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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.
Seminar: Katie Luce, Maine Alzheimer’s Association, will discuss various event marketing techniques both online and in person. Click for more info.
The Fairfield United Methodist Church is hosting a free supper and movie. A delicious meal of spaghetti, salad, bread, and light dessert will be served at 5:30, with a movie of the Grand Canyon to follow. Donations welcome.
It is hard to believe that at 36 years old Jonny Lang has already had a successful career for two decades! Since the release of his debut album, Grammy Award winning Jonny Lang has built a reputation as one of the best live performers and guitarists of his generation. The path Lang has been on […]
After a brief exploration of the museum, we will read a children’s book related to the month’s theme, “Finding Home.” Afterward, preschoolers, toddlers, and their grownups will visit the Mirken Education Classroom to have a snack and create their own works of art. Recommended for ages 3+ and their caregivers. Location: William D. Adams Gallery, […]
Saturday, September 14th 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers On Saturday, September 14th, Low XII Central Maine chapter Widows Sons Masonic Riders Association is putting together a ride and fundraiser to benefit the Sharon Abrams Teen Parent School Program at the Maine Children's Home! Motorcyclists will be meeting at JFK […]
The Little Rescue Readers program encourages children aged 4–12 to visit the shelter and read to our dogs and cats. This new volunteer program will reward children with achievement prizes for reaching reading benchmarks. We're so excited to be partnering with the Waterville Public Library. The launch party will include fun giveaways, crafts, a meet […]
In this guided tour, we will highlight some of the endangered, threatened and extinct species found in the museum’s collection. We also, happily, get to talk about some species that have made remarkable recoveries thanks to recent conservation efforts! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.
<br/>"Satisfaction/The International Rolling Stones Show” is the international touring tribute show to the World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band. This Billboard & Pollstar highly rated show are entering their 16th year in production with over 3000 performances listed to their credit. Their client list include the nation’s top casinos, performing arts centers, music halls and […]
On Friday, September 20, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, young people and adults will strike all across the US and the world to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis. At 11:00 AM Sunday, September 15, there will be a rally on the lawn at the First Congregational […]
JOIN US on SUNDAY! FMI Sawyer Boulette at 207-861-8016 x243 or sboulette@clubaycc.org
This program delves into themes of industry, waterways, and the environment, with conversation in the galleries and on the Messalonskee River. We’ll begin at the museum with a guided gallery experience, followed by a light lunch, before proceeding to the canoe launch site. The 2½-hour canoe trip will be guided by Ryan Linehan, associate director […]
Race continues to play a fundamental role in shaping economic, social, and political life in the United States and across the world. Yet many Americans have limited knowledge of the historical and contemporary processes that account for racial inequality. As a result, few people are equipped to recognize and confront racial inequities in their own lives and communities. Americans’ collective inability to conscientiously contend with race enables systems of oppression, […]
Screened in conjunction with Cirque du Geek 2019: Myths and Legends! History is turned on its comic head when, in 10th century England, King Arthur travels the countryside to find knights who eventually end up on a quest to find the Holy Grail. Click for more info.
Conservator Ron Harvey will present a Maine Archives & Museums (MAM) workshop on conservation and care of collections. Whether you are from a museum or have family treasures you need to preserve, this workshop will be of interest to you. If you would like the conservator to offer information about preserving a specific object, you […]
President Laurie G. Lachance M.B.A. ‘92 invites you to celebrate the dedication of The Peter & Paula Lunder School of Education Announcement and press conference held in the Center for Innovation in Education, followed by the unveiling and reception on the Ayotte Center lawn. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP by September 12, 2019 to […]
Language is a constant dialectic between energy and exhaustion: as new words and expressions come into use, others pass away. While dynamic is ongoing, few periods in the English language have witnessed as much, and as rapid, change as the early 16th century, which saw the demise of what we now term Middle English, and […]
Please join 2019 Lunder Institute Fellow and Occupy Colby curator Phong Bui for a wide-ranging conversation building on the themes of Occupy Colby: Artists Need to Create on the Same Scale That Society Has the Capacity to Destroy, Year 2. Bui will be joined by artist Alexis Rockman and Colby professors Denise Bruesewitz and Keith Peterson. Join us […]
Free admission! Help us join in the national celebration of independent Art House Theater Day with early MIFF guest Ildiko Enyedi’s 30th anniversary digital restoration of her charming first film, My 20th Century, “a bracing combination of wit, invention, common sense and lunacy. It’s a gravely comic meditation on civilization at the turn of this […]
Join us to learn about coding through robots! We will feature a different theme each session. Geared towards grades 2 and up.
Join Common Street Arts for an opening reception for the exhibition, I Am Not a Stranger on Thursday, September 19 from 4:00-6:00pm. This reception is hosted in conjunction with the Colby College Museum of Art’s fall Open House event from 5:00-7:00
The Fall Open House celebrates the exhibitions that will be on view during the Fall 2019 semester with live music, demonstrations, art-making, gallery experiences, refreshments, and opportunities to learn about upcoming programs. Click for more info.
The 2019 Faculty Biennial Show artists — Bradley Borthwick, Bevin Engman, Gary Green, Amanda Lilleston, and Thalassa Raasch — will discuss their works that will be on view Sept. 5–22. Our Noontime Art Talk programs consist of museum staff members, Colby faculty members, and guest speakers discussing current exhibitions or works in the museum collection, followed by […]
Charles Gauvin is currently an independent consultant and advisor on strategy, leadership, and philanthropy. Previously, he served as chief development officer of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, executive director of Maine Audubon, chief development officer of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the CEO and CEO emeritus of Trout Unlimited.
Peter Werbe of Fifth Estate will bring greetings from the Marius. Marius Mason is an anarchist, and environmental and animal rights activist serving a 22 year sentence for committing acts of environmental sabotage. Threatened with a life sentence in 2009, Marius pleaded guilty to arson charges and 12 acts of property damage. No one was […]
The Beggar Boys invite you to explore the intersection of Scottish art and folk music, from Italianate Baroque trio sonatas to high-spirited reels, jigs, strathspeys, and songs by Robert Burns and his contemporaries. Follow the music across the ages and across the Atlantic, from 18th-century Edinburgh to contemporary Cape Breton, Appalachia, and the Pacific Northwest. […]