The Bollard Bulletin: November 1, 2024

Three-Day Weekender Edition: Jewish and Palestinian films occupying the same time slot, the last Dr. Gasp of the season and more fall fun!

Naila and the Uprising

HIGHLIGHTS

See, this is what we’re talkin’ about! If only organizers of the Maine Jewish Film Festival and Palestine Cinema Days had gotten together to coordinate the scheduling of this weekend’s screenings, locals could attend both! This Saturday night, the documentary Naila and the Uprising, about nonviolent organizing that led to the First Intifada, shows at SPACE at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, across town at The Hill Arts, the MJFF’s Sephardic Film Festival presents Seven Blessings, a film about a Jewish Moroccan family wedding, followed by a performance of Sephardic music. Luckily, the MJFF is also presenting a family festival on Sunday at the Jewish Community Alliance that includes a screening of the documentary short “Songs of the Sephardim in Izmir” and a traditional Sephardic luncheon, so people of goodwill can break bread together there. See Happenings for more details.

Dr. Gasp (a.k.a. folk singer Dan Blakeslee) entertains at The Chocolate Church in Bath as part of a fun music and dancing gathering this Friday night titled Haunted Ragtime Halloween.

Music

FRIDAY

The Apohadion Theater
Maine Academy of Modern Music “Adults Rock Show”
8 p.m., donation (all ages)

Aura
Sparks the Rescue (emo)
8 p.m., $20 (18+)

Blue Portland Maine
BookHead SweetTooth (7 p.m.), El Malo (salsacore, 9 p.m.)
donation (21+)

Bubba’s Sulky Lounge
DJ (dance music)
9 p.m., low cover (21+)

Cadenza
Barney Martin and Taylor Mesple (James Taylor tribute)
7 p.m., $23-$28 ($10 students)

Chocolate Church Arts Center
Dr. Gasp, The Ragtime Destroyers (frightening folk, New Orleans jazz)
5 p.m., $15-$20 ($10-$5 kids 10 and under)

Cross Insurance Area
A Day to Remember
7:15 p.m., $69-$102

Elements
Hunter Lefebvre (jazz-folk quartet)
6:30 p.m., free (all ages)

Flask Lounge
“HIVE: REDUX” feat. DJs Max Dansky, Thiccboi Drewski, G-Force, Amrit (house, techno, trance)
9 p.m., light cover (21+)

The Frog & Turtle
Bess Jacques Trio (jazz)
7:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)

Henry’s Public House
Henry Honoken (singer/songwriter, 6 p.m., all ages), Jams Forever (dance music DJ, 9 p.m., 21+)
no cover (all ages)

Hi-Fidelity
Gwynne & The Tonics, Sean Ahern, Leif Curtis, DJ Dirty Keys (garage rock, experiments)
8 p.m., no cover (21+)

The Hill Arts
Dave Singley (singer/songwriter)
7 p.m., $20-$24

Jonathan’s Ogunquit
Another Tequila Sunrise (Eagles tribute)
8 p.m., $32.50

Johnson Hall
Julia Gagnon (Halloween pop)
7:30 p.m., $35

The Last Church on the Left (58 Wilmot St., Portland)
Draudiga, Cryin’ Caleb Aaron (dark indie folk, outlaw country)
7 p.m., $10-$20 suggested donation (all ages)

Lenny’s Pub
King Day & The Imperials (jump blues)
6:30 p.m., $7

One Longfellow Square
Deadgrass (bluegrass covers of Jerry Garcia songs)
8 p.m., $25-$35

Portland House of Music
Emo Night Brooklyn (DJs)
9 p.m., $20 (21+)

State Theatre
Neighbor, Lamp (jam rock)
8 p.m., $35

The Thirsty Pig
Leaf
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)

Throttle Car Club
Don Campbell (country)
6:30 p.m., free (all ages)

The Gamma Goochies (above) return to their native element, a dark nightclub, for a show at The Apohadion Theater this Saturday with fellow rockers Wake in Fright and Silver Dagger.

