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.

The Met: La Bohème

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

Postponed from Feb 25, 2018 An exciting young cast stars in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production of Giacomo Puccini’s classic La Bohème, the most-performed opera in Met history. Sonya Yoncheva stars as […]

Art + Storytelling: Girls in Art

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

Preschoolers, toddlers, and their grown-ups are invited to a brief exploration of the museum, after which we will read a children’s book related to the month’s theme. Then to the […]

Free

Mammal Teeth Tell What They Eat

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

From lions to squirrels examine the teeth and skulls of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores to learn how they can tell what different animals eat. Make a skull craft to take […]

$1 – $3

Let’s Go! Creating Waterville

Common Street Arts 10 Water Street, Suite 106, Waterville, ME

Join us outside to draw or write on our Towns Along the Kennebec community wall, and for a fun yoga StoryWalk! Inside Common Street Arts classroom, create a map of […]

Free

Thomas College Plugged In

Ayotte Auditorium, Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville, ME

Thomas College Plugged In sets the stage for leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs who share our commitment to bold thinking and growth in Central Maine. The first-ever live event brings together […]

Free

Woodcarving Workshop

Common Street Arts 10 Water Street, Suite 106, Waterville, ME

Join expert wood carver and printmaker, Doug Frati, for a Wood Carving adult education class! Learn how to make simple chalk drawings on wood, and the proper use of knives and chisels […]

$35

Public Supper

Pleasant Street United Methodist Church 61 Pleasant Street, Waterville, ME

BAKED BEANS, HOT DOGS, CASSEROLES, SALADS, COLE SLAW, ROLLS, DESSERTS, BEVERAGES Meals to go $8.00 ADULTS, $5.00 CHILDREN under age 10 COME ENJOY THE GOOD FOOD!

$5 – $8

Poet Olivia Gatwood

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

Olivia Gatwood has received national recognition for her poetry, writing workshops, and work as a Title IX compliant educator in sexual assault prevention and recovery. As a finalist at Brave […]

Free

Maine Jewish Film Festival: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

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

Known for her matchless beauty and electric screen persona, Hedy Lamarr also possessed an exceptional mind. An Austrian Jewish émigré who acted by day and drew mechanical and electronic inventions […]

Colby Symphony Orchestra: Musical Voyages

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

The Colby Symphony Orchestra begins the spring semester with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8 — another work in the “pastoral” setting of the countryside, reminiscent of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony (No. 6) […]

Free

The Ghost of Paul Revere w/ Spencer Albee
Sold Out!

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

The popular, Portland-based Ghost of Paul Revere describes their sound as "holler folk," not because it involves a lot of hollering, per se, but because it invokes the rich communal […]

$15 – $20

Maine Jewish Film Festival: Carvalho’s Journey

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

How did an observant Sephardic Jew from Charleston, SC come to join one of the greatest adventures of the 19th century? When legendary expeditioner John Frémont set out through the […]

Bolshoi Ballet: The Flames of Paris

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

Music by Boris Asafiev Choreography by Vasily Vainonen (revisions) Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky (revisions) Lighting Design by Damir Ismagilov Musical Direction by Pavel Sorokin In the era of the French […]

$13 – $15

Teen Maker Monday: CD Scratch Art

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join us in the Teen Room at the Waterville Public Library and make something amazing! Every Monday at 3:00, we'll be creating something new. We provide the supplies, you bring […]

Free

Maine Jewish Film Festival: Menashe

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

In the first 21st century Yiddish language film, Menashe, a good-hearted but somewhat hapless grocery store clerk, struggles against tradition to keep custody of his only son after his wife […]

Medicare 101 Clinic

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Medicare has four parts: Part A is hospital insurance. Part B is medical insurance. Part C is Medicare Advantage Plans. Part D is for prescription drugs. Do you know the […]

Free

Crafternoons: Clothespin Mermaids & Monsters

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Looking for a way to brighten up your child’s day? Bring him or her on down to the Library for Crafternoons! Drop in anytime between 2:30 and 4:oo every Tuesday […]

Free

Workshop with Richard Blanco: Poetry and Our Deeper Selves

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Lunder Institute artist-in-residence Richard Blanco will explore with participants how the reading and writing of poetry connects us to our deeper selves and our emotional wounds. This workshop is free, but space […]

Free

Maine Jewish Film Festival: Oriented Postponed

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

Postponed to Sunday, March 18, 10:00 a.m., due to snow! What is life like for a gay Palestinian twenty-something living in Tel Aviv? It’s complicated. In this big-hearted documentary, we […]

University of Maine Singers in Concert

Waterville Senior High School 1 Brooklyn Avenue, Waterville, ME

The University of Maine Singers is a 60-voice select choir whose members come from all disciplines across campus. Nearly half of its members are from areas outside of music. Under […]

Free

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. Attendance is free, but advance registration is required. Register for a […]

Free

The Materials Movement: Employing Transparency and Purchasing Power for Market

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

Building materials are responsible for many environmental issues throughout their life cycle, including human illness, pollution, habitat and species loss, and resource depletion. How do you design a building with […]

Poetry Out Loud State Finals

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

Recitation and performance are major new trends in poetry. There has been a recent resurgence of poetry as an oral art form, as seen in the slam poetry movement and […]

Free

Enough School Violence!

Castonguay Square Common Street, Waterville

Come out of sympathy for the victims. Come out of respect for the victims’ families. Come out of solidarity for teachers and students. Come out of concern for area schools […]

Free

Golden Leaves: Medieval Manuscript Fragments at Colby

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

In April 2016, Maine bookseller Seth Thayer, Colby Class of ’89, found a cache of medieval manuscript leaves “in a trunk in a client’s house in Maine.” A Google search […]

Free
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