The Bollard Bulletin: November 14, 2024
Man, this is theWorst!
HIGHLIGHT
Portland alt-punk trio theWorst just dropped a slab of cathartic musique concrète on our collective heads. Their new four-song EP, Quiet the Gods, is technically not a field recording in that avant-garde compositional style, but it certainly captures the raw rage presently sweeping large swaths of the nation.
Fronted by singer/guitarist and lyricist Brooke Binion, with Will Bradford (SeepeopleS) on bass and Craig Sala (Paranoid Social Club) drumming, theWorst have two LPs under their belt that display their versatility within the punk genre, and this release is no exception. The opening title track is a melodic ballad lifted to ragged heights of glory by Binion’s scratchily evocative vocals. “Last Pill” dares to be slam-danceable, and it works, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the ripper “Blacksheepish” that launched 2022’s Yes Regrets.
“I'm way past catching my breath now / skin of my teeth and I'm starving to death,” Binion snarls on the sludgy “Nothing for Nothing.” “How dare you trade me nothing for nothing?” Yup. And “Hackles,” the first single, provides the appropriate punctuation to end this EP: !!!
theWorst releases Quiet the Gods with a show tonight at Portland House of Music and Events (25 Temple St.) featuring openers Milk St. and Red Eft at 8 p.m. Advance ticket sales are over, but it looks like there’ll be some at the door (18+). 805-0134. portlandhouseofmusic.com.
Music
Andy’s Old Port Pub
Backwoods Blues Revue
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)
The Apohadion Theater
Goiter, Future Mailmen, Horseface Dogchild, S.C.O.B.Y. (metal and other heaviness)
8 p.m., $10-$20 (all ages)
Aura
Ky-Mani Marley (reggae)
8 p.m., $33 (18+)
The Hill Arts
Dead Meat (Grateful Dead covers)
7 p.m., $20-$25
Jonathan’s Ogunquit
Running on Jackson (Jackson Browne tribute)
7 p.m., $32.50
Lenny’s Pub
Anni Clark (singer/songwriter)
6:30 p.m., no cover
One Longfellow Square
Alisa Amador, Beane (singer/songwriters)
8 p.m., $22-$27
Portland House of Music
The Worst, Milk St., Red Eft (punk indie rock)
8 p.m., $10 (18+)
Root Wild Kombucha
Ap Nuri
6 p.m., free (all ages)
State Theatre
Lucinda Williams and Her Band (alt-country)
8 p.m., $45-$65
The Thirsty Pig
Xander Nelson (rock and pop covers)
5 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Three Dollar Deweys
Don Campbell Duo (country)
4 p.m., no cover (all ages)
club guide
Performing Arts
Steve Hofstetter works his comedy job at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $30 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.
Kevin Neales, Tuck Tucker, Johnny Ater and guests yuck it up to benefit the James Neales Scholarship Fund at Blue Portland Maine (650 Congress St., Portland) at 8 p.m. Tix: $25-$30 (21+). 774-4111. blueportlandmaine.org.
Comedian Jo Koy delivers a performance recommended for ages 12 and up at Cross Insurance Arena (1 Civic Center Sq., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $46-$71. 775-3458. marinersofmaine.com.
The Laugh Shack comedy night presented by Portland Comedy Co-op at Lincolns (36 Market St., Portland) at 8:30 p.m. Tix: $10 (21+).
Happenings
Creating Communities of Compassion, an event about the intersection off domestic violence, homelessness and food insecurity, with a panel discussion and film by New Hope Midcoast, at the Strand Theatre (345 Main Street., Rockland) at 5:30 p.m. Free. 594-0070. rocklandstrand.com.
Visual Arts
82Parris Shadows We Saw on the Way Home, a group show, shows through Nov. 22. Hours: Fri. noon-2 p.m., Fri. and Sat. noon-3 p.m. 82 Paris St., Portland. 82parris.com.
The Barter Art House Works by Matt Barter, Philip Barter, and pottery by Tim Fischer show through November. Hours: Wed.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 68 Cumberland St., Brunswick. 460-1453. thebarterarthouse.com.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
• Witnessing War: Ogawa Kazumasa and Visual Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Japan shows through Dec. 15
• Re/Framing the Collection: New Considerations in European and American Art, 1475-1875 shows through Dec. 31
• Currents: Art Since 1875 shows through March 2, 2025
• Etruscan Gifts: Artifacts from Early Italy shows through Feb. 9. 2025
• Hello, Stranger: Artist as Subject in Photographic Portraits since 1900 shows through March 23
Free admission. Hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. & Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Sun. 1 p.m.-5 p.m. 245 Maine St., Brunswick. 725-3275. bowdoin.edu.
Casco Bay Artisans A Few of My Favorite Things, paintings by Diane Dahlke, shows through November, along with new paintings by Paul Brahms. Hours: Mon., Thurs. and Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 68 Commercial St., Portland. 536-1577. cascobayartisans.com.
Center for Maine Contemporary Art i forgot to remember, large-scale works by Katarina Weslien, and From the Collection of Lord Red, wall sculptures by Kyle Downs, show through May 4. Cut, Bend, Burn, photography by Letha Wilson, and Paint the Air, paintings by Lauren Luloff, show through Jan. 12. Hours: Wed.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. Admission: $10 ($8 students and seniors, under 18 free). 21 Winter St., Rockland. 701-5005. cmcanow.org.
