05/19/2026
Next Wednesday, May 27, we delight in welcoming longtime USM professor ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ก๐ก, who ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ with musical accompaniment from ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ/๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ/๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ก, a bespoke improvisational trio of musicians ๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, and ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ก. Join us for the next edition of this public forum from 6:30-7:30 pm.
๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ is a new SPACE series where distinguished community members share and read selected news items, articles, nonfiction passages, reviews, or other material before a live audience, with musical or movement accompaniment. At a time when the news is both difficult to engage with and impossible to ignore, this program shifts the practice of media consumption from the private to the public.
๐๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ (aka Lorrayne) ๐พ๐๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ก๐ก teaches and publishes in the areas of early American literature with a specialty in captivity narratives and indigenous studies. Her book, Rhetorical Drag: Gender Impersonation, Captivity, and the Writing of History was published by Kent State University Press. She is retired Associate Professor from the University of Southern Maine.
๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ is a musician and programmer from Portland, Maine. His work focuses on abstract synthesis and contemporary computer music. He runs the Traced Objects record label and co-organizes the series.
๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ is a graphic designer, audio engineer, photographer and musician in Portland, Maine. He plays in experimental rock band An Anderson, maintains a synthesis- and field recording-based solo practice, and also co-organizes the listening series.
๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ก is an experimental musician and audio engineer based in Portland, Maine. He records and performs as Dinky Mirage, and hosts Diamonds In The Dust Bin as Frothy Cascade on
May 27 โข Wed 6:30-7:30 pm
๐๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ with //๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ก
$5 advance and at the door
