If you are interested in sharing 2-4 hours a week with individuals and family members who are facing a life threatening illness, certified hospice volunteer training with Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area may be the course for you. After training, your support may include: Companionship Letterwriting Life review Reading Compassionate listening Respite for caregiver Bereavement […]

Written by Richard Bean and featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from James Corden, host of the The Late Late Show,  the uproarious One Man, Two Guvnors was a runaway hit both in London’s West End and on Broadway. Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, […]

In collaboration with Maine Crafts Association and in conjunction with Maine Craft weekend, Common Street Arts will present works in clay by Maine ceramic artists from throughout the state. This exhibition will be on view from September 29 - November 5. Clay is transformative. It can take many shapes and forms. Mud dug from the […]

PechaKucha Night Waterville is a creative networking event centered on storytelling. Every event is well attended and provides its own distinctive ride. PechaKucha Night (PKN) began in Tokyo in 2003 and has turned into an international phenomenon with events happening in over 800 cities around the world. It is a format that makes presentations concise, […]

Good Will-Hinckley and SKILLS, Inc. are partnering to do a Beer/Wine Cellar & Silent Auction. We are excited to tell you more about what's happening on campus, and to give you the opportunity to welcome two new key staff members - Ken Coville, GWH President & Director of Development, and Stephanie Johnson, Executive Director of […]

While you're enjoying the festivities at Harvest Fest, take the short walk to the Waterville Fire Department! Firemen will be offering fire station tours, equipment demonstrations, children's activities, a memorial unveiling and dedication (1pm) and more!

Waterville Main Street is proud to present the 14th Annual Harvest Fest, hosted in the heart of downtown Waterville at historic Head of Falls on Front Street. This event presents the perfect opportunity for the entire community to come together in celebration of this season’s bountiful harvest. Harvest Fest 2016 promises something for everyone. Efforts […]

If the emotional health and well-being of individuals are linked to the larger structural features of their societies, then literature provides an important but often overlooked site for examining the social conditions that support (and diminish) mental health. Julie Minich, University of Texas at Austin, examines the depiction of mental health on the U.S.-Mexico border […]

On Oct. 2, Colombians went to the polls for a historic vote: whether or not to accept the negotiated accord with the country’s largest and oldest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the FARC. The accord promises to end the longest running insurgency war in the hemisphere, and put a definitive end to […]

Early photographic experimentation was frequently less concerned with optics — with providing a picture of the world — than with physics. Techniques such as spectroscopy were developed and deployed explicitly to investigate that which was beyond the range of human perception: the nature and behavior of light. Laura Saltz, associate professor of American studies, asks why […]

Silvia Newell, assistant professor at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, will discuss cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Taihu and western Lake Erie, which are driven largely by agricultural nitrogen and phosphorus. Cyanobacterial community dominance and HAB development may depend on ammonium (NH4+) availability, and increased NH4+ has been linked to increased toxin […]

How do Colby professors use their disciplines to respond when violence convulses our world? When police shoot and are shot at, when bombs explode and refugees drown, what can the arts and humanities, in particular, teach us? Join us as professors Lisa Arellano (Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies), Gary Green (Art), and Anindyo Roy (English) […]

This national, evidenced-based certification course will help participants support loved ones, colleagues, neighbors, and others coping with mental illness and addiction. At the end of the day, you will have a five-step action plan and know where to turn for help. Presented by NAMI Maine in partnership with Inland Hospital, Healthy Northern Kennebec, Kennebec Behavioral […]

Join panelists E.J. Dionne, columnist for the Washington Post and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Eliana Johnson, Washington editor for National Review Magazine, and David Shribman, editor-in-chief for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for a discussion on the 2016 election, which in many ways has shattered the mold. This panel of experts will explore a host of topics: candidate strategy, voter attitudes […]

Wendy Warren, an assistant professor at Princeton University, will discuss the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on the culture of New England in the 17th century based on her new book, New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America (Liveright, 2016).

This special screening features new digital renditions of two of Abbott Meader’s 16mm films. “South Slope” (1979-80) is an elegant contemplation of a small patch of Oakland, Maine through the four seasons, set to “What Love Tells Me,” the sixth and final movement of Gustav Mahler’s third symphony; “Shadows From The Western Wall” (1973-74) is […]

This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career, and study skills. Advance registration required. Visit http://meoc.maine.edu/schedule.php or call 1-800-281-3703.

History tells us that Charles Darwin was neither the first nor the only one to think of evolution. This talk by Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard, takes the opportunity to think carefully about Darwin and the revolution in thought that carries his name. Browne, who teaches the history of […]

Kids and cops on campus! Maine's Law Enforcement, Local Communities & Higher Education Come together for a day of Fun! Barbecue, Games and the COLBY COLLEGE VS. UMO RUGBY MATCH   Hosted by Thomas College

Music by Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde opens the Met season in a new production by Mariusz Treliński (the director responsible for the 2014–15 season’s double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle), and will be well served by a cast of outstanding Wagnerians: Nina Stemme as Isolde, Stuart Skelton as Tristan, Ekaterina Gubanova as Brangäne, […]

Bette Stevens, and Richard Wooten will be joining us for a book signing as part of Indie Author Day 2016! During this inaugural Indie Author Day, libraries all across North America will host their own local author events with the support of the Indie Author Day team. For more information about Indie Author Day, please […]

Maine's own wicked funny comedian returns for his annual performance at the Waterville Opera House! Tickets: $25 (Note: There will be only one performance. The previously announced 9:00 performance has been canceled.)

Ever caught yourself looking up at the Moon wondering exactly what you were looking at? The L.C. Bates Museum will be one of thousands of locations around the globe celebrating our moon! International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) is an annual worldwide public event that encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon and its […]