych pop into the future.

Portland-based Certain Numbers represents the domestic arm of the british invasion.

"The Way Life Should Be" book launch party

7p, free, all ages

Warren-Machine launches its first anthology of work by Portland writers, including Lewis Robinson, Monica Wood, Tanya Whiton, Alex Irvine, David Kish, and 12 others.

Doc. Film:
Bukowski: Born Into This

7p $5 All ages

"Bukowski: Born Into This" is the first comprehensive documentary of Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) with plenty of surprises in store. The film traces his extraordinary life, from an abusive childhood through decades of poverty and alcoholism; numerous menial jobs and turbulent relationships; through 14 years as a postal employee; and his eventual international celebrity as a poet, novelist and underground cult icon. (2003, 130 min).

The Wood Brothers
Andy Friedman: The Slideshow Poet
and The Other Failures with
Death Vessel

8:30p, $8, 18+

Review of Death Vessel

A self-described "painter with lyrics," Brooklyn-based maverick visual artist Andy Friedman projects his paintings, drawings, and photographs onstage to accompany his country-blues styled songs about devotion and wanderlust.

Medeski Martin & Wood bassist Chris Wood and brother Oliver Wood tour playing what can best be described as "a blues-based, Americana. Oliver sings and plays guitar and, as MMW fans know, Chris lays down the bass. They are just getting started, don't miss your chance to catch their first real tour!

Death Vessel's hauntingly cheerful songs defy categorization.

Lunchbox with Lizzy Rockwell: A Curious City and SPACE Event

Ages 4+. 1p, $3/person, $5/family

Illustrator Lizzy Rockwell has worked on more children's books than we can count. Her latest is "Father's Day," a companion to the ever popular book "Mother's Day." Come hang out with Lizzy and our artist-in-residence Kelly McConnell and make some art!

Sara Cox with Graham Isaacson and Jon Nolan

8:30, $7, 18+

Sara Cox "is the assured storyteller, teasing the lines into a recognizable time and space." (No Depression). "Cox isn't content to confine herself to any particular style...she dodges disjointedness simply by the grace of her distinct sound and uncomplicated, yet versatile character..." (Harp Magazine).

To categorize Graham as a typical singer-songwriter would miss the point. His music evokes feelings of intimacy, truth, and heartfelt emotion, using delicately crafted songs structured around interesting chord progressions and Grammy caliber arrangements.

Jon Nolan plays smart and introspective americana/pop, anchored by his stirring and brilliantly emotive vocals, earnest songwriting, enviable guitar tone and a crack band of New England Roots-Rock heavies.

"Boy's Life" Curator's Talk

7p, free, all ages

CANCELLED

Guest-curator Denise Markonish talks about our current show "Boy's Life." Markonish is the gallery director at Artspace, a fantastic contemporary arts venue in New Haven, Connecticut.

2nd Annual PROM: A SPACE Benefit

9p $20, 21+

FREE FOR MEMBERS!

Get your hair done, your shoes shined, and your clothes pressed. It's time for PROM, the best chance of the year to rock out to your favorite tunes from yesteryear, as reimagined by Portland's finest musicians. This party is a benefit for SPACE, and a chance for our fans to love us with their supporting membership. Featuring Jose Ayerve and Todd and Jason from Seekonk (as The Cure), Sontiago and The One Hit Wonders, Emilia Dahlin and the Get Band (as Blondie), and The Funeral (as the Beatles).

Esmerine and Triple Burner with Seekonk

8:30p, $7, 18+

Featuring Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Bruce Cawdron and A Silver Mt. Zion's Beckie Foon, Esmerine is a spacial chamber rock/neo-classical ensemble that revolves around strings and mostly percussive instruments. Sparse arrangements breathe through cello and violin interludes, as drums, marimba, piano, and ambient textures hover and pulse underneath slow, dynamic builds. The instrumental arrangements minimal but focused on mood and atmosphere; the music is quiet and mesmerizing and always full of emotional tension. Seekonk opens with music that is "sad and warm and wise."

AV Geeks present "Blackboard Bungle"

7p $5 All ages

AV Geeks present an evening of old school films about - interestingly enough - the hazards of going to school in the 1960s and 70s. Films include - Our Obligation, Lunchroom Manners, How Quiet Helps at School, And Then It Happened and more! Door prizes! Hosted by Skip Elsheimer, founder and curator of the AV Geeks educational film archive.

Tranpsyrenation: A siren's birth and search for love in the illusion of matter

7:30p $5 suggested All ages

Multi-media sound artist David Atherton of Austin is joined by performance artist Susan Bickford to present a new collaboration. Layers of sound and video incorporate pre-recorded music, ambient and a live mix of instruments to form an evolving texture. Butoh dance, live painting, sound and video come together to create an unforgettable inter-media dialogue that speaks directly with the soul.

Ratio:22

8:30p, $5, 18+

POSTPONED

RATIO is a fusion of eclectic visual elements and backgrounds: "Graffiti,"technical illustration, traditional symbology and sacred geometry to name a few. This marks the official beginning of the Ratio clothing line, featuring new and old designs on various media and apparel, some only for this event. With live art performance by RATIO and Mike Crockett. Live music By Meat and Potatoes, Valley(From Mass) and OCEAN.

Creative Conversations

Creative Conversations is a way to connect creative individuals: to each other, to organizations, to information, to opportunities. 7p, Free, All ages

Erin McKeown with Hem

8:30p, $10 adv. / $12 day of, 18+

Hem review

Erin McKeown describes her music as "oddball punk cabaret pop," and in many ways it is uniquely her own. It's been called folksy pop and quirky folk, with occasional lyrics that are akin to beat poems. New York-based Hem features lush, traditional instrumentation (accents of mandolin, pedal steel, piano, and stand-up bass) and sweet, mysterious vocals.

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