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.

Second Annual Easter Cake and Coloring Contest

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Starting at 12:30, an auction of the cake entries will be held after the prizes for first, second, and third place are awarded for the Easter bunny cakes and coloring […]

Spring Bunny Saturday

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

Did you know that our native rabbit, the New England cottontail, is on the endangered species list? Come on in and learn a little more about these amazing creatures and […]

$1 – $3

Hip-Hop Dance in the Gallery

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

The wonderful folks from Pushed Learning and Media join Common Street Arts for the afternoon! Learn from award-winning hip-hop dancer Oliver “Sydesho” Arias, who currently teaches hip-hop dance choreography at […]

Free

Teen Maker Monday: Macramé Jewelry

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens every Monday at 3:00 p.m. and make something new. We'll provide the supplies; you bring the creativity! On Monday, April 2, we'll […]

Free

Why #WeAreNotWaiting with #OpenAPS

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

After building her own do-it-yourself “artificial pancreas,” Dana Lewis helped found the open-source artificial pancreas movement (known as “OpenAPS”), making of safe and effective artificial pancreas technology available (sooner) for […]

Free

Crafternoons: Pom-Pom Bird’s Nests

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Looking for a way to brighten up your child’s day? Bring him or her on down to the Library for Crafternoons! Drop in anytime between 2:30 and 4:oo every Tuesday […]

Free

Origins Keynote Speaker: Cornel West

Lorimer Chapel, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Cornel West will deliver the keynote lecture for the 2017-18 Colby College humanities theme, Origins. West is professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University and a frequent […]

Free

Nuclear Amnesia: Waking Up to Love the World

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

Kathleen Sullivan, 2017 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been engaged in the nuclear issue for nearly 30 years and has worked internationally as an educator for disarmament focusing primarily on […]

Free

Creative Nonfiction Reading by Charles D’Ambrosio

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

Charles D’Ambrosio is the recipient of a Whiting Award and a Lannan Fellowship and is the author of two collections of short stories, The Point and The Dead Fish Museum, […]

Free

Festival of (In)Appropriation Traveling Show #6

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

different works of found footage. The shortest of these, Celeste Fichter’s “Walking on Water,” lasts just over a minute and uses the theme from Hawaii Five-O to accompany the biblical […]

Free

Teen Movie Night: The Last Jedi

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens at 4:00 p.m. every Thursday for a screening of a popular movie! The movie changes every week. This week, we'll be showing […]

Free

Hooked: Art and Attachment

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

This talk by Rita Felski makes a case for “attachment” as a key word for the humanities. What are the devices that attach us to works of art? Zadie Smith’s […]

Free

The Producers

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

Book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks Directed by Debra Susi It's delightfully obscene! It's marvelously indecent! It's Mel Brooks at his finest and […]

$22 – $24

Storytelling in Old Age

Strider Theater, Runnals Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

by Nick Pattison '18 Showcasing both the rich history and daily life of older people, an intergenerational audience will learn to understand ways that disease, age, and ability interact with […]

Free

Rosalyn Drexler Goes to the Movies

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

During the academic year Museum staff members, Colby faculty, and guest speakers will discuss current exhibitions or works in the museum collection in Noontime Art Talks. Join Colby College Associate […]

Free

Christian McBride and New Jawn

Lorimer Chapel, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Four-time GRAMMY-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride has been likened to a force of nature, fusing the fire and fury of a virtuoso with the depth and grounding of a seasoned […]

Free

Move and Groove with Ms. Jenn!

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join us for a singing, dancing storytime with our friend, Ms. Jenn! This time, its all about music! Get ready to move! A great time for kids 3 and up […]

Free

Art + Storytelling: Game Time

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

Preschoolers, toddlers, and their grown-ups are invited to a brief exploration of the museum, after which we will read a children’s book related to the month’s theme. Then to the […]

Free

Clay Studio Open House

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

Have you always wanted to enroll in a clay class but were unsure about what might be involved? This is a great opportunity to explore and ask questions of the […]

Free

Bat Appreciation Week

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

Between April 2 – April 8 is Bat Appreciation Week! Did you know bats can eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes in an hour and often consume their body weight in […]

$1 – $3

National Theatre: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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

Rescheduled to April 7   Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. Following his smash hit production of A Streetcar […]

$10 – $15

Spring Bonnets and Wild Art Hats

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

Believe it or not, spring has sprung! At least it has at Common Street Arts! Join the fun of building some colorful, spring themed, wild creations to wear on your […]

Free

Dawn

Lorimer Chapel, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Colby College Chorale and Colby Kennebec Choral Society will be directed by Eric Christopher Perry for this event. Dawn highlights the origins of literary styles and movements. Featuring works by […]

Free

Dead in the Water

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

Four and a half years in the making, Dead in the Water is Wittkower’s fifteenth documentary film. It was shot in different coastal towns and features scenes and interviews with […]

$15

Teen Maker Monday: Newspaper Shoe Challenge

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens every Monday at 3:00 p.m. and make something new. We’ll provide the supplies; you bring the creativity! On Monday, April 9, we'll […]

Free
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