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Music and Nightlife: Ricky Skaggs at Saddleback festival
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RICKY SKAGGS and Kentucky Thunder headline the Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival this weekend. The music begins at 3 p.m. Friday, and doesn’t stop until Saturday evening. Camping is available, and there will be food vendors and a beer tent on site.
WHEN: 3 to 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Saddleback Mountain, Rangeley
HOW MUCH: $45 for two-day pass; children 12 and under admitted free
INFO: saddlebackmaine.com
Art and Theater: ’50 Works’ at PMA opens Saturday
HERBERT VOGEL, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, built an important contemporary art collection with modest means. After 40 years of collecting, they began giving it away. The Portland Museum of Art received 50 works.
WHEN: Opens Saturday; through Jan. 29
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square
HOW MUCH: $10; $8 seniors and students; $4 ages 6 to 17; free for ages 5 and younger. Free for everyone after 5 p.m. Fridays.
INFO: 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org
Dining and Drink: Pair fare with some fresh air
SQUEEZE all the pleasure you can out of the waning days of summer by enjoying a four-course wine dinner outdoors on a local farm. Chef Jason Williams is teaming up with Devenish Wines to serve up a real farm-to-table experience.
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: The Well at Jordan’s Farm, 21 Wells Road, Cape Elizabeth
HOW MUCH: $55 (cash only); reservations required
INFO: 831-9350
Et Cetera: The Femme Show at Mayo Street Arts
CHECK OUT the queer side of femininity during The Femme Show, a smart, sexy traveling revue that explores gender issues with dance, burlesque, literary readings and drag performances.
WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. today
WHERE: Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland
HOW MUCH: $12
INFO: mayostreetarts.org
• CHEAP THRILLS
Music and Nightlife: Anni Clark plays free show in Auburn
SEE MAINE singing-songwriting veteran Anni Clark for free today during Music in the Park in Auburn. If it rains, no worries: The concert moves indoors to the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston.
WHEN: Noon today
WHERE: Festival Plaza, downtown Auburn
HOW MUCH: Free
INFO: 782-7228
Art and Theater: Art in the Park Saturday in SoPo
ART IN THE PARK features original art and photography from up to 185 artists, as well as music, food and activities for kids. Check out the tent featuring art by South Portland students.
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Mill Creek at Broadway (between Ocean Street and Cottage Road), South Portland
ADMISSION: Free
INFO: artintheparkmaine.com
Dining and Drink: Grill, chill at weekend BBQ fest in Eliot
AT THE Mainely Grillin’ & Chillin’ BBQ Festival, you can chow down on ‘cue and wash it down with beer from the Shipyard beer garden while you watch burly outdoor types throw axes in the woodsmen competition.
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
WHERE: Raitt Homestead Farm Museum, 2077 State Road, Eliot
HOW MUCH: $5; children under 6 get in free
INFO: 748-3303; mainelybbq.com
Et Cetera: King of the road to sign new book
JOIN former Gov. Angus King for a book signing of his new work, “Governor’s Travels: How I Left Politics, Learned to Back Up a Bus, and Found America.”
WHEN: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday
WHERE: Gulf of Maine Books, 1345 Maine St., Brunswick
HOW MUCH: Free
INFO: 729-5083
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