• HOT TICKETS

Music and Nightlife: Passion Pit pops in at State

IT ALL BEGAN in his dorm room three years ago, when Michael Angelakos wanted to create a one-man multi-track laptop music project. Now he’s touring the country and playing sold-out concerts under the name Passion Pit. See what college can do for you?

WHEN: 8 p.m. Tuesday

WHERE: State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $25 in advance; $30 day of show

INFO: (800) 745-3000; statetheatreportland.com

Art and Theater: PSO samples Bruckner, Beethoven

MUSIC DIRECTOR Robert Moody leads the Portland Symphony Orchestra through a program of music by Bruckner, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams and Osvaldo Golijov. The PSO will perform Golijov’s “Sidereus,” which was commissioned in part by the PSO and completed in 2010.

WHEN: 2:30 Sunday

WHERE: Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $20 to $58

INFO: portlandsymphony.org

Dining and Drink: Celebrate ‘Coma’ Season 2

GET A SNEAK PEEK of upcoming episodes of “Food Coma TV” and learn about Maine food culture outside of Portland at the Season 2 premiere party. Music by The Outfits and DJ Nathaniel Meiklejohn.

WHEN: 9 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $10

INFO: space538.org

Et Cetera: Party globally to help those locally

TRAVEL ABROAD without leaving Maine during the annual CeleSoiree party featuring international cuisine, world music and live and silent auctions. Benefits the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project.

WHEN: 5:30 p.m. (preview); 6:30 to 10 p.m. Friday

WHERE: Portland Company Complex, 58 Fore St.

HOW MUCH: $35 in advance; $40 at door; $60 for preview

INFO: ilapmaine.org

 

• CHEAP THRILLS

Music and Nightlife: Free (yes, free) metal show Monday at Asylum

FREE HEAVY METAL show. Need we say more? No, but we will say the bands playing will include False Prophecy, Hellcarver, The End of Idols and Shabti.

WHEN: 8:30 p.m. Monday

WHERE: Asylum, 121 Center St., Portland

HOW MUCH: No cover; ages 21 and older

INFO: 772-8274; portlandasylum.com

Art and Theater: Victoria as you’ve never seen her

IF YOU HAVEN’T been yet, you must see “Victoria’s Wonderama” at the Victoria Mansion, featuring new work by some of Maine’s most interesting contemporary artists, accompanied on Saturday by croquet on the lawn (weather permitting).

WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays to Saturdays. Through April 21.

WHERE: Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $10

INFO: 772-4841; victoriamansion.org

Dining and Drink: Three-day food drive under way today

SATISFY YOUR APPETITE for helping others by contributing a non-perishable food item to the Spring Food Drive for Families. Volunteers will be handing out wish lists for items to be donated to more than 42 food pantries, soup kitchens and social service agencies in Cumberland County.

WHEN: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today to Saturday

WHERE: Whole Foods Market, 2 Somerset, Portland

HOW MUCH: Donation

INFO: 774-7711

Et Cetera: Dark Follies and dark roast

IN THE MOOD for something offbeat and quirky? Then sally forth to watch the
Dark Follies perform their music and vaudeville antics while you sip their namesake coffee.

WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. today

WHERE: Gorham Grind, 18 South St., Gorham

HOW MUCH: Free

INFO: 671-4292