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The Tempest

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

On a distant island a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When a sail appears on the horizon, […]

$13 – $15

Lipman Lecture with Nathan Englander

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

Award-winning short-story writer and novelist Nathan Englander is this year’s Lipman lecturer. The title of his talk is “Writing in Uncertain Times.” Englander, the distinguished writer-in-residence at New York University, is the author of the collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, as well as the internationally bestselling story collection For […]

Free

Charity as Mitzvah (Commandment)

First Congregational Church, UCC 21 College Avenue, Waterville, ME

Krista N. Dalton is the Cofounder and Executive Editor at the Ancient Jew Review, a web journal and American Academy of Jewish Research grant recipient. Her talk is titled: "Charity as Mitzvah (Commandment)." She is a Columbia PhD candidate.

RenMen in Concert

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

RenMen, Renaissance Men, is composed of Boston and New York’s most active chamber musicians, educators, and music aficionados.Where did a cappella come from? How do ensembles today approach this versatile form of music making? This show will explore unaccompanied vocal polyphony both historically and in contemporary performance. Founded in 2014 by Anthony Burkes Garza, Eric […]

Free

Betye Saar’s Leader

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

Mirken Coordinator of Academic and Public Programs Jordia Benjamin will discuss the liberation of Aunt Jemima through Saar’s Leader.

Free

Waterville Family Photographs Presentations

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

Celebrate the Picher, LaVerdiere, Bernier, and Levine families, who recently donated their photo collections to Colby. Presentations by family members and Colby students will be followed by lunch. This event is the first of three organized by the Photography and Migration Project in spring 2017. Cosponsored by the Center for the Arts and Humanities, Colby Libraries Special Collections, Office of […]

Free

Youth Art Month – Opening Reception

In celebration of Youth Art Month, Common Street Arts in downtown Waterville will be offering an opportunity to all local school-aged children (grades pre-K to12) to exhibit in our professional gallery setting for the month of March. This is the third consecutive year that we are offering this opportunity to showcase the visual arts programs […]

Free

Blue Scholars

Page Commons, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Blue Scholars is an American hip-hop duo based in Seattle created in 2002 while members DJ Sabzi (Saba Mohajerjasbi) and MC Geologic (George Quibuyen) were students at University of Washington. Through their music and live shows, they bridge their experiences as children of immigrants to the urgent politic of now. The duo’s sharp, insightful lyricism […]

Free
Recurring

The Babushkas of Chernobyl

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

In the radioactive Dead Zone surrounding Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4, a defiant community of women scratches out an existence on some of the most toxic land on Earth. They share this hauntingly beautiful but lethal landscape with an assortment of interlopers — scientists, soldiers, and even “stalkers,” i.e. young thrill-seekers who sneak in to pursue […]

$8
Recurring

Art + Storytelling: Shapes

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

After a brief exploration of the museum, we will read a children’s book related to shapes. Children and their grownups will then be invited to the Mirken Education Center to have a snack and create their own works of art. This program is designed for preschoolers and toddlers. Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Colby Museum […]

Free

Fashion Show and Afternoon Tea

First Congregational Church, UCC 21 College Avenue, Waterville, ME

Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter presents the 3rd Annual Fashion Show and Afternoon Tea. 2:00 PM March 4, 2017 (Snow date March 11) First Congregational Church 7 Eustis parkway, Waterville, ME All tickets will be pre-sold so be sure to get yours: $20/person Mail check to Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter 19 Colby Street Waterville, ME 04901 More info: […]

$20
Recurring

Lenten Organ Recitals

First Baptist Church 1 Park Street, Waterville, ME

Now in its 26th season, each recital in this series features an organist from a different area church. Each program is 45 minutes to an hour long, with a reception to follow. The performers are: March 5: Ed Larson, retired from Penny Memorial Baptist Church, Augusta March 12: Christina Misner Rao, Wayne Community Church, Wayne […]

Hospital Competition and Bargaining: Higher Prices or Greater Innovation?

