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Educational Funding for Equity in Maine

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Ensuring all students, no matter what their zip code is, have access to quality schools is an essential mission of state funding for education. This presentation is a overview of educational funding for Maine Schools in context compared to other states and nations. Principles of equity and questions to ask of your local school boards […]

Free

Visiting Writers Series: Vievee Francis

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

Vievee Francis is the author of three books of poetry: Blue-Tail Fly (Wayne State University Press, 2006), Horse in the Dark (winner of the Cave Canem Northwestern University Poetry Prize for a second collection, Northwestern University Press, 2016) and Forest Primeval (winner of the Hurston Wright Legacy Award and the 2017 Kingsley-Tufts Poetry Award). Her work has appeared in numerous print and […]

Free

Origins: Order vs Chaos | David Bercovici

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

Although our existence on a habitable planet can largely be taken for granted, how Earth arrived at this state of “habitability” is far from obvious. How the planets even formed is still not well understood. Once a terrestrial planet is created, its evolution is controlled by how it slowly cools, which drives its internal motion […]

Free
Recurring

Page Turning of Audubon’s Birds of America

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

Join Lunder Curator for Whistler Studies Justin McCann as he turns the double elephant-sized pages of the Bien Edition of John James Audubon’s Birds of America.

Free

Dawson City: Frozen Time

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

Located just south of the Arctic Circle, Dawson City was settled in 1896 and became the center of the Canadian Gold Rush that brought 100,000 prospectors to the area. It was also the final stop for a distribution chain that sent early movie prints and newsreels to the Yukon. The films were seldom, if ever, […]

Super Raffle Dinner

Waterville Elks Lodge 76 Industrial Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Join the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce in a fun-filled night full of networking with area business professionals. Over 175 prizes donated from a variety of area businesses will be raffled off. The grand prize is $3,000 cash, second prize is $1,000 cash, and third prize is $500 cash. Nobody walks away empty-handed! Tickets are $125/piece […]

$125

German Elections Panel

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

A panel discussion with German General Consul Ralf Horlemann; Jennifer Yoder, Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies; Raffael Scheck, Katz Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, German and Russian Chair; Andreas Waldkirch, associate professor of economics and associate chair of Global Studies; and Johanna Pimpi, German language assistant and student at the LMU […]

Free

Water’s Edge Wellness Retreat

The Water’s Edge Wellness Retreat is a harmonious pairing of yoga, nature and mindfulness. This 3 day/2 night retreat will take place at Snow Pond Center for the Arts in Sidney, Maine, 6 miles outside of the state capital, Augusta. Snow Pond’s picturesque setting will allow you to experience a connection between body and mind, while School […]

Marsden Hartley and Modern Poetry

Visiting Assistant Professor of English Jacquelyn Ardam and Mirken Director of Academic and Public Programs Lauren Lessing will discuss Marsden Hartley in relation to modern poetry. Location: Colby College Museum of Art, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville. FMI: 859-5600, museum@colby.edu

Free

Waterville Rocks!: Bella’s Bartok, West End Blend, and a Community Vegetable Orchestra

The fourth and final Waterville Rocks! concert of the summer (September 29) will bring the extraordinary, "funk-tastic" energy of Bella's Bartok and West End Blend to Waterville 5:30: Beer Garden Opens 6:00: Concert Begins Waterville Rocks! is a series of four outdoor concerts presented by the Waterville Opera House for the enjoyment of the greater […]

Free

Fresco Workshop

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

Join artist Barbara Sullivan for a hands-on exploration of the medium of fresco painting. Students will develop an understanding and working knowledge of true buon fresco (painting into freshly laid wet plaster). Learn the many steps involved, how to prepare substrates, arriccio, and intonaco layers of plaster and how to grind pigments like the old […]

$30

Construction Story Time

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

What’s going on with the new Colby College building across from the Library? Join us for a special Story Time with project manager, Paul Ureneck.  He will explain what’s happening on the job site and share a construction-related story. Location: Colby Program Room, Lower Level, Waterville Public Library.

