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.

Parade of Lights

Rain Date: Saturday, November 28 Downtown Waterville’s annual holiday parade, held the evening after Thanksgiving, has drawn thousands of families to Main Street for many years and serves as a fun and festive kick off to the holiday season. What better time of the year to get together and show our community spirit and support […]

Free

Carols in the Round

Directed by Dr. David Stevenson, the Mount View Chamber Singers are a 20-voice choir from Mount View High School in Thorndike. Each year during Advent, the ensemble present a series of hourlong, a capella concerts by candlelight in which the singers encircle the audience. Comprising Christmas carols and other seasonal songs from many lands and […]

Free

Kringleville

Thousands of families from the central Maine region look forward to Santa and Mrs. Claus’ arrival in downtown Waterville. For many years, with the help of Waterville Main Street, community volunteers create a fun family holiday experience that lasts from Thanksgiving to Christmas, hearkening back to our Franco-American and Lebanese families who have had a […]

Free

National Theatre’s Hamlet

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

Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself […]

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Animals in Winter

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

Forgo all that shopping! Or shop here at the museum after your fabulous Animals in Winter program! What are all the animals out there doing to survive? Not many of them are truly hibernators, so what ingenious methods do they have to help them thrive in winter? Find out the secrets of chickadees, the amazing […]

Waterville Night with Colby Hockey

Harold Alfond Athletic Center, Colby College Campus Drive, Waterville, ME

This Colby vs. UMass-Boston game offers three great opportunities for area residents. The first 1,000 fans receive a free t-shirt, and a silent auction during the game will support the Movember Foundation, a global charity committed to men’s health. Bring your skates to skate with the Mules following the game.

Free

Space: Journeying Toward the Future

In the more than fifty years since the beginning of the space age in 1957, much has been accomplished, our knowledge advanced, and a future made more positive. This presentation offers a survey of spaceflight history and offers comments on what might be expected in the next fifty years. Our speaker, Roger D. Launius, is […]

Free

Visiting Artist: Tim Clorius

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

Tim Clorius, a.k.a. Subone, was the first artist in Maine to pursue a professional career as a spray painter. He labeled himself an “aerosol artist” to emphasize his interest in spray painting fine-art-oriented works that range from abstraction to realism yet remain resolutely what he calls “graffitiesque.” Clorius conducts workshops for students that advocate for the potential that aerosol […]

Free

Sustain Mid-Maine Coalition Forum

The Public Policy Team invites you to meet our area legislators on Monday, November 30 at 6:30 in the REM Forum Room (93 Main St., across from the Maine Made Shop). Our purpose in hosting this meeting is to briefly share what Sustain Mid-Maine Coalition volunteers  have been able to accomplice in the intervening years, to […]

Humans in Space

Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Despite trips to the Moon, humans in Earth orbit, and plans for exploring Mars, an expansive vision for human spaceflight has not emerged in the 21st century. Roger Launius, associate director for collections and curatorial affairs at the National Air and Space Museum, will survey more 50 years of space exploration then offer comments on the possibilities […]

Free

Education Reform

Room 141, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Emily Kennedy-Talmage, a teacher in Lewiston, Maine, is an active blogger on education reform efforts in Maine, with a particular focus on the state’s proficiency-based learning (PBL) model. Kennedy-Talmage will speak about her concerns with how PBL is being implemented and promoted in Maine. Co-sponsored with the Education Department as part of the Goldfarb Center’s Engaged Scholarship Initiative.

Free

Soils Year 2015: Inseparability of Science and Socio-Politics

Fairchild Dining Room, Dana Hall, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Colby Oak Fellow Jodi Koberinski will discuss the intersection of soils science and socio-politics as a microcosm of a larger conversation about the nature and role of “science” more broadly. Koberinski will also discuss the impact of a lack of biophysical training and understanding among forces for social change.

Benefit Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction

Messalonskee High School 131 Messalonskee High Drive, Oakland, ME

Benefit for Arianna Bragg, 3, the daughter of Amy Bragg and Mike Muzerolle, who were killed in a quadruple murder-suicide Nov. 4. Donations are being sought from area businesses for a silent auction to be held during the dinner. Donations can be brought to The Muddy Paw on Cushman Road in Winslow.

History Matters: Blackface at the Holidays

Pugh Center, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

The "traditional" celebration of St. Nicholas, the Dutch equivalent of Santa Claus, is the most popular children's holiday in the Netherlands. Every year, or so it is believed, St. Nicholas arrives with a steamer packed with gifts and sweets that he distributes among Dutch children on the eve of his birthday, December 6th. But he […]

Free

Icicles on the Nose, Frost in the Studio: Whistler and the Weather

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

Lunder Consortium for Whistler Studies Fellow Justin McCann will discuss how Whistler battled the elements to capture evocative atmospheric conditions in his paintings and pastels of London and Venice.

Free
Recurring

Winter Farmers’ Market

Thayer Center for Health 149 North Street, Waterville, ME

Buy fresh, locally produced meats, vegetables, fruits, dairy products on the first and third Thursdays all winter long at this indoor farmers' market!

Lights for Life Open House

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area would like to invite you to join us for our annual Lights for Life open house and lighting of the Memorial Healing Garden on Thursday, December 3rd, 5:00-7:00pm at the Hospice Community Center, 304 Main Street in Waterville.   Our hospice staff, volunteers and members of the community take time each […]

Free

Opening Reception for Earth: Love It or Lose It

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

Join us for the opening of our next Art in the Lobby exhibition featuring the work of Jean Ann Pollard and Laurie Sproul. Light refreshments and good cheer provided! This exhibition will be on display from December 3, 2015 through January 10, 2016.

Free

Evening of Ekphrasis

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

Join faculty members and students in Colby’s Creative Writing Program as they read works written in response to art on view in museum galleries. Cosponsored by the Creative Writing Program, the Center for the Arts and Humanities, and the Colby College Museum of Art.

Free

Small Acts: Mobilizing Memory Across Borders

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

How can the memory of violent pasts be mobilized for a more progressive and hopeful future? This talk responds to the renewed monumentality we find in memory museums, memorials and commemorative rituals that perpetuate nationalism and ethnocentrism. Connecting the memory of the Holocaust with that of other histories of political violence, the talk searches for […]

Free

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Strider Theater, Runnals Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Adapted from Salman Rushdie’s award-winning novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a rollicking roller-coaster journey through strange new lands—where chatter and silence battle for control, where a child must follow an elusive path toward adulthood. It is also a celebration of stories, their value, their joy, and the need to keep them free. Three […]

Free
Recurring

Carols in the Round

Directed by Dr. David Stevenson, the Mount View Chamber Singers are a 20-voice choir from Mount View High School in Thorndike. Each year during Advent, the ensemble present a series of hourlong, a capella concerts by candlelight in which the singers encircle the audience. Comprising Christmas carols and other seasonal songs from many lands and […]

Free

Good Will – Hinckley 23rd Annual Festival of Trees

For twenty-three years the annual Good Will - Hinckley Festival of Trees has been a key event and holiday tradition for families in Central Maine. Year after year our community comes through to ensure the ongoing success of this magical event. Admission to view the trees and hear the musical performances is free. Schedule of […]

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