Bring a sign against another war in the Middle East. Wear warm clothes. We’ll stand for 1 hour. Come to the church at 11:00 for Coffee Hour if you like. Hope to see you there!

Join the Science, Technology, and Society Program for a presentation by two distinguished researchers. Anita Guerrini, the Horning Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History Emerita at Oregon State University, will discuss extinction and the American mastodon. Mike Osborne, president of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology and professor emeritus […]

Wanna dance? Join us in a welcoming, judgement & substance free zone! Experience the joy of freestyle dancing where social expectations are left behind. Dance for the simple joy of moving to awesome music, dancing alone, with a partner or with a group. No dance instruction given and no experience required. Dance space, sound system, […]

Film premiere tour with Q&A with director Michael Seebold and members of the Evening Crane Theatre to follow! Enoptromancy, Or When We Meet As One, the cinematic feature debut of New York City-based theatre group Evening Crane Theatre, will play at Railroad Square Cinema on January 28, as part of the film’s east coast tour […]

In today’s digital world, social recruiting isn’t just a novelty—it’s a must-have for any organization looking to attract and retain top talent. Whether your company is large or small, there are social media tactics you can use to highlight your culture, increase engagement, and showcase why you’re a great place to work. Rob and Katie […]

Fundraiser for REM POSTPONED to March 21     Smoked Salmon Tribute to The Grateful Dead with Hot Canned Tuna: A Tribute to Hot Tuna/Canned Heat   A Blast From The Past: 1960-1970 All are encouraged to dress up in your Tie Dye Shirts and Bell Bottoms!

Come visit Liana’s beautiful show, “Layered Perspective”, in the Waterville Public Library’s Carnegie Art Gallery any time during library hours! Join us to meet the artist who made it possible and learn about what inspired the exhibit! Reception: 12-2 p.m. Artist Talk:  1 p.m. Admission to the reception and exhibit are free. The exhibit will […]

The this 18+ show will feature a series of short sets from Maine’s most prominent up-and-coming comedians. Tickets ($12 in advance, $15 at the door) are on sale now. VIP seating is available at extra charge.

The Portal is a documentary created as part of a bold, global vision to shift humanity out of a state of crisis by meditating daily. It brings to life the stories of six people who overcame great adversity using stillness and mindfulness, inspiring the audience to follow in their footsteps and realize the unique potential […]

Valentine Light Up Cards: Join us at the Winslow Public Library for light up card making with paper circuits. We will have art supplies to decorate. Geared towards ages 9 and up.

Do you have questions for your state and local officials? Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce and KV Connect will host “Meet the Reps,” an event that brings members of the business community and public together with elected officials at all levels of government. This is your chance to ask questions, provide input and meet YOUR representatives! Appetizers and […]

In honor of the Maine Bicentennial, come to our Maine trivia night and have a pint of beer made in Maine. Supplies and instructions will be available to make the original Maine flag, featuring the pine tree and the Dirigo star. Trivia teams consist of up to 6 players, with 4 rounds of increasingly challenging […]

2/5: There have been some questions concerning tomorrow's breakfast, due to the impending weather. The breakfast will be held as scheduled. Waterville Reignited Renewing Downtown Waterville’s Economic Vitality with Colby’s Director of Commercial Real Estate, Paul Ureneck. Paul Ureneck is Colby College’s Director of Commercial Real Estate.  Paul’s background is in commercial real estate having […]

Join us at the Winslow Public library each month to learn about a featured country through crafts, activities, video and more! We will feature a different country each month -  Feb 6 features Japan. Geared towards grades K-5.

The art of a good paper airplane can be an engineering challenge for any age! We will have about ten different airplane designs to try, from ones used in NASA programming to simple ones that anyone can master. We will decorate our planes with our own designs. Ages 7-12. Healthy snacks provided. $14. Scholarships available. REGISTER

Women's Initiative (an initiative of REM) will be hanging over 1000 hand made scarfs and hats at the Waterville Public Library at noon to share with anyone who wants them - for free. Waterville is an awesome community that cares and shares. Donations accepted at Women's Initiative, (new location at Hospice Community Center, 304 Main […]

In this guided tour, we will highlight some of the endangered, threatened and extinct species found in the museum’s collection. We also, happily, get to talk about some species that have made remarkable recoveries thanks to recent conservation efforts! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

This performance is an encore HD broadcast from London of the National Theatre Live production. Broadcast from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons. America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and […]

