Dec. 8: BRUNSWICK, students of the Bowdoin Theater Department directing class will present an eclectic selection of short plays at 7 p.m. at Bowdoin College Wish Theater. Free 725-3375

Dec. 8: FARMINGTON, the Mt. Blue High School Jazz Band will perform at 12:15 p.m. at UMF Merrill Hall. Donations 778-7136

Dec. 8, 9: LEWISTON, the Peek a Boo Puppet Show will be held at 9:30 a.m. at New Life Community Center, 134 College St. $2 782-1112

Dec. 8: LEWISTON, the Bates Jazz Band will perform at 7 p.m. at Bates College Chase Hall Lounge. 786-6135

Dec. 8: LEWISTON, Renee Blacken, fiddler, will perform songs and music from the New England contradance, Celtic, old-time Appalachian and French-Canadian traditions, at 7 p.m. at Bates College Chapel. 784-1425

Dec. 8, 15: NAPLES, karaoke and dance will be held at 8 p.m. at Oh Ryan’s Pub and Club, Rt. 11 and 302.

Dec. 8: PORTLAND, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will present woodwind instruments for children ages 4-7 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. at South Portland High School Auditorium. $3 773-6128

Dec. 8: PORTLAND, the preschool play “Sankta Lucia Day,” will be performed at 10:30 a.m. at Children’s Museum of Maine, 142 Free St. 828-1234

Dec. 8, 15: PORTLAND, ballroom dancing will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Maplewood Dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584
Tomorrow
Dec. 9: FARMINGTON, the Mt. Blue Middle School concert will be held at 7 p.m. at Mt. Blue Middle School. 778-3561

Dec. 9, 10, 11: LEWISTON, the Eighth Annual Living Nativity will be held at 7 and 8 p.m. on Thursday, 6, 7 and 8 p.m. on Friday and 5, 6, 7 and 8 p.m. on Saturday at Vineyard Church, 9 Foss Road. 784-9500

Dec. 9: LEWISTON, Joshua Aronson, associate professor of applied psychology at the Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, will speak on “Addressing Stereotype Threat,” at 7:30 p.m. at Bates College Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. 786-6195

Dec. 9, 16, 23: LEWISTON, Cornerstone will present an Advent Songfest at 7 p.m. at Holy Cross Church, Lisbon Street. Donations 783-7241

Dec. 9: POLAND, the Poland Regional High School Chorus and Band will hold their annual winter concert at 7 p.m. at the Robert Wall Auditorium at the school. 998-5400

Dec. 9, 16: PORTLAND, salsa and swing dancing will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Maplewood Dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584

Dec. 9: PORTLAND, the USM Chamber Singers will perform at 12:15 p.m. at the First Parish Church, 425 Congress St. Free 773-5747

Dec. 9: PORTLAND, a sing-a-long with Marcus Gale will be held at 10:30 and 11 a.m. at Children’s Museum of Maine, 142 Free St. 828-1234

Dec. 9-12: PORTLAND, Sesame Street Live presents “Out of This World,” at Cumberland County Civic Center, One Civic Center Square. Show times are Thursday, 7 p.m., Friday, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 1 and 4:30 p.m. $12/$14 775-3458