Dianne Harris is a senior program officer at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where she focuses on higher education and scholarship in the humanities. From 2015 to 2017 she served as dean of the College of Humanities and as professor of history at the University of Utah. She holds a Ph.D, in architectural history from […]

This special edition of Art + Storytelling will take place at the Waterville Public Library as part of the artist Carly Glovinski's exhibition. After finding artworks that look curiously like books on the shelves of the library, we will read excerpts from The Wind in the Willows. This program is designed for toddlers through early elementary and their caregivers.  Click for more info.

In honor of the summer exhibition, we invite you to explore the artists’ work, and the own Audubon Gallery, and interpret a bird of your choice in watercolor.  A great chance to hone those art skills, and reflect on the magnificent biodiversity of the world of birds! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

HD broadcast live from the National Theatre to cinemas. This new version of August Strindberg’s play Miss Julie, written by Polly Stenham, remains shocking and fiercely relevant in its new setting of contemporary London. Click for more info.

This performance is an encore HD broadcast from London. Directed and Choreographed by CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Directed for the screen by ROSS MACGIBBON This breathtakingly beautiful Tony® Award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the Oscar® winning MGM film, tells the impassioned story of discovering love in the ‘City of Light’. Click for more info.

A screening of the 2010 film Bag It, which follows “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he navigates our plastic world. Jeb is not a radical environmentalist, but an average American who decides to take a closer look at our cultural love affair with plastics. Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program.

Face to Face is part of the multi-faceted project, Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks, & Pathways, which brings together a dynamic group of contemporary artists whose work engages the theme of migration. Click for more info.

October 4 7:15 to 9:00 AM  ~Thomas College Ayotte Auditorium~ (Please note the change in location) 180 West River Road, Waterville Gubernatorial Debate Forum: Join all four gubernatorial candidates as they discuss issues affecting business, education and workforce development. Alan Caron, Independent Janet Mills, Democrat Terry Hayes, Independent Shawn Moody, Republican Register online Email Kelly […]

Come explore the new exhibit, tour our new location, register for upcoming classes, and try your hand at the free activities! There will be free clay demos, art activities, refreshments, and more.

Kate Christensen is the author of seven novels, including The Great Man, which won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction, and The Last Cruise. She is also the author of two food-centric memoirs, Blue Plate Special and How to Cook a Moose, which won the 2016 Maine Literary Award for Memoir. Her essays and articles have been published in various […]

Join us for a celebration of our fall exhibitions with a reception, guided tours, hands-on printmaking with Pickwick Independent Press from Portland, brews from Waterville Brewery, food from Salty Dogs BBQ and Catering, and live music from Jelly Sauce.

Happy birthday to Railroad Square! Big 40! What better way to celebrate than to throw a big bash. There will be all kinds of fun, movies, and FREE popcorn. Kicking off the birthday bash are the first two films ever screened at the theater in October 1978. Along with that, there will be a rough […]

To celebrate Inland Hospital’s 75th anniversary, our annual Fall Pops Concert on Friday, October 5 at the Waterville Opera House will offer an exciting new collection of talented musicians this year.  Concert-goers will be treated to several favorite American and international classics, including a John Williams suite featuring music from Spielberg and Lucas films; Beethoven’s Fifth […]

Join us for a Craft Fair to benefit the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers Christmas Program. Admission is free but you are encouraged to bring a new toy for our Christmas boxes!

Come learn about some of the techniques used by NASA scientists to explore and understand our universe, through a series of fun and informative hands-on activities, including: Stomp Rockets Mars Rover Game Discovering Distant Planets Moon Craters and more... Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

Please come one, come all… with pets of all kinds (or no pets at all!) Rev. Kim Shrader, pastor of the Benton Falls and Winslow Congregational Churches, and Rev. Maureen Ausbrook, minister of visitation at the First Congregational Church in Waterville, will lead a blessing of the animals The Apple Farm in Fairfield. It should […]

Join the City of Waterville for the official ribbon cutting of the RiverWalk at Head of Falls with the Honorable George J. Mitchell. This event is free and open to the public.

Flamenco artists Lindsey Bourassa (dance), Barbara Martinez (voice), and Cristian Puig (guitar) will perform traditional and passionate flamenco works that showcase flamenco’s integration of dance, song, and guitar in traditional styles such as Cana, Alegrias, Tientos, and more.

Josh Ritter will return to the Northeast for a select number of special solo acoustic shows.  These shows will highlight brand new material Josh is working on, as well as songs from his extensive, critically acclaimed catalog.   Josh’s latest album, Gathering (Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers), continues to receive critical praise, about which NPR proclaims, “Josh Ritter remains at […]

Sustain Mid Maine Coalition's Energy Team and InSource Renewables invites you to a National Solar Tour Sunday, October 7 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Vassalboro Friends Meeting House - 48 S. Stanley Rd. Vassalboro - Rooftop Solar and MSHPs  2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Garrett Residence - 202 Eames Rd. Winslow - Solar trackers and […]

On October 8, the Maine Film Center and Railroad Square Cinema will take part in the statewide initiative Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks and Pathways. Events include companion exhibitions, lectures, films, performances, poetry readings, and community conversations. At Railroad Square Cinema we will host Portland artist Titi de Baccarat's work for the month of October. On October […]

Former Denver Post editorial page editor Chuck Plunkett will receive Colby’s 2018 Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism for his outspoken commitment to local journalism. Plunkett’s stance against the Denver Post’s owners, Alden Global Capital, led to his resignation from his post. He criticized the new owners for abandoning the core mission of the newspaper in […]