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Music at First

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

Humanities and the Liberal Arts: a Conversation with Dianne Harris

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

Dianne Harris is a senior program officer at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where she focuses on higher education and scholarship in the humanities. From 2015 to 2017 she served […]

Free

Art + Storytelling: Wind in the Willows

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

This special edition of Art + Storytelling will take place at the Waterville Public Library as part of the artist Carly Glovinski's exhibition. After finding artworks that look curiously like books on the shelves of the library, […]

Free

Birds in Watercolor

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

In honor of the summer exhibition, we invite you to explore the artists’ work, and the own Audubon Gallery, and interpret a bird of your choice in watercolor.  A great chance […]

$1 – $3

Julie

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

HD broadcast live from the National Theatre to cinemas. This new version of August Strindberg’s play Miss Julie, written by Polly Stenham, remains shocking and fiercely relevant in its new […]

An American in Paris

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

This performance is an encore HD broadcast from London. Directed and Choreographed by CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Directed for the screen by ROSS MACGIBBON This breathtakingly beautiful Tony® Award-winning Broadway musical, inspired […]

Bag It

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

A screening of the 2010 film Bag It, which follows “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he navigates our plastic world. Jeb is not a radical environmentalist, but an average American who decides […]

Free

Opening Reception: Face to Face

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

Face to Face is part of the multi-faceted project, Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks, & Pathways, which brings together a dynamic group of contemporary artists whose work engages the theme […]

Free

Business Breakfast Series

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

October 4 7:15 to 9:00 AM  ~Thomas College Ayotte Auditorium~ (Please note the change in location) 180 West River Road, Waterville Gubernatorial Debate Forum: Join all four gubernatorial candidates as […]

$18 – $25

Open House: Waterville Creates! and Common Street Arts

Waterville Creates Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine

Come explore the new exhibit, tour our new location, register for upcoming classes, and try your hand at the free activities! There will be free clay demos, art activities, refreshments, […]

Free

Two Cent Talks: Kate Christensen and Julia Bouwsma

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

Kate Christensen is the author of seven novels, including The Great Man, which won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction, and The Last Cruise. She is also the author of two food-centric […]

Free

Colby College Museum of Art Open House

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

Join us for a celebration of our fall exhibitions with a reception, guided tours, hands-on printmaking with Pickwick Independent Press from Portland, brews from Waterville Brewery, food from Salty Dogs […]

Free

40th Anniversary Celebration: Railroad Square Cinema

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

Happy birthday to Railroad Square! Big 40! What better way to celebrate than to throw a big bash. There will be all kinds of fun, movies, and FREE popcorn. Kicking […]

Northern Light Inland Pops Concert

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

To celebrate Inland Hospital’s 75th anniversary, our annual Fall Pops Concert on Friday, October 5 at the Waterville Opera House will offer an exciting new collection of talented musicians this year.  […]

The Oshima Brothers

Snow Pond Center for the Arts 8 Goldenrod Lane, Sidney, ME
$12 – $15

Maine Children’s Home Craft Fair

Champions Fitness Club 30 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Join us for a Craft Fair to benefit the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers Christmas Program. Admission is free but you are encouraged to bring a new toy for […]

Free

Explore Earth and Space

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

Come learn about some of the techniques used by NASA scientists to explore and understand our universe, through a series of fun and informative hands-on activities, including: Stomp Rockets Mars […]

$1 – $3
Recurring

Art + Storytelling: An Ode to Maine

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

After a brief exploration of the museum, we will read a children’s book related to the month’s theme. Preschoolers, toddlers, and their grownups will then be invited to the Mirken […]

Free

Blessing of Animals

Apple Farm 104 Back Road, Fairfield, ME

Please come one, come all… with pets of all kinds (or no pets at all!) Rev. Kim Shrader, pastor of the Benton Falls and Winslow Congregational Churches, and Rev. Maureen […]

Free

RiverWalk Ribbon Cutting at Head of Falls

Head of Falls Temple Street at Front Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Join the City of Waterville for the official ribbon cutting of the RiverWalk at Head of Falls with the Honorable George J. Mitchell. This event is free and open to […]

Free

Traditional Flamenco with Bourassa Dance & Friends

Page Commons, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Flamenco artists Lindsey Bourassa (dance), Barbara Martinez (voice), and Cristian Puig (guitar) will perform traditional and passionate flamenco works that showcase flamenco’s integration of dance, song, and guitar in traditional […]

Free

Josh Ritter in Concert

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

Josh Ritter will return to the Northeast for a select number of special solo acoustic shows.  These shows will highlight brand new material Josh is working on, as well as songs […]

Solar Tour

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Sustain Mid Maine Coalition's Energy Team and InSource Renewables invites you to a National Solar Tour Sunday, October 7 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Vassalboro Friends Meeting House - 48 […]

Free

Making Migration Visible / Screening of Black Girl

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

On October 8, the Maine Film Center and Railroad Square Cinema will take part in the statewide initiative Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks and Pathways. Events include companion exhibitions, lectures, […]

Lovejoy Convocation Honoring Chuck Plunkett

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

Former Denver Post editorial page editor Chuck Plunkett will receive Colby’s 2018 Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism for his outspoken commitment to local journalism. Plunkett’s stance against the Denver Post’s […]

Free
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