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.

Defining Space

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

Space is everywhere and humans have the opportunity to define it with intention and creativity. In this four-hour workshop students will work individually in 2-dimensional (paper) and 3-dimensional (wooden blocks) formats. Constructive group critique will be incorporated into the classroom. This is a great way to develop your artistic skills. Cost: $25 Instructor: Oliver Solmitz […]

$25

Uncork and Unwine

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

A four-course gourmet dinner, with a different wine carefully selected to accompany each course. Only 36 seats available at $50 each. Click for menu and reservations.

What is the Role of the American Family Today?

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

Featuring Naomi Schaefer Riley, Beth Cooper Benjamin, and Adrienne Carmack During this conversation we will discuss how the American family has changed over history, the role of nostalgia in this conversation, and how changes in the American family will impact policy more broadly for our nation and our world. A light dinner will be served […]

Free

Active Parenting Now

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Do you ever wonder if there is a better way to handle some of those daily parenting challenges?  Learn how with this 6 - session video and discussion program for parents and care  providers of children ages 5 - 12.  This program is designed to help raise responsible children by using effective discipline techniques and […]

Art Happy Hour

Waterville Brewing Company 10 Water Street, Ste. 111, Waterville, ME

Winter is an awesome time for us to create and contemplate and it is also a nice time for beer and art! Learn different glazing techniques on a beautiful pre-constructed bowl. We will be accepting canned goods that evening to donate to the local food cupboard. One free beer ticket included with the cost of […]

$35

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Hale County This Morning, This Evening

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

Oscar Nominee: Best Documentary Feature! “RaMell Ross offers an inspired and intimate portrait of a place and its people observing the lives of two African-American men over five years. Daniel attends college searching for opportunity while Quincy becomes a father to an energetic son. The audience experiences the mundane and monumental, birth and death, the […]

The Met: Carmen

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

This is a live HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. Running time: 3 hours, 21 minutes (1 intermission) Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera’s ultimate seductress, a triumph in her 2017 debut performances, with impassioned tenors Yonghoon Lee and Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don José. Omer Meir Wellber […]

$15 – $20

Groundhog Day

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

While the Groundhog Day tradition may not be an especially accurate method of weather forecasting (especially in Maine), we are still excited for an opportunity to talk about the noble groundhog, Marmota Monax. Also known as a woodchuck or whistlepig, its association with the arrival of spring comes from the fact that it is a […]

$1 – $3

REM Super Bowl Party

REM Community Center 31 Temple Street, Waterville, ME

Come watch the game on our BIG SCREEN! This is a Chem-Free Family Super Bowl Party for the community. Join the REM family for their first fundraiser of the year! Suggested donation $10 per person (at door or ahead of time via PayPal on REM's website www.rem1.org  or just RSVP via Eventbrite ) but any […]

Meet the Reps

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

Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce and KV Connect will host “Meet the Reps,” an event that brings members of the public together with elected officials at all levels of government, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 from 5:30-7:00pm at Chace Community Forum located at 150 Main Street in Waterville (Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons). The two […]

Free

Opening Reception for Ghosts

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

New Art in the Lobby Exhibition! In conjunction with the film Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Railroad Square Cinema will open a new art show featuring the work of Abby Shahn and the poetry of Mark Melnicove. The two have collaborated on a project and book, Ghosts, in which Mark responds poetically to Abby’s images. Mark writes, “While the poems gestated, I happened to visit Native […]

Free

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

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

“To call this movie fascinating is akin to calling the Grand Canyon large.” —Hollywood Reporter Legendary director Werner Herzog takes us on a literal journey to our past. For over 20,000 years, Chauvet Cave has been completely sealed off by a fallen rock face, its crystal-encrusted interior as large as a football field and strewn […]

After School Art Club

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

After School Art Club is back! Each Thursday afternoon will feature a fun activity that will engage children's imagination and creativity. For kids ages 7-12. This week's activity is snow sculpting! Children will use unique tools to create fun works of art. Click for more info

