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.

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Clay Club for Kids

Make fun and functional objects in clay! Explore hand-building techniques and sculpture. Fee: $15 per child per session or $120 for a 10-session pass card (a 20% savings!)

$15

Author Event: Lyn Mikel Brown

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Author Lyn Mikel Brown will discuss her book Powered by Girl: A Field for Supporting Youth Activists. "A playbook for working with and training girls to be activists of their […]

Free

How Revolutionary — and How Scientific — Was the Scientific Revolution?

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

Professor of Philosophy Dan Cohen (Colby, Class of ’75) will discuss the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries, which marked a sea change in Western thought about the world […]

Free

Where Did Environmental Sciences Majors Spend Their Summer?

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

Come enjoy fast-paced presentations from environmental studies majors who spent their summers exploring career paths. Host organizations include Oceana, Apex Clean Energy, National Institutes of Health, Hurricane Island Foundation, Wildlife […]

Author Event: Faith E. Worster

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Faith E. Worster, author of Chronicles of Magic: The Sixth Child, will be visiting the Waterville Public Library. Copies of the book will be available for sale at the event. This fantasy […]

Free

Welcome Lecture by 2016 Oak Fellow Khalid Albaih

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

Khalid Albaih, a cartoonist from Sudan, is the 2016 Oak Fellow with Colby’s Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights. Albaih uses his daring, often biting cartoons to champion […]

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Job Corps Information Session

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Job Corps is a FREE residential vocational training program for eligible youth ages 16-24. Training is available in the construction, medical, hospitality, and administrative fields. Job Corps also offers training […]

Free
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Afterschool Art Club

Our popular Afterschool Art Club returns with drawing, painting, sculpture, and lots more! Fee: $12 per child per session or $96 for a 10-session pass card (a 20% savings!)

$12

Art Museum Open House

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

Join a celebration of the museum’s new exhibitions with gallery tours, silhouette portrait cutting, and art making for all ages. Activities run from 4:30 to 6:00. A reception with food, […]

Free

Two Cent Talk With Bill Roorbach and Arielle Greenberg

Two Cent Talks welcomes Bill Roorbach and Arielle Greenberg for a reading, reception, and book signing. Roorbach’s book The Remedy for Love was a finalist for the 2015 Kirkus Prize, and he won […]

Free

Paint Party Fundraiser

Fairfield United Methodist Church 37 Skowhegan Rd., Fairfield, ME

No experience necessary, painting fun for men, women and teens, with instructor Paul Cyr of Painting with Michel Paul. Cost: $30/person. Includes: supplies, instructions, fun creating your own fall-themed masterpiece […]

$30

SEED: The Untold Story

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

On Friday evening, Will Bonsall will introduce the evening show and Fedco Seeds will provide free seed packets to ticket buyers! SEED: The Untold Story is a feature-length documentary featuring […]

Storytelling Concert

Pleasant Street United Methodist Church 61 Pleasant Street, Waterville, ME

The Maine Storytelling Muster Planning Committee is offering a storytelling concert the night before the Muster to benefit the Waterville Food Bank and Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter. A donation of $10 […]

101 Things at the Pond

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

Calling all frog catchers! Nature enthusiasts of all ages are welcome to join us at L.C. Bates Museum on September 17 & 18 to kick off our 101 Things at […]

Free

Robotics Competition

Messalonskee High School 131 Messalonskee High Drive, Oakland, ME

Mainely SPIRIT 6 Robotics competition Come cheer on teams of students as they control robots they have built to compete against other teams. Competitors strive to uphold the FIRST (For […]

Free

Maine Storytelling Muster

Pleasant Street United Methodist Church 61 Pleasant Street, Waterville, ME

The muster is an opportunity for all storytellers in Maine to meet together, share information about storytelling events in all areas of Maine and focus on a particular theme. This […]

$20

African Animal Heads Tour

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

We will give a tour of the African taxidermy head mounts recently placed on exhibition in the museum and some of the other African animals in the collections. Come see […]

$1

LET’S GO! Celebration and Family Fun Walk

North Street Recreation Area North Street (next to Alfond Youth & Community Center), Waterville, ME

Inland Hospital will kick off its 5th, year-long LET’S GO! Family Fun Series between 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at North Street Playground. This free, family-friendly event will […]

Free

Quilted Conversations: Voicing Challenges in Our Own Communities

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

The Colby College Museum of Art has teamed up with the Colby College’s Feminist Alliance, Womxn of Color Alliance (WOCA), and Students Organized for Black and Hispanic Unity (SOBHU) to […]

A View from the Bridge

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

This performance is an HD broadcast of Arthur Miller's play, being broadcast from London's National Theatre Live.   Click for more info.

$18 – $20

Pulled Pork Supper & Pie Sale

Oakland United Baptist Church 45-47 Church Street, Oakland, ME

The menu includes pulled pork, baked beans, cole slaw, rolls, assorted pies for dessert and beverage. The suggested donation of $8 for adults and teens, $5 for children ages 5 […]

Do You Take This Man

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

One Show Only! Director Joshua Tunick will introduce the film and have a Q & A after the screening! Daniel, 40, (Anthony Rapp) and Christopher, early 30’s, (Jonathan Bennett) are […]

Harlem String Quartet

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

Since its public debut in 2006 at Carnegie Hall, the New York-based Harlem String Quartet has established itself as one of America’s premier chamber ensembles. The quartet aims to advance […]

Free

George Mitchell and the Lessons of Iran-Contra

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

Seven years after his arrival in the U.S. Senate, George Mitchell came to national prominence with his performance in the 1987 televised congressional hearings that exceeded Watergate in viewership. By […]

Free

Mental Health and Sports

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

Will Heininger, former University of Michigan football player, tells his personal journey with depression — hiding it, thinking he was weak, suffering in silence, and eventually overcoming it after realizing […]

Free
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