A delicious celebration of local cheese, bread, and beer is slated for Sunday, June 25, from noon to 4 p.m. at Bigelow Brewing Co. in Skowhegan.   Cheese, Brews, and Bread will feature a variety of samples from local cheese makers and bread makers, plus beer from Skowhegan's own Bigelow Brewing Co.—including a limited-edition, special-release […]

Come and join our new museum educator and artist, Jessica Mahoney, for an afternoon of drawing and watercolor painting in the Audubon Room. Jessica is a graduate of the renowned art school Pratt Institute and is excited to connect with artists and art enthusiasts of all levels and ages in the area. You can bring […]

Kicking off the Summer Series! Are You Ready For The Journey... Snow Pond will present its first waterfront concert of the summer with Gershwin Under The Stars featuring the Snow Pond Symphony at the Bowl In The Pines. The orchestra will take the audience through a brilliant journey through some of Gershwin’s most exciting pieces including An American in Paris, selections from Porgy & […]

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Discover all the amazing things you can make out of recycled candy wrappers! The possibilities are endless!  This program is free, and open to attendees ages 18 and under. For more information, please call (207) 872-5433, or email staylor@watervillelibrary.org

Join Paul Ureneck, Director of Commercial Real Estate at Colby College, on a guided tour of downtown Waterville. Paul will highlight building projects currently under construction and discuss the many steps involved in the planning process underway in Waterville's downtown district. This tour will include historical highlights featured in the Picturing Waterville exhibition as well […]

Roll a hoop, jump a rope, try playing a 300 year old game- Graces, write on a slate, make an optic wonder toy. More info: 238-4250

Join us in the Teen Room at 4pm every Thursday for a screening of a popular movie! The movie changes every week. Please visit our website, or call (207 ) 872-5433, to discover which movie we'll be showing! These events are free, and open to attendees under the age of 18. Light refreshments will be […]

Discover the whole new family show created by Tohu-Bohu Productions. Enjoy an amazing and interactive large-scale musical in the world of Hans Christian Andersen’s fascinating tale. Take part in a fantastic journey to the land of winter, a colorful adventure filled with original music, done in the most spectacular staging and presented in front of a […]

Take a guided tour of the museum and discover endangered and extinct animals from around the world. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

Since its inception, Atlantic Music Festival has firmly established itself as a breeding ground for extraordinary new works. Over 300 world premiere performances took place within just eight years, and we are set to present more than 40 this season. This record is not only unprecedented but it gives you a chance to be a […]

The story has been told before, but never like this. An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world. This charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of […]

Bill Berlinghoff, central Maine’s consummate folk singer and a favorite at the Union Coffeehouse, will return for his twelfth headlining appearance. Bill has played to enthusiastic audiences around the U.S. and throughout Maine, and he is always a pleasure to hear. His guitar and banjo playing are a fine complement to the traditional and original […]

Join the Museum in celebrating our summer exhibitions Marsden Hartley’s Maine, Robert Indiana: Placeholder, and Visionary Painting. There will be indoor and outdoor activities, food trucks, ice cream from the Stone Fox Creamery truck, and more! *Click for schedule*

Join us for three weeks of art making, dancing, poetry reading, and writing during Colby Museum’s Lively Spaces Summer Camp. Colby Museum’s collection will inspire rising 3rd graders through 7th graders to move, write, speak, draw, and perform. The camp takes place Monday–Friday, 10 am–1 pm from July 10–29, 2017 and is FREE of charge. BEFORE AND AFTER CARE: For $15/day, participants can […]

"Claymation commotion" is a fantastic introduction to stop-motion animation! Now that's not something you see every day here in Waterville! Campers will learn the art of stop-motion cartooning through the use of claymation + ipad apps. By the end of the workshop, students in small groups will have created a collaborative digital story to share […]

Come join KV Connect, Waterville’s young professionals group, for an exciting evening of networking and socialization while helping to support a great cause! This month, GreenDrinks is going outdoors to enjoy the summer weather and support the Quarry Road Trails Summer Race Series! Admission is a $5.00 suggested donation for support of the Quarry Road […]

Friends of Quarry Road is developing a new master plan for the area -- and they need YOUR help! This plan will explore opportunities to increase usage in all seasons -- including hiking, biking, paddling, Nordic and alpine skiing -- and to construct physical infrastructure that will enable the area to host large events and […]

Experience the joy of putting your hands in mud - clay, that is! Our new summer community art series, Art in the Park! will be held every Thursday from 4-6pm in Castonguay Square right next to the downtown Waterville Farmers Market. We invite you to experience the joy of art making in a variety of […]

Join us for our summer series, Art in the Park, every Thursday from 4-6 pm. On Thursday, July 13th experience the joy of putting your hands in mud - clay, that is - when you make a clay creation with Watershed Ceramic Arts. Art Instructor: Malley Weber of Hallowell Clay Works. In this series held […]

