St. Giles’ Episcopal Church, on Route 126 in Jefferson, will host the first of its free 2019 wintertime suppers for Midcoast residents on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 5 p.m.

The Morris Farm in Wiscasset will offer a series of four hands-on, interactive cooking classes on Tuesdays this winter. This series is called Now is the Time for Change.

Santa Claus will be at the Waldoboro Public Library, 958 Main Street, to visit with children from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Dec. 15.

The Christmas season is just around the corner and Central Lincoln County YMCA invites the community to its annual Breakfast with Santa. The event will take place from 8:30-11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15 and all are welcome.

Flying Santa arrives at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, weather permitting.

Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest will take place on Thursday, Dec. 6 through Sunday, Dec. 9. Seasonal music will be in the air as one shops, listens, or adds one’s voice to carol singing throughout the village.

The sixth annual public wreath-making event sponsored by Sheepscott Community Church will take place from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Dec. 1.

A predatory songbird that feeds on small birds, mammals, and insects, the northern shrike is known for its unusual habit of impaling its prey on thorns or barbed wire to save for later. Naturalist Sarah Gladu, of Damariscotta River Association, will be leading a walk on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 1-2:30 p.m. in hopes of spotting northern shrike, which often visit the area this time of year after breeding in taiga and tundra farther north.