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The exhibition encompasses prints, collages, photography, video, and his digital paintings created on the iPad in recent years. Viewers are immersed in his vibrant colors and multi-dimensional media experiments, revisiting iconic classics: the shimmering waters of a California pool, the breathtaking scenery of Yosemite, the changing seasons of the English countryside, and intimate depictions of family, friends, and the queer community. This is not merely a visual feast, but a profound reflection on the "way of seeing."

Finland's eclectic black-metal cosmonauts Oranssi Pazuzu make their SPACE debut with Denver-based black metal dogs Wayfarer. Four years in the making, ORANSSI PAZUZU spew forth their latest mutational meisterwerk, Muuntautuja (or Shapeshifter in English) set to be released on October 11th,, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records. A boa constrictor of slithering, warping, interdimensional cosmic horror, Muuntautuja is in a world of its own, seeping through the speakers like irradiated sand. Ever transmuting, unsettling chords that raise the hairs on the back of your head and then pummel it with nauseating rhythms that both transport and destroy you. Muuntautuja is like an encounter with a maleficent being, well and truly unhinged, that’s out to mess with your brain. Where delays distort in a dust cloud, riffs are white noise discharge and time signatures interweave, to create the genre that ORANSSI PAZUZU inhabits alone. A convulsing mass on collision course, the air-borne sonic viral load of Muuntautuja is undeniably infectious, and bound to turn heads. If Nasa discover a new form of metal element under the surface of Mars they would have to call it ORANSSI PAZUZU, a band that’s uncharted and pushing the boundaries of what heavy, extreme music should sound like. From their first spaced out underground Black Metal album Muukalainen Puhuu (2009), to second album Kosmonument (2011), their first album to get wider distribution, to their then-next record Valonielu (2013), which saw them delve deeper and weirder into Psychedelic Black Metal, setting the stage for Värähtelijä (2016), arguably their breakthrough record, ORANSSI PAZUZU have been impossible to pigeon-hole and a feast for those who dig deep, heavy and strange. Not so much a reinvention of form as a creative zenith, where ORANSSI PAZUZU have struck a vein of gold in the wasteland, the irony of it is that Muuntautuja sounds like the album they have been diligently mining all along. Dense, ferocious, glistening, blistering and buzzing, Muuntautuja is like tuning in and dropping out to hostile alien signals. The title of the album, meaning Shapeshifter, is a perfect description of the ORANSSI PAZUZU that emerged from their extraterrestrial cocoon in 2024. A new form of being, but whose flesh is eerily familiar, Muuntautuja sees ORANSSI PAZUZU contort their signature noise into something truly fearsome from their critically acclaimed previous album Mestarin kynsi (2020). Noise has always been a part of the classic Black Metal sound but Muuntautuja takes it to a more shattering and violent culmination. Bass player Ontto elaborates on Muuntautuja ’s explosion of experimental and harsh sound when he talks about “noise as a compositional tool” and adds: “The noisier and the more experimental stuff came from a necessity to reinvent the way we were writing songs. The change was already in motion on Mestarin kynsi , but on the new album we really felt we wanted to shed the old skin and find new angles.” Vocalist Jun-His agrees when he states: “We felt that we could express things that we have been only flirting with previously. The noisier experiments started happening during live versions of Taivaan portti from the previous album, and it felt good to not leave it to that, but to expand on it.” When the protagonist of a movie or novel starts to unravel, and the world becomes malevolent, we’d imagine introducing the beginning of the track ‘Ikikäärme’, and let the celestial science fiction of it’s sound-track take us to Ari Aster or Robert Eggers like cinematic terror. Undercurrent layers swell in an alien language, inescapable and claustrophobic. Gestating a new form of metal in their host bodies, humid, equatorial and febrile, on Muuntautuja , ORANSSI PAZUZU constantly transpose and shift key, leaving us high and dry, exposed in space with no umbilical for