• Unity by the Bay will hold its annual Burning Bowl service at 7 p.m.

The service provides an opportunity to let go of old thoughts, beliefs and behaviors, according to a press release. Individuals are invited to write down what they want released before the paper is burned.

Unity by the Bay is at 2100 Union in North Bend.

• Port Orford’s Beachcombers Square Dance Club will host a New Year’s Eve dance and potato bar supper on New Year’s Eve. The supper starts at 8 p.m. with pre-rounds at 9 and squares at 9:30. Sherm Welch will be the dance’s caller and Donna Hiserote will cue the rounds until midnight. The event will be at Beachcombers’ Cove on Nicholson Drive north of Port Orford.

For more information, call 290-4571.

• The Mill Casino-Hotel plans two events to bring in the new year. The Greg Aldridge Group will play at the casino’s Warehouse 10; the group will kick-off the warehouse parting at 9 p.m. Partygoers can also find a taste of New Orleans in a Mardi Gras-themed Carnival Ball that starts at 8 p.m.

For more information, go to the Mill’s Web site, http://www.themillcasino.com, or call 756-8800.

• Singer Christina Viera will perform starting at 9 p.m. at The Bar Wench, 645 Virginia Ave., North Bend. Vierra, a Los Angeles resident, is in two bands. She does Janis Joplin cover songs for Mama Pearl and has another band, Christina & the Whipping Boys. No cover. 751-1571.

• Ambush, a local band that plays a mixture of rock and blues, will beperforming from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Lloyd’s of Bandon, 110 Second St.,Bandon. No cover. 329-0286.

• The Dale Inskeep Band, a Coos Bay band that performs original surf-country style music, will perform from 7:30-10 p.m. at the High Tide Café, 91124 Cape Arago Highway, Charleston. No cover. For information call 888-3664, or go to http://www.hightidecafellc.com/ or www.daleinskeep.com.

• The Green Spot, 181 Anderson Ave. in Coos Bay, will present two reggae bands, Winston Jarrett & the Solid Foundation Band, with I-chéle & The Circle of Light opening starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 at http://www.ticketweb.com or Anthony’s Garden, Siren Song, Orcoast Music, Off the Record. For information call, 267-6622 or go to http://www.thegreenspotentertainment.com.

• Coos Bay Indian Education will hold a pow wow from 5:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in the Harding Building at Marshfield High School. Dinner is at 5:30 and grand entry begins at 7:30. Admission is free and event is open to the public.