Upcoming Events + Tickets
All ages unless otherwise noted, 21+ with valid ID to drink
Self-Haunted Opening Reception
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Free
Drawing from Huabi, a tale in the Chinese literary classic Liaozhai Zhiyi, Self-Haunted explores the shifting boundaries between image, desire, and surveillance. In the story a man is drawn into a celestial paradise painted on a wall. What first unfolds as a realm of desire slowly darkens into fear, as an armored official appears in search of an intruder. The painted world shifts with the movements of the mind, where desire and dread give shape to what seems real. Self-Haunted revisits the painted wall as both an image and a boundary, inviting entry while holding the power to expel. Across the exhibition, images beckon, linger, and quietly return our gaze. As enchantment gives way to scrutiny, the worlds we conjure begin to haunt us, shaping how we see and are seen.
TicketsxSelf-Haunted Opening Reception
Special Event
Thursday, November 19, 2026
6:00 pm
9:00 pm
Free
Drawing from Huabi, a tale in the Chinese literary classic Liaozhai Zhiyi, Self-Haunted explores the shifting boundaries between image, desire, and surveillance. In the story a man is drawn into a celestial paradise painted on a wall. What first unfolds as a realm of desire slowly darkens into fear, as an armored official appears in search of an intruder. The painted world shifts with the movements of the mind, where desire and dread give shape to what seems real. Self-Haunted revisits the painted wall as both an image and a boundary, inviting entry while holding the power to expel. Across the exhibition, images beckon, linger, and quietly return our gaze. As enchantment gives way to scrutiny, the worlds we conjure begin to haunt us, shaping how we see and are seen.
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Tashi Dorji / Keith Fullerton Whitman / Dunums / Luke Moldof + Ren Schofield / Mem1
June 21, 2015
xTashi Dorji / Keith Fullerton Whitman / Dunums / Luke Moldof + Ren Schofield / Mem1
June 21, 2015
9:00 pm
TASHI DORJI grew up in Bhutan, on the eastern side of the Himalayas. Dorji developed a playing style unbound by tradition, yet with a direct line to intuitive artistry. His recordings feature improvisations that spasmodically grow along tangential, surprising paths. DUNUMS is a collaborative project founded by Sijal Nasralla. Based in NC, shifting players and contributors to the project have recorded, performed, and created in direct response to, albeit humbly in transmission, of events commonly known as "summer in Gaza" or "revolution in Syria." KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN Starting in the mid-1990's, Keith began exploring electronic music's many facets, eventually yielding dozens of full length albums, singles, remixes, and compilation appearances for influential labels. MEM1 seamlessly blends the sounds of cello and electronics to create a limitless palette of sonic possibilities. LUKE MOLDOF + REN SCHOFIELD Modular synthesis, forced feedback, beats on beats, on beets on beats. get it.
Bella's Bartok // AdapterAdapter // Ghost Town Revival
June 19, 2015
xBella's Bartok // AdapterAdapter // Ghost Town Revival
June 19, 2015
9:00 pm
Bella's Bartok: Maybe you had a bad day, and you thought it was unredeemable. Maybe you have a cold and you don’t feel like moving around. Maybe you fancy yourself someone who watches a concert quietly from the back, attentively listening. In a few seconds, it’s not going to matter who you are.
When the Balkan-inspired, circusy sound of Bella’s Bartok hits your ears, you are no longer in control. You are out of your seat bouncing up and down, and soon your arms are flailing and you’re smiling and screaming. Your bad day, your cold, your fatigue have all vanished, and it’s not even the end of the first song.
Bella’s Bartok makes everyone dance, regardless. From living rooms to concert halls the band’s energy makes getting up and moving irresistible. Without fail, someone from the audience comes up after every single show and says the same thing: “I couldn’t help it.” Plus AdapterAdapter and GHOST TOWN REVIVAL
(Members of SASQUATCH AND THE SICK-A-BILLYS).
