Danish journalist and writer Hans Lucht is an anthropologist at the University of Copenhagen and author of Darkness Before Daybreak, which won the Elliot P. Skinner Book Award from the Association of Africanist Anthropology.

Crazy About Tiffany’s peels back the velvet curtain and steps into the dream-catching world of Tiffany & Co. with unprecedented access and intrigue. From past to present, behind the scenes and in the spotlight, this film captures how a small but uncompromising New York jeweler has woven itself into the fabric of the world. Whether it’s […]

Professor Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago, will discuss the opportunities and challenges of using machine learning tools to help address what we call prediction policy problems. We show that the use of algorithmic predictions of risk to inform release decisions create the opportunity to simultaneously reduce crime, reduce jail populations, and reduce racial disparities within the […]

Please mark your calendars for Thursday, March 3, when the Waterville Police Department will play the Waterville Fire Department in the annual “Battle of the Badges” basketball game. This is always a fun event! Tickets are just $4 for teens, 'tweens, and adults and free for children under 10. Tickets can be purchased at the South […]

Through the ages the invention of new optical devices has shaped human perceptions of reality and redefined the physical as well as metaphysical boundaries of the world in which we live. Ori Gersht will contextualize his own practice in relation to technology, history, and art history, weaving between the personal and the general. He will […]

Immigration to Maine has been part of the American narrative for past few centuries. America, as a nation of immigrants, has historically, with a few exceptions, welcomed the world’s persecuted by offering them safety and a chance to start a new life. Maine’s recent immigrants, most of them refugees fleeing wars, religious and political persecution, […]

Raise your glass to a NEW kind of night out! Paint Nite® invites you to create your own unique piece of art, guided by a professional artist and party host. You'll spend two hours painting, laughing, and flexing your creative muscles. There's no experience necessary and we'll provide all the supplies, so you don't have […]

Join us for our spring community day with tours of the Robert Adams: Turning Back exhibition. Art workshops and refreshments will be provided. Begun in response to the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Turning Back, an exhibition of 164 photographs by acclaimed photographer Robert Adams, will be on display at the Colby Museum […]

Join Maine Author Liza Gardner Walsh and Maine Illustrator Hazel Mitchell for a special event featuring their newest book, Where Do Fairies Go When It Snows? This is an all ages event, featuring the author and illlustrator reading from and talking about their book. There will be a fairy-related art activity as well! Copies of the book […]

The Metropolitan Opera stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Jonas Kaufmann join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story. Opolais sings the title role of the country girl who transforms herself into a Parisian temptress, while Kaufmann is the dashing student who desperately woos her. Director Richard Eyre places the action in occupied France […]

With Janna Hymes, guest conductor, the Colby  Symphony Orchestra will perform three staples of uniquely Russian classical music: from Mikhail Glinka, the early 19th-century father of the Russian orchestral style, his famous and rousing opera overture Ruslan and Lyudmilla; from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the late-19th-century romantic and master melodist, his Symphony No. 2, The Little Russian; and from […]

Music: Frédéric Chopin Choreography: John Neumeier A young bourgeois, Armand Duval, falls madly in love with Marguerite Gautier, a gorgeous courtesan celebrated by the Parisian high society. Despite her infidelity, Armand will do all he can to win the beautiful woman’s heart and convince her to leave her indulgent life. The Bolshoi Ballet breathes new […]

“Family-to-Family” is a free, evidence-based, 12-week educational course for family members and friends of people living with mental illness. The course covers basic information about mental illnesses, such as mood disorders (bipolar disorder and major depression), panic disorder, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other major mental illnesses. Additional topics include coping skills, such […]

Please join Snow Pond Arts Academy, Maine’s first public performing arts charter high school, for an open house and information session in Alumni Hall. Snow Pond Arts Academy is tuition free and open to all Maine students entering the 9th or 10th grade in the fall of 2016. Open House Dates: Thursday, February 25, at […]

Volume 20 of PechaKucha will be held on Apr. 9, 2016 at the Hathaway Creative Center and proposals are due by Mar 8, 2016. Click for more details.

Dan Wasserman will show and discuss his cartoons from the current and past election campaigns. He will be joined by his images of all your favorite political characters, from Bernie and Hillary, to Jeb! and the Donald. Dan will discuss the role of satire in a democracy, his sources for cartoon ideas, conflicts with editors […]

More than 50 Employers Hiring at Skowhegan Area Job Fair. For more info see: Maine Career Center

Reginald Dwayne Betts will graduate from Yale Law School in May. This is a far cry away from May of 1997, when a sixteen-year-old Dwayne was sentenced to nine years in prison for carjacking. He knows the criminal justice system from both ends of the spectrum and describes his chosen field as “the business of […]

Author and poet Reginald Dwayne Betts will read from his latest book, Bastards of the Reagan Era, which examines the war on drugs while challenging popular conceptions about its ending and its impact on the black community. Currently a student at Yale Law School, Betts once served nine years in prison for carjacking. A Q&A […]

Networking and more importantly building relational capital is not about shaking more hands or collecting more business cards; it’s about developing relationships that make others want to help you and your business. Jason Buchannan of Colonial Danforth Consulting will teach you how to maximize your networking and get the most out of chamber events and […]

The staff of Senator Angus S. King, Jr. will hold constituent hours to hear your concerns. For more information, call  1-800-432-1599. Location: Fireplace Room, 1st Floor, Waterville Public Library.

These events have been formed to enhance communication and relationships between business leaders and their local, state, and federal elected officials. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, beer, and wine provided. This event will be held at KVCC, Hinckley Campus, at the new agricultural building. Use the Green Road entrance.

The reception will take place in the cafeteria and auditorium. Every year, Waterville High School students participate in some of the best band, chorus, drama, and strings productions in Central Maine. At the heart of these critical academic endeavors is the auditorium. But it isn't just for theater or music; nearly every student at WSHS […]