air. If we delve into the centre of Muuntautuja , there is pure darkness. As the lyrics of ‘Hautatuuli’ (or “Grave Wind” in English) repeat in whispered, mantra-like succession, “gate behind a . . .gate behind a”, behind the gate there is a gate and we have to keep entering the many levels of the album’s sonic symbolism. The layers of initiation ORANSSI PAZUZU are discussing are present in their music. A resonant ritual of layers upon layers, rhythms upon rhythms. If you pass through all the gates on Muuntautuja , you find the center and that is a darkness that’s impossible to illuminate. From the depiction of the mayhem of war in the tracks ‘Voitelu’ or themes of mass manipulation in ‘Bioalkemisti’, Muuntautuja ’s concepts are colossal. The themes reach an almost mythical and religious element where Ontto explains: “In the more atmospheric tracks the subjects are introspective and mystical - Muuntautuja deals with the idea of death as a transformation into a different state of being, and ‘Ikikäärme’ is a fantasy about pursuing immortality, by becoming united with a god snake after being devoured by it.” Drawing inspiration from eclectic sources ranging from Boredoms, Death Grips to Portishead’s Third album, ORANSSI PAZUZU mold their psychedelic alchemy into a potent brew where a tripped out Godflesh creates an alien being with Nine Inch Nails (Downward Spiral era), Beherit and My Bloody Valentine. The result is that Muuntautuja is electronically charged, both organic and inorganic in origin. Guitarist Ikon reflects: “Our experimentation with samplers and electronics made us step towards the weird concept of making nightmarish Rave music. We tried to find common ground between danceable rhythms and oppressive waves of noise and distortion.” Muuntautuja transcends genre, embodying a transcendent experience that slimes listeners in its nightmare of space and metamorphosis. Jun-His muses, "For us, this album is like a sculpture made of black electric ooze." Steeped as deeply in the wells of gothic country and Americana as they are in black metal, WAYFARER have given a sound and a face to the American West in the world of heavy music. ___ Hailing from Denver, Colorado, and having carved out their identity for over a decade with five full length albums and tours around the world - Wayfarer are putting the final notes on the chapter that started with the heralded release of American Gothic . Released in late 2023 to acclaim for music publications worldwide, the album placed at or near the top in many year-end accolades from sources like Rolling Stone, Metal Hammer, Decibel Magazine and more - and saw the band make their mark at festival and club stages around the world. They ride across the United States one final time for the American Gothic era, alongside Finland's mind melting Oranssi Pazuzu in their first proper US tour in nearly a decade. Wayfarer will take stages across the country with riff soaked elegies of blood and gunpowder in tow. Information Source: SPACE | eventbrite

Learn how Polysubstance use has become the rule rather than the exception, requiring treatment approaches to evolve accordingly. Important: All tickets for this event are free of charge. Due to high demand and limited in-person seating, we have limited each order to one ticket. If you are selecting an in-person ticket, please ensure you can attend in person. If your plans change, please cancel your in-person ticket so we can open seats to our waitlist! We will send reminders as the event approaches. Don’t miss this important presentation about how the landscape and treatment approaches of addiction must change. Polysubstance use is now the norm rather than the exception, and thus treatment approaches must change. Join Fernando Peña, CADC II, QMHA II, bilingual trainer and Founder and Executive Director of El Jardín Recovery Centers, for a powerful, practice focused session grounded in real world experience. This presentation offers timely, practical insight into today’s rapidly changing drug landscape and provides clinicians, counselors, and behavioral health professionals with actionable strategies they can use immediately to better support individuals. Through this dynamic in-person or virtual presentation, participants will learn: How addiction treatment has evolved from single substance models to polysubstance informed care, including the impact of changing overdose trends and the modern drug supply (e.g., fentanyl, xylazine) on