• HOT TICKETS

Music and Nightlife: Handy man Earl at One Longfellow 

IT WOULD BE quite an honor for any blues guitarist to win a W.C. Handy Blues Music Award. Ronnie Earl has two. He’ll play One Longfellow Square Saturday with his band, The Broadcasters.

WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: One Longfellow Square, 81 State St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $25 in advance; $28 at the door

INFO: 761-1757; onelongfellowsquare.com

Art and Theater: The fix is in, and out, for ‘Becky Shaw’

MAD HORSE Theatre Company opens the comedy “Becky Shaw” by Obie Award-winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo at Lucid Stage. In the play, a woman fixes up her best friend with her husband’s co-worker. The date goes awry, forcing the matchmakers to examine their own relationship.

WHEN: Previews at 7:30 tonight and Friday. Opens at 8 p.m. Saturday. Through Feb. 14.

WHERE: Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland

HOW MUCH: $22 and $20

INFO: 899-3993; lucidstage.org; madhorse.com

Dining and Drink: Tavern celebrates all things Bobby Burns

CELEBRATE poet Robert Burns’ birthday with a recitation of the Ode to the Haggis, bagpipes and a ceremonial sword slicing. Dine on Bubbly-Jock, Scotch eggs and other Scottish fare, and wash it all down with single malts and stouts.

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday

WHERE: Tavern at the Inn at Brunswick Station, 4 Noble St., Brunswick

HOW MUCH: $35 per person, excluding beverages, tax and gratuity

INFO: Call 837-6565 for reservations.

Zumba, Nia, yoga – the choice is yours

SHAKE YOUR HIPS and get loose as you try out belly dance, Zumba, Nia and yoga classes at Bright Star World Dance during the day, then take in an evening belly dance show during the studio’s one-year anniversary celebration.

WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. classes, 6:30 p.m. show Saturday

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

HOW MUCH: $12 to $15 per class; $10 in advance and $12 at door for show

INFO: brightstarworlddance.com

 

• CHEAP THRILLS

Music and Nightlife: Eclectic Stereocom takes on the Empire

STEREOCOM is a Portland-based trio whose music on any given night includes instrumental soul/jazz/funk originals, standards and modern funk covers. They’ll be downstairs at Empire on Friday night.

WHEN: 9 p.m. Friday

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

HOW MUCH: Free

INFO: 879-8988; portlandempire.com

Art and Theater: A decade on, view painters’ works

EACH YEAR, Maine College of Art invites alumni who graduated 10 years ago with a degree in painting to participate in an exhibition. This year’s participants are Gina Adams, Hannah Barnes, Tim Clorius, Morgan Maurer, Jason Prescott, Phillip Tuttrow and Michelle Weinstein.

WHEN: Closing reception at 3 p.m. Saturday; regular hours are noon to 5 p.m. today to Saturday

WHERE: June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, 522 Congress St., Portland

HOW MUCH: Free

INFO: 699-5083

Dining and Drink: If you love pie, this is your lucky day

THE MYSTERIOUS Portland Pie Council invites you to the Third Annual Pie and Art Gala to celebrate National Pie Day. Activities include a synchronized interpretive pie dance, a pie-eating contest, a charity pie art auction, a review of historic pie moments and pie theater.

WHEN: 5:30 p.m. until the pie’s all gone

WHERE: Mayo Street Center for the Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $3 (bring a pie if you can)

INFO: portlandpiecouncil@gmail.com

Et Cetera: What a Tweet deal: Meet, raise a glass

WHETHER OR NOT Tweeting and tequila make a good mix remains to be seen, but you can help find the answer during this month’s Maine Tweetup. Grab your smartphone and head to the bar at Zapoteca to meet your friends from the Twitterverse in real life.

WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. tonight

WHERE: Zapoteca, 505 Fore St., Portland

HOW MUCH: Free

INFO: Search for January Maine Tweetup on Facebook