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LGBTQ+ community space focused on creating space, resources, and programming for marginalized groups.
10/01/2021
Good morning all. Gonna make this brief. Starting today, October 1, 2021, Candy’s is taking an indefinite hiatus. This means that we won’t be facilitating any programming and events or operating in any capacity for an undetermined period of time. This account won’t be checked.
This project has officially been running for 2 years now, over half of which has been amidst a pandemic. During that time, we’ve experienced many highs and lows, sometimes at extremes, and learned some really tough lessons and some more obvious ones. But mostly, this project has existed in the vast space in between. It’s our hope that all of that information and experience can serve current and future projects working to create inclusive spaces that are rooted in kindness and community, in service of marginalized groups, and that celebrate human beings.
We all need breaks. It’s time to step back, enjoy the sunrises and sunsets, breathe, rest and heal.
Take good care of yourselves and each other ❤️
With deep love and gratitude,
Candy’s 💕
06/17/2021
06/10/2021
The honorable Wendy Chapkis is offering a FREE online lecture TONIGHT (Thursday 6/10) at 5:30p on “Querying the Past: Maine LGBTQ Oral History Project” for Historic New England. The lecture will include short excerpts from several of the oral histories in the collection and short videos (including an excellent 10-minute film about Macon Reed’s installation piece, “Eulogy for the D**e Bar”)
The talk is free but registration is required (and donations encouraged!💕) Registration link in our Linktree in bio! 🌈
The community studio is coming along! We’re organizing, building and fundraising. Getting ready to shine light on all your incredible projects, initiatives, community work, activism, art and existence 💘
Meanwhile, browse the library, connect with us on Discord, join us for game nights, consider subscribing to our Patreon, reach out any time, and stay tuned for much more to come 💕
love, Candy’s
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About Candy’s
Candy’s will be a q***r community hub, coffee shop and bar located in Portland, Maine designed to create space and foster opportunity for q***r people and allies. This is a space for gathering, learning, conversing, connecting, networking, socializing, celebrating and addressing and rectifying inequality.
Grab a coffee and hang in the q***r library in the morning. Shoot some pool. Teach a workshop. Attend a workshop. Come to a show. Host a show. Bring the fam, whatever that may mean to you. Drink a drink. Eat some snacks. Talk to pals. Be kind to one another.
Structured around a cycle of investment and return within our fostered community, we are powered by ourselves through our membership program.
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511 Congress Street
Portland, ME
04101