Originally scheduled for Friday, February,7, PechaKucha Night Waterville Vol. 34 has been postponed due to the inclement weather until Saturday, February 8 at Colby College. The reception will begin at 6:20 p.m. and presentations will follow promptly at 7:20 p.m. Presenters: Steve Crate – Objective Reality Kathryn Davis, Laura Dunn, + Julia Einstein - Maine […]

We have big doin’s planned to get you out of your Maine winter doldrums.  Martin Swinger is just the tonic you’ll need to propel you into the second half of our long Central Maine winter.   Not only is Martin a superb musician, he’s truly entertaining, introducing his songs with amusing anecdotes and insights.  He is […]

Pink Houses brings it! If you love John Mellencamp music, you owe it yourself to go see these guys perform! Featuring: Live music from Pink Houses: Corn-hole Big-screen TV featuring premiere sporting event du jour Pizza from Portland Pie Cash bar 10% of proceeds will benefit the AYCC (Alfond Youth & Community Center) Tickets: $10 […]

27th Annual POLAR BEAR DIP     Hosted by The Maine Pond Hockey Classic  REGISTER TODAY! TAKING THE DIP   Build a Team or Dip Solo Plan your Costume Register On Line or Download the Form Collect Pledges On Line or using the Downloaded Form Bring your bravery, your form, and your money to Snow Pond Take the […]

This performance is an encore HD broadcast from London. Running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, Doctor Strange) plays the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Click for more info

Meet at Great Pond boat launch at sunset to watch the full moon rise while snowshoeing across the lake! All ages and abilities welcome! FMI.

The 92nd annual Oscar nominees have just been announced! The Maine Film Center invites you to celebrate the best films of 2019 with us on a special evening with all the glitz of the Oscars! Join us at 6:30 p.m. at Railroad Square Cinema for drinks and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a telecast of the 92nd Academy Awards on […]

  On Monday, February 10th from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (or while supplies last) the library will be providing a fun Valentine's Day craft appropriate for most ages. Come for a visit and use paint or markers to transform a wooden 5x5 magnet heart into a gift for a loved one. They are sure […]

  Waterville GreenDrinks is part of the international GreenDrinks network, which is an informal and volunteer-managed social networking group built around a common interest and passion for the environment, sustainability and community. We invite you to join us each month for great food, drinks and conversation with your friends, colleagues and neighbors! This month, we're […]

This unique program — a recitation of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets by John Farrell and a performance of Beethoven’s String Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132, by the DaPonte String Quartet — offers audiences a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience in close succession the crowning artistic achievements of these peerless masters. With rarely granted permission of […]

Presented by Sasha Fitzpatrick, Financial Advisor Do you worry about having enough money for retirement? Do you want to learn the smartest, easiest ways to make sure you can afford the type of retirement you most desire? If you’re already retired, what’s the best way to ensure you always have the retirement money you need? […]

Business After Hours! A great place to network and market your business. After hours is hosted, or co-hosted, by chamber members in our region and is one of many benefits we offer our chamber members. Hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, and other beverages are available, a 50/50 raffle, and fabulous door prizes donated by area businesses. […]

Presented in 35mm! “The film’s protagonist, played by Wiley Wiggins from director Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, sleepwalks around—sometimes he appears to float—asking essential questions about existence, identity, the nature of the universe and whether it’s a big, stupid risk to make a plotless movie about dreams. That the Texas-based Linklater . . . chose to […]

Join us at the Winslow Public Library for interactive science projects that include experiments, art, visuals and more. Geared towards grades K-5. February's theme is physics.

Earl Smith will talk about Waterville and Maine Inventions: The Importance of Vigilance and Preservation. This will be a great kick off for the Maine Bicentennial! Click for more info

Golden Globe Nominee, Best Foreign Film. France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride-to-be, and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day, to paint her secretly.  Seeing—really seeing—is perhaps the […]

Sterrs Gallery, Common Street Arts Through Saturday, February 15 Mon. - Fri.: 9:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sat.: 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. This is your last chance to celebrate the work of our Common Street Arts clay members together with Maine potters in the exhibition, CSA Clay! All work in the exhibition is available for purchase. […]

Use real shells try an old sailors tradition of making a valentine with seashells and small stones or make a picture using shells. All the materials will be provided just bring your ideas! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

THIS IS AN ENCORE HD BROADCAST FROM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE IN NEW YORK CITY. Written by: The Gershwins Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 30 minutes (1 intermission) The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, starring bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue in the title roles. Director […]

The Maine Virtual Job Fair is the portal to connect employers and job-seekers. Job-seekers may browse open positions of participating employers and schedule video chat appointments with recruiters for February 26. Click for more info.

