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.

Museum of Art Spring Open House

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

The Spring Open House is a celebration of two new exhibitions that will be on view during the Spring 2020 semester—Hew Locke: Here’s the Thing and The Sea in a Jug: The Welch Collection of Islamic and Later Indian Art—featuring live music, demonstrations, hands-on art-making, gallery experiences, refreshments, and opportunities to learn about upcoming programs.

Free

Access ≠ Acceptance: Open Talk, Dialogue, and Book Signing

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

Tony Jack, an assistant professor at Harvard and author of The Privileged Poor, was once a low-income, first-generation college student who now studies how poor students are often failed by the top schools that admit them. During his talk, he will detail how class divides on campus create barriers to academic success—and he will share […]

Free
Recurring

The Last Waltz

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

The greatest rock movie of all time, over 40 years after the fact? As a warm-up for the Feb. 28 opening of the excellent new documentary about The Band, Once Were Brothers at Railroad Square, we’re bringing back Martin Scorsese’s nonpareil film of the group’s farewell concert, The Last Waltz for two shows only, in […]

$6.50 – $9.50

Yellow Brick Road: Tribute to Elton John

Moody Chapel, Kennebec Valley Community College Stanley Road (off U.S. Route 201), Hinckley, ME, United States

For one night only, the Elton John tribute will perform as a trio! This is the same format Elton John performed with in the early ’70s! Hear Elton’s music performed as it was originally intended! Gerald Brann, Mark Kavanaugh, and Kevin Ostrowski perform in the internationally performing tribute, “Yellow Brick Road a tribute to Elton […]

Free

Northern Stars Planetarium for Kids

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Come explore the stars indoors with Northern Stars Planetarium. Anyone who has had the pleasure of being in the Northern Stars Planetarium knows the joy of entering the big dome and exploring the stories of stars, constellations, and the wonders of our universe. By popular demand we have two shows for families, at 1:00 and […]

$5
Recurring

Supa Modo

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

First-time feature filmmaker Likarion Wainaina and co-producer Tom Tykwer (Run, Lola Run) tell an uplifting story about the strength of young people despite facing one of life’s most difficult and profound challenges. Jo, a terminally ill nine-year-old girl, is taken back to her rural village to live out the rest of her short life. Obsessed […]

$6.50 – $8.00

The Tortoise vs. The Hare

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

Somewhere in desert country, the inhabitants of West Sandy Bottoms are preparing for the highlight of their year – the annual race between the Mammals and the Reptiles. A company of strolling actors attempts to tell the tale in classical fashion. Philoh Ferret reminds the racing fans that his service station is for “mammals only.” […]

$7 – $10

Northern Stars Planetarium for Adults

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Explore the stars indoors with Northern Stars Planetarium! Anyone who has had the pleasure of being in the Northern Stars Planetarium knows the joy of entering the big dome and learning about the stars, constellations, and the wonders of our universe. Admission: $5. Advance registration required. For ages 18+. REGISTER

$5

Bruce in the USA

The Elm 21 College Avenue, Waterville, ME

Called the “most powerful and intense Springsteen experience on the planet,” Bruce in the USA is more than just another tribute band. This high-energy musical event is a note-perfect, visually accurate recreation of one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time. Tickets: $20-$50

$20 – $50

Dar Williams in Concert

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Dar Williams in Concert February 23 at 7:00pmOpening Act: Lindsay Mower "Dar Williams, one of America's very best singer-songwriters… Her songs are beautiful. Some are like finely crafted short stories. They are, variously, devastatingly moving, tenderly funny, subtle without being in any way inaccessible, and utterly fresh—not a cliché or a clunker in her entire […]

Afro.Germany

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

Shusenjo: Korean Comfort Women

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Film director Miki Dezaki presents his powerful debut work Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue. This highly acclaimed documentary examines the enduring, divisive legacy of the Japanese military’s wartime use of sexual slaves, officially referred to as “comfort women.” Even in today’s Japan, seventy-four years after the end of the Pacific War, […]

