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The Sweet Way

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

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, Dolce Via and Lunchtime — monographs of his color works from the ’70s and ’80s — he will talk about change and the realities of then […]

Free

This Changes Everything

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

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 Everything is a stunning and shocking look at the real effects of capitalism on the environment as it follows seven communities on the front lines, […]

The Dollars and Sense of Ballot Propositions

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

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 footing with business concerns and aids decision-makers faced with public policy tradeoffs. Historically, environmental valuation has played a critical role in efforts to curb pollution […]

Back to Back to the Future

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

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 when it was first shown. Now it’s literally here: Oct. 21, 2015 was the date in the seemingly far distant future where Michael J. Fox’s […]

Fiction Reading with Jo Ann Beard

Robinson Room, Miller Library, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

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. She is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim fellowship in nonfiction, grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a Whiting Award.

Free

Development, Food Security, and Life in a Ugandan Village

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

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 2015. Businge will speak about the challenges for food security and sustainability posed by the arrival of multinational corporate agriculture in Kikuube, as well as her family’s […]

Free

Opening Reception for Andrea Tilden: One Continuous Line

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

Join the Maine Film Center to celebrate the opening of the latest Art in the Lobby exhibition, featuring the incredible Etch-a-Sketch® drawings of Andrea Tilden. Wine and light refreshments will be served.

Free

Solarize Mid-Maine Information Session

"Is Solar For Me? How to determine if solar is appropriate for your home through basic system design and financing options" During this meeting we will continue to introduce our Mid Maine community to the idea that many people can afford solar systems. We will explore the question, “Is solar for me?” While many may […]

Free

Christian Marclay Film Screening

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

In conjunction with the Human/Nature humanities theme, a screening of Christian Marclay's Telephones (1995) and Bollywood Goes to Gstaad (2013). Steve Wurtzler, associate professor of cinema studies, will introduce Marclay's works and lead a post-screening discussion. Cosponsored by the Center for the Arts and Humanities, Colby's Cinema Studies Program, and the Colby Museum of Art.

Free
Recurring

The Rocky Horror Show

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

October 23 – 25, October 30 – November 1 An outrageous musical comedy featuring a Transylvanian transvestite, a cryogenically preserved motor biker and Frankenstein's monster in Greek god form. This sexual parody of horror and science fiction films premiered onstage in London in 1973 and became the popular cult classic film, The Rocky Horror Picture […]

$21

Family Dance and Contra Dance

Alumni Hall, Snow Pond Center for the Arts Goldenrod Lane (off Route 23), Sidney, ME

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.: Family Dance and all-comers band. Join in the dancing or join the band! 7:30 – 8:00 p.m.: Enjoy a tasty dessert (or a few!) 8:00 – 11:00 p.m.: Contra Dance

Organ Music at Moody

Moody Chapel, Kennebec Valley Community College Stanley Road (off U.S. Route 201), Hinckley, ME, United States

Richard Dostie will fill our chapel with the majestic sound of our very own Skinner pipe organ. Be prepared for a night of some of the most beautiful music ever composed. Mr. Dostie's performance will feature the music of J.S. Bach, Cesar Franck, Calvin Taylor, and Josef Rheinberger. Tickets: Adults: $10 in advance ($12 at […]

Making Space

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

A concert of original dance and theater works, Making Space is a new, multidisciplinary project performed by students and created by guest artists from the company The Space We Make, with a vignette by professional TSWM dancers and musicians. TSWM probes the innate sensitivity towards the connection between space and those who inhabit it in collaboration with […]

Free

The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory

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

This documentary explores the conflict between the state of Maine and the Penobscot Nation over contested river territory. Spanning from the 1700s to the present-day legal battle of Penobscot Nation v. Mills, the film illustrates the Penobscots’ centuries-long fight to retain their territory and their inherent, treaty-reserved sustenance fishing rights for future generations. Featuring first-person […]

Free

Making Cards for Veterans

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

The Library will provide the creativity supplies, you bring the love; all may make or sign a card of thanks and support to members of the Armed Forces, veterans and their families. Some stamps will be available. Cards can be addressed to a known veteran or Any Veteran. Cards addressed to Any Veteran will be […]

Free

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.

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