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.

Hibernation

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

What do frogs, bears, turtles, and other summer creatures do to survive the chilly winter months? Come find out! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for youth under 18.

$1 – $3

Love Without Limits

Pugh Center, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Featuring Colby students Alexis Atkinson ’15, Milton Guillén ’15, and Anne Vetter ’17 with Sonja Thomas, associate professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, a conversation about representation in the arts sector, self-expression in repressive cultures and institutions, the intersection of art and activism, and what it means to put yourself into your work. Inspired […]

Free

Stan and Dan

Union Church of Belgrade Lakes 67 Main Street, Belgrade Lakes, ME

It’s time to chase those winter blahs away with a healthy dose of bluegrass music from Maine’s own “Brother Act,” Stan and Dan. Get your prescription filled at the Union Coffeehouse Mid-Winter Blahs Concert. This talented duo will keep you entertained with terrific music, corny jokes, and an up-tempo vibe that will put a smile […]

$5

Poor People’s Campaign 101

First Congregational Church, UCC 21 College Avenue, Waterville, ME

We will learn more about Rev. Dr. William Barber II's continuation of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Poor People's Campaign." Dr. Barber is also the founder of the group "Repairers of the Breach."

Free

Winter Maker Camp

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

February 18 - 22 Cost: Half Day 9-12 $125 Full Day (12-5 at Alfond Youth Center) $160 Learn the basics of 3D printing in our new maker space, discover Inuit-inspired art, carve snow sculptures, create snow animals, and explore a mini-maker space day -- all in one week. Guest artists include Johnna Stoltz and Jon […]

Missoula Theatre Camp: The Snow Queen

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

Waterville Opera House collaborates with Missoula Children's Theatre, an internationally recognized touring group, to present sessions of theatre camp during February and summer vacations. This play will be The Snow Queen. Each week concludes with a fully realized performance, with scenery, costumes, and props. Participants will learn about the theatrical process while practicing for the […]

$220

Indians on the Reservation: Missionary Priests from India and Catholic Settler Colonialism

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

A lecture in the Presence of the Past Series with Sonja Thomas, associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. Many Catholic dioceses in rural areas of the U.S. are recruiting and hiring missionary priests from India. The Great-Falls-Billings diocese of central and eastern Montana is one of them. Priests from India are entering into an […]

Free

Nuts About Squirrels!

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

Did you know there are more than 200 squirrel species worldwide? Underappreciated because of their commonplace nature, there’s a lot more to squirrels than you might think. Did you know squirrels sometimes dig “decoy” holes to throw off anyone who might have observed them burying their food? Or that they have been known to chew […]

$1 – $3

Tech Talk: Cyber Panther’s Pilot Program

Bricks Coworking & Innovation Space Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water St. Ste. 110, Waterville, ME

The executive director of Waterville Senior High School’s Cyber Panthers program, an innovative computer science elective course, will showcase the program at Central Maine Tech Night’s upcoming TechTalk. Click for more details.

Free

Franco-American Women in Waterville

Waterville Historical Society - Redington Museum 62 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

(Postponed from Feb 13, 2019) Hosted by Waterville Historical Society and Redington Museum Join us as Meg Bernier Boyd talks to us about Franco-American women in Waterville!

Free

People, Borders, and Walls: Immigration Policy from Obama to Trump

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

Alejandro Mayorkas, Partner, WilmerHale, former Deputy Secretary, Homeland Security, and a Colby parent, rolled out DACA under President Obama. Before joining WilmerHale, Mr. Mayorkas served as Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, where he managed some of the most complex and critical responsibilities of government, including preventing and responding to terrorist attacks on US soil, enhancing […]

Free

National Wildlife Day

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

In honor of National Wildlife Day and the birthday of nature education pioneer Steve Irwin, join us for a guided tour of some of the remarkable animals from across the world that have found their way to the museum's collection. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for youth under 18.

