Join us on August 8, 2018 in Downtown Waterville for the Taste of Waterville. This year’s event will feature live entertainment, children’s events, amazing food from our local restaurants, a beer garden with live bands, gymnastics and dance demonstrations and a business vendor section. Every year we close down Main Street and host a family […]

  The Library is so excited to welcome our new Children's Librarian, Liz Davis!  Stop by the Children's Room to meet her and say hi and have some ice cream! She is excited to meet the kids and families (and grownups!) of this community! Please help us welcome her!   FMI: 207-872-5433, librarian@watervillelibrary.org

    Join Us for Drinks, Pizza, and the Hottest Issues in Technology!   Central Maine's technology community comes together each month for a fun night of collaboration, drinks, food, and networking. At Tech Night you will be connected with technologists (from experts to hobbyists) who share a passion for learning, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.   Come […]

Lawrence (Larry) Dodge III of the Waterville Public Library, will be presenting about a pioneer and businessman Asa Redington. His lecture is the story of how an orphan helped win independence, served George Washington, and helped shape a community. Lawrence (Larry) Dodge III was born and raised in Waterville. He graduated from Waterville High School […]

“No other concert film has ever expressed so fervently the erotic root of rock. Seeing it is the opposite of taking a trip down memory lane; it’s more like plunging into the belly of the beast” —Peter Rainer, New York Magazine The greatest rock and roll movie ever? Well… if it ain’t, we’d like to […]

Come explore the art while enjoying music, food and drink, and meet the artists behind the incredible works. Artist collections on display: Photography by Arend Thibodeau, Mixed Media & Prints by Eileen Berger, Acrylics & Watercolors by Susan Newkirk-Sanborn, and Watercolors by David Solmitz. Live music performance by Laurie Jones. The exhibit runs until September […]

2018 WORLD GONE MAD TOUR The Weight Band originated in 2013 inside the famed Woodstock, New York barn of Levon Helm when Jim Weider and Randy Ciarlante - both former members of The Band - performed "Songs of The Band" with Band founder, Garth Hudson, alongside Jimmy Vivino and Byron Isaacs. Inspired to carry on […]

Blueberry Pancake Breakfast 7 am to 10 am Bounce House, kids games and more, 10 am to 1 pm Blueberry Café 7 am to 1 pm. Blueberry pie sale, yard sale, baked goods, children’s activities, agricultural exhibition, face painting, fire truck, police car, live music, 50/50 raffle and more.

Sing and dance and make your own music with Matt!   (www.earthjams.com ) "Jump on the Song Toboggan and sing-a-long with Matt Loosigian of Earth Jams.   "Matt is a Woolwich, ME based folk singer, guitarist, and songwriter specializing in playful, funny songs about ecology and being green. Join him as he works his musical magic […]

While we mostly focus on Maine wildlife, you might be surprised to discover the number of “oddball” creatures housed in the museum collections! In this special program, we will highlight the amazing diversity of mammals, roaming the museum from anteater to platypus, from baboon to sloth! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

Envision a kingdom of snow where the residents are Winter Wind Workers, Blizzard Bringers, Icicle Sharpeners and Snow Smoothers, ruled by the Storm King and the Snow Queen. Add to that a Prince looking for a proper Princess to share the throne. Now imagine the Princess and her friend the Pea living in a kingdom […]

The final Union Coffeehouse of the 2018 summer season will feature the delightful music of Simons and Goodwin. The tight-knit harmonies of Renee Goodwin and Bob Simons have made them one of our favorite headliners at the Coffeehouse for the past 12 years. Central Maine’s favorite folk-singing duo performs both original and traditional folk and […]

A koala impresario stages a gala singing competition in order to save his theater. The contest attracts in the attention of such musically inclined animals such as a harried pig mom, a teenage gorilla, a shy elephant, and a punk porcupine. Rated PG. Kennebec Federal Savings presents their first annual Saturday Movie Nights at Benton […]

(New England Music Camp Band & Orchestra Concert, 3:00 - 5:00)

BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY - THE BIBLE'S BURIED SECRETS Dr. Steven W. Mann will be showing and moderating a discussion of the 2008 PBS NOVA documentary called "The Bible's Buried Secrets" on Sunday August 12th from 6:00PM - 8:30PM at the Waterville UCC.  This program presents recent mainstream archeological scholarship, including discussions from world renowned archeologists and […]

Come enjoy a community cookout at 6 PM, followed by a puppet show, Dogs to the Rescue at 7 PM. Dogs to the Rescue is a lively puppet comedy about dogs who train people to stop climate change. Flash and Diego are the furry stars of Dogs to the Rescue. They make people laugh as they […]

Don Campbell is a singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist whose music is inspired by sources as diverse as the Celtic and Canadian Maritimes music of his family to Dan Fogelberg, Vince Gill, the Beatles and novelist, Stephen King. Writing in genres including adult contemporary, country, Celtic, Christmas, bluegrass, and rock, Don has released 12 CDs, most […]

Maine author Monica Wood will speak on “The Role of Failure in the Creative Life.”  Wood’s most recent novel, The One-in-a-Million Boy, earned international interest, with 22 foreign editions in over 30 countries. She is also the author of When We Were the Kennedys, a New England bestseller, Oprah magazine summer-reading pick, and winner of […]

Come by the museum for a leisurely hour of creating your own artwork, inspired by the wonders and curiosities found throughout the museum. Art materials provided. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

Howard Hardy, a local historian and tool collector, will present a talk and display. The presentation will focus on how and why axe making became so big in Oakland and around the state. You will learn about the advantages Oakland had in the making of axes as well as scythes since the scythe’s history parallels […]