Thu/05

HOLIDAY

HOLIDAY SING, 7 p.m. “Winter Hearthside Sing”, Orr’s Island Library and sing along with local talented singer and musician Matt Loosigian, accompanied by guitar. Enjoy the warmth from the refurbished library fireplace and brightly burning hearth. 1699 Harpswell Islands

Road (Rt. 24), Orr’s Island.

MISCELLANEOUS

TEXTILE SHOW OPENING, 4 p.m. followed by reception from 4-6 p.m.,

Catherine Worthington will speak on her art quilts and designs. Thornton Oaks,

25 Thornton Way. Public is invited. MAINE ALLCARE, 6 p.m., Maine AllCare

Midcoast Chapter Meeting will take place at Curtis Memorial Library, 23

Pleasant St., Brunswick. State Representative Charlie Priest will discuss his bill, LD1345, “An Act To Establish a Single payer Health Care System in Maine, to be Effective in 2017”. Public welcome. 721-8344. NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR FUNDRAISER, all day, to support mission work for Lisbon United Methodist Church. Ruby

Tuesday’s, mention fundraiser to server to donate 20 percent of total to the church.

PERFORMANCES

DREAMLAND THEATER, 7 p.m., “Room at the Top”, Winter Street Center, 880

Washington St. Suggested Donation

$5, feel free to bring supper, soft drinks and candies available for $1 each. THE KING AND I, 7 p.m., Midcoast Youth

Theater Family Show, Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. Brunswick High

School Theater, 116 Maquoit Rd.,

Brunswick.

TALKS-WORKSHOPS

KEEPING OUR MONEY IN MAINE, 7p.m.

Representative Diane Russell (D-Portland) will speak with us about how a

State Bank can help keep our money in

Maine — money that can fund local business and reduce our taxes. Morrell

Community Room, Curtis Memorial

Library, Brunswick. Free. ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER CONFERENCE,

7:45 a.m. – 4 p.m. with evening event.

Conference workshops and tours, $40 for all activities. USM Lewiston-Auburn.

Fri/06

HOLIDAY

CHRISTMAS FAIR, 3 – 8 p.m. Crafts, white elephant sale, baked goods.

North Pownal United Methodist Church,

851 Lawrence Rd., Pownal. HOLIDAY MUSIC PROGRAM, 7:30 p.m.,

T-Acadie, folk trio, performs “Hidden

Gems of the Season”, including French carols, southern Gospel, old English wassail, Cajun Christmas songs and more. Doors open at 7 p.m., Phippsburg Congregational Church, 10 Church

Lane, Parker Head. Phippsburg. 389-

1770. HOLIDAYS IN HARPSWELL, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Harpswell Art and Craft Guild will celebrate their annual “Holidays in Harpswell” at all Guild locations along Rt.

123 and Rt. 24. 833-6081.

MISCELLANEOUS

MODEL RAILROAD SHOW, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Maine State Museum, Augusta.

Museum will be free. ART EXHIBIT/SALE, multiple times and venues. The 5RAA Arts Downtown & All

Around Exhibit/Sale on December 6, 7,

& 8 celebrates the creative talent that lives & creates within our towns & communities. The event features a gathering of art studios, galleries/museums & group shows with musicians sharing in song. Art includes: paintings, clay, textiles, wood pieces, jewelry, mixed media, baskets & more. Events take place at venues in & around Brunswick

& in Bowdoinham. FMI: 5raa.org. OPEN HOUSE AND SALE, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Maine Fiberarts, “Quilted Assemblages: Beatrice Gilbert and Dr. Donald

Talbot”. Festivities include: Beatrice

Gilbert demonstrating quilting, Maine

Fiberarts’ members demonstrating fiber techniques, Fiber Friday taking place

(Dec. 6, 10-noon)—all surrounded by beautiful quilts. The exhibition and sale of members’ work remains on view through December 31. NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR FUNDRAISER, all day, to support mission work for Lisbon United Methodist Church. Ruby

Tuesday’s, mention fundraiser to server to donate 20 percent of total to the church.

PERFORMANCES

DAPONTE STRING QUARTET, 7:30 p.m.,

Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta.

Shostakovich, Walton, Dvorak. $20

(under 21 free), available at Maine

Coast Books and Gulf of Maine Books. HOME TIME RADIO HOUR, 7:30 p.m.,

Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30

Holbrook St., Freeport. Music from the

40s to early 60s mixes with classic comedy and new radio plays. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. 865-2220. NUTCRACKER, 7 p.m. Maine State Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” will fill Portland’s

Merrill Auditorium with the beauty and the joy of the season Sat., Nov. 30 –

Sun. Dec. 8. Tickets through

Porttix.com or at the Merrill Auditorium box office, noon-6 p.m. THE KING AND I, 7 p.m., Midcoast Youth

Theater Family Show, Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. Brunswick High

School Theater, 116 Maquoit Rd.,

Brunswick.

Sat/07

HOLIDAY

ART SHOW, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Casco Bay

Art League, Harpswell Heritage Land

Trust, 153 Harpswell Neck Rd. 725-

6084. CHRISTMAS FAIR, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Crafts, white elephant sale, baked goods.

North Pownal United Methodist Church,

851 Lawrence Rd., Pownal. ANNUAL TREE AND WREATH SALE, 8 a.m. – noon, Brunswick Junior High

School, 65 Columbia Ave, Brunswick.

Benefits the BJHS music program. SANTA DAY at Skolfield Whittier House,

9 a.m. – noon. Enjoy music by Bowdoin

College’s Miscellania, George Tetu’s illuminated holiday village, free refreshments, holiday shopping, and more.

