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.

The Gender Wage Gap

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

Pay Equity, the Gender Wage Gap and Policies Toward Pay and Parenthood Fifty-seven years after the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the median woman who works full-time earns only 82 […]

Free

What Can I Do About Climate Change?

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

Are you worried about climate change and want to do something, but don’t know what to do? OR Are you interested in learning about climate change legislation currently moving through […]

Free

After School Art Club: Shadow Puppets

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

Kids try out making simple segmented shadow puppets! Special guests from Colby’s community engagement and art course, led by Matthew Cumbie, will be on hand to guide kids through a […]

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Music that Makes Community

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

You are invited to our Music that Makes Community practice group! MtMC is a national singing practice that builds community through the singing of chants, rounds, calls and responses, spirituals, […]

Free

RESCHEDULED: CSA Clay! Opening Reception

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

Please join us for the opening reception of CSA Clay! on Thursday, January 16 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. CSA Clay!  is on view in the CSA gallery from January 13 through […]

Free

Winter Animal Tracks

Round Top Trailhead Watson Pond Road, Rome, ME

Ever wondered what made those tracks you saw in the woods? We will lead a snow shoe/ hike across one of our conservation properties. We call it "Dolley" — it […]

Free

Artful Movements: Embodying Colors of Nature

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

As part of the museum’s wellness initiative, Let Art Inspir, Artful Movements provides an opportunity to practice a series of gentle yoga poses inspired by artworks in the galleries. This free one-hour session […]

Free

Squirrel Appreciation Day

L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, ME

National Squirrel Appreciation Day — it’s actually on January 21, but we will celebrate it on the preceding Saturday — is a day to learn about and celebrate the world’s […]

$1 – $3

Martin Luther King, Jr Community Breakfast

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

34th Annual MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST January 20, 2020 7:30am – 9:00am Spectrum Generations Muskie Community Center, 38 Gold Street, Waterville - Master of Ceremonies: Peter Garrett, President […]

Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Faith Celebration

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

Everyone is welcome to join this multi-faith celebration of Martin Luther King’s life and work, where we will also present the Drum Major for Justice Award. Contact: Lexie Hinners-Mucci, ammucci@colby.edu, 207-859-4265

Free

Tell Me the Truth: Exploring the Heart of Cross-Racial Conversations

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

Colby invites you to join us for a dinner-time chat as we listen in on an honest conversation between Shay Stewart-Bouley and Debby Irving as they discuss racism’s impact on […]

Free

Reader Dog Visit for Kids

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Our therapy dog friends from Kennebec Valley Love on a Leash will be in this afternoon for read-aloud time and visiting! For kids who want to practice their reading skills […]

Free

Rural Innovation Community Gathering

Bricks Coworking & Innovation Space Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water St. Ste. 110, Waterville, ME

Central Maine Growth Council was recently selected as one of 10 communities in the U.S. to join the 2020 Rural Innovation Initiative, which helps communities utilize their own unique assets […]

Free

After School Art Club: Slime Making

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

The ever-popular making of slime is loved by children of all ages. There will be three different slime recipes to try and bring home.   Ages 7 -12 $14 per […]

$14

Maine Children’s Home Annual Celebration

O'Brien's Event Center, Best Western Plus 375 Main Street, Waterville, ME

2020 Annual Meeting & Celebration Join the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers on Thursday, January 23rd for our Annual Celebration from 5:30 - 7 pm at O'Brien's Event Center […]

Free

Guided Exhibition Tour & Reflections on MLK Commemorative Week

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

The campus-wide closeout of MLK commemorative week, Love  Anger  Transformation, will be a guided tour of the Kelley Collection on display in the Colby Museum of Art, concluding with a reflective activity […]

Free
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Miss Holmes

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

January 24, 25, 31, February 1 at 7:30pm January 26 and February 2 at 2:00pm Written by Christopher M. Walsh Directed by Debra Susi When an anonymous note sends a […]

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Rashomon

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

This classic film will mark its 70th anniversary in 2020. It’s from the master Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and starred the great Toshirô Mifune as the notorious bandit Tajômaru and […]

$6.50 – $8.00

Art + Storytelling: Green Living

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 the month’s theme—in January it will be “Green Living.” Afterward, preschoolers, toddlers, and their grownups […]

Free

SCARAB…The Journey Experience

The Elm 21 College Avenue, Waterville, ME

“SCARAB…The Journey Experience”, is the closest re-creation you will see to THE supergroup of the 70’s and 80’s. An absolutely dynamic stage show with mesmerizing four-part harmonies. The Internationally touring […]

$15 – $30

Anti-War Vigil

Universalist Unitarian Church 69 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

Bring a sign against another war in the Middle East. Wear warm clothes. We’ll stand for 1 hour. Come to the church at 11:00 for Coffee Hour if you like. […]

Free
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Auditions for Tuck Everlasting: The Musical

What would you do if you had all eternity? Eleven-year-old Winnie Foster yearns for a life of adventure beyond her white picket fence, but not until she becomes unexpectedly entwined […]

Viruses and Extinction

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

Join the Science, Technology, and Society Program for a presentation by two distinguished researchers. Anita Guerrini, the Horning Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History Emerita at Oregon State University, […]

Free

Snow Pond Community Dance

Snow Pond Center for the Arts 8 Goldenrod Lane, Sidney, ME

Wanna dance? Join us in a welcoming, judgement & substance free zone! Experience the joy of freestyle dancing where social expectations are left behind. Dance for the simple joy of […]

$20

Enoptromancy

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

Film premiere tour with Q&A with director Michael Seebold and members of the Evening Crane Theatre to follow! Enoptromancy, Or When We Meet As One, the cinematic feature debut of […]

$6.50 – $9.50
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