Robert Steneck, professor at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, presents the fall 2018 Hollis Lecturer in Environmental Studies. Ecosystems can “flip” and, as a result of reinforcing feedback mechanisms, “lock” into alternative stable states. Steneck studied this process in a kelp-forest ecosystem in Maine for nearly four decades and found two stable states: […]

Come explore the world of clay! This six-week pottery class will teach students the basics of throwing clay on the wheel. The class will start with clay basics and expand to creating mugs, bowls, plates, and other objects based on student interests. Skills that will be developed include centering, shaping, trimming, handle making, and decoration […]

For over a dozen years, Leslie Thomas, founding executive and creative director of ART WORKS Projects,  has curated and directed multi-media exhibitions and public projections.  She will present a sample of these along with a film excerpt from her soon to be released documentary, The Prosecutors, and discuss the role of the arts in ending grave […]

Spare your home the mess and have your child make slime in our art studio. We will make sure to have a secure package for each slime creation!  Admission is $12 per session. Scholarships available. Click for more info.

Throughout his brief but brilliant career, the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty maintained an intense interest in painting, and especially in the painting of Paul Cézanne. Merleau-Ponty saw Cézanne as a fellow explorer in the primordial land of perception, a pioneer in the archaeology of the visible world. This talk explores Merleau-Ponty’s philosophical interest in the […]

Please join us for this 3:30 concert featuring festive arrangements of Christmas carols and hymns, featuring the Downeast Brass Quintet and PSUMC organist Sharon Saunders. Admission to the concert is free. Following the concert, we'll have a public supper from 5:00 to 6:00 in Fellowship Hall, with beans, hot dogs, casseroles, salads, rolls, and homemade […]

The museum invites adults and children of all ages to drop in and make glowing holiday ornaments using decorative paper, LED lights and button batteries. This free workshop is open to ages 5 and up. No RSVP required.

In anticipation of our upcoming tracking walk next month, let’s take some time indoors to study the tracks we might expect to see. From the snowshoe hare to wild cats and weasels, we can learn a lot from observing not just an individual footprint, but the animal’s gait! Plus, we will talk about the special […]

Steve and Linda Fotter and friends invite everyone to attend the 17th and FINAL Warming Up for Christmas benefit concert. All proceeds will go to the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter. Tickets are $22 in advance or $25 at the door. Please join us and kick off the holiday season. Tickets can be purchased in advance online […]

Gather family and friends to watch the featured movie, The Polar Express, in the main hangar at the LaFleur Airport! We provide popcorn and soda; you provide a chair and a smile. We ask for a donation if you can. This months proceeds will benefit The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers. Donations benefit The […]

Enjoy an evening of improvised comedy featuring Capital City Improv, using audience suggestions and stories about the funny, fabulous, and fascinating things the children in your life do and say! A live auction packed with adventure baskets to follow. Hors d'oeuvres will be served. Cash bar. Tickets are $35 per person, $60 for a couple, […]

Directed by Jinwook Park, the Colby Symphony Orchestra explores the "Presence of the Past" theme as it performs Mozart’s timeless Jupiter symphony, and, in celebration of the Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, the “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story. Minji Ko ’21, the 2018 Concerto Competition winner, will also be featured in the first movement of William Walton’s […]

Adam and Barbara (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) are a normal couple… who happen to be dead. They have given their precious time to decorate their house and make it their own, but unfortunately a family is moving in, and not quietly. Adam and Barbara try to scare them out, but end up becoming the […]

Seasoned and aspiring artists are invited to participate. This program provides an unique opportunity for artists to hone their drawing skills. Participants bring their media of choice. CSA provides the model, chairs, and camaraderie. Sessions are open to all levels of experience. This week's local celebrity is Veronique Plesch. Plesch was born in Argentina and […]

The Colby Pottery Club will hold its annual holiday sale and benefit for the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter from 9am to 2pm Wednesday, December 5, in the Page Commons Room. One hundred or more student pots will be reasonably priced and all of the proceeds will go to the shelter. There will also be tables of […]

Dec 5  Rescheduled to a date in Jan 2019 Presents Meet the Reps is held to strengthen relations between local businesses and government. Sponsored by

Charlie Chaplin sees the present in 1940… and turns Adolph Hitler into a deeply satirized figure before the full force of World War II even happens in this astonishing comedy, forever memorable for the image of Chaplin’s Hitler clone, here named Adenoid Hynkel, literally playing with a world globe, which he bounces off his butt […]

December 6 7:15 to 9:00 AM  Summit Room, Spann Commons, Thomas College, 180 West River Road, Waterville Local Media Platforms to Grow Your Business MaineToday Media CEO Lisa DeSisto will discuss how to engage with customers and businesses using traditional and new platforms that are available in local media to grow your business. Cost per […]

Join Common Street Arts as we use stamps and make prints to create seasonal holiday cards for loved ones. Dress for mess for this one! Admission is $12 per session. Scholarships available. Click for more info

Following his Academy Award-nominated The Theory of Everything, James Marsh directs the incredible true story of Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth), an amateur sailor who competed in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping. With an unfinished boat and […]

Are you ready for the 2nd Annual Joy to the Ville community holiday celebration in Waterville? We’re bringing back many of your favorite activities from our 2017 event including a FREE family-friendly holiday film at Railroad Square Cinema, a free HD theatre broadcast at the Waterville Opera House, free art activities with the Colby College Museum of […]