Finbarr O’Reilly is the co-author of Shooting Ghosts, a unique joint memoir with retired U.S. Marine Sgt. Thomas James Brennan. Their story about the unpredictability of war and its aftermath explores the things they’ve seen and done, the ways they have been affected, and how they have navigated the psychological aftershocks of war and wrestled […]

An International Conference of Scholars What:  A conference probing the legacy of the Prague Spring of 1968, fleshing out its lessons for important domestic and international issues today, and producing a volume of essays. When:  September 20-21, 2018 Where:  The Smith and Robins Rooms of the Roberts Building, Ostrove Auditorium and the Atrium of the Diamond […]

To benefit the Sharon Abrams' Teen Parent School Program On Thursday, September 20th, we will be 'Celebrating Resilience' at O'Brien's Event Center. This year's celebration recognizes the hard work and dedication of some past and present pregnant or parenting teens to complete their high school education and become successful parents.   Past and present teen parents […]

A former journalist and retired executive, presenter Chet Lunner has a unique, 360-degree perspective on fake news, the First Amendment, and an inside-the-Beltway view of our national government, having been a Maine newspaper editor, Congressional chief of staff, 9/11 press secretary, homeland security intelligence officer, and staffer to four Cabinet secretaries. He worked with, or […]

Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity, hosted by Smithsonian magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a special Museum Day ticket. Tickets will be available for the public to download beginning at midnight on August 15, 2018. Visit www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday for more details.

Early fall is a wonderful time to explore the trails. Join a guided walk along the historic, early 1900s Good Will-Hinckley Trails behind the L.C.Bates Museum to find signs of wildlife and even check a small insect pit trap for ground beetles and ants. Learn how some animals are getting ready for winter and find […]

After a brief exploration of the museum, we will read a children’s book related to the month’s theme. Preschoolers, toddlers, and their grownups will then be invited to the Mirken Education Classroom to have a snack and create their own works of art. Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Colby Museum of Art

Art House Theater Day celebrates the legacy of independent theaters as advocates for cinema arts. In an age where media has become more digital than tangible, more solitary than social, art house theaters remain the physical spaces where film lovers congregate and connect with intrepid, creative filmmaking. They are the beating heart for new and […]

Roberto G. Gonzales is professor of education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research centers on contemporary processes of immigration and social inequality and stems from theoretical interests at the intersection of race and ethnicity, immigration, and policy. His book, Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America (University of California Press), is based on an […]

Carly Glovinski has generated a group of works for a two-part exhibition that will be shown concurrently at the Colby Museum and the Waterville Public Library. In its presentation of painted, cast, and woven forms, the exhibition manifests what Glovinski calls a “viewshed,” a term she has adopted from terrain analysis to describe her associative […]

    September 25 11:30 am to 1:00 pm   Amici's Cucina 137 Main Street, Waterville   Co-host   Join Mid-Maine Chamber as Tobias Parkhurst, president of Oakes & Parkhurst Glass and co-founder of Cushnoc Brewing Co. takes center stage. Meet one of Maine's young entrepreneurs who started as a professional world traveling skateboarder. Tobias […]

This interactive training is for anyone and everyone. We need YOU! As participants of this series, together we will ... Gain an understanding of the health impacts of community conflicts Learn and practice Community of Solutions leadership tools to help bridge the divides in our circles Learn to use and apply these tools: Active listening, […]

Andrea Warren, research associate in the Environmental Studies Program at Colby, will discuss the role of implementation research in advancing global nutrition agendas. For the past decade, the goal of improving population-level nutritional status by way of targeting maternal and child nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life has received unprecedented attention in low- and middle-income […]

In late 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. launched his nonviolent Poor People’s Campaign to bring awareness about poverty and economic injustice in America and to initiate substantial change. In recent years activists across America have revived his campaign, which seeks to address the interrelated crises of “systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation, […]

Journalist and former civil rights lawyer Alia Malek will provide a personal narrative of the Syrian conflict and a reading from her book The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria. Born in Baltimore to Syrian immigrant parents, Malek worked in the legal field in the U.S., Lebanon, and the West Bank. In April 2011, […]

Coldwell Banker Plourde Real Estate 2018 Super Raffle Dinner Save the date!   More info to come. Join the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce for a fun-filled night full of networking with area business professionals. Over 250 prizes donated from a variety of area businesses will be raffled off. The grand prize is $3,000 cash, second […]

Join us for a language-based social event. This is a great opportunity to practice your language skills and converse with other art lovers. This event is brought to you in collaboration with Project Pengyou and the East Asian Studies Department at Colby College. Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Colby Museum of Art.

Duane Edwards Quartet performs selections from their upcoming album. Duncan Hardy (sax), Evan Haines (guitar), and Cameron Lopez (drums) perform modern jazz with a nod to the history and development of the form. Location: Paul J. Schupf Wing, Colby Museum of Art.

The final Waterville Rocks! concert of the season will be held in Castonguay Square on Friday, September 28th and will feature the music of the Ryan Montbleau Band and Kenya Hall! This is a free concert - the only thing you need to bring is a chair or a blanket to sit on and plenty […]

Dianne Harris is a senior program officer at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where she focuses on higher education and scholarship in the humanities. From 2015 to 2017 she served as dean of the College of Humanities and as professor of history at the University of Utah. She holds a Ph.D, in architectural history from […]

This special edition of Art + Storytelling will take place at the Waterville Public Library as part of the artist Carly Glovinski's exhibition. After finding artworks that look curiously like books on the shelves of the library, we will read excerpts from The Wind in the Willows. This program is designed for toddlers through early elementary and their caregivers.  Click for more info.

In honor of the summer exhibition, we invite you to explore the artists’ work, and the own Audubon Gallery, and interpret a bird of your choice in watercolor.  A great chance to hone those art skills, and reflect on the magnificent biodiversity of the world of birds! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

HD broadcast live from the National Theatre to cinemas. This new version of August Strindberg’s play Miss Julie, written by Polly Stenham, remains shocking and fiercely relevant in its new setting of contemporary London. Click for more info.