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Established in 2006, Machines with Magnets hosts experimental music performances, sound and art exhibitions and installations, performance art, film and video screenings, cultural and community events, private events, and fundraisers. Past performances include The Body, Dan Deacon, Mirah, Etran de l'Aïr, Braveyoung, Lydia Lunch, Lightning Bolt, Brown Bird, Container, and Mdou Moctar.

Upcoming Events + Tickets

All ages unless otherwise noted, 21+ with valid ID to drink

Virgo Rising, Sag Moon Closing Reception

Friday, June 13, 2025

6:00 pm

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9:00 pm

Taylor MaroneyTickets
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Virgo Rising, Sag Moon Closing Reception

Special Event
Friday, June 13, 2025
6:00 pm
9:00 pm
More Info + RSVP

Play it Cool Vol. 3: Pre-Pride Party

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

7:00 pm

to

12:00 am

An iconic night with modern Asian American cocktails featuring RI Spirits and sounds by Wawoo!

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Play it Cool Vol. 3: Pre-Pride Party

Special Event
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
7:00 pm
12:00 am
An iconic night with modern Asian American cocktails featuring RI Spirits and sounds by Wawoo!
More Info + RSVP

Cel Genesis, Isabella Koen + more

Thursday, June 19, 2025

8:00 pm

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$15

Tickets
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Cel Genesis, Isabella Koen + more

Music Show
Thursday, June 19, 2025
8:00 pm
$15
More Info + RSVP

Bittersweet, sadnoise, barbie.ai + Tayla Roberge

Thursday, June 26, 2025

8:00 pm

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Bittersweet, sadnoise, barbie.ai + Tayla Roberge

Music Show
Thursday, June 26, 2025
8:00 pm
More Info + RSVP

Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp with DakouDakou

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

8:00 pm

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Founded in 2006 in Geneva, 90 years after Dada, by Vincent Bertholet (Hyperculte), the 12- piece Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp has released 5 albums on the highly influential Bongo Joe Records and played the European festival circuit for years. This will be their second attempt to conquer America – following the release of the latest album, Ventre Unique. The band’s name is an homage to some of the classic Congolese groups (Orchestre Tout Puissant Konono n°1, Orchestre Tout Puissant Polyrytmo, TPOK Jazz etc...) and to one of the greatest provocateurs of 20th century art. Their music mixes echoes of The Ex, Moondog, kraut rock, minimalism, high life, symphonic touches and punk outbursts - and yet, none of it is terribly relevant: OTPMD has managed to invent its own reality – or, if you prefer, a simulation. Their live performances are mesmerizing affairs with an almost ritualistic slant and arrangements so tight they seem to re-organize chaos itself.

$15 adv / $20 day of

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Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp with DakouDakou

Music Show
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
8:00 pm
$15 adv / $20 day of
Founded in 2006 in Geneva, 90 years after Dada, by Vincent Bertholet (Hyperculte), the 12- piece Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp has released 5 albums on the highly influential Bongo Joe Records and played the European festival circuit for years. This will be their second attempt to conquer America – following the release of the latest album, Ventre Unique. The band’s name is an homage to some of the classic Congolese groups (Orchestre Tout Puissant Konono n°1, Orchestre Tout Puissant Polyrytmo, TPOK Jazz etc...) and to one of the greatest provocateurs of 20th century art. Their music mixes echoes of The Ex, Moondog, kraut rock, minimalism, high life, symphonic touches and punk outbursts - and yet, none of it is terribly relevant: OTPMD has managed to invent its own reality – or, if you prefer, a simulation. Their live performances are mesmerizing affairs with an almost ritualistic slant and arrangements so tight they seem to re-organize chaos itself.
More Info + RSVP

Otherworld Opening Reception

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

6:00 pm

to

9:00 pm

'Otherworld' is a love letter to the ways we create ourselves and each other, again and again, across thresholds both visible and unseen. Eli Kauffman and J Rowen O’Dwyer bring together vivid, psychologically charged paintings that explore the threshold between the physical and the mythic, the home and the holy. Their work charts the sacred rituals of queer life — from moments of pleasure to acts of care, devotion, and transformation. The home becomes a site of alchemy, the body a threshold, and queer experiences a mirror and a myth in constant renewal. The outside world serves as a mirror, a set on which to explore new versions of ourselves, and fill unexpected roles. Images drawn from play, intimacy, domesticity, and community shift between documentation and dream, honoring both the rawness and the magic of trans and queer existence. Otherworld refers to myths and realms in legends, but also to the term “Otherworldly” describing the uncanny nature of otherness, leaving the door open to new realms, for those considered outcast.

