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Instructor Frances Mercanti-Anthony is an actress, writer, director, teacher, and activist originally from Haddonfield, New Jersey. She has a BA in Theatre Performance from Fordham University, and is a graduate of the Upright Citizens Brigade Training Program. She earned her Actors Equity card in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Mr. Marmalade in 2005. For […]
Join us at the Winslow Public Library for a fun interactive maple program. We will tap a tree, taste maple and sap water and look at some tools used for making maple syrup. Open to youth of all ages.
Join us at the Winslow Public Library to follow a guided art tutorial and decorate a unique notebook or journal cover with acrylic paints and other supplies. Geared towards ages 10 and up.
Our therapy dog friends from Kennebec Valley Love on a Leash will be in this afternoon for read-aloud time and visiting! For kids who want to practice their reading skills and for families who want a fun, calming read-aloud opportunity. Spend 15 minutes with a dog who loves to listen. Bring your own favorite book, […]
Expressing one’s voice is an important part of the political process, and there are a number of ways to express your opinions. Join us for a workshop on writing letters to the editor. This one-hour session will be led by Bets Brown, a member of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The focus of […]
Join us at the Winslow Public Library to explore select pieces from the children's discovery museum mobile museum. We will have a Lego Wall set up and circuits to explore.
Join us at the Winslow Public Library to learn about coding through robots! We will feature a different theme each session. Geared towards grades 2 and up.
Join us at the Winslow Public Library for a reading session with a therapy dog from Love on a Leash Kennebec County. Gain confidence and practice reading. Contact the library at 872-1978 to sign up.
The Spring Open House is a celebration of two new exhibitions that will be on view during the Spring 2020 semester—Hew Locke: Here’s the Thing and The Sea in a Jug: The Welch Collection of Islamic and Later Indian Art—featuring live music, demonstrations, hands-on art-making, gallery experiences, refreshments, and opportunities to learn about upcoming programs.
Tony Jack, an assistant professor at Harvard and author of The Privileged Poor, was once a low-income, first-generation college student who now studies how poor students are often failed by the top schools that admit them. During his talk, he will detail how class divides on campus create barriers to academic success—and he will share […]
The greatest rock movie of all time, over 40 years after the fact? As a warm-up for the Feb. 28 opening of the excellent new documentary about The Band, Once Were Brothers at Railroad Square, we’re bringing back Martin Scorsese’s nonpareil film of the group’s farewell concert, The Last Waltz for two shows only, in […]
For one night only, the Elton John tribute will perform as a trio! This is the same format Elton John performed with in the early ’70s! Hear Elton’s music performed as it was originally intended! Gerald Brann, Mark Kavanaugh, and Kevin Ostrowski perform in the internationally performing tribute, “Yellow Brick Road a tribute to Elton […]
Come explore the stars indoors with Northern Stars Planetarium. Anyone who has had the pleasure of being in the Northern Stars Planetarium knows the joy of entering the big dome and exploring the stories of stars, constellations, and the wonders of our universe. By popular demand we have two shows for families, at 1:00 and […]
First-time feature filmmaker Likarion Wainaina and co-producer Tom Tykwer (Run, Lola Run) tell an uplifting story about the strength of young people despite facing one of life’s most difficult and profound challenges. Jo, a terminally ill nine-year-old girl, is taken back to her rural village to live out the rest of her short life. Obsessed […]
Somewhere in desert country, the inhabitants of West Sandy Bottoms are preparing for the highlight of their year – the annual race between the Mammals and the Reptiles. A company of strolling actors attempts to tell the tale in classical fashion. Philoh Ferret reminds the racing fans that his service station is for “mammals only.” […]
Explore the stars indoors with Northern Stars Planetarium! Anyone who has had the pleasure of being in the Northern Stars Planetarium knows the joy of entering the big dome and learning about the stars, constellations, and the wonders of our universe. Admission: $5. Advance registration required. For ages 18+. REGISTER
Called the “most powerful and intense Springsteen experience on the planet,” Bruce in the USA is more than just another tribute band. This high-energy musical event is a note-perfect, visually accurate recreation of one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time. Tickets: $20-$50
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.