Upcoming

Maine author Monica Wood, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library Community Meeting Room. Wood’s new book is a memoir, “When We Were the Kennedys.”

Country Christmas Fair, Friday, Nov. 30, 3-8 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 1, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, Pownal. White elephant sale, children’s craft corner, baked goods, crafts, hand-made items and a silent auction. The special guest will be Santa, who will be there on Saturday from 1-2:30 p.m. For more information, email jaymebsrschdorf@yahoo.com.

Craft fair, Saturday, Dec. 1, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St.

Durham selectmen, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m., Durham Town Office.

Freeport general assistance public hearing, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 8 p.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road, Freeport.

Durham Planning Board, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m., Durham Town Office.

“A Christmas Carol,” one-man show featuring Broadway veteran Will Rhys, Dec. 6 -7 at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. and Dec. 14-15 at 7:30 p.m., Freeport Factory Stage, 5 Depot St., Freeport. For more information, go to www.freeportfactory.com. For tickets, go to www.brownpapertickets.com.

Freeport Sparkle Weekend, Dec. 7-9, downtown Freeport. Events include: Sparkle Parade of Lights, Friday, Dec. 7, 6 p.m., Main Street Freeport; Book signings at L.L. Bean, Saturday, Dec. 8, featuring Dahlov Ipcar from 10 a.m.-noon, John Ford from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and Lynn Plourde from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Saturday Dec. 8, free movie marathon at Freeport Factory Stage, 5 Depot St. featuring “The Polar Express” at noon, “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” at 1:55 p.m., “The Muppet Christmas Carol” at 2:30 p.m., “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at 4:05 p.m., “Elf” at 4:45 p.m. and “Bad Santa” (18 and over) at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 8, Free reading of “The Polar Express” aboard the Amtrak Downeaster, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 8, the Worldwide Tuba Christmas concert, 2 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center, Holbrook Street. Sunday, Dec. 9, “A Christmas Carol” presented by the Odd Company, 1 p.m., L.L. Bean campus and visit with Santa on Sunday, Dec. 9 from 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. at Wilbur’s of Maine, 174 Lower Main St.

Freeport Players’ “WFCP Home Time Radio Hour,” Dec. 7-8, 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 9 at 2 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport. Features music from the 1940s-early ’60s, comedy sketches and special guest appearances by local bands Crabapple Jam, Not Too Shaap and NE Town. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door, available at www.fcponline.org , the Freeport Community Thrift Shop, at the door, and by mail at Freeport Community Players, P.O. Box 483, Freeport, Maine, 04032.

Kneading Passion: Cultivating a Life with Bread, A public talk by master bread baker, Ciril Hitz, Friday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School 57 Desert Road, Freeport. Suggested donation, $10. Learn more about Ciril Hitz at www.breadhitz.com. For more information about the talk, visit www.merriconeag.org or call 865-3900, ext. 105.

Pownal selectmen, Monday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m., DeWitt Room, Mallett Hall.

Pownal Conservation Committee, Monday, Dec. 17, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall. Due to the holiday, the committee has changed its December meeting schedule. Starting in January, the committee will go back to the regular schedule, which is the fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Ruth Hannan at 688-4919.

Pownal selectmen, Monday, Dec. 17, 7 p.m., DeWitt Room, Mallett Hall.

Free movie at Freeport Community Library, Thursday, Dec. 20, 1 p.m., “The King’s Speech,” with Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. Popcorn will be served.

Free movie at Freeport Community Library, Thursday, Jan. 3, 1 p.m., “The Artist,” starring Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin. Popcorn will be served.

Free movie at Freeport Community Library, Thursday, Jan. 17, 1 p.m., “Sweet Land,” with Tim Guinee and Elizabeth Reaser. Popcorn will be served.

Free movie at Freeport Community Library, Thursday, Feb. 7, 1 p.m., “The Long, Hot Summer,” with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Popcorn will be served.

Free movie at Freeport Community Library, Thursday, Feb. 21, 1 p.m., “Undertaking Betty,” with Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Naomi Watts and Christopher Walken. Popcorn will be served.

