• HOT TICKETS

Music and Nightlife: An MLK celebration Sunday at Merrill

SUNDAY’S CELEBRATION of the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at Merrill Auditorium will include a range of musical performances. Scheduled performers include Pihcintu Multinational Children’s Chorus, Women in Harmony, and the Music Ministry of Green Memorial AME Zion Church.

WHEN: 6 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $5 in advance; $6 on Sunday.

INFO: 842-0800; porttix.com

Art and Theater: Try ‘Making Faces’ on Saturday

THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART showcases celebrities and noted personalities in its latest exhibition, “Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists.” Photographers Berenice Abbott, Robert Doisneau, Phillipe Halsman and others are represented, along with such celebrities as Lucille Ball, Andy Warhol, Andrew Wyeth and Robert Indiana.

WHEN: Opens Saturday. On view through April 8.

WHERE: Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square

HOW MUCH: Free after 5 p.m. Friday; otherwise $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, $4 for ages 6 to 17 and free for ages 5 and younger

INFO: portlandmuseum.org

Dining and Drink: Here’s the buzz, and it should bee interesting

LEARN HOW to make and harvest your own honey at a beginners’ beekeeping course taught by two experienced beekeepers.

WHEN: Begins Wednesday and runs for five consecutive weeks. Classes are 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Room 303, Payson Smith Hall, 96 Falmouth St., University of Southern Maine Portland campus

HOW MUCH: $80, includes a textbook, a bee disease publication and a beekeepers reference book

INFO: 781-6099

Et Cetera: Documentary tells of loggers’ lives

LEARN ABOUT the origins of Maine’s logging industry with the new documentary “In the Blood — Live: A ‘Docu-Exhibit.’ ” Filmmaker Sumner McKane used interviews alongside original film footage and stills from the late 19th and early 20th centuries to explore the lives of hardscrabble men working in the harsh Maine wilderness.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $10; all ages

INFO: space538.org

 

• CHEAP THRILLS

Music and Nightlife: Groove to ’50s tunes on Friday at Bayside

EVER NOTICE how no commercial radio stations play great ’50s rock any more? Well, you just have to go hear that music live. Lucky for you, The Flipsides, which specializes in ’50s and ’60s sounds, are playing Friday in Portland.

WHEN: 9 p.m. Friday

WHERE: Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $5

INFO: 791-2695; baysidebowl.com

Art and Theater: These quilts go by the book

ART QUILTS MAINE, a statewide contemporary quilt art guild, is exhibiting a collection of small quilts created in reference to popular children’s books. The 15 quilts represent a dozen books, ranging from Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree” to P.D. Eastman’s “Go Dog Go.”

WHEN: Through Feb. 24

WHERE: Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square

HOW MUCH: Free

INFO: portlandlibrary.com

Dining and Drink: Cut a deal with the Coupon Club

NEED TO cut back on your grocery bill? Join Whole Foods’ Coupon Club and learn about the best coupon blogs and websites while you rub elbows with other deal-savvy shoppers.

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

WHERE: Whole Foods Market, 2 Somerset, Portland

HOW MUCH: Free; registration required.

INFO: 774-7711

Et Cetera: Lucid Fest’s got something for all

WHETHER you want to buy arts and crafts, browse the white elephant table, get a henna tattoo, hear some stand-up comedy or watch a puppet show, Lucid Fest has something for you.

WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland

HOW MUCH: Free

INFO: lucidstage.com