4/11/2022 COVID Update: The State of Maine no longer requires masking or proof of vaccination to attend any public events, but individual venues are free to do so. For the latest information, visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention or the State of Maine’s COVID site.

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. […]

Beginner Wheel-Throwing Clay Class

Common Street Arts Clay Studio announces an exciting, fun and relaxing beginner wheel-throwing class starting in November. Learn all about clay, wheel-throwing techniques, wedging, reclaiming clay, making function pottery, and […]

$175

Dining for Dollars

Mainely Brews 1 Post Office Square, Waterville, ME

Bring your family to Mainely Brews for dinner out and support a great cause. You'll enjoy great food, fun, and live music by Sounds Unlimited featuring John Plummer. 10 % […]

Eva Hesse

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

Reception at 7:00; Film at 8:00; Q & A to follow screening. Eva Hesse is one of America’s foremost postwar artists. Her pioneering sculptures, using latex, fiberglass, and plastics, helped […]

Free

Worst to First: How to Turn Around Maine’s Business Ranking

Summit Room, Spann Student Commons, Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville, ME

With Matt Gagnon, executive director of The Maine Heritage Policy Center.  He will share data on how to move the state of Maine to first place. Cost: $17 for Chamber […]

$17

Recruiting Event: Bonney Staffing

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Looking for work? Stop by and meet with the Bonney Staffing Talent & Training Coordinator to discuss current and upcoming jobs in the Unity to Winslow area. For questions about […]

Free
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