Free movie at Freeport Community Library, Thursday, March, 1 p.m., “To Kill a Mockingbird,” with Gregory Peck. Popcorn will be served.

Ongoing Events

“Buttons, Rum & Rakes,” Freeport Historical Society exhibit celebrating Freeport’s mercantile past, runs through March 2, 45 Main St., Freeport, Monday through Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays 1-4 p.m. For more information, visit www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org.

Weekly story time, for toddlers and pre-schoolers, Tuesdays, Freeport Community Library. Three different sessions. 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m., separate 15-minute story times for toddlers. Thirty-minute story time for pre-schoolers at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.freeportlibrary.com or call 865-3307.

Freeport Community Thrift Shop, open Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and closed on Sundays, Freeport Community Center.

Freeport Rotary, breakfast meetings every Wednesday from 7-8 a.m., Broad Arrow Tavern, Harraseeket Inn, Main Street, Freeport. Prospective new members welcome.

North Pownal United Methodist Church food pantry, open every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m.-noon. All are welcome.

Durham Town Office, open Mondays from 9 a.m. to noon and 1-7 p.m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m., the office is closed all day on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, call 353-2561.

Pownal Town Office, open Mondays from 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and Tuesdays through Thursdays from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The town office is closed Fridays and weekends. For more information, call 688-4611.

Freeport Town Hall, open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. The offices are closed on Fridays. For more information, call 865-4743.

Pownal selectmen, meet every Monday at 7 p.m. in Mallett Hall. Check the community calendar for dates or call the town office at 688-4611.

Freeport Third Friday, through December. Visit local merchants and check out arts and crafts from local artisans. Freeport residents receive 10 percent off purchases at select merchants. For more information, visit Freeportusa.com.

Aikido class, Wednesdays, 4 -6 p.m.- Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St.

Open play, Thursdays,10-11 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Open for kids from infants to age 5, for more information, contact the Freeport Families Network at freeportfamiliesnetwork@yahoo.com.

Religion and spirituality

Durham Congregational Church, 73 Royalsborough Road, Durham. Sunday services each week at 10 a.m. All are welcome.

Durham Friends Meeting, 532 Quaker Meeting House Road.Worship services every Sunday 10:30 a.m. Adult Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.

First Parish Church, 422 Hallowell Road, Pownal, Sunday services at 9:30 a.m. All-ages Sunday school follows at 11 a.m. For more information, call 688-4846.

First Baptist Church, 185 Main St., Freeport, Sunday services at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday school from nursery school to adult, Sunday at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 865-4404.

First Parish Church Congregational, UCC, 40 Main St., Freeport. Sunday services at 10 a.m. For more information, call 865-6022.

North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, Pownal. Worship service Sundays at 9 a.m.

St. Jude’s Roman Catholic Church, Main Street, Freeport. Masses Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 846-5584

Seventh-day Adventist Church, Pownal Road, Freeport. Saturday worship at 11 a.m. Sabbath School, Saturdays at 10 a.m. For more information, call 865-3990.

South Freeport Church, UCC, South Freeport Village. Sunday worship 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 865-4012.

Shiloh Chapel, Shiloh Road, Durham. Nondenominational services Sundays at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.shilohchapelmaine.org.

We love to eat

Maine Clammers Association steamed clam supper, Saturday, Dec. 1, 5-7 p.m., Freeport Masonic Lodge, Mallett Drive, Freeport. $15 per person, kids 12 and under are free.

Breakfast with Santa, Sunday, Dec. 2, 8 – 10:30 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., Freeport. All you can eat for $5. For more information, go to www.fcsmaine.org.

Freeport Elders Pancake Breakfast, first and third Saturday of the month, 8-10 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Deluxe: Pancakes, eggs, sausages, biscuits, OJ, tea and coffee, $4.50. Regular: Pancakes, sausages, OJ, tea or coffee, $3.50. Seniors deduct $0.50.

Third Friday free lunch, third Friday of every month, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Freeport

Broadway veteran Will Rhys will perform a one-man show of “A Christmas Carol” at the Freeport Factory Stage on Dec. 6, 7, 9, 14 and 15.