Join us for a night talking all things technology and innovation! Central Maine's technology community comes together for a fun night of collaboration, drinks, food, and networking. At Tech Night you will be connected with technologists that share a passion for learning, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. This month's Tech Talk will be by Prof. Frank […]

PK WTVL volume 25 will take place on Thursday, July 13 at the gateway to the 20th anniversary Maine International Film Festival - Castonguay Square! Presentations will focus on the theme of film as well as a few other interesting topics - you never know what you'll learn more about when you attend a Waterville PechaKucha […]

Lighthouse Keeper is an interactive work based on the true story of Abbie Burgess, a courageous young girl who lived in Maine in the 19th century. This interactive piece is written by Delvyn Case for children and families and will be performed by the Cassatt String Quartet with guest narrator Anna Gravel. The story paints an […]

Use the NISE Earth and Space experiments to discover interesting information about our solar system. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

Colby College in Waterville opens its doors again this summer to one of the most exciting music festivals in the nation. The Atlantic Music Festival returns for a ninth season, and once more welcomes you to an incredible series of free orchestral and chamber concerts, presented by some of the best and brightest classical music […]

New England Music Camp will present the 38th Annual NEMC Pops Concert at the Messalonskee Performing Arts Center in Oakland, Maine. The NEMC Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Chorale, and Jazz Ensemble perform in this fantastic performance that also features a Silent Auction. All proceeds go directly to the NEMC scholarship fund. Seating is limited! Doors […]

Join us at the Waterville Public Library to watch a Livestream of the Waterville Public Library receiving a National Medal — the highest honor given to libraries in the United States! To watch online: https://youtu.be/xI9GpRnOzKc Waterville Public Library's Director Sarah Sugden along with community member Eve Sotirou will accept the award during the Institute of Museum and […]

Learn about composting from Master Composters Geoff Hill & Ross Nason. FREE and open to the public.

Please join Harry Fraser of The Fraser Group and Lindsay Skilling, CEO of Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream at Thomas College to kick-off the first workshop in a three-part series brought to you by the Institute for Family Owned Business (IFOB) and Thomas College. Supporting IFOB's overall programming theme for the year: "Growing and Protecting Your […]

Turn plastic material into colorful pins you'll want to wear all year round. Choose a drawing from summer-themed images, then shrink it down to create a whimsical pin. Art Instructor: Doreen Morgan. Join us for our summer series, Art in the Park every Thursday from 4-6pm. We invite you to experience the joy of art […]

AMF Opera Workshop's Vocal Institute was established with the express purpose of identifying and nurturing gifted singers for careers in the professional world of opera. Join us for an evening featuring highlights from some of the most important opera scenes.

Featuring exciting and innovative work spanning decades of moving image history, MIFFONEDGE explores the intersection of film and art and pushes the boundaries of commonly accepted notions of cinema. This year's MIFFONEDGE presentation will include a live projector performance by returning guest Kerry Laitala and a multi-media exhibition at Common Street Arts featuring the work […]

Learn how to set type and print or make a monoprint on our historic 1839 Acorn Press. Learn what it was like to work in a print shop and be a printer or a printers apprentice. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

Several hundreds of years back, small gatherings began taking place in the drawing rooms of the intellectual. Not only a venue for social visits and communication, these gatherings, or salons as they came to be called, became the birthplace of a fruitful exchange of ideas, an exchange from which inspiration was born. In the 21st […]

Do you have a problem storing historic objects or family treasures? Conservator Ron Harvey will present a MAM workshop, “Beyond the Closet, Collections Storage.” You can sign up for the workshop by calling the museum or going to the Maine Archives and Museums website. Following the workshop, at 3:30 on July 24 there will be […]

Tonight, we are proud to present the winners of the AMF 2017 Piano Competition: Kathy Tai-Hsuan Lee and Kathryn Westerlund.

AMF Opera Workshop's Vocal Institute was established with the express purpose of identifying and nurturing gifted singers for careers in the professional world of opera.

The AMF String Seminar presents a collection of master pieces performed by the Institute's finest students.

Designed to immerse exceptionally gifted musicians into the world of new music technologies, the Future Music Lab presents the newest insights into new music performance, the use of interactive computer technology, extended technique, improvisation, and composition for an exciting new world of sound and technology. In this concert, the director of the Future Music Lab, […]

Venezuelan Fiesta and Wine Tasting featuring chefs Alphonso Ortega and Nilda Wolman and Tree Spirits Winery* Come join the fun for our third annual Beth Israel Congregation fundraiser with a silent auction Cost: $40.00 per person RSVP to Rabbi Isaacs, share on Facebook *All food will be dairy/pareve. No meat will be served

AMF Opera Workshop's Vocal Institute was established with the express purpose of identifying and nurturing gifted singers for careers in the professional world of opera. Join us for an evening of timeless art songs sung by the members of the Opera Workshop.

