Researching veteran service will be the topic for the Skidompha Genealogy Roundtable gathering in the library at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14.

For nearly two decades the historic Opera House at Boothbay Harbor has played host to what has now become a holiday tradition: The Gingerbread Spectacular, held each December. In preparation for the annual event, a free class in designing great gingerbread structures is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 20.

From 4-6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, Stepping Stone Housing Inc. will hold its second annual “souper” fundraising dinner at the Damariscotta Baptist Church.

Broad Bay Congregational United Church of Christ, at 941 Main St. in Waldoboro, invites community members to honor deceased loved ones on Friday, Nov. 1 with the lighting of luminaries outside the church from 5:30-7 p.m. The bell will toll at 7 p.m.

The fun is on the farm on Sunday, Oct. 27 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. when Pumpkin Vine Family Farm, at 217 Hewett Road in Somerville, celebrates its fourth annual harvest festival.

The historic, and some say haunted, Opera House at Boothbay Harbor will host its annual community Halloween potluck dinner and scary readings event on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The house and stage will be decked out for the season and will serve as the perfect backdrop for performers Kevin Kiley and Frances Mercanti-Anthony.

On Saturday, Nov. 2, Lincoln Academy’s edLab alternative education program will host their second-annual cornhole tournament to benefit Boothbay V.E.T.S., an organization that works to build emergency temporary shelters for homeless veterans in Maine.

Coastal Kids Preschool is excited to collaborate with bestselling author/illustrator Peter Brown for a special screening of the newly released movie, “The Wild Robot,” a Paramount and DreamWorks production, at Lincoln Theater on Saturday, Nov. 2. The conversation with Brown will take place at 1 p.m. and the movie showing will start at 2 p.m.

The Damariscotta Police Department, the Central Lincoln County YMCA, and Great Salt Bay Community School are once again teaming up for a Halloween Trunk-or-Treat. The event will take place in GSB’s front parking lot from 4-6 p.m. on Halloween, Thursday, Oct. 31.

Midcoast Conservancy is hosting a workshop at its Hidden Valley Nature Center on critters of the night on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 10-11:30 a.m. Attendees will join Luanne and Dan Weekes, of Pollination Station in Alna, as they discuss these and other questions to build a new appreciation of Maine’s nocturnal wildlife.

In celebration of Pumpkinfest, Chapman-Hall House will offer a special demonstration of the cooper’s trade on the grounds of the historic home at the head of Main Street in Damariscotta.