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.

Dar Williams in Concert

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Dar Williams in Concert February 23 at 7:00pmOpening Act: Lindsay Mower "Dar Williams, one of America's very best singer-songwriters… Her songs are beautiful. Some are like finely crafted short stories. They are, variously, devastatingly moving, tenderly funny, subtle without being in any way inaccessible, and utterly fresh—not a cliché or a clunker in her entire […]

Afro.Germany

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

Shusenjo: Korean Comfort Women

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Film director Miki Dezaki presents his powerful debut work Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue. This highly acclaimed documentary examines the enduring, divisive legacy of the Japanese military’s wartime use of sexual slaves, officially referred to as “comfort women.” Even in today’s Japan, seventy-four years after the end of the Pacific War, […]

Essentials of College Planning Workshop

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

This workshop introduces people to educational opportunities in general and Maine Educational Opportunity Center services in particular. This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career and study skills. The admission section reviews college options, the college search process and the application structure. The fundamentals of financial aid, […]

Free

Infectious Disease and Policy Management Panel

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

Join the Goldfarb Center and the Goldfarb Student Engagement Committee for a panel discussion on infectious disease and policy management. Panelists include Gail Carlson, associate professor of environmental studies, Susan Childers, instructor of biology, Walter Hatch, associate professor of government, and Laura Seay, assistant professor of government, and the discussion will be moderated by GSEC […]

Free

Writing Workshop: Where to Begin, How to Begin

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Professor Michael Burke of Colby College will lead this two-hour creative nonfiction writing workshop called “Where to Begin, How to Begin.” Any piece of writing has to begin somewhere of course, but how do you know where to start, and how to start? In this creative nonfiction writing workshop, we’ll talk about what the opening […]

Free

Sea of Shadows

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

A National Geographic documentary that follows undercover investigators, environmentalists, journalists, and the Mexican Navy on their desperate effort to rescue the Earth’s smallest whale—the Vaquita—from extinction and bring an international crime syndicate to justice. (2019, 104 min.) Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program.

Free

SPaRC Community Data Interpretation

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

SPaRC (Strengthening, Partnering, and Reinforcing Community) is a grassroots initiative that was developed by leaders from Waterville Public Schools, Educare, Kennebec Valley Community College, Thomas College, Colby College, and Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education who are eager to collaborate with Waterville residents, build on Waterville’s strengths, and make Waterville into a nationally recognized hub of […]

Visiting Writer Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

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

Lillian Yvonne-Bertram is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, where she teaches in the M.F.A. in creative writing program. Her book of computationally mediated poems, Travesty Generator, was published by Noemi Press in December 2019. Yvonne-Bertram was recently named director of the Chautauqua Institution Writers’ Festival.

Free

Oak Institute Lecture: Maude Barlow

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

Maude Barlow is the national chairperson of the Council of Canadians and she chairs Food & Water Watch’s board. She is also an executive member of the San Francisco-based International Forum on Globalization and a councilor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. In this lecture, she will focus on her new book, Whose Water is […]

Free

The US and the Middle East: What Next?

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

Cancelled due to snow! Steven Simon is Professor in the Practice of International Relations at Colby College, following stints as John J. McCloy ’16 Professor of History at Amherst College and lecturer in government at Dartmouth College. He is also a research analyst for the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Prior to this, he was […]

Art Lab

Winslow Public Library 136 Halifax Street, Winslow, ME

Join us at the library for a free form themed youth art project.  There will be Pokemon themed art projects available to celebrate Pokemon day on February 27, the anniversary of the release of the very first Pokémon games in Japan.!

Free

After School Art Club: Making Snow Globes

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

This activity will focus on creating a magical snow globe with a simple canning jar! Imagine and create your own winter wonderland using art club supplies provided to all participants. For ages 7 - 12.  $14. Registration required. Scholarships are available. FMI: https://www.watervillecreates.org/event/after-school-art-club-snow-globes/

$14

Parents’ Night Out

Quarry Road Recreation Area 300 Quarry Road, Waterville, ME

Enjoy some peaceful and fun adventures at Parents' Night Out at Quarry Road Trails! Childcare for up to 15 children will be offered while parents enjoy the trails. The child's dinner is included in the price ($10).

