Upcoming Events at Stone Broke Bread & Books
347 Water St, Gardiner, ME 207.203.0224
Calendar
April 2026:
April 3, Friday, 5:00 - 7:00pm: Tarot with Quinn. Come in for an insightful reading (sign-up sheet available in-store, email, call, Instagram to get on the list)! Every 1st Friday.
April 6, Monday, 5:30 - 7pm: Direct Action Village Meeting, Community Potluck, and The Capitol Area Commons community-project grant program New Trajectories, funded and decided by Direct Action Village participants. Find & share resources, strategies, and community. Bring a dish to share if you can (we’ve got dishes/napkins/drinks & crusty bread)! Call to Action and Mutual Aid. Co-sponsored by The Good Life Center. (First Monday of the month).
April 10, Friday, 5 - 6pm: Open-No-Mic Poetry Nite! Co-sponsored with Hallowell Pride Alliance. Bring new work to share or come to support local poets! (2nd Friday).
April 17, Friday, 5 - 7pm: Come check out David Lawlor's intriguing rhythm interpretations on Jazz Guitar. Coffee/Tea available, browse books, look at great art (‘Been There, Done That’ from the Rollson collection), meet with friends or new folks, enjoy a nice evening!
April 24, Friday, 5 - 7pm: Poetry Salon with Josh and Gus. Come have a conversation about poetry, writing, reading, and process. Theme: Bad Early Poetry. Come share your early (teen?) attempts -- oh, how far we've come! (Every 4th Friday of the month).
April 25, Saturday, ALL DAY!: It's that time again! INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY!! You can't get more indie than a bookstore that only carries small publisher books focusing on diversity, critical thinking, and community-building! Come see us -- we'll have samples, freebies, and a party atmosphere (maybe even a party hat)!
April 26, Sunday, 2:30 - 4pm: In conjunction with Diaspora Pa'lante Collective, there will be a discussion and documentary screening of Filiberto, to commemorate a martyred Boricua independista and revolutionary. Also, fundraising for the Cabo Rojo region, art prints will be for sale (by Boricua tattoo artist Tina Lugo), suggested entrance donation of $5, and free island-recipe refreshments available.
May 2026:
May 1, Friday, 5 -7pm: May 1, Friday, 5:30 - 7pm: FALL OF FREEDOM, art in the solidarity of cultural resistance presents the short documentary – Library Conversations: The Novara Project, in conjunction with The Good Life Center and the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts. Library Conversations is an intimate mini-conference series involving juxtapositions of ideas, art, and experiences on guided topics in order to develop new thinking and solutions to contemporary existence and future planning – this one includes artist philosophers, and climate change activists. Introduction before and discussion after. (This is a partnered live stream event from Gallery MC, 549 West 52nd Street, NYC).
May 4, Monday, 5:30 - 7pm: Direct Action Village Meeting, Community Potluck, and The Capitol Area Commons community-project grant program New Trajectories, funded and decided by Direct Action Village participants. Find & share resources, strategies, and community. Bring a dish to share if you can (we’ve got dishes/napkins/drinks & crusty bread)! Call to Action and Mutual Aid. Co-sponsored by The Good Life Center. (First Monday of the month).
May 8, Friday, 5 - 6pm: Open-No-Mic Poetry Nite! Co-sponsored with Hallowell Pride Alliance. Bring new work to share or come to support local poets! (2nd Friday).
May 15, Friday, 5 - 8pm: Late Night Art! Come check out our final gallery wall feature: Dr. M's Voudou (R)evolution. A photographic abstraction tapping into the power of our bodies, as an assertive call and response to remedy the ills of the world. Wytches unite in chant, a dance, a spell-making ritual -- all interested parties welcome to join, all the voices into the aether -- putting this powerful energy to work! Joining us will be the graciously groovy David Lawlor, and his intriguing rhythm interpretations on Jazz Guitar.
May 22, Friday, 5 - 7pm: Poetry Salon with Josh, Gus, and Special Guest: Robert Carr. Come have a conversation about poetry, writing, reading, and process. Theme: Writing the Erotic. This will be our last Poetry Salon -- what great conversations we've had! Thank you!
May 24, Sunday, 1 - 2pm: Fashion Show Doll's Imagination by designer Bloo. Come for a classic MC runway show to see the intuitive, larger than life designs of this young fashionista! Refreshments available.
May 30, Saturday, 12:30 - 1:30pm: As part of the Gardiner Poetry Festival (starting May 29th at the Gardiner Public Library with Richard Blanco, 6-7:30pm), Dr. M will help you craft visual images out of words in this Concrete Poetry Workshop! Much fun to be had...we will supply the goods, bring your brain, and a healthy appreciation for words.
June 2026:
June 1, Monday, 5:30 - 7pm: Direct Action Village Meeting, Community Potluck, and The Capitol Area Commons community-project grant program New Trajectories, funded and decided by Direct Action Village participants. Find & share resources, strategies, and community. Bring a dish to share if you can (we’ve got dishes/napkins/drinks & crusty bread)! Call to Action and Mutual Aid. Co-sponsored by The Good Life Center. (First Monday of the month). This will be our last meeting hosted at Stone Broke Bread & Books, keep your eyes out for a new location!!!
June 5, Friday ALL DAY (Noon - 8pm): An all-out all-persons-invited Going Away Party!!! Live Music, giveaways, snacks, come and say goodbye -- we will miss you!!
June 6, Saturday: This will be our last day OPEN -- we will have the things (the bread and the books)! Please come celebrate community with us for the last time in our shop!! You've all been so wonderful, THANK YOU from the very whole of our hearts.
We're open to author readings/oral storytellers, poetry and writing workshops, seed swap/saving/growing workshops, subversive cross-stitch/yarn bombing or alternative textile arts, 'zine/artbook binding/making, political, art, and philosophical lectures, foraging/fermenting/food making classes, renewable energy and climate change talks. We're a Queer and BIPOC safe space. Please let us know if you want to schedule an event!