Waterville Opera House collaborates with Missoula Children’s Theatre on their own version of the classic fable, The Tortoise vs. The Hare. Prepared in only five days, this fun musical will be performed by the campers attending Missoula Children’s Theatre Camp. Theatre camp provides children with hands-on opportunities to learn about the theatrical process from professional actors and […]

Instructor Frances Mercanti-Anthony is an actress, writer, director, teacher, and activist originally from Haddonfield, New Jersey. She has a BA in Theatre Performance from Fordham University, and is a graduate of the Upright Citizens Brigade Training Program. She earned her Actors Equity card in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Mr. Marmalade in 2005. For […]

Join us at the Winslow Public Library for a fun interactive maple program. We will tap a tree, taste maple and sap water and look at some tools used for making maple syrup. Open to youth of all ages.

Join us at the Winslow Public Library to follow a guided art tutorial and decorate a unique notebook or journal cover with acrylic paints and other supplies. Geared towards ages 10 and up.

Our therapy dog friends from Kennebec Valley Love on a Leash will be in this afternoon for read-aloud time and visiting! For kids who want to practice their reading skills and for families who want a fun, calming read-aloud opportunity. Spend 15 minutes with a dog who loves to listen. Bring your own favorite book, […]

Expressing one’s voice is an important part of the political process, and there are a number of ways to express your opinions. Join us for a workshop on writing letters to the editor. This one-hour session will be led by Bets Brown, a member of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The focus of […]

Join us at the Winslow Public Library to explore select pieces from the children's discovery museum mobile museum. We will have a Lego Wall set up and circuits to explore.

Join us at the Winslow Public Library to learn about coding through robots! We will feature a different theme each session. Geared towards grades 2 and up.

Join us at the Winslow Public Library for a reading session with a therapy dog from Love on a Leash Kennebec County. Gain confidence and practice reading. Contact the library at 872-1978 to sign up.

The Spring Open House is a celebration of two new exhibitions that will be on view during the Spring 2020 semester—Hew Locke: Here’s the Thing and The Sea in a Jug: The Welch Collection of Islamic and Later Indian Art—featuring live music, demonstrations, hands-on art-making, gallery experiences, refreshments, and opportunities to learn about upcoming programs.

Tony Jack, an assistant professor at Harvard and author of The Privileged Poor, was once a low-income, first-generation college student who now studies how poor students are often failed by the top schools that admit them. During his talk, he will detail how class divides on campus create barriers to academic success—and he will share […]

For one night only, the Elton John tribute will perform as a trio! This is the same format Elton John performed with in the early ’70s! Hear Elton’s music performed as it was originally intended! Gerald Brann, Mark Kavanaugh, and Kevin Ostrowski perform in the internationally performing tribute, “Yellow Brick Road a tribute to Elton […]

Somewhere in desert country, the inhabitants of West Sandy Bottoms are preparing for the highlight of their year – the annual race between the Mammals and the Reptiles. A company of strolling actors attempts to tell the tale in classical fashion. Philoh Ferret reminds the racing fans that his service station is for “mammals only.” […]

Explore the stars indoors with Northern Stars Planetarium! Anyone who has had the pleasure of being in the Northern Stars Planetarium knows the joy of entering the big dome and learning about the stars, constellations, and the wonders of our universe. Admission: $5. Advance registration required. For ages 18+. REGISTER

Called the “most powerful and intense Springsteen experience on the planet,” Bruce in the USA is more than just another tribute band. This high-energy musical event is a note-perfect, visually accurate recreation of one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time. Tickets: $20-$50

Dar Williams in Concert February 23 at 7:00pmOpening Act: Lindsay Mower "Dar Williams, one of America's very best singer-songwriters… Her songs are beautiful. Some are like finely crafted short stories. They are, variously, devastatingly moving, tenderly funny, subtle without being in any way inaccessible, and utterly fresh—not a cliché or a clunker in her entire […]

Film director Miki Dezaki presents his powerful debut work Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue. This highly acclaimed documentary examines the enduring, divisive legacy of the Japanese military’s wartime use of sexual slaves, officially referred to as “comfort women.” Even in today’s Japan, seventy-four years after the end of the Pacific War, […]

This workshop introduces people to educational opportunities in general and Maine Educational Opportunity Center services in particular. This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career and study skills. The admission section reviews college options, the college search process and the application structure. The fundamentals of financial aid, […]

Join the Goldfarb Center and the Goldfarb Student Engagement Committee for a panel discussion on infectious disease and policy management. Panelists include Gail Carlson, associate professor of environmental studies, Susan Childers, instructor of biology, Walter Hatch, associate professor of government, and Laura Seay, assistant professor of government, and the discussion will be moderated by GSEC […]

Professor Michael Burke of Colby College will lead this two-hour creative nonfiction writing workshop called “Where to Begin, How to Begin.” Any piece of writing has to begin somewhere of course, but how do you know where to start, and how to start? In this creative nonfiction writing workshop, we’ll talk about what the opening […]

A National Geographic documentary that follows undercover investigators, environmentalists, journalists, and the Mexican Navy on their desperate effort to rescue the Earth’s smallest whale—the Vaquita—from extinction and bring an international crime syndicate to justice. (2019, 104 min.) Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program.

