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Journalists Combat ISIS

Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

In the era of ISIS,  a group young people started Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), a non-partisan, independent organization that exposes and fights the atrocities committed by the Bashar […]

Free

Fall 2018 Cotter Debate: Trade Wars

Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

We are now in a full-blown trade war. Unilateral actions by the Trump Administration targeting steel and aluminum imports even hit political allies; ever-escalating tariffs on imports from China were […]

Free

Celebrating Librarian Sarah Sugden

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

All are invited to a Celebrate Sarah! Event on Thursday, October 18, 2018, 4p-6p at the Waterville Public Library. After serving as the transformative and inspirational director of the Waterville […]

Free

Business After Hours Cancelled

With winter's impending visit on Thursday, the dual-chamber Business After Hours scheduled to be held October 18th at Thomas College outside under the big white tent has been canceled due […]

Free

The Underground Railroad in Central Maine

Winslow Public Library 136 Halifax Street, Winslow, ME

Maine’s connection to the famous Underground Railroad that helped free runaway slaves in the mid-1800s does not begin and end with Harriet Beecher Stowe. Indeed, people from Kittery to Ft. […]

Survivors of Suicide

Hospice Community Center 304 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area is pleased to announce that we will offer a Survivors of Suicide Support Group starting October 18th at the Hospice Community Center 304 Main Street […]

Free

Does Trump + Putin = The End of The West?

Margaret Chase Smith Library 56 Norridgewock Avenue, Skowhegan, ME

Seth Singleton is Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Libra Professor of International Relations at the University of Maine. He won the American Political Science Association prize for best dissertation […]

Free

PechaKucha Vol 29

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

PK WTVL volume 29 will take place on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the Waterville Opera House. PechaKucha Night Waterville is a creative networking event centered on storytelling in 20x20 […]

Free

Home Movie Day 2018

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

Home Movie Day is an annual event created by the Center for Home Movies. Each October, HMD is hosted by organizers all over the world! We are lucky enough to […]

Free

Felting with Susan

Common Street Arts 10 Water Street, Suite 106, Waterville, ME

Mixed media and fiber artist Susan Mills will guide you through the process of wet felting using merino wool, soapy water, and a palm sander. Make your own handbag, vessel, […]

$49

The Met: Samson et Dalila

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

Live HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC of Sampson et Dalila. Click for more info.

$15 – $20

Night Animals!

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

When the sun goes down, nocturnal animals come out to play! Come learn about the special adaptations these creatures of the night use to find food while the rest of […]

Tea Towel Embroidery

Common Street Arts 10 Water Street, Suite 106, Waterville, ME

Bring a photo of you or a friend to embroider onto a tea towel. Instructors are Serena Sanborn and Yvonne Brown. Click for more info.

$30
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Fright at the Museum

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

Bring a flashlight and explore the festively decorated Museum at night! Explore the spookiest parts of our collection, like bat skulls, owls and creepy crawly insects. There will be fun […]

Good Will-Hinckley Fall Gala

Come join us for an evening of entertainment, fine dining, fellowship and a live auction that includes a weekend getaway in beautiful Rangeley Maine. Most importantly, hear from students about […]

$100

Italian Dinner

First Congregational Church, UCC 21 College Avenue, Waterville, ME

 Saturday October 20th à 6:00 – 9:30 pm Ristorante Fellowship Hall! Amore, cibo e canzone!      (trans: Love, dinner and song!) Reserve early, you don’t want to miss this! On […]

$15

End Domestic Violence 5K Race

Good Will – Hinckley School 16 Prescott Dr, Hinckley, ME

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. By participating in this event, you will be part of the solution to end domestic violence with all proceeds going to benefit the Family […]

$15 – $25

Let’s Do Chemistry Day!

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

Have you ever wondered how batteries work? How materials behave in a vacuum? How colorful dyes are made? How dry ice can change directly from a solid to a gas? […]

Waterville’s First Photographs

First Baptist Church 1 Park Street, Waterville, ME

This lecture by Maine State Historian Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., will illustrate views of the city from the 1850s to the 1880s. Photography came to Waterville in the 1840s, and […]

Free

PlanetVision: A Global Plan to Build a Better, More Sustainable Future

Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Presented by the F. Russell Cole Distinguished Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Jon Foley of the California Academy of Science. The news on the global environmental front is grim. But what if […]

Free

Music in the Museum: The Andrés Segovia Continuum

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

< Colby Music Associate Mark Leighton presents music from Maestro Segovia’s prodigious repertoire, from compositions written for him to his transcriptions and arrangements of traditional classical guitar pieces. Location: Paul J. […]

Free

Turner Family Counseling Center Ribbon Cutting

Maine Children's Home 93 Silver Street, Waterville, United States

The Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce is hosting a ribbon cutting for the Harland A. Turner Family Counseling Center Expansion on Wednesday, October 24th at 5:30 on the Dorothy 'Bibby' Alfond Campus at […]

Free

Noontime Art Talk: Seeing Otherwise

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

Caroline Webb ’19 presents her research for the exhibition Seeing Otherwise — a collaboration with Professor Catherine Besteman and Chloé Powers ’19. A culmination of a visual culture lab, Seeing Otherwise explores relationships […]

Free

Hazel Mitchell Book Signing

Children's Book Cellar 52 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Join downtown Waterville in welcoming Hazel Mitchell for a book signing! Mitchell's newest book is Farmer's Market Surprise. It's only fitting that she will be reading the book and signing […]

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