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Lively Spaces Final Performance

Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

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.

Free

Discover Amazing Insects

L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, ME

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

$1 – $3

Beauty Lou and the Country Beast

Waterville Opera House 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States

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 […]

$5 – $7

Atlantic Music Festival Orchestra

Lorimer Chapel, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

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.

Free

Life Breaks In

L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, ME

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

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 […]

$100

Summer World: An Evening With Bernd Heinrich

7 Lakes Alliance 137 Main Street, Belgrade Lakes, ME

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.

Free

REM Open House

REM Community Center 31 Temple Street, Waterville, ME

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 […]

Taste of Waterville

The Concourse Corner of Appleton and Main Streets, Waterville, ME

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 […]

Babysitting During the Taste of Waterville

Blue Wave Dance Studio 33 East Concourse, 2nd Floor, Waterville, ME

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 […]

$5 – $10

Weathering Shame

Belgrade Public Library 124 Depot Road, Belgrade, ME

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 […]

Teen Movie – The Boss Baby

Winslow Public Library 136 Halifax Street, Winslow, ME

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. […]

Free

Art in the Park: Mini Paint With Us!

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. […]

Free

Pacific Crest Trail: A City Girl Walks from Mexico to Canada

7 Lakes Alliance 137 Main Street, Belgrade Lakes, ME

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.

Free
Recurring

You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown

Alumni Hall, Snow Pond Center for the Arts Goldenrod Lane (off Route 23), Sidney, ME

New England Music Camp’s musical theater students will conclude the NEMC season with their performance of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. Directed by Broadway veteran and NEMC newcomer Frances Mercanti-Anthony (Spring Awakening, Jerusalem), this unbelievable group of young talent will take you straight into a Peanuts comic. Memorable music and all your favorite characters make this […]

$10 – $20

Acadia Wind Ensemble

Messalonskee High School 131 Messalonskee High Drive, Oakland, ME

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 […]

Free

24-Hour Play

Fairfield United Methodist Church 37 Skowhegan Rd., Fairfield, ME

Join the Recycled Shakespeare Company for a unique experience in theater. Start Friday, August 4 at 7 p.m. to write, direct, and rehearse an original script to be acted on Saturday, August 5, starting at 7 p.m. The entire event will take place in the hall of Fairfield United Methodist Church on Rte. 201, through […]

Free

Animal Naturalist

L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, ME

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.

$1 – $3

Cinderella

Waterville Opera House 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States

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 […]

$5 – $7

Summer Smorgasbord

First Congregational Church, UCC 21 College Avenue, Waterville, ME

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.

Dave Mallett in Concert

Bishop Auditorium, Prescott Building, Good Will – Hinckley 16 Prescott Drive (off Route 201), Hinckley, ME

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

$20 – $25
Recurring

National Theatre Live: Angels in America, Parts 1 & 2

Waterville Opera House 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States

America in the mid-1980s:  In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star […]

$13 – $15

Stuff the Bus

Join us and help...Stuff the Bus! Monday, August 7th from 10am-2pm Having the school supplies they need can make all the difference between a student having a great start in school and wishing they weren’t there. Join UWMM in making that difference. Last year, the Mid-Maine community donated over 10,000 school supplies and backpacks, valued […]

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