The Bollard Bulletin: November 8, 2024

Three-Day Weekender Edition: Thank God for Beer! And for jazz, dance, comedy...

HIGHLIGHT

In a very canny move, the Maine Brewers’ Guild scheduled this year’s 207 Beer Week to coincide with an election guaranteed to cause widespread thirst for that magical, ancient, stress-reducing substance: alcohol. Craft beer releases, features and events continue all weekend, and we poached the handy schedule below from the guild’s site, mainebrewersguild.org, for your increasingly blurry reference. Cheers, comrades!

World-class pianist Cyrus Chestnut infuses soul and Gospel into his stirring jazz compositions at The Chocolate Church in Bath this Friday night. photo/Andrea Canter

Music

FRIDAY

Andy’s Old Port Pub
Sunburned Sharks
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)

The Apohadion Theater
Even Defeat, Psych Ward Disco, The Wicked North
8:30 p.m., $10 (all ages)

Blue Portland Maine
Sonic Bloom, Darksoft, Norwood (indie-electro rock)
8 p.m., $10-$12 (21+)

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

Cadenza
Savoir Faire (jazz)
7 p.m., $23-$28 (all ages)

Chocolate Church Arts Center
Cyrus Chestnut Trio (soulful jazz)
7:30 p.m., $30-$35 (all ages)

Elements
An Overnight Low (pop-rock)
6:30 p.m., free (all ages)

Flask Lounge
“Love” feat. DJ Jamie O’Sullivan (house, techno) 
9 p.m., $5-$10 (21+)

Henry’s Public House
Hello Newman (’90s covers)
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)

Jonathan’s Ogunquit
Moondance (Van Morrison tribute)
8 p.m., $31.50

Lenny’s Pub
Flash Allen Trio (jazz, pop)
6:30 p.m., $5

One Longfellow Square
Jim Lauderdale & The Game Changers, Lillie Mae (country)
8 p.m., $25-$35

Oxbow Blending & Bottling
The Slaps, Noah Pope and Shane T (indie rock)
7:30 p.m., $17-$20 (all ages)

Portland House of Music
Fireside Collective (bluegrass)
8 p.m., $18 (21+)

SPACE
Mal Blum, John-Allison Weiss (singer/songwriters)
8 p.m., $17-$20

Strand Theatre
Aysanabee (indie soul, electronica)
7:30 p.m., $20

The Thirsty Pig
White Mountain Ramblers
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)

Throttle Car Club
Denny Breau (jazz, country, blues)
6:30 p.m., free (all ages)

Vinegar Hill Music Theatre
Slane (U2 tribute)
8 p.m., $25-$35

Death-punk sensations Covered In Bees return to conquer Geno’s with tiny foam pineapples, crockpot talk and the like this Saturday night.

SATURDAY

Andy’s Old Port Pub
Alive in the Root
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)

The Apohadion Theater
Boat Dares, The Fliptones, Ladybrain
8 p.m., $10 (all ages)

Aura
Vertical Horizon
8 p.m., $28 (18+)

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

Cross Insurance Arena
MercyMe, TobyMac, Zach Williams (Christian)
7 p.m., $53-$119

Flask Lounge
“Requiem” feat. DJs Krietzman, Isirap and Amelia Aglow (house)
9 p.m., light cover (21+)

Geno’s
Covered In Bees, Euphemia (death-punk, metal)
8:30 p.m., $15 (21+)

Gritty McDuff’s
Party Time Excellent (’80s covers)
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)

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

Lenny’s Pub
Toni Lynn Washington (blues)
6:30 p.m., $15

Maine Craft Distilling
The Church of Good Times
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)

One Longfellow Square
Breakin’ Strings (bluegrass)
8 p.m., $20-$25

Portland House of Music
Odie Leigh (Americana and more)
8 p.m., $20 (all ages)

SPACE
New Sphere (Thelonious Monk tribute)
7:30 p.m., $15-$20

Stone Mountain Arts Center
Ellis Paul (singer/songwriter)
8 p.m., $30

The Thirsty Pig
Arthur Terembula (2 p.m.), Bradley Copper Kettle (7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)

A new Maine jazz quartet called New Sphere plays the music of jazz great Thelonius Monk on Saturday at SPACE and on Sunday at The Dance Hall in Kittery.

