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Printing on the Historic Acorn Press

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

Learn how to set type and print or make a monoprint on our historic 1839 Acorn Press. Learn what it was like to work in a print shop and be a printer or a printers apprentice. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

$1 – $3

Salon @ the Bar

Marchese Blue Light Pub, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

Several hundreds of years back, small gatherings began taking place in the drawing rooms of the intellectual. Not only a venue for social visits and communication, these gatherings, or salons as they came to be called, became the birthplace of a fruitful exchange of ideas, an exchange from which inspiration was born. In the 21st […]

Free

Beyond the Closet

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

Do you have a problem storing historic objects or family treasures? Conservator Ron Harvey will present a MAM workshop, “Beyond the Closet, Collections Storage.” You can sign up for the workshop by calling the museum or going to the Maine Archives and Museums website. Following the workshop, at 3:30 on July 24 there will be […]

AMF Piano Competition Winners’ Recital

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

Tonight, we are proud to present the winners of the AMF 2017 Piano Competition: Kathy Tai-Hsuan Lee and Kathryn Westerlund.

Free

A Rachmaninoff Retrospective

Strider Theater, Runnals Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

AMF Opera Workshop's Vocal Institute was established with the express purpose of identifying and nurturing gifted singers for careers in the professional world of opera.

Free

AMF String Seminar Recital

Given Auditorium, Bixler Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

The AMF String Seminar presents a collection of master pieces performed by the Institute's finest students.

Free

Future Music Lab Concert

Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Designed to immerse exceptionally gifted musicians into the world of new music technologies, the Future Music Lab presents the newest insights into new music performance, the use of interactive computer technology, extended technique, improvisation, and composition for an exciting new world of sound and technology. In this concert, the director of the Future Music Lab, […]

Free

Kosher Caracas!

Beth Israel Congregation 291 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Venezuelan Fiesta and Wine Tasting featuring chefs Alphonso Ortega and Nilda Wolman and Tree Spirits Winery* Come join the fun for our third annual Beth Israel Congregation fundraiser with a silent auction Cost: $40.00 per person RSVP to Rabbi Isaacs, share on Facebook *All food will be dairy/pareve. No meat will be served

$40

Art Song Recital

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

AMF Opera Workshop's Vocal Institute was established with the express purpose of identifying and nurturing gifted singers for careers in the professional world of opera. Join us for an evening of timeless art songs sung by the members of the Opera Workshop.

Free

Giselle

Williamson Performing Arts Center 9 School Street, Fairfield, ME, United States

Bossov Ballet Theatre will perform Giselle on Friday, July 28 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 29 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, or $40 for a family pack (2 adults, 2 students).  You can purchase tickets online or at the door. Seating is general admission.

$12 – $15
Recurring

Waterville Rocks!

Waterville Rocks! is a series of four outdoor concerts presented for the enjoyment of the greater Waterville community. At these concerts, families and friends gather in historic downtown Waterville, lay down a blanket in Castonguay Square, listen to awesome local music, and dance and socialize with others in the community. Established in 2016 by local […]

Free

Hope Haitian Choir in Concert

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

Hope Haitian Choir is made up of children and young adults ages 7 to 15. Most are from the Port au Prince area in Haiti. The children, along with their chaperones, have come to the states for the month of August each year since 2012, singing and dancing and sharing the hope of Haiti throughout […]

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 […]

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