Doors open at 9:00pm, music starts at 9:30pm, $7, 18+ 

Baltic Sea is an experimental rock outfit from Portland that features members of Seekonk, Colepitz and Static Flash. Conifer’s primarily instrumental music takes an approach that’s entirely meditative, with minimal, ethereal passages containing lengthened crescendos of distortion. Boston’s Irepress join the post-rock, progressive hardcore, metal-gaze (take your pick) legions of the early 2000s, bringing an all-instrumental, rhythmically jazz-oriented nuance to the genre’s open-ended, atmospherically complex template, as defined by the likes of Isis, Pelican and Mouth of the Architect.
http://www.myspace.com/thebalticsea

Doors open at 8pm,
music begins at 8:30, $10, 18+
Buy tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com

For over ten years, Ted Leo has been one of the most progressive forces in East Coast independent music, with a unique combination of punk and folk, soul and hardcore, and tradition and experimentation. His newest record, Living with the Living, was released this year on Touch and Go records. KristeenYoung is a piano/keyboard and drums “rock” duo, in the golden years sense of the word, when rock was simultaneously adventurous, original, scary and fun. Think saw-toothed riffs reminiscent of Jimmy Page and tub-thumping, bootknocking drums born of the same era and you’re halfway there. Doors open at 8:00pm, music starts at 8:30pm, $10, 18+. http://www.tedleo.com/news.php

Doors open at 7pm, film starts at 7:30, $6, $5 for SPACE members
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Michael Almereyda's award-winning documentary WILLIAM EGGLESTON IN THE REAL WORLD reveals the deep connection between photographer William Eggleston’s enigmatic personality and his groundbreaking work, and also reveals his parallel commitments as a musician, draftsman and videographer. Almereyda tracks the photographer on trips to Kentucky, Los Angeles and New York, but gives particular attention to downtime in Memphis, Eggleston’s home base. Eggleston has been called “the beginning of modern color photography” (John Szarkowski, MoMA) and “one of the most significant figures in contemporary photography” (Charles Hagen, NY Times).

Presented with the Bakery Photo Collective. http://www.bakeryphoto.com
http://www.palmpictures.com/film/william-eggleston-in-
the-real-world-.php

5:00-9:00pm, free, All ages

FREE FOR ALL
SPACE Gallery opens its doors inviting anyone and everyone to exhibit their work in a salon-style survey show. FREE FOR ALL is both a curatorial experiment and a democratic effort to organize and present work through an open call process with no submission fee.

Doors open at 9pm, music starts at 9:30, $10 / $12 day of
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Erin McKeown has packed a ton of music into her young career. With 5 albums, 2 EPs, and numerous soundtracks and compilations to her credit, the 29-year-old songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hasn’t stopped for a breather in the last 10 years. McKeown’s newest release is a live album, Lafayette, a rollicking evening with her six-piece Little Big Band.

Doors open at 7:00pm, film starts at 7:30pm, $6, $5 for members, All ages

The Maine premiere of local filmmaker, Nikolai Fox’s latest film, Music for the Sky, explores a community of eccentric revivalist old-time fiddlers playing southern-style fiddle music in the mountains of Vermont and Western Massachusetts. The film revolves around the personalities of eight musicians – each described in a cinematic portrait. Fox intimately captures the music of this community as it is played informally in a diverse variety of settings while introducing us to this group of viscerally talented and virtually unknown traditional musicians. Followed by discussion with filmmaker Nikolai Fox.

4:00-10:00pm, free, All ages

SPACE Gallery’s 4th annual Fantastic Holiday Shop-a-do Craft Sale comes back with a stellar collection of handmade goods including books, t-shirts, cards and other printed materials, handbags, jewelry, iron cribbage boards, affordable art and more. This will be the best holiday shopping party of the season! Featuring cool stuff from 43rd Parallel Press, Strong Arm Bindery, Merchantship, Record Books, Swallowfield, Boom-chick-a-boom, fUSE, Mean & Wroughten, Momster Creations, Alicia Allen Jewelry, Talking Paintings, Madder, Knitbot, Spindleworks, A Little Bunny, Sinnickel Press, Olive’s Vintage, Field, Alpha Coyote Designs, Supaflu, Pinecone & Chickadee, port2portpress, Selflesh, Ferdinand, Bobbin Studio, Karen Gelardi, Small Victory Studios, pixiegenne, Beth Gorski and Wendy Stanley. With music by BAM BAM.

