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Music and Nightlife: Trey Anastasio Band makes State stop

TREY ANASTASIO is a founding member of the jam-rock band Phish. True. But Anastasio has also released eight albums on his own and collaborated with everyone from Dave Matthews to B.B. King, so checking out his Portland show with his own band seems a worthy thing to do.

WHEN: 8 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $42.50

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INFO: (800) 745-3000; statetheatreportland.com

Art and Theater: Midcoast performs Copland, Wagner

THE MIDCOAST Symphony Orchestra performs its second concert series of the season this weekend. Peter Jenkin, an Australian clarinetist, will perform Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto, and the orchestra also will perform Richard Wagner’s “Flying Dutchman Overture” and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97.

WHEN & WHERE: 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Franco American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St., Lewiston; 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Orion Performing Arts Center, 50 Republic Ave., Topsham

HOW MUCH: $18; free for ages 18 and younger

INFO: 846-5378; midcoastsymphony.org

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Dining and Drink: Brew and brie … and a whole lot more

HERE’S ALL you need to know about the Sixth Annual Beer & Cheese Tasting: 30 beers, 30 cheeses, $30.

WHEN: Noon to 5 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: Vignola Cinque Terre, 10 Dana St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $30

INFO: 772-1330; reservations required

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Et Cetera: NAACP’s MLK Breakfast is Monday

CELEBRATE CIVIL RIGHTS with the NAACP at the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, featuring a performance by The Kenya Hall Band, a keynote speech by Rinku Sen and a live stream of the presidential inauguration.

WHEN: 8 a.m. Monday

WHERE: Holiday Inn By the Bay, Spring Street, Portland

HOW MUCH: $35

INFO: naacpportland.org 

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Music and Nightlife: It’ll be a funk-filled evening at Empire

THE TWO BANDS playing Empire on Friday have a couple of the best band names we’ve heard in a long time: Chaos Sauce and Shut Down Brown. Both are based in Maine, play funk-tinged tunes and obviously have a way with words.

WHEN: 9 p.m. Friday

HERE: Empire Dine and Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland

HOW MUCH: Free; 21-plus

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INFO: 879-8988; portlandempire.com

Art and Theater: ‘Bengal Tiger’ gets Maine premiere

MAD HORSE Theatre Company offers the Maine premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,” which throws two American soldiers, an Iraqi translator, a brooding tiger and a host of spirits together in war-torn Iraq.

WHEN: Previews at 7:30 tonight and Friday; opens Saturday; runs through Feb. 3

WHERE: Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St., South Portland

HOW MUCH: Pay-what-you-can Thursdays; $20, $15 students and seniors other days

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INFO: 730-2389; madhorse.com

Dining and Drink: Whole Foods screens ‘Betting the Farm’

IF YOU haven’t seen “Betting the Farm,” a film about a group of rural Maine organic dairy farmers who launch their own milk company, here’s a chance to catch it for free and have some healthy snacks too.

WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday

WHERE: Whole Foods Market, 2 Somerset, Portland

HOW MUCH: Free

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INFO: 774-7711

Et Cetera: Dancers on the move for diversity

FROM WEST AFRICAN to Middle Eastern and American Tribal to Latin, the World Dance showcase features more than a dozen dancers in a celebration of diversity timed to coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: Bright Star Studio, 496 Congress St., 4th Floor, Portland

HOW MUCH: $10 in advance; $12 at door; $15 premium seating

INFO: brightstarworlddance.com


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