The next installment in the Harbor Theater’s Classic Movies Series: Best of the 1960s features the James Bond thriller “Goldfinger” Thursday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 10. Both showings are at 2 p.m. 

The ghost of Jacob Marley will try to help Scrooge mend his miserly ways in the River Company’s staged reading of the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol.” The reading will be performed in the Porter Hall at the Skidompha Library, Friday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m.

The Heather Pierson Trio will bring its holiday “A Charlie Brown Christmas” show to The Waldo Theatre at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11.

Heartwood Theater’s 1940’s Lux Radio Theater Show, adapted from Frank Capra’s movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” will return this holiday season for one weekend only, with performances on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2-3.

George Mason’s Holiday Art Open House will be on Saturday, Dec. 3 and Sunday the 4th and feature a variety of affordable miniature works called Heart Protectors.

Lincoln Academy will host in-person holiday concerts this year for band, jazz band, and choir, and the public is invited to attend.

After the turkey and the football and the shopping; when everyone’s just about worn out, bring the family to relax at the movies.

The Waldo Theatre is kicking-off the holiday season with a fun and festive post-Thanksgiving “Sound of Music Community Sing-A-Long” on Friday, Nov. 25, at 4 p.m.

Music fans packed the sold-out Waldo Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 10 for an electric, eclectic concert by Bass Extremes, a collaboration featuring world-renowned bassists Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey.

Before rehearsals began, director John Mulcahy knew the characters inhabiting the play “Halfway There” better than any of the actors. By opening night he said the actors will know them better than he ever could.

The watercolors and oil paintings of New Harbor artist Peggy Farrell are now on display at the Bristol Area Library through early March.

“Write what you know,” is the most frequent advice given to any prospective author. In “Tiezzi’s Board,” Round Pond author Ham Martin took that advice to heart.

In preparation for the holiday season, Tenley Seiders is offering a series of workshops featuring recycled books at the Rutherford Library in South Bristol.