Fri/29

PERFORMANCES

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, 7:30 p.m.

Theater at Monmouth. Tickets $20-

30. 933-9999. THEATER OF AWESOME, 7 p.m., Family friendly hypnosis show, $17 adults in advance, $12 for children. 5 Depot

Street, Freeport. 518-8839. SOUND OF MUSIC, 7:30 p.m., Portland

Players, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland. $15-20. LUNASA, 7:30 p.m. Chocolate Church

Arts Center 804 Washington St, Bath

442-8455 Internationally acknowledged as being the finest Irish instrumental band of recent times, their inventive arrangements and bass driven grooves have steered Irish acoustic music to a surprising new territory. $22 in advance, $25 at the door.

Sat/30

HOLIDAY

CHILDREN’S TREE LIGHTING AND

VISIT WITH SANTA, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.,

Patten Free Library 33 Summer St, Bath 442-7291. Ornament making 11-3pm, Santa’s arrival and tree-lighting at 3pm, followed by a

Jingle Bell walk to City Hall for a visit with Santa. GINGERBREAD SOCIAL, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Cosmopolitan Club 894 Washington St, Bath 442-6313 11am-4pm. Enjoy a holiday tradition at the Cosmopolitan Club! Freshly baked gingerbread, real whipped cream, and hot cocoa awaits you – $4.50 per serving. Enter the raffle drawing for a chance to win a holiday gift basket.

Stop by the clubhouse to relax, socialize, and indulge in a treat. CHRISTMAS AUCTION FOR TROOP

SUPPORT, American Legion Auxiliary 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. 200 Congress Ave., Bath

406-0830. Live auction to raise funds to ship care packages to deployed

Troops. Refreshment, entertainment in lounge after auction for members and their guests.

MISCELLANEOUS

ART DEMO, 2-5 p.m. Jane Conway will demonstrate encaustic painting at

Centre Arts Gallery, 11 Centre St.,

Bath. Hands-on demonstration, $45.

Observers, $15. 442-0300. OPEN HOUSE, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Phippsburg Historical Museum. Features cookie walk, spinning demonstration by Elna Joseph-Bijower, and traditional music by Jim Joseph. ART SHOW, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Greenhut

Studio. Sculptures, pastels, men’s silk neckties, Nepali crafts, antiques. 725-

8253. VIGIL FOR DISARMAMENT, 11:30-

12:30, across the street from Bath

Iron Works, Washington Street, Bath.

763-4062.

PERFORMANCES

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, 7:30 p.m.

Theater at Monmouth. Tickets $20-

30. 933-9999. THEATER OF AWESOME, 7 p.m., Family friendly hypnosis show, $17 adults in advance, $12 for children. 5 Depot

Street, Freeport. 518-8839. SOUND OF MUSIC, 7:30 p.m., Portland

Players, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland. $15-20. DON CAMPBELL: COUNTRY CHRISTMAS, 7:30 p.m. Chocolate Church

Arts Center 804 Washington St, Bath

442-8455. Singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist starts off the Christmas series bringing holiday favorites with a country twist. Tickets

$15 in advance, $18 at the door.

Sun/01

HOLIDAY

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.

MISCELLANEOUS

CONNECTED CATHOLICS MEETING,

1:15 p.m., Falmouth Country Club

(order off menu). In lieu of Yankee

Swap, a free offering will be taken and donated to Project Feed. Call Grace for more information, 878-6459.

PERFORMANCES

NUTCRACKER, 2 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.

Tue/03

HOLIDAY

“HARK! CINEMA ANGELS” FILM

SERIES, 6:30 p.m., Patten Free

Library, 33 Summer St, Bath 443-

5141 x25 “FIELD OF DREAMS” (1989). Kevin

Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl

Jones, Ray Liotta, and Burt Lancaster star in this magical story of Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella, who turns his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.

MISCELLANEOUS

LABYRINTH, noon – 8 p.m., First Parish Church, Pilgrim House, 9 Cleaveland St., Brunswick. Advent labyrinth walk.

TALKS-WORKSHOPS

CHATS WITH CHAMPIONS, 10 a.m.,

Skidompha Library’s Porter Meeting

Hall, Damariscotta. Dr. Rhian Waller will discuss her work on deep sea corals.

Wed/04

HOLIDAY

CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST, 9 a.m. The

Mid-Coast Retired Educators Assn. will hold its Christmas Breakfast at the

Highlands. Ugly Yankee Swap, bake sale. For reservations call 666-3922. WINTERNIGHT CONCERT, 6:30 p.m.,

Patten Free Library 33 Summer St,

Bath 443-5141 x25 Ken Bonfield from

Magnolia, MA will perform his popular

WinterNight concert. Ken is a recognized performer and composer of

American finger-style acoustic guitar instrumentals. For more information about Ken and to listen to a sampling of his artistry, visit www.kenbonfield.com.

PERFORMANCES

SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND, 7-9 p.m., Frontier Cafe, Ft. Andross, 14

Maine St., Brunswick. Lisa Redfern,

Ted DeMille, Sorcha Cribben-Merrill, Ed

DesJardins. $10 cover. Last show until March 4. 415-505-8124.

TALKS-WORKSHOPS

AUTHOR TALK, 1 – 3 p.m., Skidompha

Library’s Porter Hall. Michael Paterniti, literary journalist and author of “The

Telling Room”, equal parts mystery and memoir.

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 All-

Care 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.

TALKS-WORKSHOPS

KEEPING OUR MONEY IN MAINE, 7:30 p.m. Representative Diane Russell (DPortland) 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. University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn. 754-

8158.