SATURDAY

The Apohadion Theater
Wake in Fright, Silver Dagger, The Gamma Goochies (punk garage rock)
8 p.m., $10-$20 (all ages)

Aura
Jimmy Kenny & The Pirate Beach Band (beach country)
9 p.m., $22.50 (18+)

Bayside Bowl
Merther, Big Shrimp (funky fusion)
8 p.m., $10-$15 (all ages)

Blue Portland Maine
Soggy Po Boys, Tracy McMullen and Tony Gaboury (jazz)
6 p.m., $10-$12 (all ages)

Bubba’s Sulky Lounge
DJ (dance music)
9 p.m., low cover (21+)

Cadenza
not2sharp (eclectic)
7 p.m., $23-$28 ($10 students)

The Dance Hall
PowerMoneyCake (Steely Dan tribute)
7:30 p.m., $17-$22 (all ages)

Elements
Dan Blakeslee (folk)
6:30 p.m., free (all ages)

Flask Lounge
“Feels” feat. DJs iiiPower and Tylord (house, breaks, disco)
9 p.m., $5-$10 (21+)

Gritty McDuff’s
Mike Hayward (blues)
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)

Henry’s Public House
DJ Jay-C (grooves)
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)

Hi-Fidelity
Talons of Spring, Is She? Vapid Avid (experimental atmospheres)
8 p.m., no cover (all ages)

Lenny’s Pub
Travis James Humphrey (country, rock, pop)
6:30 p.m., $5

Maine Craft Distilling
Gnarly Darling
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)

Mayo Street Arts
Vervain, Ruby Nienna, Haven’s Den (slowgaze, indie-folk)
8 p.m., $12-$15 (all ages)

Merrill Auditorium
Voctave: The Corner of Broadway and Main Street (a cappella)
7 p.m., $15-$96

One Longfellow Square
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters (blues)
8 p.m., $50-$60

Orange Bike Brewing
Swamp Road Riders (bluegrass)
5 p.m., free (all ages)

Portland House of Music
Eliza McLamb, The Ophelias
8 p.m., $22 (all ages)

State Theatre
Sammy Rae & Friends, The Commas
8 p.m., $33-$36

Stone Mountain Arts Center
Erica Brown and the Bluegrass Connection
8 p.m., $25

The Thirsty Pig
Jud Caswell (2 p.m.), Rockwood Taylor (7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)

Biggie Smalls will be at Lenny’s Pub in Westbrook (in spirit) during the monthly DJ-and-eggs event Biggie Brunch on Sunday.

SUNDAY

The Apohadion Theater
Alma June & The Persian Cats, Liam Grant, Trashton n’ Thee Band
8 p.m., $10-$20 (all ages)

Bayside Bowl
Portland Stands With Asheville benefit show (indie-rock, funk)
6 p.m., donation (all ages)

Cadenza
Maine Songwriters Association Contest Finals
4 p.m., $23-$28 ($10 students)

The Dance Hall
Dharma Down (eclectic world music)
5 p.m., $15-$20 ($10 students)

Flask Lounge
“Sundaze” (bass DJs)
9 p.m., $5 (21+)

Lenny’s Pub
“Biggie Brunch” (hip hop DJ)
10 a.m., no cover

Maine Craft Distilling
Lincoln Meyers (roots)
3 p.m., no cover (all ages)

Merrill Auditorium
Voctave: The Corner of Broadway and Main Street (a cappella)
3 p.m., $15-$101

Orange Bike Brewing
Front Porch Blues
3 p.m., free (all ages)

The Thirsty Pig
Rexy Dinosaur
2 p.m., no cover (all ages)

Three Dollar Deweys
Shelly Coombs
10 a.m., no cover (all ages)

club guide

Stand-up dude Chris Higgins makes laughter happen at Empire Comedy Club this Friday and Saturday night.