SPaRC (Strengthening, Partnering, and Reinforcing Community) is a grassroots initiative that was developed by leaders from Waterville Public Schools, Educare, Kennebec Valley Community College, Thomas College, Colby College, and Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education who are eager to collaborate with Waterville residents, build on Waterville’s strengths, and make Waterville into a nationally recognized hub of […]

Lillian Yvonne-Bertram is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, where she teaches in the M.F.A. in creative writing program. Her book of computationally mediated poems, Travesty Generator, was published by Noemi Press in December 2019. Yvonne-Bertram was recently named director of the Chautauqua Institution Writers’ Festival.

Maude Barlow is the national chairperson of the Council of Canadians and she chairs Food & Water Watch’s board. She is also an executive member of the San Francisco-based International Forum on Globalization and a councilor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. In this lecture, she will focus on her new book, Whose Water is […]

Cancelled due to snow! Steven Simon is Professor in the Practice of International Relations at Colby College, following stints as John J. McCloy ’16 Professor of History at Amherst College and lecturer in government at Dartmouth College. He is also a research analyst for the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Prior to this, he was […]

Join us at the library for a free form themed youth art project.  There will be Pokemon themed art projects available to celebrate Pokemon day on February 27, the anniversary of the release of the very first Pokémon games in Japan.!

This activity will focus on creating a magical snow globe with a simple canning jar! Imagine and create your own winter wonderland using art club supplies provided to all participants. For ages 7 - 12.  $14. Registration required. Scholarships are available. FMI: https://www.watervillecreates.org/event/after-school-art-club-snow-globes/

Enjoy some peaceful and fun adventures at Parents' Night Out at Quarry Road Trails! Childcare for up to 15 children will be offered while parents enjoy the trails. The child's dinner is included in the price ($10).

Learn how to paint this picture! Appreciate wildlife in a new way by learning to paint this scene! Grab your friends and unleash your inner artist at 7 Lakes Alliance. You’ll go from a blank canvas to a masterpiece of your own making, guided by a talented and entertaining artist. Cost is $35/person. Space is […]

"We grew up listening to Radiohead and the Beatles and Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd," says Griffin Sherry, guitarist/singer in The Ghost Of Paul Revere. "Everyone assumed we were a bluegrass band because we were playing these traditional instruments, but we weren’t writing traditional music. We were just writing songs with the instruments we had." […]

Every organization, large or small, is facing serious questions about their future as digital technology becomes central to their operations — if not their survival. How are you navigating your digital transformation? Anthony Ronzio, Director of Digital Strategy at Colby College, will share takeaways from his experience executing digital strategies for some of Maine's largest […]

Drop by the Art + Cart for activities kids and their caregivers can use in the galleries, as well as materials to touch, books to read, sketching materials, and resources to take home. Each month features a different theme with a new program every week focused on a specific book and/or work of art. The […]

Kennebec Montessori School, in partnership with Maine Montessori Association, will be hosting a screening of the documentary Inside Montessori. See inside five Montessori classrooms throughout the US, hear their stories, and then listen to a panel of speakers from KMS. KMS is accredited by the American Montessori Society and has been offering experiential educational programs […]

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HealthRHYTHMS Empowerment Group Drumming is part of Let Art Inspire, the Museum’s wellness initiative, which includes a variety of programs that connect mind, body, and art in innovative ways. This one-and-a-half-hour program is a fun, interactive opportunity for personal exploration and communication through sound, inspired by works in the Museum collection. This is not a […]

Have you ever wondered why the sky can appear to be clear blue one day, pink the next? How are clouds formed? And how do pollutants affect our atmosphere? At the end of this program, everyone gets to take home a copy of an awesome educational book from NASA! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for […]

The Colby Art Song Initiative will reflect on the fiftieth anniversary of Woodstock in a concert that will include solo and choral compositions related to the music festival to end all music festivals. Directed by Eric Christopher Perry, members of the Colby-Kennebec Choral Society, the Colby College Chorale, and soloists will perform works by Joni […]