Colby Museum of Art
• Eastman Johnson and Maine, 19th century paintings by Johnson, shows through Dec. 8
• Surface Tension: Etchings From the Collection, shows through Jan. 12
• Alex Katz: Repititions, paintings by Katz, shows through March 29, 2026.
• Into the Wind: American Weathervanes shows through June 8
• Some American Stories, works from the museum’s Lunder Wing, shows through Sept. 26, 2026
Free admission. Hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. & Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. 5600 Mayflower Hill, Waterville. 859-5600. colby.edu.
Cove Street Arts Just Between Us, work by Thaddeus Holownia, Lissa Hunter and Tom Hall, shows through Nov. 30. Homescapes / Travelscapes, photography by Reid & Nina Callanan, shows through Dec. 7; Foundations, work by Ben Boothby, Celeste Henriquez, Geoff Masland, Dean McCrillis, shows through Dec. 14. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sat. 10 a,m,-5 p.m. 71 Cove St., Portland. 808-8911. covestreetarts.com.
Farnsworth Art Museum
• Magwintegwak: A Legacy of Penobscot Basketry shows through Jan. 5
• Lynne Drexler: Color Notes, paintings by Drexler, shows through Jan. 12
• Andrew Wyeth: 1982, painting by Wyeth, shows through March 23.
Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission: $20 ($18 seniors, $10 students, under 16 free). 16 Museum St., Rockland. 596-6457. farnsworthmuseum.org.
Greenhut Galleries Foundlings and Flowerings, work by Crystal Cawley and Maret Hensick, shows through Nov. 30. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 146 Middle St., Portland. 772-2693. greenhutgalleries.com.
The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design Objects and Power, a group exhibition exploring power relationships in the art world, shows through Dec. 13. Hours: Wed., Fri.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 522 Congress St., Portland. 800-639-4808. meca.edu.
LA Arts Gallery Homecoming, paintings by Sam Onche, shows through Dec. 20. Hours: Tues.-Thurs. 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Fri. noon-6 p.m. 168 Lisbon St., Lewiston. 782-7228. laarts.org.
Maine Jewish Museum The Teaching of Isaac Luria to Reflections on Melville and Other Paintings, by Arthur Yanoff; A Paler Shade, paintings by Yvonne Maiden; and Echoes of the Other, paintings and photography by Don Peterson, show through Jan. 3. Hours: Mon., Wed.-Fri. and Sun. noon-4 p.m. Free admission. 773-2339. mainejewishmuseum.org.
Maine Historical Society Rearranging History: Waynflete School & Maine Memory Network, collage and other artwork by students using historic images of Maine, shows through Dec. 31. Music in Maine, artwork, photography, clothing, instruments and objects documenting Maine’s musical history, shows through Dec. 31. Maine’s Untold Vegetarian History shows through May 17. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: $10 ($5 kids 6-17). 489 Congress St., Portland. 774-1822. mainehistory.org
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts Energy in Flux, a group exhibition, shows through Nov. 30. Hours: Tues., Thurs.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Donations encouraged. 15 Middle St., Portland. 808-8919. mainemuseumofphotographicarts.com.
Mayo Street Arts Veil/a fine thread of sanity, work by Bee Daniel, Brian Doody and Sam Kemmerer, shows through Dec. 22 by appointment. 879-4629. mayostreetarts.org.
Moss Galleries Falmouth Gallery (251 Rte. 1; 781-2620): Here and There, Then and Now, oil and watercolor paintings by Marguerite Robichaux, and If You Want to Be My Lover, gouache-on-paper works by Annika Earley, show through Nov. 23. Portland Gallery (100 Fore St., 804-0459): Light in Every Room, paintings by Gail Spaien and Lynne Drexler, shows through Jan. 4. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (both locations). elizabethgmossgalleries.com.
Ocean House Gallery A selection of work from the gallery archive shows through Nov. 22. Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 93 Ocean St., South Portland. 956-1988. oceanhousegallery.com.
Ogunquit Museum of American Art Lee Krasner: Geometries of Expression, Networks of Modernism: 1898-1968, Domestic Modernism: Russell Cheney and Mid-century American Painting and The Sea, Just Like Your Eyes, Became a Refuge, a mural by Joe Wardwell, show through Nov. 17. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Admission: $15 ($13 seniors, students and vets, kids under 12 free). 543 Shore Rd., Ogunquit. 646-4909. ogunquitmuseum.org.
Portland Museum of Art As We Are, work in various media by 14 artists, shows through April 27; Peggy Bacon: Biting, never Bitter, shows through Feb. 2. Passages in American Art, works from the museum collection, is ongoing. Hours: Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Admission: $20 ($18 seniors and students; under 21 free). 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
Portland Public Library O Lar: Illustrators Inspired by Home, work by various artists, shows through Dec. 31. Hours: Mon., Fri. & Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tues.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 871-1700. portlandlibrary.com.
Richard Boyd Art Gallery Serenity, a group show of paintings, shows through Nov. 29. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. 712-1097. richardboydpottery.com.
SPACE Proto-Farm Communities (What If We Get It Right?), photo collage by Olalekan Jeyifous, shows through Dec. 1 in the gallery window. Hours: Thurs. & Fri. noon-6 p.m., Sat. noon-4 p.m. 534 Congress St., Portland. 828-5600. space538.org.
Zero Station Floating Worlds: The Intersection of Art, Science & Poetry, work by artists-in-residence at the Bowdoin Scientific Station in New Brunswick, shows through Nov. 16. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 222 Anderson St., Portland. 347-7000. zerostation.com.