Fri/20
BLOOD PRESSURE CLINICS
CHANS BP CLINIC, 9:30 – 10 a.m., Pejepscot Terrace, 36 Pejepscot Ter.,
Brunswick.
HOLIDAY
BEST CHRISTMAS PAGENT EVER!, 7:30 p.m., Make this heart-warming play a part of your Christmas Tradition. It tells the story of six delinquent Herdman children and what happens when go to church for the first time. They tell the
Christmas story in a most nonconventional and humorous fashion. Each show will include local musicians performing
Christmas carols. $10 adults/$7children. Chocolate Church, Bath. AWESOME CHRISTMAS VARIETY SHOW,
7 p.m., Freeport Theater of Awesome, 5
Depot St., Freeport. Juggling, interpretive dance, live Christmas music, audience participation. $12-$20.
MISCELLANEOUS
BOOK SIGNING, 11a.m. -1 p.m., George
C. Daughan will appear read selections from and to sign copies of his latest book, “The Shining Sea: David Porter and the Epic Voyage of the U.S.S. Essex during the War of 1812”. Maine Coast Book
Shop, Damariscotta.
PERFORMANCES
CASTLEBAY, 7:15 p.m., Solstice seasonal songs from Celtic traditions. Side
Door Coffee House, Curtis Memorial
Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. $10.
Sat/21
HOLIDAY
NUTCRACKER, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.,
Westbrook Performing Arts Center. Portland Ballet performs the Nutcracker, set in Victorian times. Recorded music $20-
$55. www.porttix.com for ticket info. NORTH POLE EXPRESS, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Take a magical Christmas train trip at
Boothbay Railway Village (586 Wiscasset
Rd.). Hear Santa read a story while drinking hot chocolate and eating homemade cookies. $10 for attendees 3 & up. BEST CHRISTMAS PAGENT EVER!, 7:30 p.m., Make this heart-warming play a part of your Christmas Tradition. It tells the story of six delinquent Herdman children and what happens when go to church for the first time. They tell the
Christmas story in a most nonconventional and humorous fashion. Each show will include local musicians performing Christmas carols. Tickets are
$10 adults/$7children. Chocolate
Church Arts Center, Bath. AWESOME CHRISTMAS VARIETY
SHOW, 2 and 7 p.m., Freeport Theater of Awesome, 5 Depot St., Freeport.
Juggling, interpretive dance, live Christmas music, audience participation.
$12-$20. www.awesometheater.com JAZZ NUTCRACKER, 7:30 p.m. Portland
Jazz Orchestra will perform Duke Ellington’s “Nutcracker Suite”, a jazzy 1960 interpretation co-authored with Billy
Strayhorn, as well as jazz Christmas classics. Franco Center, Lewiston. $15, purchased at www.francocenter.org or by phone at 689-2000. CHORUS CONCERT, 2:30 p.m., rescheduled from Sunday. Greater Freeport Community Chorus will perform 18 carols arranged into four suites by Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett. First Parish UCC Church, 40 Main St., Freeport. $10, anyone under 18 admitted free, per family maximum of $25. www.gfccweb.org.
MISCELLANEOUS
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT,
Thomaston/Rockland region. Join
Audubon Society for the 114th annual
Christmas Bird Count, the longest-running wildlife census. BOOK SIGNING, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Elizabet
Bodner will be at Bath Book Shop signing
“Seven Women From Maine.” 443-9338. WOLFE’S NECK NATURE PROGRAMS, 2 p.m., “Sheet Music”, learn about
Maine’s last glaciation and see evidence of it. Circle of benches by second parking lot, Wolfe’s Neck State Park. VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. WWF Railway Museum, at Sheepscot Station, free tickets for train and horse drawn sleigh Train leaves at 2 p.m., stopping at Alna Center to talk with
Santa and wait for the sleigh. Light refresments, holiday decorations. Wear warm clothing! 97 Cross Rd., Alna. 882-
4193.
PERFORMANCES
LIVE MUSIC, 7 p.m., Curtis Memorial
Library. Dave Bullard Band and friends.
All kinds of music – Latin, Jazz, Reggae, 5- string banjo, holiday tunes, classics.
$10 at the door. TAPESTRY SINGERS, DAPONTE SQ, 7:30 p.m., “Going for Baroque”, Bach Magnificat in D, familiar favorites. Second Congregational Church, 51 Main St., Newcastle. 644-1174.
PUBLIC MEALS
MADRIGAL FEAST, 6:30 p.m., 21st century recreation of a Renaissance feast held in baronial halls throughout England. Five course dinner, exquisite sacred music, talents and silliness. Tickets must be purchased in advance by picking them up at the church during office hours, 8 a.m. –
3 p.m. $25 per person. United Methodist
Church, 320 Church Rd., Brunswick.
Sun/22
HOLIDAY
BEST CHRISTMAS PAGENT EVER!, 7:30 p.m., Make this heart-warming play a part of your Christmas Tradition. It tells the story of six delinquent Herdman children and what happens when go to church for the first time. They tell the
Christmas story in a most nonconventional and humorous fashion. Chocolate
Church Arts Center, Bath. CHILDREN’S LESSONS AND CAROLS,
10:30 a.m., Cookie fellowship and alternative gift shopping, and bell choir, nativity, and singing. Brunswick United
Methodist Church, 320 Church Rd.
Brunswick.
PERFORMANCES
TAPESTRY SINGERS, DAPONTE SQ, 3 p.m., “Going for Baroque”, Bach Magnificat in D, familiar favorites. Second
Congregational Church, 51 Main St.,
Newcastle. 644-1174.
Mon/23
HOLIDAY
SING IT’S CHRISTMAS!, 7 p.m., For decades, the community has gathered for this timeless sing along. Special appearance by Santa. Doors open at
6:30pm. Donations Accepted. Chocolate
Church Arts Center, Bath. WOLFE’S NECK NATURE PROGRAMS, 2 p.m., “Winter in the Woods”, explore the ways plants and animals survive the winter in Maine. Circle of benches by second parking lot, Wolfe’s Neck State Park,
Freeport. Weather will cancel. 865-
4465.
Tue/24
HOLIDAY
CHRISTMAS CAROL SING, 7:30 p.m.,
Brunswick Mall. Join All Saints Parish as they sing the great traditional carols for
15 minutes on Christmas Eve. Lyrics provided. The parish will donate a dollar for each person who attends to Mid
Coast Hunger Prevention Program. 725-
2624.
Tue/31
HOLIDAY
CHOCOLATE CHURCH DANCE PARTY, 8 p.m. – midnight. Live bands, dance performance, refreshments, champagne toast, cash bar. Benefit for the Chocolate Church. $25, available by phone
442-8455. MAINE’S FIRST SHIP NEW YEAR, 6 – 10 p.m., Roaring bonfire, Earl Bigelow and the Cilantro Trio, Henry and Marty’s restaurant will supply hors d’oevres, and cash bar. Hot buttered rum. Bath
Freight Shed, $20 per person. 443-
4242.
MISCELLANEOUS
POLAR BEAR DIP, 5 K RACE, 11 a.m. for the race, noon for the dip, East End
Beach, Portland. Proceeds help fight global warming. Organized by Natural
Resources Council of Maine. 430-0127.
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