Essentials of College Planning Workshop

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

This workshop introduces people to educational opportunities in general and Maine Educational Opportunity Center services in particular. This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career and study skills. The admission section reviews college options, the college search process and the application structure. The fundamentals of financial aid, […]

Free

Infectious Disease and Policy Management Panel

Room 122, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Join the Goldfarb Center and the Goldfarb Student Engagement Committee for a panel discussion on infectious disease and policy management. Panelists include Gail Carlson, associate professor of environmental studies, Susan Childers, instructor of biology, Walter Hatch, associate professor of government, and Laura Seay, assistant professor of government, and the discussion will be moderated by GSEC […]

Free

Writing Workshop: Where to Begin, How to Begin

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Professor Michael Burke of Colby College will lead this two-hour creative nonfiction writing workshop called “Where to Begin, How to Begin.” Any piece of writing has to begin somewhere of course, but how do you know where to start, and how to start? In this creative nonfiction writing workshop, we’ll talk about what the opening […]

Free

Sea of Shadows

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

A National Geographic documentary that follows undercover investigators, environmentalists, journalists, and the Mexican Navy on their desperate effort to rescue the Earth’s smallest whale—the Vaquita—from extinction and bring an international crime syndicate to justice. (2019, 104 min.) Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program.

Free

SPaRC Community Data Interpretation

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

SPaRC (Strengthening, Partnering, and Reinforcing Community) is a grassroots initiative that was developed by leaders from Waterville Public Schools, Educare, Kennebec Valley Community College, Thomas College, Colby College, and Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education who are eager to collaborate with Waterville residents, build on Waterville’s strengths, and make Waterville into a nationally recognized hub of […]

Visiting Writer Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

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

Lillian Yvonne-Bertram is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, where she teaches in the M.F.A. in creative writing program. Her book of computationally mediated poems, Travesty Generator, was published by Noemi Press in December 2019. Yvonne-Bertram was recently named director of the Chautauqua Institution Writers’ Festival.

Free

Oak Institute Lecture: Maude Barlow

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

Maude Barlow is the national chairperson of the Council of Canadians and she chairs Food & Water Watch’s board. She is also an executive member of the San Francisco-based International Forum on Globalization and a councilor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. In this lecture, she will focus on her new book, Whose Water is […]

Free

The US and the Middle East: What Next?

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Cancelled due to snow! Steven Simon is Professor in the Practice of International Relations at Colby College, following stints as John J. McCloy ’16 Professor of History at Amherst College and lecturer in government at Dartmouth College. He is also a research analyst for the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Prior to this, he was […]

Art Lab

Winslow Public Library 136 Halifax Street, Winslow, ME

Join us at the library for a free form themed youth art project.  There will be Pokemon themed art projects available to celebrate Pokemon day on February 27, the anniversary of the release of the very first Pokémon games in Japan.!

Free

After School Art Club: Making Snow Globes

Common Street Arts 10 Water Street, Suite 106, Waterville, ME

This activity will focus on creating a magical snow globe with a simple canning jar! Imagine and create your own winter wonderland using art club supplies provided to all participants. For ages 7 - 12.  $14. Registration required. Scholarships are available. FMI: https://www.watervillecreates.org/event/after-school-art-club-snow-globes/

$14

Parents’ Night Out

Quarry Road Recreation Area 300 Quarry Road, Waterville, ME

Enjoy some peaceful and fun adventures at Parents' Night Out at Quarry Road Trails! Childcare for up to 15 children will be offered while parents enjoy the trails. The child's dinner is included in the price ($10).

$10

Paint Night: Bear Meets Moose

7 Lakes Alliance 137 Main Street, Belgrade Lakes, ME

Learn how to paint this picture! Appreciate wildlife in a new way by learning to paint this scene! Grab your friends and unleash your inner artist at 7 Lakes Alliance. You’ll go from a blank canvas to a masterpiece of your own making, guided by a talented and entertaining artist. Cost is $35/person. Space is […]

$35
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