Boston Camerata returns to Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4 to present “Sing We Noel: Christmas Music from England and Early America.”

Sheepscot Valley Chorus invites all to its annual holiday concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7 in the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, at 125 Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor.

Heartwood Regional Theater Co. will host auditions for “Treasure Island” from 3-4:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1 in the Poe Theater on the Lincoln Academy campus in Newcastle.

A creative pottery collaboration between a father and daughter will be on display and for sale at First Friday Art Night from 6-8 p.m. on Dec. 5 at the Whitefield Library.

Cool cats and kittens should cruise their hot rods to Waldoboro to catch the closing weekend of “Grease” at Medomak Valley High School. The dazzling spectacular musical about teenagers in the 1950s opened on Friday, Nov. 7 and continues on Friday, Nov. 14, Saturday, Nov. 15, and Sunday, Nov. 16.

(R; 1 hour, 52 minutes)

Playing out a nightmare scenario with nerve-wracking plausibility, director Kathryn Bigelow’s (“Hurt Locker,” “Zero Dark Thirty”) masterfully constructed “A House of Dynamite” is a hyperrealistic political procedural that embeds the increasingly tense viewer in the situation rooms and military outposts and presidential helicopters where the action unfolds.

Critics are calling “One Battle After Another” a major achievement for director Paul Thomas Anderson. Even as a big-budget action film, audiences still see his signature depth, style, and humanism. With stellar performances from Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn, and two of the best car chases on the big screen this year, you want to be sure and catch this one while it’s at Lincoln Theater!

The Heather Pierson Trio will bring their annual holiday show back to The Waldo Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19.

Say farewell to autumn with the sounds and spirit that the fall harvest brings through music, song, and spoken word. With the arrival of autumn’s brisk breezes and changing landscapes, the Damariscotta open mic returns to the renovated and weatherized long barn at Inn Along the Way, at 741 Main St. in Damariscotta, for the final gathering of the year from 1:30-4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8.

“American Idol” season 21 winner Iam Tongi will perform at The Waldo Theatre on Friday, Nov. 7.

The Brothers Grimm will soon hit the stage in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy, as the school, in collaboration with Heartwood Regional Theater Co., presents the popular musical “Into the Woods,” by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Performances are scheduled for Friday, Oct. 24 through Saturday, Nov. 1.

Author Kate Smith will discuss her novel “The Unsinkable Aly Brown, RN,” at Whitefield Library at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11.

Performing for one night only in Maine, Julian Lage, with special guest Joe Henry, will take the stage at The Waldo Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct 19. Tickets are now on sale.