Alissa Rubin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times, will receive Colby College's Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism and will deliver the 2016 Lovejoy Convocation […]

How do Colby professors use their disciplines to respond when violence convulses our world? When police shoot and are shot at, when bombs explode and refugees drown, what can the […]

Common Street Arts invites you to “Bead with Us! – Jewelry Making Night Out” $40 per person ($20 paid upon registration, $20 paid to instructor for beading kit at start […]

Mack the Knife is back in town! A darkly comic new take on Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s raucous musical broadcast live from the stage of the National Theatre. London […]

Edward Hirsch, a MacArthur Fellow, has published nine books of poems, most recently Gabriel: A Poem (2014), a book-length elegy, and The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems (2010), which […]

Judy Stone, professor of biology and Dr. Charles C. and Pamela W. Leighton Research Fellow, discusses the Darwinian Revolution. Darwin’s theories on descent with modification and on evolution by natural […]

Join us for a free presentation with Donna Walsh, MSRDN, LD. We will learn about the foods that we can eat that may lessen and control the inflammation linked to […]

In an election year in which controversies over trade, immigration, and job loss have dominated the presidential election campaign, Edward Alden will discuss how and why the U.S. government failed […]

It's that time of year again. We are preparing for the Parade of Lights and Kringleville. As you know, each year we host our annual Kringleville Auction to support these […]

Regina José Galindo’s artistic practice situates her own body in public space as a way to address the ethical implications of social injustices related to racial and gender discrimination and the history of violence […]

Gurinder Chadha, director of the hit film Bend It Like Beckham and more than a dozen other films, will deliver Colby’s annual Compagna-Sennett Religious Studies Lecture. Her lecture is titled “Religion, […]

A poetry reading celebrating the intersection between the personal and the political in English and Spanish. Guatemala’s Regina José Galindo and Colby’s own Adrian Blevins will read from recent work. Regina […]

Wayne Maines, the father of Wyatt who became Nicole, will be speaking about the arduous journey and the struggles that his wife, Nicole's twin brother Jonas, and himself took in […]

Artist Leonardo Drew will present the museum’s annual Miles and Katharine Culbertson Prentice Distinguished Lecture with a discussion of his recent work and Untitled, Number 104, 2005, currently on view […]

Blair Braverman (Colby Class of 2011), dogsledder, journalist, and essayist, has been an Iowa Arts Fellow and a MacDowell Fellow. She was an environmental policy major and creative writing minor at […]

Join us for a spooky party in the teen room! Activities will include face painting, crafts, pumpkin painting, and more! This event is free, and intended for those under the […]

Time to get freaky!! Join us for the 8th Annual Freaky 5k Run/Walk: Saturday, October 29! The Freaky 5k is a reminder that Halloween should be about imaginative and creative […]

Get a special view of masks from the museum’s collection and then make your own. A family-friendly event.

 Waterville's favorite punk rock band returns for a special all-ages, shushing-free matinee. Remones Reanimated will mix songs of the Ramones with other sca-a-a-ry punk rock classics. Admission is free, costumes […]

Making his debut at Colby, Jesse Wakeman will conduct the Colby Chorale and Chamber Choir in a performance of folk music. Enjoy a cultural tour of the continent with arrangements […]

Learning to be an ally to the transgender people in your life, or to transgender people overall, is an ongoing process. Some ways to be a good ally are relatively […]

Join the Beth Israel Congregation for bagels, a guest speaker, and great discussion. Brunches will be held one Sunday each month- keep an eye out for future dates. Brunch topics […]

Come enjoy the 2016 remake of a popular spooky movie from 1984! This program is open to attendees between the ages of 11 and 18. For more information (including the […]