Youth Art Month (YAM) is a national celebration of arts education that highlights the importance of teaching visual arts in schools. This year’s theme is “Art Connects Us”. In this month’s art kit, we will create a group quilt inspired by artist Faith Ringgold, who used words to create patterns that she called “story quilts”. […]

Stray explores what it means to live as a being without status or security, following three strays as they embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society. Zeytin, fiercely independent, embarks on adventures through the city at night; Nazar, nurturing and protective, easily befriends the humans around her; while Kartal, a shy puppy living on the […]

Practice a series of gentle yoga poses inspired by artworks in the galleries. Our Artful Movements sessions begin with a deeper look at an artwork, followed by yoga and meditation led by Kathleen Leisure Haberstock of School Street Yoga. In this Artful Movements session, we will be inspired by Zanele Muholi’s Namhla 1 at Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, […]

The annual Ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service traditionally held at Colby College will be this year at Head of Falls. Colby's Intervarsity Singers will be present -- and will sing at an appropriate distance. We will read the Easter Gospel, pray together, and celebrate this unifying celebration of the Christian family. The service will be around […]

SLICE (Students Learning Innovative Creative Endeavors) is a Waterville Creates program for students ages 13–19 that offers unique experiences at creative arts organizations throughout Waterville. SLICE: On Camera Acting with Debra Lord Cooke will provide an overview of skills specific to acting for film, tv, and commercials, as well as an opportunity to perform in […]

Leonard Pitts Jr. is widely known for his nationally syndicated Miami Herald column that often addresses issues of race and racism, politics, and culture. In a career that spans close to 45 years, Pitts has worked as a columnist, a college professor, a radio producer, and a lecturer. He is also the author of a […]

The Great American Buy Local Day - Americans Come Together to Support Local Businesses Wednesday, April 7, all Americans are encouraged to participate in the annual initiative, The Great American Buy Local Day, to support local businesses, the communities they serve, and tens of millions of people they employ. While we have made great strides […]

Join the Goldfarb Center for a talk with Anthony Ray Hinton one of the longest serving death row prisoners in Alabama history, who was freed in 2015 after proving his innocence. Mr. Hinton, now an author and prison reform advocate, will share his story about how he survived 30 years on death row and never […]

Career Management Associates CEO David Ciullo will address the effectiveness of organizations in valuing and creating a culture where all generations thrive and engagement soars, capitalizing on the strengths of different workstyles to communicate better, lessen conflict, and achieve results. Take this opportunity to network with other business leaders and to join David and your […]

COVID-19 Is Offering Unique Opportunities for Maine Businesses and Communities Topics will include: • Recruiting people to Maine and retaining employees are at an all-time high • How to support a remote workforce • Growing together through trauma • Latest on COVID-19 With Jim Jarvis, MD, FAAFP, senior physician executive, Incident Command, Northern Light Health; […]

Trevon Logan, the Hazel C. Youngberg Distinguished Professor of Economics and associate dean of the college of arts and science at Ohio State University, will present this year’s Grossman Lecture. Logan’s project seeks to determine the role of market factors in the provision of non-discriminatory services before federal legislation forbade racial discrimination in public accommodations. Using […]

Like A Boss – Baratunde Thurston Baratunde Thurston will be Colby's Spring 2021 keynote speaker for the humanities theme Boundaries and Margins. Thurston is an Emmy-nominated host who has worked for The Onion, produced for The Daily Show, advised the Obama White House, and wrote the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black. He’s […]

Pleasant Street United Methodist Church (PSUMC) is having its first “Supper To Go” on Sat., April 10.  The meal will be comprised of baked beans, hotdogs, coleslaw, cornbread and your choice of dessert.  The cost is $8 per meal.  Pick up time is 4pm - 6pm or ending time will be earlier if all the […]

Join the Goldfarb Center for a virtual lecture by Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology Neil Gross on criminal justice reform, focused on the potential and limitations of the procedural justice model. Procedural justice is the idea that police, prosecutors, courts, and other representatives of the state should do everything in their power to ensure […]

This event offers a great opportunity to “mix and mingle" - from the comfort of your own home - with your favorite beverage in hand. We will be offering the virtual mic around the screen to anyone who wants to take the opportunity to talk about upcoming events, share a hiring need, introduce new staff […]

Experience greater mind-body connection though our Artful Meditation program. During this session, Jing Ye, a meditation teacher and a counselor at Colby College, will guide participants through a meditation inspired by Zanele Muholi’s Namhla 1 at Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2016. Artful Meditation is part of the Museum’s wellness initiative, Let Art Inspire, all of […]

Opened March 18, 2021: https://www.frontandmainwaterville.com/ Please plan to join the ribbon cutting April 15 at 3 p.m. at the new Front & Main Restaurant at Lockwood Hotel. The address is 9 Main St., Waterville and the Manager is Jordan Rowan.  

Get ready to enjoy a “soup-er” flavorful take-out lunch, brimming with your choice of mouth-watering soup, a homemade biscuit, and cookies! On Saturday, April 17, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Winslow Congregational Church (12 Lithgow Street) will be offering these delectable lunchtime meals for drive-through/to-go pick-up. Cost is a donation of $5 per soup […]

Featuring Colby Music Associate Nicole Rabata on flute and pianist Chiharu Naruse. The Art of the 20th Century Flute Sonata: A dramatic program of 20th Century sonatas for flute and piano by Prokofiev, Liebermann, Dutilleux and Poulenc. Will be available to view on Facebook and on our Colby College Music YouTube channel .  

Practice a series of hands-on activities inspired by artworks in the galleries. In our Artful Healing sessions, Bodhi Simpson, LCPC, ATR, an art therapist with a private practice in Waterville, Maine, called Conscious Art Therapy will gently guide participants through a creative healing exercise inspired by a work of art in the Museum’s collection. This […]

Gender is a social construct. A big part of this is the language that causes harm by upholding sexism & the gender binary (boys/girls, men/women). Researchers cite language as a reflection of the power imbalances of society. How has language impacted your gender identity? How are you navigating society or building culture with words? Join […]

Need ideas or resources to embrace a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion? Let’s come together and start an intentional change across our state, communities, businesses, and neighborhoods. Please register and join us Thursday, April 22 at 11 am. Materials from our Zoom are easy and convenient to access, please go to our designated webpage. […]

Lunder Institute Talks Join this conversation to explore new research shaping understanding of modern art of the American Southwest—the focus of the Lunder Institute’s Research Fellows Program in 2021–22. University of Delaware professor Jessica Horton (2021–22 Distinguished Scholar) and the Met’s Associate Curator of Native American Art Patricia Marroquin Norby (2021–22 Research Fellow) will discuss […]

  This spring the Colby Music Department wanted to make music that reflected the hope that spring brings to Maine. While they did not have a theme for this concert, two pieces by Gustav Holst were chosen, because of his focus on the music of nature. Making music is a powerful way to bring people […]