$10

Paint Night: Bear Meets Moose

7 Lakes Alliance 137 Main Street, Belgrade Lakes, ME

Learn how to paint this picture! Appreciate wildlife in a new way by learning to paint this scene! Grab your friends and unleash your inner artist at 7 Lakes Alliance. You’ll go from a blank canvas to a masterpiece of your own making, guided by a talented and entertaining artist. Cost is $35/person. Space is […]

$35

The Ghost of Paul Revere

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

"We grew up listening to Radiohead and the Beatles and Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd," says Griffin Sherry, guitarist/singer in The Ghost Of Paul Revere. "Everyone assumed we were a bluegrass band because we were playing these traditional instruments, but we weren’t writing traditional music. We were just writing songs with the instruments we had." […]

$32 – $38

Going Digital in a Physical World

Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville

Every organization, large or small, is facing serious questions about their future as digital technology becomes central to their operations — if not their survival. How are you navigating your digital transformation? Anthony Ronzio, Director of Digital Strategy at Colby College, will share takeaways from his experience executing digital strategies for some of Maine's largest […]

$15

Art + Cart: Music in Art

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

Drop by the Art + Cart for activities kids and their caregivers can use in the galleries, as well as materials to touch, books to read, sketching materials, and resources to take home. Each month features a different theme with a new program every week focused on a specific book and/or work of art. The […]

Free

Leap Inside Montessori

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

Kennebec Montessori School, in partnership with Maine Montessori Association, will be hosting a screening of the documentary Inside Montessori. See inside five Montessori classrooms throughout the US, hear their stories, and then listen to a panel of speakers from KMS. KMS is accredited by the American Montessori Society and has been offering experiential educational programs […]

Free

Leap Into Wellness

Alfond Youth & Community Center 126 North Street, Waterville, ME

GIVEAWAYS & RAFFLE DRAWING FREE SAMPLES Gifford's Ice Cream will Unveil the Exclusive World Series 2020 Ice Cream With Free Samples for Everyone! BAHAMAS RAFFLE Register for a Membership by 2/29 and receive a Raffle Ticket to win a One Week Stay in a Bahamas Resort! Drawing 2/29 at 11:30am! MEMBERSHIP GIFT Register for any […]

Free

Drumming at the Museum

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

HealthRHYTHMS Empowerment Group Drumming is part of Let Art Inspire, the Museum’s wellness initiative, which includes a variety of programs that connect mind, body, and art in innovative ways. This one-and-a-half-hour program is a fun, interactive opportunity for personal exploration and communication through sound, inspired by works in the Museum collection. This is not a […]

Free

Why Is the Sky Blue?

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

Have you ever wondered why the sky can appear to be clear blue one day, pink the next? How are clouds formed? And how do pollutants affect our atmosphere? At the end of this program, everyone gets to take home a copy of an awesome educational book from NASA! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for […]

$1 – $3

Back to the Garden

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

The Colby Art Song Initiative will reflect on the fiftieth anniversary of Woodstock in a concert that will include solo and choral compositions related to the music festival to end all music festivals. Directed by Eric Christopher Perry, members of the Colby-Kennebec Choral Society, the Colby College Chorale, and soloists will perform works by Joni […]

Free

Recurring

Lenten Organ Recitals

First Baptist Church 1 Park Street, Waterville, ME

Due to COVID-19, the March 22, March 29, and April 5 recitals have been cancelled. The organists are coming, the organists are coming! It’s First Baptist Church’s 29th year of presenting its annual Lenten concerts featuring performances by area guest organists. Here’s this year's lineup: March 1: Christina Misner Rao , daughter of Rev. Peter […]

Free
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