Doors open at 9pm, music starts at 9:30, $5, 18+

Satellite Lot releases their second album, /Sleepwalk in a Burning Building /on December 14th. Reminiscent of Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, and The Go Team!, they feature pulsing digital beats, huge multi-layered percussion, kool synths and thrashy PIL-style guitars. With their combinations of a live drummer and a percussionist sparring with a drum machine, and multiple guitarists duking it out with new wave synthesizer leads, Satellite Lot have defied their first album and canceled their subscriptions to indie-rock. They are joined by Brenda (members of Cult Maze), Diamond Sharp, and Elf Princess Gets a Harley (Extendo-Ride's Brandon Davis). A free ticket for the show comes with purchase of the album at Bull Moose.
http://www.myspace.com/satellitelot

Doors open at 6:30pm, event starts at 7:00pm, $5, free for members, All ages

When we were teenagers we swore we’d never forget what it’s like to be one. We swore that when we were parents we’d do it differently. But can we ever hope to remember the painful social struggles, the hopeless crushes, or even the simple frustration of not being able to drive ourselves around? Can we really recall how hard it is to grow up? In the latest installment of our “Listening Room” series, local producer Josh Gleason (NPR, This American Life, Weekend America) presents an evening of radio stories made by teenagers, including some from WMPG’s own Blunt Youth Radio - stories about young people dealing with everything from the ordinary to the extraordinary, unrequited love to Tourette’s Syndrome. Featuring live music by Tempera and members of Over a Cardboard Sea. Presented In partnership with the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) http://www.prx.org

Doors open at 9pm, music starts at 9:30, $7 day of

Describing their style as “new music for old souls,” Hoots and Hellmouth is a Philadelphia-based roots music act whose music brings together the passion of alt-country and the rustic tone of acoustic folk, merging them with loping jam band grooves. They released their debut record in 2007 on Mad Dragon Records. The Toughcats are a three piece band from the Fox Islands in Penobscot Bay, using vocal harmonies, uke, banjo, mandolin, suitcase and percussion to blend a mix of folk, rock, ragtime and bluegrass into their music.
http://www.hootsandhellmouth.com/
http://toughcats.com/

Two Shows: 11:00am and 2:00pm, $10 adults, $8 students/seniors, $6 kids 12 and under, All ages
http://www.acorn-productions.org/pages/Phyzgig.html
For tickets, go to: http://www.acorn-productions.org/tickets3.html

Jan Damm combines feats of dexterous derring-do with winning charm and physical wit. Riotous and rousing! Zev’s myriad talents with the diabolo, Rubik’s Cube, and more, will keep audiences guessing! Michael Lane Trautman has been described as looking like a “cross between Mr. Rogers and Mick Jagger” by the Calgary Herald and peforming as a “hilarious stand-up mime” by the Calgary Sun

Two Shows: 11:00am and 2:00pm, $10 adults, $8 students/seniors, $6 kids 12 and under, All ages
http://www.acorn-productions.org/pages/Phyzgig.html
For tickets, go to: http://www.acorn-productions.org/tickets3.html

Leland conjures shadow puppets with his hands, brings origami to life, and amazes audiences all over the world with his original blend of performance styles. Morten’s performances feature a cornucopia of visual illusions in which glowing balls describe wondrous patterns in the dark, spinning batons come to life, and Chinese tops are spun on a string in a variety of patterns that are sure to amaze! Brent is a Clown At Work, proudly presenting a toolbox full of diabolos, a renegade tape measure, a pile of safety cones, and a Rolling Globe-Olla. Eccentric physical comedy that every town should rush out to see.

Two Shows: 11:00am and 2:00pm, $10 adults, $8 students/seniors, $6 kids 12 and under, All ages
http://www.acorn-productions.org/pages/Phyzgig.html
For tickets, go to: http://www.acorn-productions.org/tickets3.html

Drew the Dramatic Fool combines visual comedy, circus skills, and magic with a foolish persona caught up in dramatic situations. As a world-class juggler, a classically trained ballet dancer, mime, and physical comedian, a jester and a fool in the best, old-world sense of the words, Iman’s background includes a wide range of comic disciplines from circus arts to commedia dell’arte. Consummate skill and deft timing to swingin’ music coupled with high energy and humor make the Yo-Yo People a favorite for every age.

Two Shows: 11:00am and 2:00pm, $10 adults, $8 students/seniors, $6 kids 12 and under, All ages
http://www.acorn-productions.org/pages/Phyzgig.html
For tickets, go to: http://www.acorn-productions.org/tickets3.html

When the simplest of tasks turns into the grandest of ordeals, Daniel shows how the journey of one step begins with 1,000 miles. Take a wild trip into the jungles of Brazil and Africa in Antonio Rocha’s world of mime, sound effects, zany characters and physical comedy. You will be spellbound by myths, the absurd and the poetic when this accomplished performer turns himself into a monkey, spider and many other enchanted creatures. Rob Torres has a unique way of finding absurdity in common everyday tasks. Whether he’s changing his clothes, setting the table, or just sitting down, you’re guaranteed to have fun.