Dec. 1: CASCO, the Vendredi Club will hold the Annual Christmas Reindeer Auction at 6 p.m. at Casco Village Church.

Dec. 1: FARMINGTON, a poetry reading will be held at 9 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7346

Dec. 1, 8: LISBON FALLS, an Open Mic and Showcase will be held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Lisbon Teen Center Coffee House, 32 Main St. 784-2338

Dec. 1, 8: NAPLES, karaoke and dance will be held at 8 p.m. at Oh Ryan’s Pub and Club, Rt. 11 and 302.

Dec. 1, 8: PORTLAND, ballroom dancing will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Maplewood Dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584

Dec. 1: PORTLAND, Story of the Year, with special guests My Chemical Romance and The Paranoid Social Club, will perform at 7 p.m. at State Theatre, 609 Congress St. $17.50/$20 775-3331

Dec. 1, 2: LISBON, the Holiday Family Craft Night will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday for grades K-3 and Thursday for grades 4-6 at Lisbon Community School cafeteria. $1

Tomorrow

Dec. 2-4: BRUNSWICK, the Bowdoin College Department of Theater and Dance will hold the annual fall dance concert at 8 p.m at Bowdoin College Pickard Theater. Free 725-3375

Dec. 2: LEWISTON, Jennifer Finney will sign copies of her book, “She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders,” at 4 p.m. at L-A College, 51 Westminster St. Free 780-4289

Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23: LEWISTON, Cornerstone will present an Advent Songfest at 7 p.m. at Holy Cross Church, Lisbon Street. Donations 783-7241

Dec. 2: SACO, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will present woodwind instruments for children ages 4-7 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Fairfield School. $3 773-6128

Dec. 2, 9: PORTLAND, salsa and swing dancing will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Maplewood Dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584

Dec. 2: PORTLAND, Elizabeth Rines, trumpet and Judith Quimby, piano, will perform at 12:15 p.m. at First Parish Church, 425 Congress St. Free 773-5747

Dec. 2: WATERVILLE, the “Lights of Life” open house and tree lighting ceremony will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at 304 Main St. 923-3652