$14
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Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects

Winslow Public Library 136 Halifax Street, Winslow, ME

Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Education and Community Outreach Team invites you to join us for a discussion of  Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects by Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown. The book discussions will be held in February 7 and 21 at the Winslow Public Library from 3:30 to […]

Free

Maine Academy of Natural Sciences Open House

Maine Academy of Natural Sciences 13 Easler Drive, Hinckley, ME

Come by and visit to get a tour and meet administration, teachers, and some students to see and hear about our great school! Snow Date: February 28

Ranked Choice Voting: Can it Work for the 2020 Presidential Election?

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

Rob Richie, president and CEO of FairVote, will speak on ranked choice voting and efforts to make it apply to presidential primaries or caucuses (and the general election) in Maine. Richie has played a key role in advancing, winning, and implementing electoral reforms at the local and state levels. He has been involved in implementing ranked […]

Free

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration

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

Honoring one of the world’s most revered artists, Joni Mitchell, on her 75th birthday, Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration brings together an incredible array of singers and musicians for a one-night-only celebration. Captured live at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, this special event features Seal, James Taylor, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Graham Nash, Kris Kristofferson, Los […]

$10
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The End of Men: An Ode to Ocean

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

Interweaving demanding physicality with spoken dialogue, sonic religiosity, and sublime virtuosity, creator and Colby Theater and Dance Visiting Assistant Professor Vanessa Anspaugh investigates masculine vulnerability and the historical and unyielding dynamics of cultural domination. From her subject position as a lesbian choreographer and mother to a young son, Anspaugh, along with an all male cast, explores […]

Free

Cozy Retreat Exhibit: Artist Reception

The Framemakers 46 Main St., Waterville, ME

Galley runs from January 15th to March 13th. Come meet the artists February 8th, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. There will be refreshments provided by Holy Cannoli! and live music by Seth Pilsbury. Artist collections on display include: Mixed Media by Todd Devin Burns; Photography by David H Clinard; Acrylics by Barbara Woodruff Chase; Jewelry […]

Free

Polar Bear Dip

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

26th Annual POLAR BEAR DIP REGISTER TO DIP or PLEDGE A DIPPER NOW!  YOU DIVE . . . KIDS THRIVE!       Hosted by The Maine Pond Hockey Classic At Snow Pond Center for the Arts in Sidney, Maine on Saturday, February 9th at 11am     PRIZES & GOODIES FOR ALL DIPPERS   […]

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Art + Storytelling: Filled with Feelings

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. 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.

Free

Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

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

This performance is an encore HD broadcast from Moscow. Running time: 3 hours (2 intermissions) Don Quixote, having read his fill of romances about knights and chivalry, decides to set off on his travels in order to achieve great feats, which will bring glory to his name. As his sword-bearer, he chooses the loyal Sancho […]

The Informer

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

Directed by John Ford “The Informer is forcefully and intelligently written, directed and acted. The story by Liam O'Flaherty deals with the Irish rebellion against British authority prior to 1922, when the Irish Free State's creation finally removed the hated symbols of British domination” —Variety. “The Informer won Oscars for best direction, script (Dudley Nichols), music […]

Free

Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadere

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

This performance is an encore HD broadcast from Moscow. Running time: 3 hours and 15 minutes, includes two intermissions Amid the sweeping vistas and grand temples of mystical India, comes a glorious epic of eternal love and godly revenge. Featuring doomed temple dancer, Nikiya, the warrior who betrays her, Solor, and her archrival, Gamzatti.

Up Tight

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

Directed by Jules Dassin. By all cultural accounts, 1968 was a hellish year for America. The assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy helped spark the “burn baby burn” sensibility ignited in the streets. It was also during this turbulent period that Paramount Pictures reluctantly agreed to finance Jules Dassin’s remake of the classic film […]

Free
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