Free

National Theatre Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

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

In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor and his wife to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until […]

$10 – $15

Kennebec Valley Chordsmen 45th Annual Show

Ayotte Auditorium, Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville, ME

Two Performances: 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM. The theme of this year’s show is the greatest generation and focuses on the music of the World War II era with the addition of several patriotic songs. We have groups representing a women’s chorus, Mainely Harmony; Sound Check, an accapella group from Waterville High School; as well […]

$5 – $15

Old Flame in Concert

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

Old Flame was formed in the mire of the 2017 presidential election with one unshakable intention: to make their art as an active form of resistance and never cease. Born in the DIY basements, garages, and fields of western Massachusetts, the indie-rock band spins grit, unapologetic politics, and honey-rasp vocals into a psychedelic punk-rock nostalgia, […]

Free

Between the Lines

Aqua City Actors Theatre (ACAT) is pleased to announce Between the Lines, a new play reading series presented in partnership with the Waterville Public Library and Waterville Creates! The play readings will complement ACAT’S main series of staged productions. The inaugural season of Between the Lines consists of four significant plays, presented in dramatic readings […]

Free

From Russia with Love: Covering National Security in the Age of Trump

Two New York Times investigative reporters, Matt Apuzzo ’01 and Adam Goldman, discuss the latest in the special counsel investigation, the perils of covering national security, and covering the new Washington. Apuzzo and Goldman are Pulitzer-winning reporters in the Washington bureau of the Times. The discussion will be moderated by Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Sandy […]

Free

Lovejoy Award Convocation: Alec MacGillis

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

Alec MacGillis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for ProPublica known for his deep reporting on social issues and public policy, will be honored with Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism. The award recognizes MacGillis for his incisive reporting and informed questioning on a wide range of pressing policy issues, including the surging opioid crisis, […]

Free

Origins: Order vs. Chaos | Aaron Hanlon

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

When we think about the factors that led to the creation of the novel as a literary form in English, we might not think of the rise and institutionalization of experimental science. Yet the chartering of the Royal Society for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge in 1662 had a profound impact on what novels and […]

Free

Jeannette Unite: Artist’s Talk

Jeannette Unite is a visual artist who is immersed in the materiality of the art-making process, whether it’s using her own large, handmade chalk-based pastels with mineral oxides or using similar metal oxides in glass artworks, paintings, or prints. She uses images, information, and metaphors from mining as a point of departure for her reflections […]

Free

AARP Safe Driver Course

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Cost is $18 for members (AARP membership number required) and $23 for non-members. Muffins and coffee will be served in the morning; the center's buffet lunch will be available 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Pre-registration is required; call 873-4745 or stop by the reception desk to reserve your seat.

$18 – $23

Renewable Energy Workshop

Davis Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Dear Rural Small Business or Agricultural Producer,   Join us for a free renewable energy workshop on Wednesday, October 4th from 3-5 p.m. at Colby College, hosted by the Central Maine Growth Council to learn how to access USDA Rural Development guaranteed loan or competitive grant funds for the purchase, installation and construction of renewable […]

Free

Artist Conversation: Barbara Sullivan + Juliet Karelsen

Join Into the Forest artists Barbara Sullivan and Juliet Karelsen as they discuss their work with Justin Mccann, Curator for Whistler Studies, Colby College. Location: Common Street Arts, 93 Main St., Waterville, 872-ARTS, www.commonstreetarts.org

Free

Life Drawing / Painting

Seasoned and aspiring visual artists are invited to participate in a newly expanded Common Street Arts program dedicated to drawing, painting, and sculpting. Participants bring their media of choice: charcoal, pastels, paints, clay, etc. common street arts provides art horses and chairs. Practice drawing and/or painting the human figure! Develop and refine your artistic skills […]

Transformers: The Last Knight

Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens at 4 p.m. every Thursday for a screening of a popular movie! The movie changes every week. This week, we'll be showing Transformers: The Last Knight (PG-13). This event is free, and open to attendees ages 11-18. Light refreshments will be provided. Location: Bartlett Room for Teens, […]

Free
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