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National Novel Writing Month Write-In

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

To celebrate National Novel Writing Month, the library will be hosting a series of Write-Ins during the month of November! Write-In events will take place in the Barlett Room for […]

Free

A History of Data, Big and Little

Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

For many of us, seeing is believing; we’re strongly influenced by an empirical understanding of what constitutes proof (“show me the proof,” as opposed to “explain to me the proof,” […]

Free

Community Spokes: A Bicycle and Pedestrian Advocacy Leadership Initiative

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

The Community Spokes Program is the Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s effort to create a statewide network of bicycle and pedestrian advocates at the local level. We empower Mainers to become […]

Just Eat It

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

The documentary is one of the most startling portrayals of food waste in today's society.  The film follows Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer as they attempt to eat only food […]

Free
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Open Drawing & Painting Night

Seasoned and aspiring visual artists are invited to participate in a newly expanded Common Street Arts program dedicated to drawing, painting, and sculpting. Weekly offerings rotate between drawing or painting […]

$15

Essentials of College Planning and Financial Aid

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career and study skills. Advance registration required. Register by visiting http://meoc.maine.edu/schedule.php or by calling 1-800-281-3703. Location: Colby […]

Free

Material, Environment and Architecture: The Artistic Process and Creating Space

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

Faculty Fellow in Art Alison Stigora is a site-specific artist specializing in large-scale sculpture and installation. Her projects explore ideas of transparency, the relationship between humans and their environment, and […]

Free

Music in the Museum: Last Pieces and Listening

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

Morton Feldman’s Last Pieces is a group of four short works for piano that continue to be hot topics for music theorists and historians. Pianist Steve Pane (University of  Maine at Farmington) […]

Free

The Holocaust and Other 20th-Century Genocides

Room 122, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

In this lecture, Eric D. Weitz, dean of humanities and arts and distinguished professor of history at The City College of New York, argues that we need to understand the […]

Free

Bella’s Bartok

Mainely Brews 1 Post Office Square, Waterville, ME

To understand Bella's Bartok, imagine what you would get if Salvador Dali and Toulouse Lautrec were fronting the Moulin Rouge's house band, and you have the exuberant spectacle that is […]

$5

Quarry Road Fall Festival

Quarry Road Recreation Area 300 Quarry Road, Waterville, ME

All are invited to this free community event to enjoy fun activities, explore the trails and learn about winter programs, volunteer opportunities, recent updates and future plans. Family-friendly activities will […]

Free

Cards for Veterans

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

The Waterville Public Library invites all to a card making event for veterans and their families. Starting on October 31, card making supplies will  also be available in the Fireplace Room […]

Free
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Art + Storytelling: Giving Thanks

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

After a brief exploration of the museum, we will read a children’s book related to giving thanks. Children and their grownups will then be invited to the Mirken Education Center […]

Free

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

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

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Three charismatic singers, Simon Keenlyside, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Mariusz Kwiecien, share the role of the title hero, who goes to hell in a dazzling coup de […]

$18

Nosh & Knock Off Event Sold Out!

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

“MURDER AT GOOSENECK LAKE” An Interactive Murder Mystery Evening When a local dignitary is found dead at a gala at the public library, guests are in the detective seat to […]

$30

Homage to the Soloist

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

Exploring compositions that pay tribute to other forms of arts, Colby Wind Ensemble presents works celebrating Picasso, José Morea, and the architect John Roebling. Included in the program are Pablo! […]

Free

The Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age

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

Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich Sets and Costumes: Simon Virsaladze Lighting Designer: Mikhail Sokolov Time and place of action — seaside town in the south of Russia; the 1920’s. This was the […]

$13

Carols and Lights Ticket Distribution

Pulver Pavillion, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Three performances of the 47th Annual Service of Carols and Lights, a community Christmas celebration combining music and worship sponsored by the Office of Regligious and Spiritual Life, will be […]

Free

Film Screening: Maji

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Benard Kibet ’18 used his $10,000 Project for Peace award to bring running water to his village in Kenya. This film by Milton Guillén ’15 tells Kibet’s story and its […]

Free

Uncomfortable (Revolutionary) Monuments

Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

BZ ’18-’45: One Monument, One City, Two Dictatorships is a public exhibition within the Monument to Victory in Bolzano, Italy, that illustrates the history of the monument erected by the […]

Free
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Job Search Lab

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

The Job Search Lab is for job seekers of all backgrounds. You can get ideas to improve your job search, work on your resume/cover letter, and learn about education and […]

Free

Grieving Through the Holidays

Hospice Community Center 304 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area will offer a nine-week support group for adults grieving the loss of a loved one. The group will meet Tuesdays from 5:30-7:00 pm starting November […]

Free

Author Event: Wendy Miller

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Expressive arts therapist and writer Dr. Wendy Miller shares a story written with her late husband, Dr. Gene Cohen, a pioneering psychiatrist, researcher and writer about creative aging, from the […]

Free

Fiction Reading by Kirstin Valdez Quade

Robinson Room, Miller Library, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Kirstin Valdez Quade is the author of Night at the Fiestas, which received the John Leonard Prize from the National Book Critics Circle, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction […]

Free

The Maine Island Trail: A Model for Citizen Stewardship

Fairchild Dining Room, Dana Hall, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

The Maine Island Trail is America’s oldest recreational water trail. The trail has grown from an initial 30 islands to include more than 200 properties spanning the entire Maine coast. […]

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