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Music and Nightlife: Twenty years on, still built to rock
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IDAHO GROWS more than potatoes, apparently. The state also produced indie rockers Built to Spill, who are still going strong after 20 years. The band plays the State Theatre tonight with Helvetia and Revolt Revolt.
WHEN: 8 p.m. Thursday
WHERE: State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland
HOW MUCH: $25
INFO: (800) 745-3000; statetheatreportland.com
Art and Theater: Local playwrights introduce new work
IF YOU HAPPEN to be Down East this weekend, be sure to check out seven new 10-minute plays at Stonington Opera House written by Deer Isle community members. The plays in “Locally & Organically Grown” were written in January at the fourth annual Opera House Arts Playwrighting Workshop.
WHEN: 1 and 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday
WHERE: Stonington Opera House
HOW MUCH: $12
INFO: 367-2788; operahousearts.org
Dining and Drink: Portland Brew Festival taps off
SAMPLE 75-PLUS BREWS from some of the top craft brewers in the Northeast at the Second Annual Portland Brew Festival. More than 30 brewers will be there, along with plenty of demonstrations, food and home-brewing supplies.
WHEN: 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday; 12:30 to 4 p.m. and 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Portland Company Complex, 58 Fore St.
HOW MUCH: Each session costs $35
INFO: portlandbrewfestival.com
Et Cetera: Scarborough Marsh by light of the moon
UNDER THE GLOW of the full moon, paddle a canoe through the mysterious nightime world of the Scarborough Marsh and watch for harbor seals, muskrats, herons and egrets.
WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday
WHERE: Maine Audubon Scarborough Marsh, Pine Point Road, Scarborough
HOW MUCH: $12; $10 for children
INFO: 883-5100; advance registration required
• CHEAP THRILLS
Music and Nightlife: Good reason to hear R.I.-style Americana
RHODE ISLAND was one of the original 13 colonies, so it’s appropriate that it exports some Americana bands. Just such exporting will happen when Joe Fletcher and The Wrong Reasons play Empire Dine and Dance with Patrick Sweany.
WHEN: 9 p.m. Friday
WHERE: Empire Dine and Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland
HOW MUCH: $6
INFO: portlandempire.com
Art and Theater: Marine art on display at Wiscasset gallery
FANS of maritime art should consider stopping in the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset before Sept. 23. J. Russell Jinishian, a leading authority on contemporary marine art, has selected work by Maine marine artists for this gallery show.
WHEN: Through Sept. 23. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
WHERE: Maine Art Gallery, in the Old Academy Building at Hodge and Warren streets in Wiscasset
HOW MUCH: Free
INFO: 882-7511; maineartgallery.org
Dining and Drink: Friday Child biographer to sign
CHAT WITH BOB SPITZ, author of the new Julia Child biography “Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child,” at a meet-and-greet and book signing.
WHEN: 4 p.m. Thursday
WHERE: Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland
HOW MUCH: Free
INFO: 772-4045
Et Cetera: Fly your ’80s flag Friday at Asylum
SHAKE YOUR BOOTY back to the decade of MTV with the ’80s Underground Video Dance Party featuring DJ Sandman at the Asylum, where you can dance to music from New Order, Madness, Depeche Mode and The Clash.
WHEN: 9 p.m. Friday
WHERE: Asylum, 121 Center St., Portland
HOW MUCH: $1; 21-plus
INFO: portlandasylum.com
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