St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is holding auditions for all voice parts as it begins preparing Brahms’ delightful “Liebeslieder Waltzes.” Published in 1870 and setting the poetry of Georg Friedrich Daumer, the charming waltzes were an immediate success for Brahms, who wrote them in homage to the popular “Waltz King,” Johann Strauss, Jr., as well as to his friend, Franz Schubert.

Original children’s book illustrations by author-illustrator Holly Berry, of Waldoboro, are currently on view at the Waldoboro Public Library through the month of February.

All are invited to the Merry Barn in February for a three-day adventure exploring Stories and Games from Around the World.

Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts and The Color Network are partnering for a second year to offer an artist residency focused on mentor-mentee relationship building among artists of color who work in clay.

Some people look forward to winter for all the only-when-it’s-cold outdoor recreation it invites. Lakes and ponds freeze for skating, ice fishing, and ice boating (see Midcoast Boaters Journal for columnist Bill Anthony’s profile of the sport). Snow draped fir trees transform familiar trails to bright and crystalline wonderlands. And, of course, there’s plenty of sledding, skiing, and snowman-making right outside the door.

Sheepscot Chorus will begin rehearsals at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 1 at the First Congregational Church in Wiscasset.

In anticipation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater is pleased to bring “Truth Tellers,” to the big screen on Thursday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. and Friday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m.

We have a couple of great movies lined up for your holiday viewing. Make us your celebration site for New Year’s Eve! We’ll be open both Friday and Saturday nights with the all-new “West Side Story,” which critics are calling “one of the best movies of the year.” Come join the fun!

Open auditions for Heartwood’s returning Winter Drama Adventure are scheduled in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 13. Auditions are open to all Midcoast students in grades 5-8 from any public, private or home school situation.

Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Store on Main Street in Damariscotta will host local author Rick Simonds from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18. Simonds will be on hand to sign copies of his new thriller “Operation: Midnight.”