Hope Haitian Choir is made up of children and young adults ages 7 to 15. Most are from the Port au Prince area in Haiti. The children, along with their chaperones, have come to the states for the month of August each year since 2012, singing and dancing and sharing the hope of Haiti throughout […]

Join the Colby museum, family, and friends for the final performance and presentation of work by 2017 Lively Spaces participants. Third graders through seventh graders have spent three weeks of art making, dancing, poetry reading, and writing during museum’s Lively Spaces Summer Camp.

Explore the insect collections to observe their beautiful colors, shapes, and camouflage. Then draw your favorite insect. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

Missoula Children’s Theatre presents Beauty Lou and the Country Beast, an original country western adaptation of the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. Beauty Lou is the oldest daughter of the bronc-bustin’ balladeer Buck. At the local county fair, young Beauty Lou is upset by the ungrateful behavior of a miner who has won […]

The ninth season of one of the Atlantic Music Festival comes to a close with this performance. The AMF Orchestra will play Gioacchino Rossini’s overture to his opera La gazza ladra (“The Thieving Magpie”), AMF founder and artistic director Solbong Kim’s Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 6.

Mary Cappello, author of Life Breaks In will present a reading and book signing at the museum. Mary’s book includes a section about her impressions of visiting the museum and the Charles D. Hubbard dioramas. The book also includes photographs taken in the museum by photographer Rosamond Purcell. The book in part explores the mood […]

Monday Clay: Guided Open Studio Mondays, 5:30-7:30 pm July 31-August 28 Monday Clay is for anyone who wants to work on individualized projects and would like additional guidance from an instructor. Whether you would like to get an early start on Christmas presents, learn to throw on the wheel, or experiment with new techniques in […]

We are delighted to announce that the acclaimed naturalist and author, Bernd Heinrich, will joining us for an evening to talk about his life observing the natural world from ravens to owls to bees and much more! Bernd, who has authored more than 20 books, will sign books following his lecture. Sponsored by the Belgrade Lakes Association.

REM is on the move!  We are relocating to 31 Temple Street, just a block from our previous address. Stop by during the Taste of Waterville to check out our new space and find out how this can be YOUR Community Center. We will again be selling the popular "Remmie" (Ice Cream Brownie Sandwiches) during […]

Join us on August 2, 2017 in Downtown Waterville for the Taste of Waterville. This year’s event will feature live entertainment, children’s events, amazing food from our local restaurants, a beer garden with live bands, gymnastics and dance demonstrations and a business vendor section. Every year we close down Main Street and host a family […]

Help raise money for two local non-profits, the Greater Waterville Area Kiwanis and Recycled Shakespeare Company, by letting us take care of your kids for the night of Wednesday, August 2, 5 - 9 pm. Want to enjoy the Taste of Waterville without having to worry about your children? Drop them off at Blue Wave […]

Join weatherman Kevin Mannix and social worker wife Linda Rota, as they talk about their individual experiences with shame and stigma throughout their childhood and adult lives. They share their life experiences, lessons, struggles and feelings of shame and the stigma that results from growing up exposed to alcoholism, severe depression and suicide. In their […]

Create your own masterpiece on a mini canvas in the unique style of one of Maine's own masters, Marsden Hartley! Join us for our free summer art activity series, Art in the Park, every Thursday from 4-6pm. We invite you to experience the joy of art making in a variety of media on Castonquay Square. […]

Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens at 4pm every Thursday for a screening of a popular movie! The movie changes every week. Please visit our website, or call (207 ) 872-5433, to discover which movie we'll be showing! These events are free, and open to attendees ages 11-18. Light refreshments will be provided. […]

Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker turned author, Anne O’Regan, will tell the tale of her journey from the Mexican border all the way north to Canada – all 2,650 miles. Anne will have copies of her book, Tamed, for sale and signing after the lecture.

The Acadia Wind Ensemble is a band consisting of music educators from all across Maine. The group meets once a year to perform advanced repertoire for the band medium. The Acadia Wind Ensemble was created by Manager, Jennifer Fortin and Director, Andrew Forster. This year, we are pleased and excited to bring back Maestro Anthony […]

Combine drawing and your love of animals in this art and science program. With a museum educator, investigate the lives of mammals, and then draw your favorite. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

The Missoula Children’s Theatre presents Cinderella, an original adaptation of the classic fairy tale. A pumpkin coach, Prince Charming, a glass slipper and a dream come true are woven together by the magic of a Fairy Godmother in this enchanting musical. When Cinderella’s stepsisters try to keep Cinderella from attending the ball, the Fairy Godmother […]

Beans, casseroles, salads, summery desserts and sundae bar. Cost: $8 for adults and teens, $4 for children 5 – 12, free for children 4 and younger.

Please join us to hear Maine's own singer-songwriter, David Mallett. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door.