Animals experience the world in vastly different ways than humans. Have you ever stopped to wonder how different it could possibly be? Have you ever wondered why animals act in certain ways? What are animals likely to do when they face danger? Find out the answers to all these questions and more when you explore […]

The Women’s Fellowship will be coordinating this dinner for the church and the community, with proceeds benefiting local charities and the church itself. The menu is homemade baked beans, salads, casseroles, bread and beverages, apple crisp and gingerbread. Cost: Adults $8 for adults and teens, $4 for children 4 – 12, and free for children […]

Join us in an incredible evening in painting, enjoying local wine and fare, and exploring – we will travel to Canada and learn about the “Group of Seven” – a committed group of landscape painters who painted their wild Canada with distinction… But we will be painting our Maine. Trees and all. Register in advance. […]

Active family fun does not have to stop when the sun goes down. Join us for a walk on the trails at the Quarry Road Recreation Area off North Street, Waterville.

Conjuring Carroll (a.k.a. Carroll Chapman) is a mental health student and Kennebec Valley Community College. He has been entertaining audiences since 1998 and is sure to astound the audience on November 21! This is a FAMILY FUN event, so get the kids out and come enjoy this amazing entertainer! Conjuring Carroll asks that each ADULT […]

Music: Gabriel Fauré (“Emeralds”), Igor Stravinsky (“Rubies”), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (“Diamonds”) Choreography: George Balanchine This opulent triptych was inspired by Balanchine’s visit to the famous jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels on New York’s Fifth Avenue, celebrating the cities and dance schools of Paris, New York and St. Petersburg, each bound to its own precious stone. […]

Please join us for wonderful music and fellowship. Choirs from several area churches will perform individually and en masse.

Rain Date: Saturday, November 28 Downtown Waterville’s annual holiday parade, held the evening after Thanksgiving, has drawn thousands of families to Main Street for many years and serves as a fun and festive kick off to the holiday season. What better time of the year to get together and show our community spirit and support […]

Directed by Dr. David Stevenson, the Mount View Chamber Singers are a 20-voice choir from Mount View High School in Thorndike. Each year during Advent, the ensemble present a series of hourlong, a capella concerts by candlelight in which the singers encircle the audience. Comprising Christmas carols and other seasonal songs from many lands and […]

Thousands of families from the central Maine region look forward to Santa and Mrs. Claus’ arrival in downtown Waterville. For many years, with the help of Waterville Main Street, community volunteers create a fun family holiday experience that lasts from Thanksgiving to Christmas, hearkening back to our Franco-American and Lebanese families who have had a […]

Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself […]

Forgo all that shopping! Or shop here at the museum after your fabulous Animals in Winter program! What are all the animals out there doing to survive? Not many of them are truly hibernators, so what ingenious methods do they have to help them thrive in winter? Find out the secrets of chickadees, the amazing […]

This Colby vs. UMass-Boston game offers three great opportunities for area residents. The first 1,000 fans receive a free t-shirt, and a silent auction during the game will support the Movember Foundation, a global charity committed to men’s health. Bring your skates to skate with the Mules following the game.

In the more than fifty years since the beginning of the space age in 1957, much has been accomplished, our knowledge advanced, and a future made more positive. This presentation offers a survey of spaceflight history and offers comments on what might be expected in the next fifty years. Our speaker, Roger D. Launius, is […]

Tim Clorius, a.k.a. Subone, was the first artist in Maine to pursue a professional career as a spray painter. He labeled himself an “aerosol artist” to emphasize his interest in spray painting fine-art-oriented works that range from abstraction to realism yet remain resolutely what he calls “graffitiesque.” Clorius conducts workshops for students that advocate for the potential that aerosol […]

The Public Policy Team invites you to meet our area legislators on Monday, November 30 at 6:30 in the REM Forum Room (93 Main St., across from the Maine Made Shop). Our purpose in hosting this meeting is to briefly share what Sustain Mid-Maine Coalition volunteers  have been able to accomplice in the intervening years, to […]

Despite trips to the Moon, humans in Earth orbit, and plans for exploring Mars, an expansive vision for human spaceflight has not emerged in the 21st century. Roger Launius, associate director for collections and curatorial affairs at the National Air and Space Museum, will survey more 50 years of space exploration then offer comments on the possibilities […]

Emily Kennedy-Talmage, a teacher in Lewiston, Maine, is an active blogger on education reform efforts in Maine, with a particular focus on the state’s proficiency-based learning (PBL) model. Kennedy-Talmage will speak about her concerns with how PBL is being implemented and promoted in Maine. Co-sponsored with the Education Department as part of the Goldfarb Center’s Engaged Scholarship Initiative.

Colby Oak Fellow Jodi Koberinski will discuss the intersection of soils science and socio-politics as a microcosm of a larger conversation about the nature and role of “science” more broadly. Koberinski will also discuss the impact of a lack of biophysical training and understanding among forces for social change.

Benefit for Arianna Bragg, 3, the daughter of Amy Bragg and Mike Muzerolle, who were killed in a quadruple murder-suicide Nov. 4. Donations are being sought from area businesses for a silent auction to be held during the dinner. Donations can be brought to The Muddy Paw on Cushman Road in Winslow.

The "traditional" celebration of St. Nicholas, the Dutch equivalent of Santa Claus, is the most popular children's holiday in the Netherlands. Every year, or so it is believed, St. Nicholas arrives with a steamer packed with gifts and sweets that he distributes among Dutch children on the eve of his birthday, December 6th. But he […]

Lunder Consortium for Whistler Studies Fellow Justin McCann will discuss how Whistler battled the elements to capture evocative atmospheric conditions in his paintings and pastels of London and Venice.