ONE ACT PLAYS: The Barrington Community Theater will host a series of one act plays Dec. 5 and 6 at Barrington High School, 220 Lincoln Ave.

The first session of plays are as follows: Dec. 5, 6 p.m., Five for Bad Luck, directed by Deirdre Schiff; 6:30 p.m., Lives in the Wind, directed by Christine Vernon; 7 p.m., a special musical performance by Noteworthy with Matt Starring; 7:45 p.m., Mrs. Harper’s Bazaar, directed by Tess Frias; and 9 p.m., Skinflints and Scoundrels: Moliere’s Miser, directed by Reid Eighme.

There will be two sessions on Dec. 6. Session one will begin at 1:15 p.m. with Galoshes of Fortune, directed by Erin Plunkett followed at 2 p.m. with Artistic Inspiration, directed by Ben Shand and 3:30 p.m., Life in Space, directed by Carrie Azano. The final session will begin at 7 p.m. with Check Please Take 3, directed by Sara Hellman, followed at 7:45 p.m. by Employees Must Wash Hands…Before Murder, directed by Zachary “Zeus” Remson and 8:30 p.m., Cards of Fate, directed by Alec “V” Kubas-Meyer. All times are approximate.

Admission will be $5 per session or $10 for all three sessions. For information, call Joel Hellmann, 433-2323 or jhellmann@fctvplus.net.

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WINTER JAZZ CONCERT: The Barrington Preservation Society will host its sixth annual Winter Jazz Concert Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Church, 193 County Rd. The Barrington High School Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Barbara Hughes, will perform. A reception in Field Hall will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

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SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS: Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation (CSF) of Barrington has announced that applications for scholarships for the 2009-2010 college year are available online at www.Barringtonhigh.org/guidance. Barrington residents currently in their senior year of high school or freshman and sophomores in college can access and download the application from home or school. Applications will also be available at the Barrington High School guidance office.

Applicants must return hard copies of the completed application to the Barrington High School guidance office by March 5. Contact csf-barrington@mail.com with any questions.

As part of its 50th anniversary celebration and in honor of the organization’s long-standing contribution to the students of Barrington, CSF will award a special 50th anniversary scholarship in June, one of many special events planned to celebrate the town’s 50 years of scholarship support.

Barrington High School alumni also are working to expand the CSF endowment by raising funds to create scholarships in their class’ name. The BHS Class of 1962 began its scholarship drive with money remaining from its reunion fees, and in just two years raised $5,000 to fund an endowed scholarship specifically honoring its class. The Class of 1963 is also well underway in its efforts to fund an endowed scholarship. CSF would like to invite other alumni classes to create scholarships.

The first CSF scholarship funds were raised by students when members of the Barrington High School student council and the newly formed Honors Group donated $1 each to join CSF in 1959 then used the $48 to print donor cards for a student-led, door-to-door canvas of the town. That year they raised $2,450 and began the rich tradition of community supported scholarships in Barrington and Rhode Island.

The Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of Barrington, a chapter of Dollars for Scholars, provides scholarships to defray tuition and other costs for students in the first three years of college. Scholarship funds come from named endowments, one-time designated grants, grants from civic and community organizations, and income from the CSF endowment.

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ADVENT SERIES: This Christmas season, Barrington Presbyterian Church’s pastor Patrick W. Notley, will offer “A Look at the Birth Narratives in the Gospels,” a weekly Advent series of three study classes. The Rev. Notley is new to the Barrington church, having previously served ministries in Santa Rosa, Calif. and Wichita, Kan.

The sessions, to be held Thursdays at 7 p.m., will examine the birth of Jesus as presented in the canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The first meeting, Dec. 4, will feature the appropriate passages of the gospels of Mark and Matthew; Dec. 11, Rev. Notley will talk about the narrative as presented by Luke; and Dec. 18, the series concludes with a discussion of the story as it appears in the gospel of John.

The meetings are free and the public is welcome. Barrington Presbyterian is at 400 County Road in Barrington. The church parking lot is at the rear of the building. For information, call (401) 245-2218.