Ctrl+Alt+Repeat
June 18, 2015
xCtrl+Alt+Repeat
June 18, 2015
9:00 pm
WILL GUTHRIE (mego / erstwhile / ipecac) + TITANS OF JAZZ andré cormier’s “hic et nunc” + EMILY DIX-THOMAS (cello) + and LAURA CETILIA (cello) philip glass’ “strung out” + CHASE SPRUILL (violin)
DEATH VESSEL / MIRAH / KID IN THE ATTIC / NICK JAINA
June 14, 2015
xDEATH VESSEL / MIRAH / KID IN THE ATTIC / NICK JAINA
June 14, 2015
8:00 pm
THIS SHOW WILL ACTUALLY BLOW YOU AWAY SO BRING AN ANCHOR. Come at 8pm. It's interdisciplinary. Death Vessel (PVD) //\\ the whole band this time. f yeah. Mirah (BROOKLYN) \\// from "DIY mini-masterpieces that express a punk sensibility through broken drum machines, reverb-drenched guitars and ukulele" to "mature, complex and immaculately-produced" -(Wikipedia, fo sho) KID IN THE ATTIC (BROOKLYN) //\\ FAHKING GEORGEOUS (period) Nick Jaina (Portland, OR) \\// READING & SONG > Nick is traveling to promote his new book, "Get it while you can." Whole Grain, baby.
KOOLMORF WIDESEN / XEROME \ REVERSE ENGINEERING
May 28, 2015
xKOOLMORF WIDESEN / XEROME \ REVERSE ENGINEERING
May 28, 2015
8:00 pm
SO THRILLD
To be hosting Koolmorf Widesen in from Firenze, ITALY and our own PVD live pa jammers Xerome and Reverse Engineering. LIVE ELECTRONIC. ACID // TECH // HARD/WET/WARE. KOOLMORF WIDESEN
Project of seasoned Italian electronic music producer and acid maestro Leonardo Barbadoro. He's shared stages with the likes of Apparat, Fuck Buttons, Luke Vibert, The Bug. He's even got a computer controlled robot orchestra. We'll show you when we see you there. XEROME
Back in Providence for the summer this live hardware techno maniac is ready to rip. SO hard.
REVERSE ENGINEERING
New project of the underworldy/sensual Kurt Snell - Pieces gently torn apart and put back together backwords. Oh yeah, he's a werewolf.
MOUSER / DAN TALBOT / ELEVATED COUCH / DAVEY HARMS
May 24, 2015
xMOUSER / DAN TALBOT / ELEVATED COUCH / DAVEY HARMS
May 24, 2015
8:00 pm
Mouser / Unhinged freaks from W.Mass/Baltimore, Drums, Guitar, Laptop, and a yeller + DAN TALBOT / Insane one man pop band + ELEVATED COUCH / Completely bizarred International Band/World Music featuring Ren Schofield (of Container) and a man named Johann + DAVEY HARMS / Slightly weird techno
INTERRUPT III Satellite
March 15, 2015
xINTERRUPT III Satellite
March 15, 2015
8:00 pm
INTERRUPT III SATELLITE READINGS + PERFORMANCES by RRLEW
MATT UNDERWOOD, V MANUSCRIPT, WILLA VAN NOSTRAND, AKIKO HATAKEYAMA, REED GAINES, VISZK (n carolina), LAURA WARMAN (w mass) w live video/soundscaping all night by MARALIE (VALISE). MACHINES W MAGNETS in collaboration w Interrupt3: A Discussion Forum and Studio for New Forms of Language Art Highlighting text and/or/as image, art and/or/as language and with a particular investment in digitally mediated language art, Interrupt3 will take place, chiefly, in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University, March 12-15, 2015.
"Church & Main" PAWTUCKET NETWORKS: cocktails & conversation
February 18, 2015
x"Church & Main" PAWTUCKET NETWORKS: cocktails & conversation
February 18, 2015
6:00 pm
The Pawtucket Commission on Arts & Culture, Machines with Magnets, and Pawtucket Foundation invite you to PAWTUCKET NETWORKS, "Church & Main - cocktails and conversation at Machines W. Magnets on February 18th, 2015
from 6pm – 8:00pm. Join the conversation as we discuss the challenges that local artists and galleries face, ways that we can overcome these challenges and how we can pool our talents to strengthen this already thriving community. This will be a guided forum discussion for all who are interested in the advancement of arts in Pawtucket. The event will kick-off at 6pm on Wednesday, February 18th @ Machines With Magnets , 400 Main St., Pawtucket, RI. The bar will be open and hors d’oeuvres will be served. The guided forum discussion begins at 6:00pm, followed by a meet & greet from 7:00pm until 8:00pm. Have a drink, enjoy the gallery, drop a business card and make some new connections!