$1 – $3

Ice Fishing Derby and Winter Carnival

Snow Pond Center for the Arts 8 Goldenrod Lane, Sidney, ME

Get Your Tickets Today! Click Here! You can also purchase tickets at these locations: Days Store in Belgrade Lakes Sweet Dreams in Smithfield D&L Country Store in Oakland Wild Things Bait Shop Kramers Inc in Sidney Bacon Farm in Sidney Snow Pond Center for the Arts in Sidney  

Mark Dion: Trouble Making and Troubleshooting

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

Mark Dion, this year’s Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Fellow in Environmental Humanities, is an American conceptual artist whose work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge, and the natural world. By locating the roots of environmental politics and public policy in the construction of knowledge about […]

Free

For the Love of Chocolate And More

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

(Snow date, March 2, 2019) Do you like chocolate? Do you want to get started on shopping for birthday, graduation, and anniversary gifts? Then come to this event where there will be chocolate food items (i.e. cakes, cookies, etc.) for sale and a chocolate dipping fountain. In addition, there will be treasures (non-food items) for […]

Free

Let’s Make Tracks

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

Join us for an afternoon of activities centered around animal tracks. In addition to creating your own tracking guidebook with rubber stamps, we may take a stroll outside, if weather permits! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for youth under 18.

$1 – $3

The Snow Queen

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

This performance concludes a week-long session of theatre camp. Although set in a “land of colored ice,” this classic tale will warm your heart in its illustrative retelling by a group of fun-loving, imaginative hobgoblins. As they depict the journey of a young girl and her quest to find her best friend, you may just […]

Northern Stars Planetarium for Adults

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

Explore the stars indoors with the wonderful John Meader and his incredible blow up planetarium! Anyone who has had the pleasure of being in a program in the Northern Stars Planetarium knows that John is an amazing storyteller and a real treat to witness! The adult show will include beer and wine. Cost: $15 per […]

$25

We Grow Our Own: A Fundraiser for The Children’s Place

Messalonskee Performing Arts Center 131 Messalonskee High Drive, Oakland, ME

Join us for a benefit variety show that is jam-packed with crowd-pleasing entertainment for the whole family! This event guarantees to be an evening well spent! Our performers (Gerry Wright, Noteworthy Vocal Studio, TNT, Stage Presence and Young Americans Dance Studios along with Elvis Tribute Artist, Don Boudreau, just to name a few) will leave […]

$10

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

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

This performance is an HD broadcast from London. Running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes By: William Shakespeare The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness. Shakespeare’s most intense and terrifying tragedy, directed by Rufus Norris (The Threepenny Opera, London Road), sees Rory Kinnear […]

Renaissance Men: RenMentality

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

Renaissance Men, New England's Professional Male Vocal Chamber Ensemble, presents RenMentality as part of the 2018-19 Colby College Wellness Seminar series. Renaissance Men will explore sacred and secular compositions by those who suffered with mental and behavioral disorders, including works by Schumann, Beethoven, Ives, Monteverdi, and Mussorgsky. American composer Jay Mobley will premiere a major […]

Free

Film Awards Gala

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

The Maine Film Center invites you to celebrate the best films of 2018 with us! We will bring all the glitz of the Oscars to Railroad Square Cinema for a special evening. Join us for wine cocktails by Meridians and hors d’oeuvres by Amici’s Cucina, followed by a telecast of the 91st Academy Awards on […]

Free – $15

Action After Nature: Climate Crisis and the Force of Literature

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

A lecture in the “Presence of the Past Series” with Nathan Hensley, associate professor of English at Georgetown University. When Alice falls into Wonderland in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 classic, she wonders how anything in the world will ever feel normal again. In this lecture, Hensley draws on the experience of Alice and other 19th-century literary […]

Free

Holocaust Memory in East and West Germany

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

Natasha Goldman presents the 2019 Berger Family Holocaust Lecture. East and West Germany worked through Holocaust memory in the form of public memorials, in different ways. While East Germany favored socialist realist public sculptures, some artists by the late 1950s, incorporated elements of the pre-war avant-garde in their work — but not without controversy. Meanwhile, […]

Free
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