Performing Arts

FRIDAY

Chicago-based comic Chris Higgins blows into town for a gig at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $25 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.

Portland Stage Co.’s production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America Two: Perestroika, at Portland Stage (25 Forest Ave.) at 7 p.m. Tix: $30-$57. 774-0465. portlandstage.org.

Mad Horse Theatre Company’s production of Witch, a play about a woman who resists a devil’s bargain, at 24 Mosher St., South Portland, at 7:30 p.m. Pay what you wish (souls gratefully accepted, but no AmEx). 747-4148. madhouse.com.

SATURDAY

Portland Stage Co.’s production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America Two: Perestroika, at Portland Stage (25 Forest Ave.) at 2 p.m. Tix: $40-$68. 774-0465. portlandstage.org.

Chicago-based comic Chris Higgins is still blowing around town, so he’ll do another show at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $25 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.

SUNDAY

Portland Stage Co.’s production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America Two: Perestroika, at Portland Stage (25 Forest Ave.) at 2 p.m. Tix: $35-$63. 774-0465. portlandstage.org.

Salt Institute storytelling students take the stage to tell tales during an event hosted by Micaela Blei at SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Free. 828-5600. space538.org.

The 1970s Maine logging documentary Dead River Rough Cut shows at the Portland Museum of Art this Saturday.

Happenings

FRIDAY

Maine author and Bowdoin College professor Anthony Walton discusses his book, The End of Respectability: Notes of a Black American Reckoning With His Life and His Nation, at Curtis Memorial Library (23 Pleasant St., Brunswick) at 6:30 p.m. Free. 725-5242. gulfofmainebooks.com.

Screening of the local film Hangdog, about a guy trying to retrieve a stolen dog before his girlfriend returns and sends him to the doghouse, at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at 2 p.m. Tix: $6. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.

SATURDAY

Screening of the local film Hangdog, about a guy trying to retrieve a stolen dog before his girlfriend returns and sends him to the doghouse, at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at noon. Tix: $10. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.

Screening of the 1976 documentary about logging in Maine, Dead River Rough Cut, at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at 3 p.m. Tix: $6. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.

Screening of the fashion documentary The United States of Elie Tahari, at 4 p.m., and the Israeli feature film Seven Blessings, at 6 p.m., followed by a performance of Sephardic music as part of the Maine Jewish Film Festival’s Sephardic Film Festival, at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) Tix: $10-$14 (matinee), $24-$29 (evening screening and performance). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.

The Maine Mariners face off against the Reading Royals at Cross Insurance Arena (1 Civic Center Sq., Portland) at 6 p.m. Tix: $12. 775-3458. marinersofmaine.com.

Screening of the documentary Truth Tellers: Robert Shetterly’s journey to paint portraits of activists fighting for justice, with a Q&A with Connie Carter, at The Public Theatre (31 Maple St., Lewiston) at 7 p.m. Tix: $12. 782-3200. thepublictheatre.org.

Louise Penny discusses her new mystery, The Grey Wolf, with Maine author Paul Doiron at Print (273 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Free. 536-4778. printbookstore.com.

Screening of the documentary Naila and the Uprising, about the First Intifada, as part of Palestine Cinema Days at SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Free (RSVP). 828-5600. space538.org.

SUNDAY

The Sephardic Family Festival of storytelling, music, dance, a traditional luncheon and a screening of the documentary Songs of the Sephardim in Izmir at the Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine (1342 Congress St., Portland) at 11 a.m. Tix: $18. mjff.org.

Screening of the local film Hangdog, about a guy trying to retrieve a stolen dog before his girlfriend returns and sends him to the doghouse, at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at noon and 3 p.m. Tix: $10. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.

The Maine Mariners face off against the Reading Royals at Cross Insurance Arena (1 Civic Center Sq., Portland) at 6 p.m. Tix: $12. 775-3458. marinersofmaine.com.