It’s the first weekend of autumn, and there is a’plenty for you to do round the Rock.

First, on Friday, how about a night at the movies supporting a local boy who has made more than good?

“Marjorie Prime,” a new film directed by Michael Almereyda, and based on the work of playwright (and Bainbridge High School graduate) Jordan Harrison’s Pulitzer finalist play of the same name, will premiere at Bainbridge Cinemas Friday, Sept. 29.

Eighty-six-year-old Marjorie spends her final, ailing days with a computerized version of her deceased husband. With the intent to recount their life together, Marjorie’s “Prime” relies on the information from her and her kin to develop a more complex understanding of his history. As their interactions deepen, the family begins to develop ever diverging recounts of their lives, drawn into the chance to reconstruct the often painful past.

Built around exceptional performances from a veteran cast, “Marjorie Prime” shines a light on an often-obscured corner in the world of artificial intelligence and its interactions with mortality.

Bringing us robustly into the future, Almaryeda’s poetic film forces us to face the question: If we had the opportunity, how would we choose to rebuild the past, and what would we decide to forget?

The film stars Jon Hamm, Geena Davis and Tim Robbins.

Visit www.farawayentertainment.com/show/marjorie-prime-opens-sept-29 to learn more.

Then, Saturday is packed with pleasant possibilities.

A special one-night-only performance of Bridget Young’s new monologue “Wild Orphan Baby” will take the stage at Bainbridge Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30.

Funny and poignant, the monologue is a true story about “growing up fast during hard times.” The opening act features The Lonely Coast, a trio of folk music artists who perform mesmerizing close-harmony folk arrangements from Eastern Europe.

An island girl, Young grew up on the “mean streets” of Bainbridge Island and Indianola. The quirky and surprising story of her family’s fall from grace and her determination to patch together a better future for herself in difficult circumstances should resonate with teenagers, BPA officials said, and anyone who survived “New Age” parents and those who have been or who work with the hidden poor.

Young originally started performing “Realtor Lady” using stories from her real estate career as a way to entertain her fellow agents. She has since written and performed numerous shows about motherhood called “Because I Said So.”

She has performed at The Admiral Theatre in Bremerton, Bainbridge Performing Arts, The Indianola Clubhouse, Suncadia Lodge, 12 Minutes Max at On The Boards, The Rendezvous, The Bainbridge Art Museum, and the Jewelbox Theatre.

All proceeds from her performances characteristically go to support non-profit organizations and needy families, and all proceeds from the BPA show go to Morrow Manor, which offers safe, supportive, affordable, longer-term housing for survivors of domestic violence in Kitsap County.

Visit Morrow Manor online at www.supportmorrowmanor.org to learn more.

Doors open at 7 p.m., and the Lonely Coast performs at 7:30. Young takes the stage at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets, $25 per person, may be purchased online at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org, by phone at 206-842-8569 or in person at BPA (200 Madison Ave. North).

BPA Box Office hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and one hour prior to each performance.

The ecocentric musical “Notes from the Riverkeepers” will come to Bainbridge Island as part of its debut tour Saturday, too.

The musical homily provides a history of crude-oil-by-rail transportation in the Columbia River Gorge, culminating with a review of the nearly catastrophic Union Pacific oil train derailment, spill and fire in Mosier, Oregon in June 2016.

“Performance-based work around local environmental issues focusing on the risks of crude-oil-by-rail transport tells the story with names and faces and objects and dates through music and spoken word in a way that the mainstream handling of the topic fails to do,” said writer/vocalist Holcombe Waller.

“Notes” was written in response to Waller’s three-month artist residency with Columbia Riverkeeper, an environmental nonprofit working on issues facing the Columbia River. The residency was organized and supported by Signal Fire, a local nonprofit dedicated to connecting artists with wild space and environmental activists, and the tour is supported by community partners including Columbia Riverkeeper and other members of the “Stand Up To Oil” coalition.

“I’ve never seen the work we do with our many allies and partners portrayed so musically — with humor, history, and advocacy,” said Dan Serres, Conservation Director, Columbia Riverkeeper. “Holcombe’s voice and vision are amazing,”

The show features composed and extemporaneous storytelling via song, sermon and ceremony, incorporating Waller’s original folk, blues and soul-inspired music, focusing on the issues facing Columbia Riverkeeper as stewards of the Columbia River — particularly the risks of crude oil-by-rail transport along both sides of the river.

Musicians accompanying Waller include Dana J on drums, Justin Miller on bass, and Joshua Thomas on keyboards and guitars.

The Bainbridge-based performance, a special one-night-only affair, will take place at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Seabold Hall (14450 Komedal Road).

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and a 7 p.m. Q&A and potluck dinner with Waller himself will follow, at Lone Pine Farm & Studio.

There will also be a post performance conversation with Sarah Margolis-Pineo of Lone Pine Farm & Studio, Kristin Tollefson of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, and Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky of Columbia Riverkeeper.

Tickets are available now, for a variable donation. Visit www.artful.ly/store/events/13087 to learn more.

Also, the 20th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival, a cinematic celebration that occurs simultaneously in theaters across the globe during the week of Sept. 28 through Oct. 8, will come to the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art auditorium Saturday (and Sunday) as well.

The festival is 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, and 3:30 to 5:30 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1.

Featuring shorts selected from 1,615 entries, from 75 countries, audiences will be asked to select their favorite film and best actor from these, the final 10 films.

Winners will be announced at www.ManhattanShort.com on Monday, Oct. 9.

Tickets, $10 for BIMA members, $12 for nonmembers, are on sale. Visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3075855 to purchase and learn more.

A capacity crowd is expected.

“In the past, we have been sold out so this year we added another day,” said BIMA spokeswoman Karen Moskowitz. “[It’s] a must see for film lovers.”

Finally, you might mellow out on Sunday with a little quiet(er) time, as the Men’s Compline Choir of Bainbridge Island will sing the Office of Compline at 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1 at Saint Cecilia Parish.

Compline, also called Night Prayer, is the last of the traditional daily services sung by monastic communities and dates back to at least the 8th century. The service consists of chant, readings, psalms, prayers, petitions and hymns, sung in a contemplative setting in a darkened church.

The program is approximately 30 minutes in length. All are welcome.

Saint Cecilia Parish is located at 1310 Madison Ave. North.

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