Free

Eli KauffmanJ Rowen O'DwyerTickets
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Otherworld Opening Reception

Special Event
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
6:00 pm
9:00 pm
Free
'Otherworld' is a love letter to the ways we create ourselves and each other, again and again, across thresholds both visible and unseen. Eli Kauffman and J Rowen O’Dwyer bring together vivid, psychologically charged paintings that explore the threshold between the physical and the mythic, the home and the holy. Their work charts the sacred rituals of queer life — from moments of pleasure to acts of care, devotion, and transformation. The home becomes a site of alchemy, the body a threshold, and queer experiences a mirror and a myth in constant renewal. The outside world serves as a mirror, a set on which to explore new versions of ourselves, and fill unexpected roles. Images drawn from play, intimacy, domesticity, and community shift between documentation and dream, honoring both the rawness and the magic of trans and queer existence. Otherworld refers to myths and realms in legends, but also to the term “Otherworldly” describing the uncanny nature of otherness, leaving the door open to new realms, for those considered outcast.
More Info + RSVP

Otherworld

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

6:00 pm

to

9:00 pm

This exhibition is a love letter to the ways we create ourselves and each other, again and again, across thresholds both visible and unseen. Eli Kauffman and J Rowen O’Dwyer bring together vivid, psychologically charged paintings that explore the threshold between the physical and the mythic, the home and the holy. Their work charts the sacred rituals of queer life — from moments of pleasure to acts of care, devotion, and transformation. The home becomes a site of alchemy, the body a threshold, and queer experiences a mirror and a myth in constant renewal. The outside world serves as a mirror, a set on which to explore new versions of ourselves, and fill unexpected roles. Images drawn from play, intimacy, domesticity, and community shift between documentation and dream, honoring both the rawness and the magic of trans and queer existence. Otherworld refers to myths and realms in legends, but also to the term “Otherworldly” describing the uncanny nature of otherness, leaving the door open to new realms, for those considered outcast.

Free

Eli KauffmanJ Rowen O'DwyerTickets
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Otherworld

Wednesday, July 9, 2025
6:00 pm
9:00 pm
Free
This exhibition is a love letter to the ways we create ourselves and each other, again and again, across thresholds both visible and unseen. Eli Kauffman and J Rowen O’Dwyer bring together vivid, psychologically charged paintings that explore the threshold between the physical and the mythic, the home and the holy. Their work charts the sacred rituals of queer life — from moments of pleasure to acts of care, devotion, and transformation. The home becomes a site of alchemy, the body a threshold, and queer experiences a mirror and a myth in constant renewal. The outside world serves as a mirror, a set on which to explore new versions of ourselves, and fill unexpected roles. Images drawn from play, intimacy, domesticity, and community shift between documentation and dream, honoring both the rawness and the magic of trans and queer existence. Otherworld refers to myths and realms in legends, but also to the term “Otherworldly” describing the uncanny nature of otherness, leaving the door open to new realms, for those considered outcast.
More Info + RSVP

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Event Archive

Boo City / Ravi Shavi / Sara Azriel
May 24, 2013
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Boo City / Ravi Shavi / Sara Azriel

May 24, 2013
9:00 pm
Broken Water / Whore Paint / Feeds / Over
May 23, 2013
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Broken Water / Whore Paint / Feeds / Over

May 23, 2013
9:00 pm
Chain & The Gang / Calvin Johnson / Malaikat dan Singa
May 20, 2013
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Chain & The Gang / Calvin Johnson / Malaikat dan Singa

May 20, 2013
9:00 pm
THE BODY / Sandworm / Songs / Funeral Cone / Night Mode
May 19, 2013
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THE BODY / Sandworm / Songs / Funeral Cone / Night Mode

May 19, 2013
9:00 pm
Manzanita / Lori Goldston / Vio/Mire
May 15, 2013
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Manzanita / Lori Goldston / Vio/Mire

May 15, 2013
9:00 pm
Blevin Blectum / Gravies / HNTRHNTR / Infra-Men
May 12, 2013
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Blevin Blectum / Gravies / HNTRHNTR / Infra-Men

May 12, 2013
9:00 pm
Verse / Sabertooth Zombie / Power / Sweet Jesus
May 9, 2013
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Verse / Sabertooth Zombie / Power / Sweet Jesus

May 9, 2013
9:00 pm
Screaming Females / Black Wine / Gertrude Atherton / Whore Paint
May 7, 2013
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Screaming Females / Black Wine / Gertrude Atherton / Whore Paint

May 7, 2013
9:00 pm
Toupee / Potions / SHV / Farewell My Concubine
May 5, 2013
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Toupee / Potions / SHV / Farewell My Concubine

May 5, 2013
9:00 pm
Pawtucky Derby Volume 1 / HEADMASTER party
May 4, 2013
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Pawtucky Derby Volume 1 / HEADMASTER party

May 4, 2013
9:00 pm
Moonface + Azita In Studio Performance & Live Recording
May 3, 2013
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Moonface + Azita In Studio Performance & Live Recording

May 3, 2013
9:00 pm
Assembly of Light / Spires That In The Sunset Rise / Gertrude Atherton / Work/Death
April 28, 2013
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Assembly of Light / Spires That In The Sunset Rise / Gertrude Atherton / Work/Death

April 28, 2013
9:00 pm
Ramming Speed / Thrillhouse / Crucidix / Thronehunter
April 27, 2013
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Ramming Speed / Thrillhouse / Crucidix / Thronehunter

April 27, 2013
9:00 pm
Ex Reverie / Lolita Black / Malyssa & The Liberators
April 26, 2013
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Ex Reverie / Lolita Black / Malyssa & The Liberators

April 26, 2013
9:00 pm
Torn Shorts / The Can’t Nots / The Skinny Millionaires / Chris Rosenquest
April 24, 2013
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Torn Shorts / The Can’t Nots / The Skinny Millionaires / Chris Rosenquest

April 24, 2013
9:00 pm
Deleted Arrows / Vultures of Cult / Good Lord / KYOTY
April 23, 2013
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Deleted Arrows / Vultures of Cult / Good Lord / KYOTY

April 23, 2013
9:00 pm
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