SUNDAY

The Apohadion Theater
Silenus, Infernal Diatribe, Corrective Measure, Zinc, Psychic Ordinance (hardcore)
8 p.m., $15-$20 (all ages)

Camp Pennant
Royal Hammer (reggae)
2 p.m., no cover (all ages)

The Dance Hall
New Sphere (Thelonious Monk tribute)
5 p.m., $15-$20 ($10 students)

Elements
Sunburned Sharks (guitar&B)
6:30 p.m., free (all ages)

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

Jonathan’s Ogunquit
Ellis Paul (singer/songwriter)
7 p.m., $35

Lenny’s Pub
Twograss
11 a.m., no cover

Maine Craft Distilling
Haggard and Cashed feat. Erica Brown and Matt Shipman (outlaw country)
3 p.m., no cover (all ages)

Merrill Auditorium
The Portland Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn and Strauss
2:30 p.m., $28-$108

One Longfellow Square
The East Pointers, David Howley (indie-folk)
8 p.m., $20-$25

Root Wild Kombucha
Absenter
3 p.m., no cover (all ages)

The Thirsty Pig
Will Sawyer
3 p.m., no cover (all ages)

Three Dollar Deweys
Ben Lyons
10 a.m., no cover (all ages)

club guide

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We’re guessing the brilliant actor and comedian David Cross will have a few choice words of wisdom to impart this Friday night at the State Theatre.

Performing Arts

FRIDAY

David Cross speaks truth into the void with opener Sean Patton at the State Theatre (609 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $39.50-$59.50 (18+). 800-745-3000. statetheatreportland.com.

Them Burlesque presents Coven: The Fallen Return at Mayo Street Arts (10 Mayo St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $20-$30 (18+). 879-4629. mayostreetarts.org.

Next Stop Comedy gets laughs at Root Wild Kombucha (135 Washington Ave., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $25 (all ages). 303-9043. rootwildkombucha.com.

Stand-up comic Brian Glowacki expresses himself at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m., followed by a free showcase at 9:30 p.m. Tix: $20 (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.

Slemons Productions presents its take on S.E. Hinton’s classic tale of young gang warfare, The Outsiders, at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $18-$22 ($15-$19 seniors and students). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.

Night of 100 Stars drag show fundraiser for the Frannie Peabody Center hosted by Danielle Dior at Geno’s (625 Congress St., Portland) at 8 p.m. Tix: $10-$15. 747-5594.

Danza Orgánica performs the (unfortunately quite timely) dance-theater work CUERPX at The Dance Hall in Kittery this Saturday.

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: $35-$63. 774-0465. portlandstage.org.

Boston dance theater company Danza Orgánica performs CUERPX, a work about bodily liberation from colonialism and patriarchy, at The Dance Hall (7 Walker St., Kittery) at 7 p.m. Tix: $20 ($10 students). 703-2083. thedancehallkittery.org.

Alex Grubard says funny things into a mic at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $20 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.

Stand Up! For Women’s Rights featuring comedy by Tooky Kavanagh, Cat Goding and others, and music by Catwolf and Morgan the Fairy, at Blue Portland Maine (650 Congress St., Portland) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $20-$25 (benefits Maine Family Planning and Starting Point; 21+). 774-4111. blueportlandmaine.org.

Slemons Productions presents its take on S.E. Hinton’s classic tale of young gang warfare, The Outsiders, at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $18-$22 ($15-$19 seniors and students). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.

Weeding Out the Stoned, a comedy game show hosted by Alex Grubard and featuring local comics on soft drugs, at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 9:30 p.m. Tix: $10 (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.

Slemons Productions presents its take on S.E. Hinton’s classic tale of young gang warfare, The Outsiders, at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 4:30 p.m. Tix: $18-$22 ($15-$19 seniors and students). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.

Comic Brian Regan performs at Johnson Hall Opera House (280 Water St., Gardiner) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $75. 582-7144. johnsonhall.org.

Stand-up comic Joe Dombrowski cracks wise at the State Theatre (609 Congress St., Portland) at 8 p.m. Tix: $25-$35. 800-745-3000. statetheatreportland.com.

The Portland Museum of Art is screening a series of documentaries by the Boston-based director Frederick Wiseman, starting with his powerful 1975 film Welfare this Saturday.

Happenings

FRIDAY

Screening of the art doc Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tix: $10 ($6 matinee). 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.

SATURDAY

Rolling Slumber Bed Races along Park Row in Brunswick at 11 a.m. Free. brunswickdowntown.org.

Free Family Day screening of the animated feature The Iron Giant at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at noon. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.

Screening of the 1975 Frederick Wiseman documentary Welfare at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at 3 p.m. Tix: $10. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.

Portland Boxing Club presents All Star Boxing, featuring bouts with Maine sluggers Casey “The Comeback Kid” Streeter, Wade Faria, Brandon Berry and others at the Portland Expo (239 Park Ave.) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $35+. 761-0975. portlandboxingclub.org.

Screening of the extreme skiing doc Warren Miller 75 at the State Theatre (609 Congress St., Portland) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $25-$27. 800-745-3000. statetheatreportland.com.

SUNDAY

Screening of the art doc Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at noon and 3 p.m. Tix: $10. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.