Community Calendar

Join us in practicing gratitude this holiday season! Show kindness and gratitude in big and small ways in the community to be entered into a drawing for a Falmouth Memorial Library bookbag! Here's how it works: Pick up a Gratitude Challenge booklet at the library. Fill out your name and phone number, and use the inspiration ideas in the middle to show gratitude around your community. Return the booklet to the Falmouth Memorial Library by December 30. We will draw a winner on January 2 and contact them to pick up a free library bookbag!

The Auburn Community Concert Band will perform a variety of holiday music at the beautiful new Donald M. Gay performing arts center. ACCB is celebrating its 44th year under the direction of Milt Simon. This year’s 2025 ensemble includes 53 volunteer musicians who range in age from teen’s to 80’s, and represent some 15 central and western Maine communities. There will be an opportunity to donate to Auburn’s High Street Congressional Church Food Bank.

Pen Bay Singers directed by Sierra Lary and accompanied by joni mitchell
present Vivaldi's "Gloria" and additional contemporary Christmas favorites
The chorus will also be accompanied by a string section and invite the audience to sing along on several pieces.

Join us in practicing gratitude this holiday season! Show kindness and gratitude in big and small ways in the community to be entered into a drawing for a Falmouth Memorial Library bookbag! Here's how it works: Pick up a Gratitude Challenge booklet at the library. Fill out your name and phone number, and use the inspiration ideas in the middle to show gratitude around your community. Return the booklet to the Falmouth Memorial Library by December 30. We will draw a winner on January 2 and contact them to pick up a free library bookbag!

Join us in practicing gratitude this holiday season! Show kindness and gratitude in big and small ways in the community to be entered into a drawing for a Falmouth Memorial Library bookbag! Here's how it works: Pick up a Gratitude Challenge booklet at the library. Fill out your name and phone number, and use the inspiration ideas in the middle to show gratitude around your community. Return the booklet to the Falmouth Memorial Library by December 30. We will draw a winner on January 2 and contact them to pick up a free library bookbag!

Join us in practicing gratitude this holiday season! Show kindness and gratitude in big and small ways in the community to be entered into a drawing for a Falmouth Memorial Library bookbag! Here's how it works: Pick up a Gratitude Challenge booklet at the library. Fill out your name and phone number, and use the inspiration ideas in the middle to show gratitude around your community. Return the booklet to the Falmouth Memorial Library by December 30. We will draw a winner on January 2 and contact them to pick up a free library bookbag!

Novel Jazz is returning to the Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta on Saturday, 20 December, 2025, 7-9:30 PM, for a jazz winter solstice celebration! They will be playing out of the Great American Songbook, but tunes will be befitting the longest night of the year. Proceeds will benefit Skidompha’s Little Food Pantry. This evening marks the last show of the band’s 21st year in which Novel Jazz has been playing straight-ahead jazz for audiences throughout Maine (and beyond). Collectively, they share over two centuries of experience in the jazz idiom. The musicians of Novel Jazz are Herb Maine (acoustic bass), Barney Balch (trombone), Bill Manning (drums), Michael Mitchell (trumpet), Mickey Felder (piano), David Clarke (guitar) and Nate Johengen (saxophone). There also will be a special guest artist for this show.

Novel Jazz events at Skidompha began in 2004 with the observation that lovers of books often are lovers of jazz. The superb acoustics of Skidompha’s atrium, plus the seating “in the round”, make it a superior place to see and hear jazz, all in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. It was while performing at Skidompha that the band began their unique focus on jazz giants, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. The band has released four CDs featuring a wide variety of compositions by these two jazz icons.

As is always the case, we encourage parents to bring their children, the future of this art form. The library is located at 184 Main Street in downtown Damariscotta. Call 207-887-0919 during business hours for more information or, point your web browser to http://www.skidompha.org/ or the band’s web site www.mainejazz.net.

This promises to be a special Skidompha/Novel Jazz evening with the solstice celebration! If you have never attended a Novel Jazz event at Skidompha, check them out on Saturday, 20 December, 2025 and see why the Novel Jazz evenings at the library have been so popular for over two decades. Join NJS for an evening of winter solstice music, music fitting for the longest night of the year, music to warm your soul, all to benefit Skidompha’s Little Food Pantry!

Join us in practicing gratitude this holiday season! Show kindness and gratitude in big and small ways in the community to be entered into a drawing for a Falmouth Memorial Library bookbag! Here's how it works: Pick up a Gratitude Challenge booklet at the library. Fill out your name and phone number, and use the inspiration ideas in the middle to show gratitude around your community. Return the booklet to the Falmouth Memorial Library by December 30. We will draw a winner on January 2 and contact them to pick up a free library bookbag!

Belfast Chamber Music (BCM) is pleased to announce its second-annual charity benefit concert, Home and Hearth, on Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 3:00 PM at The First Church in Belfast UCC, 8 Court Street. BCM Artistic Director Philipp Elssner (violin/viola) will be joined by visiting artists Olena Kaspersky, violin, and Jacob Wang, piano. Admission is free; donations will be gratefully accepted in support of the Midcoast Maine Homeless Coalition and Waldo County Bounty. The program will feature beloved favorites as well as lesser-known gems by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bacewicz, Karabyts, Schumann, and others.

Founded in 2024 by local artists, Belfast Chamber Music is dedicated to enriching the community through the transformative power of chamber music. BCM’s mission is to provide accessible, high-quality musical experiences that inspire, educate, and connect diverse audiences — fostering collaboration among local musicians, supporting emerging talent, and featuring touring artists.

Join us in practicing gratitude this holiday season! Show kindness and gratitude in big and small ways in the community to be entered into a drawing for a Falmouth Memorial Library bookbag! Here's how it works: Pick up a Gratitude Challenge booklet at the library. Fill out your name and phone number, and use the inspiration ideas in the middle to show gratitude around your community. Return the booklet to the Falmouth Memorial Library by December 30. We will draw a winner on January 2 and contact them to pick up a free library bookbag!