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How Do We Match Local Farmers with Buyers?
Room 122, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MECamden-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 […]
Meet Our Presidents
L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, METour 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 […]
Zero For Conduct / The Red Balloon
Waterville Opera House 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United StatesPostponed 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 […]
Twelve Years a Slave
Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEIn 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 […]
Cardboard Square Building Challenge
Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, MEUse 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
Central Maine Tech Night
Hathaway Creative Center 10 Water Street, WatervilleRescheduled 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 […]
Cate Marvin Poetry Reading
Robinson Room, Miller Library, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MECate 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 […]
Bookend Painting
Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, MEPersonalize 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, […]
Animals in Winter
L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, MEWhat 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 […]
Design Your Own Buttons
Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, MELooking 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. […]
Citizens Climate Lobby- A Climate Solution for Everyone – And You Can Help
Diamond Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEA 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 […]
Duct Tape Crafts
Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, MEWhat 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 […]
Zao Wou-Ki and Calligraphy
Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEEllerton 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 […]
Trees In Winter
L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, MEGet 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 […]
Slime Science
Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, MEWhy 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 […]
Artist Talk: Tracking the Border
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 […]
Date Night in the Museum
Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEGrab 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 […]
Healthy Baby Teeth Workshop
Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, MEDo 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 […]
Marble Maze Madness
Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, MEWork 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 […]
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter Open House
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter 19 Colby St, Waterville, ME, United StatesAt 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 […]
Seedlings: Ready for Spring!
Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, MEDrop 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. […]
Droplet Dance
Messalonskee High School 131 Messalonskee High Drive, Oakland, METhe 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 […]
After The Storm
Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, MEAfter The Storm is from the profoundly humanist Japanese director, Hirokazu Kore-eda (Our Little Sister). Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota wastes the money he makes […]
Missoula Children’s Theatre Performance:Alice in Wonderland
Waterville Opera House 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United StatesThe Missoula Children’s Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland, an original adaptation based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. The story begins with Alice and […]