Guided tours of Skolfield-Whittier at

9:30 and 10:30. Admission is free; please bring your own cameras for photos. For more information, call

729.6606. TREE SALE, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., MTA/Lisbon

High School will sell fresh cut balsam firs for $35 as a fundraiser at the Dairy

Maid, Lisbon Street, Lisbon ZFalls and

Wright-Pierce, Main St., Topsham. LUMINERE, 7:30 p.m., Chocolate Church

Arts Center, Irish music, song and dance in an engaging performance rich in history, humor and boundless energy. ake a memorable glimpse into the enchanting spirit of Christmas, as the finest traditional artists from Ireland bring you on a fun-filled start to the holiday season of 2013. Tickets $28 advance/$32 door. Chocolate Church

Arts Center, Bath. HOLIDAYS IN HARPSWELL, Noon – 4 p.m., Harpswell Art and Craft Guild will celebrate their annual “Holidays in Harpswell” at all Guild locations along Rt.

123 and Rt. 24. 833-6081. VERY MERRY MAIN STREET, 5-7 p.m., caroling, Santa visits, chance to win a gift basket, horse-drawn carriage rides, music and refreshments. Downtown

Lisbon Falls. 751-2417. WOLFE’S NECK FARM, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.,

“Night Tree” reading, then making pinecone “decorations” to feed wild animals. $5. Every hour on the hour.

Wolfe’s Neck Farm, Freeport. GOSPEL CHOIR, 7:30 p.m., “Black Nativity – In Concert”, Bowdoin Chorus,

Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Free.

MISCELLANEOUS

MODEL RAILROAD SHOW, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Maine State Museum, Augusta.

Museum will be free. POTTER OPEN STUDIO AND SALE, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Mud Cove Pottery 41

Tide’s End Rd., West Bath. Harold

Roberts of Coryell Clayworks and Nan

Kilbourn-Tara of Mud Cove Pottery will display work. 443-5585. OPEN HOUSE AND SALE, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Maine Fiberarts, “Quilted Assemblages: Beatrice Gilbert and Dr. Donald

Talbot”. Festivities include: Beatrice

Gilbert demonstrating quilting, Maine

Fiberarts’ members demonstrating fiber techniques —all surrounded by beautiful quilts. The exhibition and sale of members’ work remains on view through

December 31. ART EXHIBIT/SALE, multiple times and venues. The 5RAA Arts Downtown & All

Around Exhibit/Sale on December 6, 7,

& 8 celebrates the creative talent that lives & creates within our towns & communities. The event features a gathering of art studios, galleries/museums & group shows with musicians sharing in song. Art includes: paintings, clay, textiles, wood pieces, jewelry, mixed media, baskets & more. Events take place at venues in & around Brunswick

& in Bowdoinham. FMI: 5raa.org.

PERFORMANCES

LUMINERE, 7:30 p.m., Chocolate Church

Arts Center, Bath. “Irish Christmas in

America”, all-star line up of Irish music and dance. HOME TIME RADIO HOUR, 7:30 p.m.,

Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30

Holbrook St., Freeport. Music from the

40s to early 60s mixes with classic comedy and new radio plays. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. 865-2220. NUTCRACKER, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Maine

State Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” will fill

Portland’s Merrill Auditorium with the beauty and the joy of the season Sat.,

Nov. 30 – Sun. Dec. 8. Tickets through

Porttix.com or at the Merrill Auditorium box office, noon-6 p.m.

HOLIDAY

ART SHOW, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Casco Bay

Art League, Harpswell Heritage Land

Trust, 153 Harpswell Neck Rd. TREE SALE, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., MTA/Lisbon

High School will sell fresh cut balsam firs for $35 as a fundraiser at the Dairy

Maid, Lisbon Street, Lisbon Falls and

Wright-Pierce, Main St., Topsham. VESPERS SERVICE, 2 p.m. Historic East

Harpswell Baptist Church, 308 Cundy’s

Harbor Rd., Harpswell. The familiar carols will once again ring out in the Christmas season accompanied by organist

Janice Stover. Rev Dr. Richard S. Gelwick will deliver a Christmas message.

For the service the church will be lighted by the original oil lamps of the 1840s structure.

MISCELLANEOUS

POTTER OPEN STUDIO AND SALE, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Mud Cove Pottery 41

Tide’s End Rd., West Bath. Harold

Roberts of Coryell Clayworks and Nan

Kilbourn-Tara of Mud Cove Pottery will display work. 443-5585. ART EXHIBIT/SALE, multiple times and venues. The 5RAA Arts Downtown & All

Around Exhibit/Sale on December 6, 7,

& 8 celebrates the creative talent that lives & creates within our towns & communities. The event features a gathering of art studios, galleries/museums & group shows with musicians sharing in song. Art includes: paintings, clay, textiles, wood pieces, jewelry, mixed media, baskets & more. Events take place at venues in & around Brunswick

& in Bowdoinham. FMI: 5raa.org.

PERFORMANCES

DAPONTE STRING QUARTET, 3 p.m.,

Mid-Coast Presbyterian Church, Topsham. Shostakovich, Walton, Dvorak.

$20 (under 21 free), available at Maine

Coast Books and Gulf of Maine Books. HOME TIME RADIO HOUR, 2 p.m.,

Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30

Holbrook St., Freeport. Music from the

40s to early 60s mixes with classic comedy and new radio plays. $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

865-2220.