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.

Castonguay Square Reimagined

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Join us for a public presentation of the final design concept for a reimagined Castonguay Square. The design team from Beyer Blinder Belle and Mitchell & Associates will present the […]

Free

Shield and Spear

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

Shield and Spear (2014) features visual activist Zanele Muholi and other leading South African contemporary artists and explores a constellation of stories about identity, art, race, and freedom of expression […]

Free

Contemporary Africa-China and Corruption: Challenge or Curse?

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1966, speaker Jim Friedlander joined the Peace Corps and was stationed in Malawi. Thus began a half century international career. He was legal […]

$12

Criminal Justice Open House

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

Are you or someone you know interested in the field of criminal justice? Join us for the Criminal Justice Open House. The event will feature a guest speaker, Department of […]

Recovery Boys

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

Maine is one of the states hardest hit by the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis, but people across southern Maine are working on the frontlines of this epidemic, saving lives, raising […]

Free

After School Art Club

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

Cardboard Challenge! What can be created just using a cardboard box? We think the possibilities are endless! Join us to create a castle or fantasy home made of cardboard and […]

$14

Speaking and Listening: The Art of Dialogue

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Good dialogue can bring enormous vividness and music to our prose. Good dialogue invites a reader into a room, helps us connect, and lets us hear and see. It can […]

Free

Submerging the Routine: A Conversation about Flooded McDonald’s

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

Chris Walker, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Humanities, and Beth Finch, Lunder Curator of American Art, will speak on Flooded McDonald’s (2009), a surreal video by the artist collective Superflex. Location: Davis […]

Free

Girls Rock! Awards

Waynefleet School 360 Spring Street, Portland, ME, United States

The Girls Rock! Awards honors six amazing girls from Maine and a keynote from Hebh Jamal, a youth activist and leader of Integrate New York City. Join us March 22, 2019 at Waynflete School in […]

Spring Equinox (3/20)

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

Learn about the reasons for seasons! The spring equinox was on March 20, and now we’re halfway to the summer solstice, the longest day of the year! Come celebrate what […]

$1 – $3

Wizard of Oz Craft Day

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

Poppies and rainbows and Shrinky Dinks – OH MY! Follow the virtual yellow brick road to the land of Oz! Create beautiful poppies and rainbows out of tissue paper and […]

Free

Shepherd Pie Supper & Open Mic Night

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

All are welcome for food, fun, and fellowship. We'll have a shepherd pie supper and open mic night. Admission is free; donation will be accepted.

Free

Yellow Brick Road

Alumni Hall, Snow Pond Center for the Arts Goldenrod Lane (off Route 23), Sidney, ME

Yellow Brick Road, A Tribute to Elton John, from Augusta Maine, is a full concert tribute, complete with an incredible light show and sound system. Every detail of an actual Elton […]

$25 – $30

A Night With “He and She”: J.P. Devine and Kay Joly Devine

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

The Waterville thinker, writer, and humorist shares tales, wisdom and answers questions. Also, J.P. Devine will be there. He’ll entertain with many years of stories, and She will correct all […]

Free

Business to Business Showcase

Colby College Field House Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

March 28, 2019 Colby College Field House 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville 12:00PM to 6:00PM With over 140 exhibitors and 2,000+ attendees, the Business to Business Showcase is great for networking, […]

After School Art Club: Paper Airplanes

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

The art of a good paper airplane can be an engineering challenge for any age! Come try out different airplane designs, including ones used in NASA programming. After making your […]

$14

KVCC Foundation Evening for Education Gala

Carter Hall, Kennebec Valley Community College 92 Western Avenue, Fairfield, ME

We are excited to celebrate KVCC’s 50 years of student, community, and workforce success. Studio Two, New England’s Best a Beatles Tribute Band, will be entertaining the crowd as they […]

Art Yoga for Kids

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

Bend, stretch, and move inspired by the art on display in the Youth Art Month exhibition. This is the third year in a row for this popular event, creating yoga […]

Free

Book Signing with Cynthia Lord and Hazel Mitchell

Children's Book Cellar 52 Main Street, Waterville, ME

A special event with Cynthia Lord and Hazel Mitchell and their new picture book Borrowing Bunnies. Cynthia Lord's new novel, Because Of The Rabbit, and other titles from both Lord […]

Rocks Rock!

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

Learn about many types of rocks and minerals and how we all use them. Write with a rock, make paint with a mineral, break a geode, and use crystals to […]

$1 – $3

Introduction to 3D Printing

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

What can you print with a 3D printer? How does it work? This beginner’s introduction to 3d printing will provide a basic overview, including learning about software used in the […]

$15

Waterville Community Supported Agriculture Fair

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Meet your farmers, get great deals on food, and maybe even win a prize! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Free

Lobster War: The Fight Over the World’s Richest Fishing Grounds

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

Directors David Abel and Andy Laub will hold a Skype Q&A session after the screening! Lobster War is a must-watch — especially for us Mainers! — award-winning feature-length documentary film […]

Visiting Writers Series: Reading by Chris Castellani

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

Christopher Castellani is the author of three novels: All This Talk of Love (2013)—a New York Times Editors’ Choice; A Kiss from Maddalena (2003)—winner of the Massachusetts Book Award; and The Saint of Lost Things (2005)—a BookSense […]

Free

The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America

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

If sexology, the science of sex, came into being sometime in the 19th century, then how did statesmen, scientists, and everyday people make meaning out of sex before that point? […]

Free
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