In this Ed Kenney Memorial Reading, author J.C. Hallman will read from his work. The author of B & Me (2015), Wm & H’ry (2013), In Utopia (2010), and other novels, Hallman’s work has appeared in a number of anthologies, including the Pushcart Prize XXXIV. He received a 2009 McKnight Artist Fellowship for his fiction, and a 2013 […]

The Goldfarb Center’s Education Reform Policy anchor event, with Angela Hardy, director of coaching at Great Schools Partnership. Hardy supports the coordination of the League of Innovative Schools and codirects the NextGen Personalized Learning initiative. She coaches in Maine and supports a team of senior associates as they work with schools and districts across the region and […]

Living Well for Better Health is for adults with any chronic condition. It covers using distraction, getting a good night's sleep, relaxation techniques and preventing falls. This free six-session workshop will help you learn new ways to deal with issues such as: pain being inactive feeling sad stress breathing problems fatigue using medications eating well […]

Sustain Mid Maine Coalition Presents Solarize Mid Maine: "Meet Your Contractor" John Reuthe Meeting in Room 141 of The Diamond Building at Colby College.

Light, Shadow, and Soul an exhibition of watercolors by David O. Solmitz is on display from February 12 - April 28, 2016 in the Carnegie Gallery of the Waterville Public Library. At the reception, light refreshments will be served.

The Waterville Parks & Recreation Department cordially invites all young ladies in grades K – 5th with their fathers or “favorite male guardian” (uncle, brother, etc.) to attend its 22nd annual father/daughter dance, in the Waterville Junior High School gymnasium. Cost: $20/couple for Waterville residents, $25/non-resident couple, $5 for each additional daughter or guardian. DJ […]

Dogs help people in many ways. Some dogs even have jobs! This week, we welcome dogs and their people from Kennebec Valley Love on a Leash. Find out how therapy dogs help people. What's the best way to approach a working dog? Or any dog? Learn from the people and dogs who really know! Our […]

Weigh-in will be held from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Muskie Community Center in Waterville. No entries will be accepted after 5:00 Tickets are on sale now at the Muskie Center reception desk or online. Tickets cost $3 for 1 , $5 for 2, and $10 for 5. You can enter one fish for each […]

Chase away those winter blues! Come to the Waterville Public Library’s semi-annual book sale! Our prices are still incredibly low, and we have a large selection of books of all genres, as well as magazines, CDs, and DVDs! When: Monday, February 29 (it’s a Leap Year!) to Saturday, March 12 from open to close. It now runs two weeks, right from the get-go! Where: The Fireplace Room, […]

Jack Calcut from Oberlin College, will discuss visual proofs. Visualization is fundamental to mathematics. The late Fields Medalist Bill Thurston began practicing visualization every day as a first grader. We will practice our visualization and present several visual proofs in topology and geometry. Important questions arise, including: are visual proofs rigorous? Sponsored by the Department […]

Ari Berman, contributing writer, The Nation magazine, and investigative journalism fellow at The Nation Institute, charts both the transformation of American democracy under the Voting Rights Amendment and the counterrevolution that has sought to limit voting rights. The act enfranchised millions of Americans and is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. And yet, […]

Professor of art history at James Madison University John Ott will speak on Eadweard Muybridge’s 1887 Animal Locomotion, a series of stop-motion photographs of humans and animals. Ott is the author of Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California: Cultural Philanthropy, Industrial Capital, and Social Authority (2014) and has published essays on art auctions, combat artists, comic books, and motoring […]

Don’t miss an opportunity to meet Rwandan director Kivu Ruhorahoza after the screening of his well-acclaimed film Things of the Aimless Wanderer, which was presented at the Sundance Film Festival. To be absolutely mesmerized by a film, totally transfixed, is a rare happening in cinema, but should be the norm, right? Ruhorahoza’s Things Of The Aimless […]

The oeuvre of the Taos Society of Artists, an organization of Eastern transplants who painted the peoples and landscapes of the American Southwest during the early 20th century, has long been regarded as authentic glimpses into the lives of Pueblo communities untouched by modernity. Professor of art history at James Madison University John Ott will […]

Now more than 70 years in the past, the Holocaust is the defining event in Jewish-American life. The survivors are dying, taking with them their memories and lived experiences of genocide. The personal testimony of these witnesses, which has been authoritative for American Jews’ understanding of the Holocaust, is running out. Artists, writers, and filmmakers have […]

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area will offer a 20-hour facilitator training for their grieving children’s program, Hope’s Place, starting Wednesday, March 2, 2016. The training dates will be Saturdays, March 5 and 12, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., and Wednesdays, March 2, 9 and 16, 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. Those who complete the training are […]

This workshop will give you the answers to basic questions such as: What is Medicare? When and where do I sign up? What services are covered? What is the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit? What is the cost for Medicare? What is Medicare Supplemental Insurance? And more… Suggested Donation: $15. Pre-registration is required. Call 873-4745 to […]

Learn to use TinkerCAD, a free, web-based design program to create a 3D object that’s uniquely yours. Several lucky attendees will win a free printout of their design from the Library’s Cube 3D printers! The event is free and open to people ages 7-17, but space is limited. Reserve your spot by calling the Children’s Department […]

American painter Susan Jane Walp studied at the NY Studio School, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the M.F.A. program at Brooklyn College. Her solo exhibitions include those at Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco; Fischbach Gallery, NYC; ISA Gallery, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy; and Tibor De Nagy Gallery, NYC, where she’s currently represented. Walp […]

Danish journalist and writer Hans Lucht is an anthropologist at the University of Copenhagen and author of Darkness Before Daybreak, which won the Elliot P. Skinner Book Award from the Association of Africanist Anthropology.

Crazy About Tiffany’s peels back the velvet curtain and steps into the dream-catching world of Tiffany & Co. with unprecedented access and intrigue. From past to present, behind the scenes and in the spotlight, this film captures how a small but uncompromising New York jeweler has woven itself into the fabric of the world. Whether it’s […]

Professor Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago, will discuss the opportunities and challenges of using machine learning tools to help address what we call prediction policy problems. We show that the use of algorithmic predictions of risk to inform release decisions create the opportunity to simultaneously reduce crime, reduce jail populations, and reduce racial disparities within the […]

Please mark your calendars for Thursday, March 3, when the Waterville Police Department will play the Waterville Fire Department in the annual “Battle of the Badges” basketball game. This is always a fun event! Tickets are just $4 for teens, 'tweens, and adults and free for children under 10. Tickets can be purchased at the South […]