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.

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

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

Explore the insect collections in the museum and learn about their special adaptations and life cycles. Try hands on activities to learn how insects walk with six legs, see with […]

$1 – $3

The Met: Agrippina

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

As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of George Fredrich Handel’s tale of deception and deceit. Harry Bicket conducts Sir David McVicar’s wry new production, […]

$17 – $23

Arts Around the World

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

What type of art is made in Mexico, Iran, Vietnam, and China? Explore art throughout the world and become inspired by artists from different countries. Members from the International Club […]

Free

DavisConnects Health Forum Keynote: Dr. Erik Alexander

Given Auditorium, Bixler Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Dr. Erik K. Alexander is executive director of education for Brigham Health, and associate dean for medical education and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. In these roles, Dr. […]

Free

Colby Symphony Orchestra: Journey to America

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

The Journey to America alternates between energy and exhaustion, between dramatic and sublime. Beginning in Austria with Beethoven’s electrifying, epochal Fifth Symphony, the program shifts quickly to a pair of […]

Free

Tip of My Tongue

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

To celebrate her fiftieth birthday, filmmaker and MIFF alumna Lynne Sachs — MIFF is where this film originally screened — gathers together other people, men and women who have lived […]

Free

Los Lobos

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

“We’re a Mexican American band, and no word describes America like immigrant. Most of us are children of immigrants, so it’s perhaps natural that the songs we create celebrate America […]

$42 – $53

The Gleaners and I

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

The class “Environmental Humanities: Energy and Utopia” will be hosting a screening of the film The Gleaners and I. This 2000 French documentary film by Agnès Varda features various kinds […]

Free

Hobby Lobby – Grand Opening

Please join Hobby Lobby and The Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce for refreshments and shopping. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a privately held national retail chain of craft and home decor stores, […]

Stop Telling Women to Smile

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

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is a black/Iranian visual artist and Oklahoma City native. She is a painter whose work ranges from the gallery to the streets, using visual art to address the […]

Free

Three Films by Lynne Sachs

Room 5, Arey Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Introduced by filmmaker Lynne Sachs with Q&A to follow. “And Then We Marched” – The 2017 Women’s March in Washington, D.C. viewed through the contexts of previous marches and the […]

Free

How to Audition

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

Acting is great fun, but what comes first is the audition! This workshop focuses on the basics of auditioning. Participants will be given tips on how to audition and the […]

Free

Film About a Father Who

Room 5, Arey Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Introduced by filmmaker Lynne Sachs with a Q&A to follow. Selected as the opening night film for this year’s Slamdance Film Festival and screened as part of MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight, […]

Free

Venuste Kubwimana: Son of Genocide

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

After losing members of his family during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Venuste was left to care for his younger siblings and often had to miss school to fetch water […]

Free

Talent on Tap: Partnering to Catalyze Maine’s Future

Waterville Brewing Company 10 Water Street, Ste. 111, Waterville, ME

High school administrators, guidance counselors, teachers and other educators are invited! The Challenge: Maine’s Governor has given us a call to action! The future of the state we love is […]

Free

Visiting Writer Ana Menéndez

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

Ana Menéndez, the Kristina Stahl Writer-in-Residence for 2019-20, has published four books of fiction: Adios, Happy Homeland!, The Last War, Loving Che, and In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd, whose title story won a […]

Free

Art as Politic

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Art exists across the world in many different forms and amplifies many different voices. It can expose our truths and challenge how we exist in the world. The third installment of Colby […]

Free

Oak Institute Lecture: Andrea Prasow

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

Andrea Prasow, acting director at Human Rights Watch in Washington, conducts advocacy before the U.S. government on global human rights issues, with a particular focus on national security and human […]

Free

Connections between Climate Change, Food Insecurity, and Conflict

Parker-Reed Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Join Kimberly Flowers, executive director of the Goldfarb Center, for this lecture. As the climate crises worsen we are simultaneously seeing a rise in global hunger, unprecedented humanitarian need, and increasingly […]

Free

Clarity on Cannabis

Summit Room, Spann Student Commons, Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville, ME

Clarity on Cannabis: The Wellness Connection’s CEO Patricia Rosi speaks on navigating the new cannabis market. A seasoned executive, Patricia Rosi is the current CEO of the Wellness Connection, Maine’s […]

Plugged In: Cybersecurity

Summit Room, Spann Student Commons, Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville, ME

Join experts from Thomas College, the state and federal government, and other leading technology companies to learn more about the increasing threat to your personal and professional data. Specialists in […]

Free

Beginning 3D Printing

Winslow Public Library 136 Halifax Street, Winslow, ME

3D printing—the process of making three-dimensional, solid objects from a digital file—is revolutionizing the world! Join us at the library for a 3D printing demonstration you will never forget. You’ll […]

Free

After School Art Club: Arts Inspired by Other Countries

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

In collaboration with the Youth Art Month (YAM) exhibition theme of A Journey Through Art, young artists will explore three distinct craft projects related to the cultural traditions of China, […]

$14

Shakespeare Slam Competition

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join Royal Shakespeare Company for the 3rd Annual Shakespeare Slam Competition! Contestants compete in this spoken word event, using Shakespeare’s text! Click for more info

Free
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