4/11/2022 COVID Update: The State of Maine no longer requires masking or proof of vaccination to attend any public events, but individual venues are free to do so. For the latest information, visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention or the State of Maine’s COVID site.

Fiction Reading with Jo Ann Beard

Robinson Room, Miller Library, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Jo Ann Beard, the Kristina Stahl Writer-in-Residence, reads from her novel In Zanesville. Her work has appeared in magazines, literary journals, and anthologies, including the New Yorker, Tin House, and Best American Essays. […]

Free

Development, Food Security, and Life in a Ugandan Village

Room 122, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

What’s it like to lead a small Ugandan village? Milly Businge will share her experiences of leadership & development in Kikuube, a village where Colby students studied abroad in January […]

Free

Opening Reception for Andrea Tilden: One Continuous Line

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

Join the Maine Film Center to celebrate the opening of the latest Art in the Lobby exhibition, featuring the incredible Etch-a-Sketch® drawings of Andrea Tilden. Wine and light refreshments will […]

Free

Solarize Mid-Maine Information Session

"Is Solar For Me? How to determine if solar is appropriate for your home through basic system design and financing options" During this meeting we will continue to introduce our […]

Free

Christian Marclay Film Screening

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

In conjunction with the Human/Nature humanities theme, a screening of Christian Marclay's Telephones (1995) and Bollywood Goes to Gstaad (2013). Steve Wurtzler, associate professor of cinema studies, will introduce Marclay's […]

Free
Recurring

The Rocky Horror Show

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

October 23 – 25, October 30 – November 1 An outrageous musical comedy featuring a Transylvanian transvestite, a cryogenically preserved motor biker and Frankenstein's monster in Greek god form. This […]

$21

Family Dance and Contra Dance

Alumni Hall, Snow Pond Center for the Arts Goldenrod Lane (off Route 23), Sidney, ME

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.: Family Dance and all-comers band. Join in the dancing or join the band! 7:30 – 8:00 p.m.: Enjoy a tasty dessert (or a few!) 8:00 – […]

Organ Music at Moody

Moody Chapel, Kennebec Valley Community College Stanley Road (off U.S. Route 201), Hinckley, ME, United States

Richard Dostie will fill our chapel with the majestic sound of our very own Skinner pipe organ. Be prepared for a night of some of the most beautiful music ever […]

Making Space

Strider Theater, Runnals Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

A concert of original dance and theater works, Making Space is a new, multidisciplinary project performed by students and created by guest artists from the company The Space We Make, with […]

Free

The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory

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

This documentary explores the conflict between the state of Maine and the Penobscot Nation over contested river territory. Spanning from the 1700s to the present-day legal battle of Penobscot Nation […]

Free

Making Cards for Veterans

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

The Library will provide the creativity supplies, you bring the love; all may make or sign a card of thanks and support to members of the Armed Forces, veterans and […]

Free

The Metropolitan Opera: Otello

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

The Met season opens with Verdi’s masterful Otello, inspired by Shakespeare’s play and matching it in tragic intensity. Director Bartlett Sher probes the Moor’s dramatic downfall with an outstanding cast: […]

Turkey Dinner to benefit Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter

St. Mark's Episcopal Church 60 Eustis Parkway, Waterville, ME

Come enjoy turkey dinner with homemade mashed potatoes, vegetables, stuffing, rolls, and desserts and at the same time support the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter. Adults - $8 Children age 4-12  - […]

$8
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Creepy, Crawly, Awesome Halloween Flashlight Tours

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

Bring a flashlight and explore the decorated museum at night! A recent favorite program in which families can view the museum in a very different way, by flashlight. Try out […]

A Little Something for Everyone

Lorimer Chapel, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

In its first concert of the season, the Colby Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eric Thomas, director of Colby's Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band, will perform Soren Nyhus's "Bittersweet Victory" (2014), […]

Free

Teachers Lounge Mafia: Comedy Improv Group

One part "Whose Line", one part Second City, two parts their own particular brand of custom-built improv comedy. Teachers Lounge Mafia brings something different to the people of Maine while […]

$9

Reimagining Our Relationship to the Natural World

Strider Theater, Runnals Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Body is Earth, our bones breath and blood are the minerals, air and water inside us, not separate but same. And dance — movement — is an essential way to […]

Free

Modern Times

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

Charlie Chaplin takes on the Industrial Age, which somehow seems not too different from the Technological Age, in what is absolutely his most riotously funny film, a masterpiece known to […]

$5

Artist Talk & Reception: Scott Minzy and Tim Christensen

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Visit us and talk to artists Scott Minzy and Tim Christensen. Black + White, an exhibit of their work, will be on display in the Carnegie Gallery throughout the month […]

Free

Human/Nature in Antiquity

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

No different from people in our times, the Greeks and Romans exhibited a wide range of behavior vis-à-vis the natural world: awe at its majesty, greed for its resources, and […]

Free

Marine Conservation in Maine and Beyond

Fairchild Dining Room, Dana Hall, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Loren McClenachan, Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Colby College, discusses marine conservation in Maine and beyond. McClenachan received a prestigious 2013 Sloan Research Fellowship from […]

Kringleville Dinner and Auction

Silver Street Tavern 2 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

Our largest fundraiser for our most popular program, Kringleville, sponsored by our friends at Camden National Bank, is a fun night out for a great cause. For tickets, click here. […]

$25

Be a Gift to the World

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

Mama Dolfine Gumba Dawa Oliech is the founder of Korando Educational Center in western Kenya. She will present pictures and stories from Kenya about this orphanage and educational center and […]

Free

An Artful Halloween: Museum Costume Party

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

Celebrate Halloween in artful style: enjoy food, drink, and music in the Museum’s galleries. Art-inspired costumes are encouraged; prizes will be awarded for the most creative costumes.

Free

Big Dams, Big Damage?

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

Paul Josephson, professor of history at Colby, discusses why big states destroy nature and move millions in the name of progress. Over the last 100 years, national powers have focused […]

Free
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