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 culture and coedited the book The Rise of the Modern Art Market in London, 1850-1939.

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 to attend. This will kick off what we hope will be a strategic direction for Waterville and its robust arts offerings for the next decade. […]

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. Klinenberg, one of the leading sociologists in the United States, is the director of NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge. Sponsored by the Department of Sociology, the […]

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 Cinema Studies Program and the Colby Museum of Art.

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 love of the gypsy troubadour. Tenor Yonghoon Lee sings the ill-fated Manrico, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is his rival, and mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick is the mysterious […]

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 the wilis, vengeful spirits who now turn against Albrecht and condemn him to dance until he dies of exhaustion. This treasure of romantic ballet is […]

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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 provided if needed. To register: www.kbhmaine.org 873-2136 ext 1905 email tchapman@kbhmaine.org

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 more traditional route leads to an unexpected friendship, but also a precarious disconnect with the responsibilities of his job as a city cop. Teacher Sarah […]

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 be: Wed., Oct. 14, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 17, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Mon., Oct. 19, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. […]

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, and mentorship. Panelists include Tanya Sheehan, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art, Colby College; Francesca Soriano, Colby College ’16; Justin McCann Lunder […]

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 a world-traveling ambassador for food security, Allen trains others through his not-for-profit Growing Power organization. With both words and images, Allen documents his experiences from […]

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 centuries reimagined ideas of nature and nation in light of their global experiences. Cosponsored by the Center for the Arts and Humanities, the Art Department, and […]

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 to share in the experience of discovery. Home Movie Day has been celebrated worldwide since 2002, providing an opportunity to see what’s on those enigmatic […]

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 natural wonders.

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

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]