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.

The Metropolitan Opera: Otello

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

The Met season opens with Verdi’s masterful Otello, inspired by Shakespeare’s play and matching it in tragic intensity. Director Bartlett Sher probes the Moor’s dramatic downfall with an outstanding cast: tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko plays the doomed Otello; new soprano star Sonya Yoncheva sings Desdemona, Otello’s innocent wife and victim; and baritone Željko Lučić plays the […]

Turkey Dinner to benefit Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter

St. Mark's Episcopal Church 60 Eustis Parkway, Waterville, ME

Come enjoy turkey dinner with homemade mashed potatoes, vegetables, stuffing, rolls, and desserts and at the same time support the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter. Adults - $8 Children age 4-12  - $4 Children under age 4 - free More info: 872-8082 Good Food!        Good Friends!       A Good Cause!

$8
Recurring

Creepy, Crawly, Awesome Halloween Flashlight Tours

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

Bring a flashlight and explore the decorated museum at night! A recent favorite program in which families can view the museum in a very different way, by flashlight. Try out a scavenger hunt though the museum for some creepy fun! We will have some owl pellets to dissect, bat skulls to view and more Halloween […]

A Little Something for Everyone

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

In its first concert of the season, the Colby Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eric Thomas, director of Colby's Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band, will perform Soren Nyhus's "Bittersweet Victory" (2014), written for the Noteflight video game composition competition; Geraldine Green's jovial Bass Clarinet Concerto (1992), performed by Emily Berry '16; Marianne Martinez's Sinfonia in C […]

Free

Teachers Lounge Mafia: Comedy Improv Group

One part "Whose Line", one part Second City, two parts their own particular brand of custom-built improv comedy. Teachers Lounge Mafia brings something different to the people of Maine while still being allowed to live here. Having performed at improv Boston, Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City, and the Maine and Portland Improv Festival, […]

$9

Reimagining Our Relationship to the Natural World

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

Body is Earth, our bones breath and blood are the minerals, air and water inside us, not separate but same. And dance — movement — is an essential way to experience this interconnectedness. In this lecture/performance, Andrea Olsen, professor of dance at Middlebury College, will explore somatic movement practices and the process of "changing lenses" […]

Free

Modern Times

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

Charlie Chaplin takes on the Industrial Age, which somehow seems not too different from the Technological Age, in what is absolutely his most riotously funny film, a masterpiece known to cause outright pain from laughing.  Made during the sound era, and using both sound and music extensively, yet resolutely refusing to incorporate dialog (completely unnecessary […]

$5

Artist Talk & Reception: Scott Minzy and Tim Christensen

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Visit us and talk to artists Scott Minzy and Tim Christensen. Black + White, an exhibit of their work, will be on display in the Carnegie Gallery throughout the month of October as part of the Maine Craft Weekend events and showcases. Light refreshments will be served.

Free

Human/Nature in Antiquity

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

No different from people in our times, the Greeks and Romans exhibited a wide range of behavior vis-à-vis the natural world: awe at its majesty, greed for its resources, and fear of its secrets. The witches of antiquity, however, laid claim to special status because they said that they could control, dominate, and destroy nature. […]

Free

Marine Conservation in Maine and Beyond

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

Loren McClenachan, Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Colby College, discusses marine conservation in Maine and beyond. McClenachan received a prestigious 2013 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and is an expert in marine conservation and historical ecology. Lunch at 11:30 a.m., lecture at noon.

Kringleville Dinner and Auction

Silver Street Tavern 2 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

Our largest fundraiser for our most popular program, Kringleville, sponsored by our friends at Camden National Bank, is a fun night out for a great cause. For tickets, click here. We only sell 100 seats, so this event is a cozy gathering, and you'll want to get your tickets before we sell out.

$25

Be a Gift to the World

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Mama Dolfine Gumba Dawa Oliech is the founder of Korando Educational Center in western Kenya. She will present pictures and stories from Kenya about this orphanage and educational center and the farm that sustains it.