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

In recent years, many hospitals have merged, increasing the concentration of hospital markets and raising concerns about the price and quality of care. How is hospital consolidation affecting the already high health care expenditures in the U.S.? Because hospital competition for privately insured patients occurs through price negotiations between hospitals and insurers, an estimation of bargaining […]

Free

Deadline for Proposals for PechaKucha Night v24

PechaKucha Night Waterville volume 24 will be held on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Colby College. Presentation proposals on the theme revolutions are invited. Proposals on other topics are also strongly encouraged. The best PK events are mix of thematic and kaleidoscopic. The deadline for proposals is Monday, March 6, 2017. More info:      https://www.facebook.com/events/1826522547620594/

This is ME, Too: From Everywhere to New Mainer

Michael Klahr Center, University of Maine, Augusta 46 University Drive, Augusta, ME, United States

Join the Mid-Maine Global Forum and the Holocaust and Human Rights Center (HHRC) for “This is ME, Too: From Everywhere to New Mainer.” This event will include a panel discussion with three New Mainers: Somali refugee Abdi Iftin; Iraqi refugee Nawar Al Obaidi; and Cambodian refugee Makara Meng. In this panel discussion, Abdi, Nawar and Makara will […]

I Am Cuba

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

“When Mikhail Kalatozov’s I Am Cuba — a long-lost, phantasmagoric Cuban-Soviet propaganda film from 1964 — was rediscovered and reissued in late 1995 (with the prominent support of Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola), critic Terrence Rafferty wrote the following in his New Yorker review: ‘They’re going to be carrying ravished film students out of […]

$5 – $9

The Trans List

Pugh Center, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

The Trans List explores the range of experiences lived by Americans who identify as transgender (an umbrella term for people whose gender identity does not conform to that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth). No two experiences of trans people are exactly alike. Transgender, transsexual, gender-queer, bi-gender, and non-binary are just […]

Free

Daughters of the Dust

Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

At the dawn of the 20th century, a family in the Gullah community—former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors’ Yoruba traditions—of coastal South Carolina suffers a generational split. Young Haagar (Kaycee Moore) wants to move to the mainland away from tradition-bound matriarch Nana (Cora Lee Day). Former prostitute Yellow Mary (Barbara-O) gets […]

Free
Recurring

Speak French Social Hour

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Was French your first language? Do you speak French but only have a few people to converse with? Are you learning French and wish for more opportunities to practice? If yes, come join our Speak French Social Hour. Call 873-4745 to join in the fun! Cost: $3 (includes coffee and muffins)

$3

Gesture and Power: Religion, Nationalism, and Everyday Performance in Congo

Room 141, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

In her new book, Gesture and Power, Yolanda Covington-Ward, Department of Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh, examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people of the Lower Congo to show how their gestures, dances, and spirituality are critical in mobilizing social and political action. This lecture will focus on two separate yet related […]

Free

SHOUT! Endnote Lecture with Aquib Yacoob ’15

Pugh Center, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

The final event of SHOUT! features Aquib Yacoob, Colby Class of ’15, who utilizes community organizing and the arts as vehicles to mobilize and (re)claim power in communities oppressed by difference. Refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by the Pugh Community Board (PCB) as part of SHOUT! Week.

Free
Recurring

Waterville Women’s Action Group

Are you ready to cause a ruckus? We have been supporting the activism of girls for a long time but you have told us that there is a great need for convening and supporting the activism work of adult women too.  You are already calling senators, sending postcards, donating. But you want to do more. […]

$15

Education, Economics and Our Community

Business Breakfast Series Laurie Lachance, president of Thomas College, Rick Hopper, president of Kennebec Valley Community College and Ruth Jackson, vice president of coummincations of Colby College will discuss the economic impact of their recent investments in our communities.  Register on-line Cost: $18 for Chamber members, $25 at the door & for non-members.

Stranger in the Woods: North Pond Hermit Book Launch

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

Mark your Calendars for this book launch on Thursday, March 9 for The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel! From 5:00 to 6:00, join the author at a reception in Waterville City Hall, 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME 04901. The reception is sponsored by the Colby […]

Free

Health Equity Gaps Among Women and Adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean

Parker-Reed Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

This year’s Hunt Lecture is by Arachu Castro, Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Income, education, place of residence, and ethnicity are some of the fundamental social determinants that help explain differences in health utilization and in health outcomes. Hear Castro analyze the […]

Free
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