Pamela Fletcher, professor of art history at Bowdoin, will speak about the commercial and cultural environment in which James McNeill Whistler's work circulated. Fletcher teaches courses on British art and exhibition […]

Waterville Main Street, in partnership with Waterville Creates!, has been awarded a cultural planning grant from the Maine Arts Commission. We are hosting a launch meeting and all are welcome […]

Eric Klinenberg, professor of sociology at New York University, will talk about his book Modern Romance, a New York Times bestseller that explores the perils and pleasures of modern romance. […]

Heidi Powell (baroque violin), Timothy Burris (lute and theorbo), and Raffael Scheck (baroque cello) perform baroque music by Bach, Corelli, Handel, and de Marzis on period instruments.

Screening of the 2014 PBS documentary James McNeill Whistler and the Case for Beauty. Discussion and Q&A with Justin McCann, Lunder Consortium for Whistler Studies Fellow, to follow. Cosponsored by […]

The incredible colors of fall inspire this program filled with autumn leaves and fun. We will be outside for the program if weather permits, so wear warm clothes!

Soprano Anna Netrebko’s dramatic and vocal skills are on full display in her next new role at the Met, Leonora, the Verdi heroine who sacrifices her own life for the […]

Music: Adolphe Adam Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich The young peasant girl Giselle dies when she learns that the man she loves, Albrecht, has betrayed her. Against her own will, she joins […]

This is where you can find the answers to basic questions about Medicare such as: What is Medicare? When and where to sign up for Medicare? What services are covered […]

Speaker: Dr. Teresa Hermida Community members are welcome to this free general information workshop on helping children cope with significant events. Light refreshments will be available and childcare will be […]

Sarah (Olivia Wilde) and Phil’s (Luke Wilson) son goes missing, shattering their life together. As months pass with little information, they each struggle in their own way to cope. Phil’s […]

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area will offer a 20 hour facilitator training for their grieving children’s program, Hope’s Place, starting Wednesday, October 14, 2015. The training dates and times will […]

Join us for a conversation featuring Martha Tedeschi, Deptuy Director for Art and Research, Art Institute of Chicago, on the transformative role of art museums as centers for teaching, learning, […]

Winner of a genius grant and one of TIME Magazine's World's 100 Most Influential People, Will Allen will share his expertise in urban farming and its relationship to strong local communities. As […]

This symposium is dedicated to the exploration of how American artists working abroad or exposed to an international milieu in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th […]

Community members are invited to bring their Super 8, 8mm, and 16mm films to Railroad Square Cinema, where technicians will inspect and project them on the big screen for all […]

Come on a fall walk to enjoy the leaf changes and explore the trails with a museum guide. Discover why the leaves change, create fall leaf art, and enjoy Maine’s […]

With shows at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m., Maine's own "wicked funny" comedian makes his annual appearances at the Opera House! Tickets: $25

Charles H. Traub, photographer of the real world, will talk about his long involvement with the delights of the street, particularly those of Italy. Drawing from his two recent books, […]

What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? Inspired by Naomi Klein’s international bestseller of the same name, This Changes […]

Nathan Chan, Colby assistant professor of economics, discusses environmental valuation techniques that aim to compute dollar values for environmental goods and services. Such analysis helps place environmental amenities on equal […]

The future is NOW! When Back to the Future became a phenomenon in the ‘80s,  Back to the Future, Part II presented a look at a future 26 years from […]

Jo Ann Beard, the Kristina Stahl Writer-in-Residence, reads from her novel In Zanesville. Her work has appeared in magazines, literary journals, and anthologies, including the New Yorker, Tin House, and Best American Essays. […]

What’s it like to lead a small Ugandan village? Milly Businge will share her experiences of leadership & development in Kikuube, a village where Colby students studied abroad in January […]