Free

An Artful Halloween: Museum Costume Party

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

Celebrate Halloween in artful style: enjoy food, drink, and music in the Museum’s galleries. Art-inspired costumes are encouraged; prizes will be awarded for the most creative costumes.

Free

Big Dams, Big Damage?

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

Paul Josephson, professor of history at Colby, discusses why big states destroy nature and move millions in the name of progress. Over the last 100 years, national powers have focused tremendous resources on big projects such as dams, canals, and other extensive earth-moving operations. While these projects have tremendous human and environmental costs, it is […]

Free

Artists Reception

Exoptica Studio 10 Railroad Square, Waterville, ME

Featured Artist, Amelia Chambers, is a member of the Exoptica Studio Guild and a Senior at Colby College. She has been exploring print making since high school and is exhibiting her print portfolio. Robin Photographs by Shirleyanne of Me are also on exhibit. Nick Pattison, a Sophomore at Colby College has some ceramic work displayed. […]

Free

Whistler Brunch and Costume Contest

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

The artist James McNeill Whistler is known to have popularized "brunch," or the combination of breakfast and lunch in one luxurious meal. To celebrate this culinary tradition and the two Whistler exhibitions on view, the Student Advisory Board will host a festive brunch, complete with buckwheat pancakes (Whistler's favorite food), public readings, lively conversation, exhibition […]

Free

REM Craft Fair

REM (Revitalizing the Energy in ME) was born out of people's desire to connect and to create a future that reflects their desires, needs, and creativity. The two-day juried show will feature Maine-made crafts. Support local Maine artisans and at the same time pick up that one-of-a-kind gift you've been searching for! Hours: Saturday, October […]

Free

Storytime Halloween Party

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Wear your costume and trick or treat at the library! We'll have holiday stories, games to play and a Halloween Dance! For kids of all ages: bring a grownup, if you're 7 or younger.

Free

The Metropolitan Opera: Tannhäuser

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

James Levine conducts Wagner’s early masterpiece in its first return to the Met stage in more than a decade. Today’s leading Wagnerian tenor, Johan Botha, takes on the daunting title role of the young knight caught between true love and passion. Eva-Maria Westbroek is Elisabeth, adding another Wagner heroine to her Met repertoire after her […]

All Hallow’s Day Concert

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

Directed by Shannon Chase, the Colby College Chorale and Chamber Singers will perform a festive program of music evocative of the season and in celebration of Family Homecoming Weekend.

Free

Halloween Bash for United Way of Mid-Maine

The Halloween Bash is for ages 21+. Maine’s premier party and dance band, Absolute Zero, will perform. Costumes are optional, but there will be a costume contest with cash prizes. The party will continue until midnight. All proceeds benefit United Way of Mid-Maine’s annual campaign. For more than 60 years, United Way of Mid-Maine has […]

$10

Old Love and New Love

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

The New York Times calls Michael Winther a "first-rate singer of unusual refinement" with "a voice that traverses genres." Broadway singer/actor Winther joins forces with Broadway musical director and pianist Kimberly Grigsby for a evening of well-known standards and some lesser-known, newer love songs by top emerging theater composers and lyricists. "Mr. Winther stakes out […]

Free

Daylight Savings Time Ends

Did you remember to set your clocks back (and change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors)?

Freaky 5K

"Bring Scary Back!" with Hardy Girls Healthy Women's Seventh Annual Freaky 5K, a Halloween costumed 5K fun run and community walk. This annual event pushes back at the sexualizing of girls' costumes by celebrating the spooky spirit of the Halloween holiday. Runners, walkers and kids of all ages are encouraged to run in their scariest […]

Choral Evensong and Organ Recital for the Feast of All Saints

St. Mark's Episcopal Church 60 Eustis Parkway, Waterville, ME

Anglican Evensong, which has often been called the most beautiful service in all Christendom, will be presented in traditional style and followed by a brief organ recital. Featuring the choir of St. Mark's Church and Don E. Kerr, organist and choir director, the program will include works of Bach, Handel, Stanford, Vaughn Williams, and Sweelinck. […]

Free
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