• HOT TICKETS
Music and Nightlife: Steve Earle in Brownfield on Wednesday
STEVE EARLE is one of the major talents of the Americana/roots scene, but with the broken beer bottle edge of an old honky-tonk singer. It’s a combination that’s impossible to ignore.
WHEN: 8 p.m. Wednesday
WHERE: Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, Brownfield
HOW MUCH: $110
INFO: 935-7292, stonemountainartscenter.com
Art and Theater: Ogunquit brings Buddy Holly to life
GET A SNEAK PEAK at “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” at the Ogunquit Playhouse with preview performances beginning Wednesday. The play recounts the short but incredibly influential career of one of rock ‘n’ roll’s earliest (and greatest) stars.
WHEN: Previews at 2:30 and 8 p.m. Wednesday and 2:30 p.m. Sept. 20. Opens at 8 p.m. Sept. 20. Through Oct. 21.
WHERE: Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St.
HOW MUCH: $39 to $59 for previews; $39 to $74 for regular shows
INFO: ogunquitplayhouse.org
Dining and Drink: It’s good food and a green cause
NOSH ON scallops, mussels, top round beef, artisan cheeses, gelato and more at the fifth annual Eco Appetito, a benefit for the Food for Thought program at the Ferry Beach Ecology School.
WHEN: Noon to 3 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Vignola Cinque Terre, 10 Dana St., Portland
HOW MUCH: $40 in advance; $50 at door
INFO: 283-9951; maureen@fbes.org
Et Cetera: Wrestling smackdown at civic center
WRESTLEMANIA comes to Maine on Saturday, when the WWE RAW Smackdown Super Show smashes into the civic center. Cheer (or jeer) John Cena, Big Show and others as they trash talk and grapple in the ring.
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Cumberland County Civic Center, 45 Spring St., Portland
HOW MUCH: $15 to $95
INFO: 775-3458; theciviccenter.com
• CHEAP THRILLS
Music and Nightlife: It’s a funkfest Monday at The Big Easy
FEELING FUNKY on Mondays? Check out the weekly funk jam at The Big Easy in Portland known as The Players’ Ball. Each week, local musicians try to “out funk” each other.
WHEN: 8:30 p.m. Monday
WHERE: The Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland
HOW MUCH: $3
INFO: bigeasyportland.com
Art and Theater: It’s feeling fallish at Constellation Gallery
WITH FALL in the air, a theme for a new art exhibition emerges: “Fire Before Ice,” featuring work by members of the Maine Artists Collective.
WHEN: Opens Tuesday. Through Oct. 22.
WHERE: Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St., Portland
HOW MUCH: Free
INFO: 409-6617
Dining and Drink: Wouldst thou passeth the grog?
SAMPLE WINES and party like it’s 1399 at a medieval bash during the Maine Wine Guild’s Open Winery Day.
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: More than a dozen wineries and meaderies around the state
HOW MUCH: Free
INFO: mainewinetrail.com
Et Cetera: Think you got it? We’ll see
THINK YOU have a Picasso lurking in the attic? Or a Hepplewhite sideboard gathering dust in the dining room? Then haul your treasures to the Falmouth Historical Society’s museum for this appraisal event.
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Falmouth Heritage Museum, 60 Woods Road
HOW MUCH: $5 for one item; $10 for three
INFO: 781-2705
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