treatment priorities. Identify key clinical and behavioral health considerations in polysubstance use, including common use patterns, underlying drivers (e.g., trauma, mental health, pain), assessment challenges, and risks related to withdrawal, overdose, and medication interactions. Apply integrated, trauma informed, and interdisciplinary treatment strategies— including MAT, collaborative care, and recovery oriented supports—to improve engagement, safety, and long term outcomes for individuals with polysubstance use. *1.75 CEU Hours will be awarded to Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists in Washington and Oregon. Please contact your board for specifics on CEU requirements for your license or certification Information Source: Fora Health | eventbrite

One of the most thought-provoking horror films of all time now is…a musical. SAW The Musical hilariously captures the events of the first movie parodying the Saw that started it all following from where Lawrence Gordon and Adam Stanheight find each other for the first time in the bathroom trap. Will they follow the rules as they discover each other's secrets? Will they escape the game in time and saw right through? A love story with fluidity (and lots more fluids), 'SAW The Musical The Unauthorized Parody of Saw' isLittle Shop of HorrorsmeetsAvenue Q, pushing the boundary on sexuality and how to love. SAW The Musical The Unauthorized Parody of Saw - Direct from New York! returns to Maine for 5 weeks only in the heart of Portland, ME. SAW The Musical The Unauthorized Parody of Saw PORTLAND, MAINE SHOW SCHEDULE: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday @ 7:00pm / Saturday @ 7:30pm / Sunday @ 1:30pm *Additional Shows: Saturday June 13, 20 & 27 @ 3:00pm / Special Holiday Matinee Friday June 19th @ 1:30pm (**No Show Tuesday June 9th & 16th) National Tour Opening Night opened in Hollywood, CA Sunday March 24th 2024 **Upon purchasing at this link, the best available seats in section purchased will be assigned by the Theater's Box Office at their earliest convenience. Specific seat numbers will not be distributed to any purchasing party, until party's arrival at venue on the corresponding show date as purchased, no earlier than one hour prior to said performance. Tickets via seating chart (pick your own seat in advance) are available via Theater websiteor at The Hill Arts (formerly St. Lawrence Arts) during box office hours. Please direct any Ticketing questions & group inquiries to SawTheMusicalTickets@gmail.com SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw premiered Off-Broadway Fall 2023 in New York after its smash out-of-town tryout in Philadelphia in 2022! SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw -- LIMITED PORTLAND, MAINE ENGAGEMENT 5 WEEKS ONLY MAY 29th - JUNE 28th 2026 Created & Produced by Cooper Jordan / Book by Zoe Ann Jordan / Music & Lyrics by Anthony De Angelis & Patrick Spencer / Directed & Choreographed by Stephanie Rosenberg / Musically Directed by Leigh Pomeranz / Fight Direction by Dan Renkin / Production Supervisor: Melissa Erickson / General Manager: C.J .Enterprises and The Empress Productions; General Management Consultant : Sharon Fallon / Company Manager : Josh Otero / Show Counsel : Jonathan Herzog & Nathan Sheffield P.C. Information Source: SAW The Musical Parody LLC | eventbrite

See how grassroots efforts challenge systems, shape policy, and build lasting change. Grassroots to the Grid: Documentary Premiere Screening will begin at 5:30pm; see below for details. Local nonprofit Community Energy Project premieres Grassroots to the Grid, a documentary spotlighting the neighbors and advocates driving clean energy and climate action across the city. See how grassroots efforts challenge systems, shape policy, and build lasting change. We believe cost should never be a barrier to community and climate action. For this event, we’re offering sliding-scale tickets to help ensure everyone can attend while sustaining CEP’s work. Choose the option that feels right for you. Event schedule: 2:30pm – FREE TO ATTEND Community Resource Fair : Meet our partners, local businesses, and enjoy delicious food from Poblano Pepper. 5:30pm – Documentary screening begins 6:15pm – Post Screening Q&A 7:30pm - Event closes Please note: Screening ticket sales end online at 4pm on May 29th. Tickets can still be purchased at the door. Information Source: Community Energy Project | eventbrite