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• Nelsons channel Dad and his music
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THE LATE Ricky Nelson is looked upon as America’s first “teen idol,” and the guy made some great music in the early days of rock. Twin sons Matthew and Gunnar Nelson are singing his songs in “Ricky Nelson Remembered.”
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday
WHERE: Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland
HOW MUCH: $40 to $55
INFO: porttix.com
• Live in Rockland, it’s ‘Great Expectations’
YOU’VE PROBABLY heard of the HD broadcasts of opera at various theaters. Well, now it seems classic stage plays are coming to a screen near you as well. The Charles Dickens classic “Great Expectations” is being put on in London, but you can see a live broadcast of it at the Strand Theatre in Rockland.
WHEN: 1 and 6 p.m. Tuesday
WHERE: Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland
HOW MUCH: $15; $10 for students
INFO: rocklandstrand.com
• Pay attention, chocoholics
LOTS OF CHOCOLATE, and no long lines to get it. Need we say more? This year’s Chocolate Lovers’ Fling features full-table service to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine.
WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland
HOW MUCH: $50
INFO: 828-1035
• Pianist Perry sits in with PSO
BRUNSWICK-BASED pianist Martin Perry joins the Portland Symphony Orchestra for Barber’s Piano Concerto, and the orchestra closes its Tuesday Classical program with Edward Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations.
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
WHERE: Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland
HOW MUCH: $31 to $76
INFO: 842-0800; porttix.com; portlandsymphony.org
CHEAP THRILLS
• Debut CD a reason to party
MAINE-BASED singer-songwriter Max Garcia Conover will celebrate the arrival of his debut album, “Burrow,” with a CD-release show at Mayo Street Arts.
WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland
HOW MUCH: $4
INFO: mayostreetarts.org
• Button up and make tracks to Biddeford
SO MANY buttons, so little time. See more kinds of buttons than you imagined existed at the Maine State Button Society’s 10th Annual Button Show and Button Sale in Biddeford.
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: St. Louis Alumni Hall, 649 Elm St., Biddeford
HOW MUCH: Free
INFO: mainebuttons.com
• Appetite for a good book?
SALIVATE OVER the tasty tomes at the Edible Book Festival. Take bets on whether there will be a lip-smacking copy of “The Hunger Games” to try.
WHEN: Display from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday; awards and eating at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square
HOW MUCH: Free
INFO: 871-1700, Ext. 723; email weyand@portland.lib.me.us
• Aucocisco opens a bang-bang series
AUCOCISCO GALLERIES stages “Double Dozen,” a series of 12 quick shows in succession that pair artists of similar sensibility, style or approach. The series opens Thursday with the work of Louise Philbrick (pictured) and Toni Wolf.
WHEN: Thursday to Saturday; followed by another pair of artists next week for a total of 12 weeks
WHERE: Aucocisco Galleries, 89 Exchange St., Portland
HOW MUCH: Free
INFO: 775-2222; aucocisco.com
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