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Cuba

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

A problematic romance; a less problematic revolution. Sean Connery (the first James Bond!) and Brooke Adams (a past Railroad Square guest who first rose to prominence in Terrence Malick’s Days Of Heaven) star in Richard Lester’s (best known for A Hard Days Night, The Three Musketeers, and Robin And Marian) knowing, sharp, beautiful, underrated and […]

$5

Dementia Conversations

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

This free program will offer helpful tips to assist families with difficult conversations related to dementia. Presented by the Maine chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Please pre-register by calling 873-4745 or stopping at the reception desk.

Free

Music in the Museum: Baroque Songs of England and Italy

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

Music’s Quill (Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor, and Timothy Burris, lute) will be joined by special guest Colby Professor of History Raffael Scheck on cello for a concert of Baroque continuo songs from England and Italy by Caccini, d’India, and Purcell and solo works for cello and lute.

Free

Medicare 101 Clinic

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Are you new To Medicare? Part A is hospital insurance. Part B is medical insurance. Part C is Medicare Advantage Plans & Part D is for prescription drugs. Do you know the difference between a Medigap Plan and a Medicare Advantage Plan ? This is where you can find the answers to that question and […]

Reconciling the Needs of People and Elephants in Asia

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Shermin de Silva will discuss Asian elephants, the sole survivors of the genus Elephas. This six-million-year-old, evolutionarily unique species must now make a living alongside its historic predator — humans — on the most densely populated continent on the planet. More than half the human population lives in Asia, and development is accelerating. With large herbivores […]

Free

Revolutions in Climate

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

Most people today view climate science as a field wholly occupied with the practical problem of global warming. But, as with most scientific endeavors, the field has moved forward by scientists driven by their own curiosity to meet a series of fascinating intellectual challenges, whether or not they had any practical consequences. In this talk, […]

Free

2nd Annual LAC Fundraiser Walk

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Let's exercise, have fun and raise some money to help support the many Muskie Community Center programs! You can support our walkers by making a donation! Where: Muskie Community Center, 38 Gold St, Waterville, ME When: Wednesday, October 12th Time: Walk starts at 9:00 am Please call 873-4745 to sign-up to walk or donate!   […]

Conserving A Usable Past

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

Paintings conservator Nina Roth-Wells will discuss her work conserving paintings in the museum’s collection of American folk art in preparation for the exhibition A Usable Past.

Free

George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Long before he became a world-renowned public figure, George Mitchell grew up in Waterville amid humble surroundings in a tight-knit immigrant family. Hear about the beginnings of Mitchell's remarkable story with Maine author and Morning Sentinel columnist Douglas Rooks, reading from his new biography, Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible. Copies of […]

Minimum Wage Opposition Panel

How your vote on minimum wage and income tax can negatively impact your business! With Greg Dugal, executive director of Maine Restaurant Association and Maine Inn Keepers Association and Curtis Picard, executive director of Retail Association of Maine. To register online: https://midmainechamber.com/cms/index.php/events/business-breakfast-series  

$17 – $25

Picturing Freedom: Pedro Tovookan Parris’s Autobiographical Landscape

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

Director of the New England Arts and Architecture Program Martha J. McNamara will discuss the 1856 autobiographical landscape drawn by Pedro Tovookan Parris currently on view in the exhibit A Usable Past: American Folk Art at the Museum of Art. Parris’s drawing tells the story of a harrowing journey from East Africa, where he was enslaved […]

Free

Cartooning for Kids!

Hey, hey... our After School Art Club on Thursday, October 13th will have a special guest instructor, Lev Pinkus, who will be teaching kids the basic skills needed for cartooning! If your child likes to sketch and create comic art, you may want to register them for this session! Space is limited so register today! […]

$12

Reader Dogs

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Our therapy dog friends from Kennebec Valley Love on a Leash will be in this afternoon for read-aloud time! For kids who want to practice their reading skills and for families who want a fun, calming read-aloud opportunity. Spend 15 minutes with a dog who loves to listen. Bring your own favorite book, or borrow […]

Free

The New Generation of Tall Timber Buildings

Room 141, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Education & Community Outreach Team invites you to “Timber First: An Introduction to the New Generation of Tall Timber Buildings,” presented by Bill Basford. Recent advances in timber framing technology and changes to the 2015 International Building Code now allow Tall Timber Framed buildings of 18 storeys or more.  Roughly a […]

Free
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Flu Shots

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Those interested in receiving a flu shot here at the Muskie Center need to bring their health insurance card. Flu shots are free on most health plans. For those without coverage, the cost is $25, payable when the shot is received. Please pre-register by calling 873-4745.

Ben Roy and Those Who Can’t

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

The Opera House is excited to host Ben Roy and the Cast of Those Who Can’t for a stand-up comedy show in October! Ben Roy created and stars in TruTv’s scripted comedy series Those Who Can’t along with fellow Grawlix comedy troupe members, Adam Cayton-Holland and Andrew Orvedahl. Set in Denver, Those Who Can’t follows […]

$25

Chris Ross and the North

Mainely Brews 1 Post Office Square, Waterville, ME

Hancock, Maine native, Chris Ross has been writing and performing his songs for the better part of a decade. He mixes smokey folk with a rambling and witty lyricism, which earned him the "Songwriter Of The Year" award at the 2014 New England Music Awards. Ross and his band, Chris Ross and the North, released […]

$5

LET’S GO! Hike

Fairfield Community Trails Industrial Drive, Fairfield, ME

This family-friendly community trail system features a beautiful pine forest, gravel paths, open fields, and a fishing pond.  Join us to explore the trails and learn about a new footbridge to be added soon that is sponsored in part by Inland Hospital.  Bring your Family Fun Series passport or sign up at the event and […]

Free

Home Movie Day

Community members are invited to bring their Super 8, 8mm, and 16mm films to Studio 93 in Downtown Waterville, where technicians will inspect and project them on 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 […]

Free

Imber’s Left Hand

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

One Show Only! Introduced by Director Richard Kane Imber’s Left Hand is a love story between two artists faced with one’s death and how art and love transform this tragedy into the brightest affirmation of life. Jon Imber’s switch to painting left handed and the black humor with which he dances with his dying is […]

Select Works of Edgar Allen Poe

The Recycled Shakespeare Company will perform Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe on in the gazebo of Memorial Park in Fairfield. In this unique readers theater in-the-round setting the audience will be in the gazebo to hear and see these old classics right in the middle of all the action. Bring a chair. You are […]

Free

Fall Leaves and Tree Transformations

L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, ME

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.

Paint with Us!

Common Street Arts invites you to our new monthly series — Paint with Us! in our fabulous new studio. No experience necessary, no supplies to buy — just show up and we’ll show you how! Our experienced art instructor will lead you step-by-step to create your own work of art. Bring a friend, bring a drink! We will […]

$30

Bride of Frankenstein

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

With a special guest performance by cast members of the Waterville Opera House’s Young Frankenstein, opening October 21! Digital version of the black and white classic, a far greater film than the original Frankenstein, from the same director, James Whale, in which the monster realizes he needs a mate. “James Whale’s quirky, ironic 1935 self-parody […]

Reception for David Twiss: Installations

Come experience the hauntingly beautiful work of David Twiss in this site-specific installation at Common Street Arts.  We will have two installation locations: a larger installation in the Common Street Arts Annex off Castonguay Square, the second in the front window at the 93 Main street entrance to The Center. The exhibit runs October 7-November […]

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