The Waterville Opera House presents sessions of theater camp during February and summer vacations for students in the first through eighth grades. During the these camps, the Opera House collaborates with Missoula Children’s Theatre, an internationally recognized touring group. Each week of camp concludes with a fully realized performance, with scenery, costumes, and props. The […]

Camden-based digital entrepreneur and founder of Foodlack Arif Shaikh spent three months going to every local food market he could to find out how farmers connect with buyers. He learned that farmers spend a lot of time they don’t have literally knocking on doors, making endless phone calls, or sending mass emails. By creating Foodlack, Shaikh […]

Tour the exhibit of presidents. Do a President's Day Scavenger Hunt. Find out which president had the first telephone and which one is behind the Teddy Bear. (Please note that the museum will be closed if is snowing or stormy. Check our Facebook page for more information.) Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children

Postponed from February 13, due to blizzard! Revolution begins young—and can be quiet or loud in this double bill of remarkable, timeless yet timely masterpieces from France. In the legendary Jean Vigo’s Zero For Conduct (the basis for the 1968 If…, starring Malcolm McDowell), four boarding school boys start a surrealist rebellion against their repressive […]

In the years before the Civil War, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. Subjected to the cruelty of one malevolent owner (Michael Fassbender), he also finds unexpected kindness from another as he struggles continually to survive and maintain some of […]

Use your imagination and use cardboard to create unique sculptures! The possibilities are endless! For more information, please call 872-5433 or email staylor@watervillelibrary.org. Location: Bartlett Room for Teens

Rescheduled from February 9, due to snow! CGI will be holding an open house on the first floor of the Hathaway Center in Waterville. Come and enjoy a frothy pint of beer or a tasty glass of wine and learn about CGI - who they are, what they do, and their future goals with the […]

Cate Marvin’s first book, World’s Tallest Disaster, was chosen by Robert Pinksy for the 2000 Kathryn A. Morton Prize and published by Sarabande Books in 2001. In 2002 she received the Kate Tufts Discovery Prize. She co-edited with poet Michael Dumanis the anthology Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century (Sarabande Books, 2006). Her second book of […]

Personalize your library! Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens on and help make it a more colorful place!  Design a bookend based on your favorite book or fandom, the possibilities are endless! After they're painted, the bookends will return to holding up books on the teen room shelves with a lot more style! […]

What is happening right now in the forests and fields? What animals hibernate? And which ones cache food or sleep only during the coldest days? Come explore the museum with a guide and learn some of the amazing adaptations animals have to survive winter. (Please note that the museum will be closed if is snowing […]

Looking for something to do during school vacation week?  Drop by the library between 2 and 4 pm on Wednesday to design and make your own personal pins and badges. For kids 7 and up; younger kids bring a grown-up helper!

A presentation by Peter Garrett In a political climate that seems to be taking us backwards environmentally, there is hope for finding a solution for what is arguably our most serious global environmental challenge.   Peter Garrett, Citizens Climate Lobby coordinator for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, will give a presentation on Citizens Climate Lobby's persuasive […]

What can you create with duct tape? The possibilities are endless! Come to the library and learn how to make  wallets, bow ties, and more! For more information, please call 872-5433 or email staylor@watervillelibrary.org. Location: Bartlett Room for Teens.

Ellerton M. and Edith K. Jetté Professor of Art Ankeney Weitz, co-curator of No Limits: Zao Wou-Ki, will discuss the calligraphic impulse in the artist’s paintings. Location: Jetté Galleries, Colby Museum of Art.

Get to know your trees and especially your Sugar Maple to be ready for sap season. Discover amazing animal and bird habitats in the woods and which trees they like best. Make a woods habitat craft. (Please note that the museum will be closed if is snowing or stormy. Check our Facebook page for more […]

Why do slugs have slime?  Does it help them at all, besides keeping the rest of us away?   Drop by between 2 and 4 pm to find out the science behind the slime! Don't worry!  No actual slugs will be included in this program. For kids 7 and up; younger kids must bring a […]

Tracking the Border is the culminating event of a year-long project focused on the artist Lucinda Bliss's navigation of the 611 miles that make up the Maine-Canada border. The resulting work takes many forms, including installation, drawing, and photography, all of which will be represented in the Common Street Arts exhibit, alongside other, related bodies […]

Grab a date (or a friend) and head to the Museum for a night of food and fun! Partner challenges such as a blindfolded sketching competition will come with prizes for the winning pair. Sponsored by the Museum’s Student Advisory Board. Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Museum Lobby.

Do you have questions about dental health for your preschooler?   Do you want to find out more about keeping children's teeth healthy and strong for a lifetime? Drop in to meet with Jane Allen of the Healthy Living Center.  As a Pediatric Oral Health Educator, she will discuss current recommendations for kids 5 and […]

Work in teams or on your own to create an amazing marble maze out of recycled materials! For more information, please call 872-5433 or email staylor@watervillelibrary.org. Location: Bartlett Room for Teens

At the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, the new YES program (Youth Empowerment Supports) will begin to provide affordable housing for youth, 18-24 years of age.  Come join us Feb 24, 2017 to find out all about it. This transformational housing will include 2 one-bedroom apartments, 4 efficiencies, and a suite of 6 single rooms with private […]

Drop by the library between 2:00 and 4:00 P.M. for an activity that includes Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math: STEAM! Explore how seeds grow into flowers and food plants. For kids 7 and up. Younger kids must bring a grown-up helper.

The celebration and awareness of water through dance, featuring Molly Gawler, Lissa, Schneckenburger, and Nettie Lu Lane. Droplet Dance integrates dance, theater, acrobatics, weaving story and song into colorful threads that connect every heart and bring about awareness of water in our world. All choreography is by Molly Gawler, and she is often joined in […]