Rain Date: Saturday, November 28 Downtown Waterville’s annual holiday parade, held the evening after Thanksgiving, has drawn thousands of families to Main Street for many years and serves as a […]

Directed by Dr. David Stevenson, the Mount View Chamber Singers are a 20-voice choir from Mount View High School in Thorndike. Each year during Advent, the ensemble present a series […]

Thousands of families from the central Maine region look forward to Santa and Mrs. Claus’ arrival in downtown Waterville. For many years, with the help of Waterville Main Street, community […]

Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced […]

Forgo all that shopping! Or shop here at the museum after your fabulous Animals in Winter program! What are all the animals out there doing to survive? Not many of […]

This Colby vs. UMass-Boston game offers three great opportunities for area residents. The first 1,000 fans receive a free t-shirt, and a silent auction during the game will support the Movember […]

In the more than fifty years since the beginning of the space age in 1957, much has been accomplished, our knowledge advanced, and a future made more positive. This presentation […]

Tim Clorius, a.k.a. Subone, was the first artist in Maine to pursue a professional career as a spray painter. He labeled himself an “aerosol artist” to emphasize his interest in spray […]

The Public Policy Team invites you to meet our area legislators on Monday, November 30 at 6:30 in the REM Forum Room (93 Main St., across from the Maine Made […]

Despite trips to the Moon, humans in Earth orbit, and plans for exploring Mars, an expansive vision for human spaceflight has not emerged in the 21st century. Roger Launius, associate director […]

Emily Kennedy-Talmage, a teacher in Lewiston, Maine, is an active blogger on education reform efforts in Maine, with a particular focus on the state’s proficiency-based learning (PBL) model. Kennedy-Talmage will speak about her […]

Colby Oak Fellow Jodi Koberinski will discuss the intersection of soils science and socio-politics as a microcosm of a larger conversation about the nature and role of “science” more broadly. […]

Benefit for Arianna Bragg, 3, the daughter of Amy Bragg and Mike Muzerolle, who were killed in a quadruple murder-suicide Nov. 4. Donations are being sought from area businesses for […]

The "traditional" celebration of St. Nicholas, the Dutch equivalent of Santa Claus, is the most popular children's holiday in the Netherlands. Every year, or so it is believed, St. Nicholas […]

Lunder Consortium for Whistler Studies Fellow Justin McCann will discuss how Whistler battled the elements to capture evocative atmospheric conditions in his paintings and pastels of London and Venice.

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area would like to invite you to join us for our annual Lights for Life open house and lighting of the Memorial Healing Garden on Thursday, […]

Join us for the opening of our next Art in the Lobby exhibition featuring the work of Jean Ann Pollard and Laurie Sproul. Light refreshments and good cheer provided! This […]

Join faculty members and students in Colby’s Creative Writing Program as they read works written in response to art on view in museum galleries. Cosponsored by the Creative Writing Program, […]

How can the memory of violent pasts be mobilized for a more progressive and hopeful future? This talk responds to the renewed monumentality we find in memory museums, memorials and […]

Adapted from Salman Rushdie’s award-winning novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a rollicking roller-coaster journey through strange new lands—where chatter and silence battle for control, where a child must […]