Lakes District Community Choir and guests invite you to enjoy its Christmas favourites on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2:30 p.m. at Immaculata Church, on 3rd Ave. Admission by donation. Refreshments served at intermission. Sing along with the Hallelujah Chorus.

And this is a reminder that Grassy Plains Movie Night features the original 鈥榃hite Christmas鈥�, with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney. Movie starts at 7:00 pm sharp. And then Grassy Plains Movie Night features 鈥淗ow The Grinch Stole Christmas鈥� and 鈥淢iracle on 34th Street鈥�.

The first in the series of joint presentations of The Met: Live In HD by The Beacon Theatre and The Lakes District Arts Council kicks off with Verdi鈥檚 Otello on Sunday, January 3rd at 1:00 pm sharp. Admission is $12.00. For more information on this production of Verdi鈥檚 operatic take on Shakespeare鈥檚 famed tragedy, click on: http://www.metopera.org/Season/2015-16-Season/otello-verdi-tickets/

It's time to start planning your entries for the  2016 Music and Speech Arts Festival.The Festival takes place from March 11- 19, 2016. The entry deadline is February 1, 2016. The 2016 Syllabus will be available soon on the Festival website: ldfestival.com.