A lazy arts writer would preface Maine State Music Theatre’s production of Come From Away, the hit 2017 Broadway folk-rock musical about residents of a small town in Newfoundland helping airline passengers stranded by 9/11, by noting the “current tensions between the U.S. and Canada,” or words to that effect, and how this musical should remind us we’re all one human family. That’s inaccurate. The current tension is between Donald Trump and North America, given that nearly all Canadians and Mexicans, and two-thirds of U.S. adults, loathe him, according to recent surveys. The production runs through Aug. 22 at Pickard Theater (1 Bath Rd., Brunswick), and today’s matinee performance is at 2 p.m. Tix: $149-$185.
It’s you’re into that raw punk-blues thing, tonight’s your night! Fat Knuckle Freddy — singer/guitarist Al Giusto and a funky drummer — tear it up on the back patio of Amigos (9 Dana St., Portland) at 9:30 p.m. Free (21+). Plus, the gritty duo Muddy Ruckus plays Live at Madrid’s (144 Fore St., Portland) with openers Turf ’N’ Turf and Dusty Buckets at 8 p.m. That one’ll cost ya a twenty (all ages).
When it comes to death metal, I’m lucky if I can decipher the band name on the poster, nevermind discerning which acts are good. I just trust The Wizard, and the other day he mentioned that Portland trio Shabti is releasing an album at Geno’s (625 Congress St., Portland) tonight, and it’s sick, packed with punishing progressive riffs and breakneck beats and switches. A preview of the first two tracks available on Haze, Cacophony, and White Light confirms this and then some. They’re joined by Scattered Remnants, Bloodtide, and Matriphagy at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $22 (21+).
Portland singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist Heather Lynn has been touring in the Midwest and Canada this summer with her stellar new album, Laurel, and tonight’s she back at the informal clubhouse of her indie-rock scene, the microbrewery Hi-Fidelity (200 Anderson St., Portland), with pals Modern Friendship and Providence band Wooll around 8 p.m. or so. No cover (21+).
Portland DJ and producer god.damn.chan. mixes hip hop, funk, jazz, soul and beats from around the world as part of the Be Kind Rewind series upstairs at The East Ender (47 Middle St., Portland), paired with a “double feature” (movie title unknown) at 9:30 p.m. No cover (21+).
Local jam-rockers Leaf are in the weird limbo between playing free shows in small venues like The Thirsty Pig (37 Exchange St., Portland), where they’ll be at 7 p.m., and larger venues where there’s a cover, multiple acts, a sound guy who’s not the guitarist’s girlfriend walking around with a tablet, etc. All ages welcome.
The 2023 documentary Welcome Space Brothers explores the colorful exploits of Ruth E. Norman, a.k.a. Archangel Uriel, and her Unarius Academy of Science, a ET-channeling self-help community/cult founded in the 1970s. At least she probably didn’t kill anyone. It screens at SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $10.
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