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 […]

PK WTVL volume 26 will take place on Friday, January 19, 2018 at Thomas College! This event is free and open to the public. What's your story? We want to hear from you! Submit a PK WTVL proposal! The deadline for proposals for the January event is December 21. Proposals on the wide gamut of […]

Job Corps is a FREE residential vocational training program for eligible youth ages 16-24. Training is available in the construction, medical, hospitality, and administrative fields. Job Corps also offers training in employability skills and life skills. Please join us at the Waterville Public Library to hear more about the program and to start the application […]

The Boys & Girls Clubs & YMCA of Greater Waterville at The Alfond Youth Center Welcomes the Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market First and Third Thursdays December 7, 2017 through April 19, 2018 3:00 – 6:00 PM 2nd Floor Library, Alfond Youth Center, 126 North Street, Waterville Click for more info

Visit with the Kringles at their holiday home in Castonguay Square each weekend in December. They delight families at no charge. Photographs by Central Maine Photography are available for purchase. Each child who visits Santa Claus at Kringleville will receive one free storybook, courtesy of the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce. Early childhood literacy is a […]

Babies are born ready to learn! By singing, clapping, and sharing stories with their grownups, children from birth to age 3 gain valuable skills and knowledge for later learning success. Rhymetime is for babies, toddlers, and their grownups. Join us for a half-hour of active fun!

Visit with the Kringles at their holiday home in Castonguay Square each weekend in December. They delight families at no charge. Photographs by Central Maine Photography are available for purchase. Each child who visits Santa Claus at Kringleville will receive one free storybook, courtesy of the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce. Early childhood literacy is a […]

We have some amazing creatures here in Maine. Come and learn about one of the “toothiest,” determined creatures out there! The beaver has quite the name for itself because this engineer can change its environment! Come learn how and why and go home with a do-it-yourself beaver puppet! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for youth […]

It’s that time of year again and as much as we might dislike the cold, some animals take this as an opportunity to move all around! It is a great time of year to see our furry friends tracks all through the snow. So come along with us and walk through the woods to help […]

Have you ever looked up and wondered why the sky can appear as a deep blue one day and pale blue the next? Why does our sky change, even when there are no clouds? Come find the answers to these questions and more! You even get to take home a new book at the end! […]

Join us in the Bartlett Room 4:00 every Thursday for a screening of a popular movie! This week, we'll be showing: The Emoji Movie (PG) This event is free and open to attendees ages 11-18. Light refreshments will be provided. Location: Bartlett Room for Teens, Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville. Click for more […]

If you play the ukulele, are learning, or are just curious what the international uke phenomenon is all about, join the Waterville Public Library for this twice-monthly informal meet-up. The group learns from each other and enjoys strumming and singing all kinds of music. Coaching is available and there are instruments to try if you […]

Babies are born ready to learn! By singing, clapping, and sharing stories with their grownups, children from birth to age 3 gain valuable skills and knowledge for later learning success. Rhymetime is for babies, toddlers, and their grownups. Join us for a half-hour of active fun!

Today is when we mark the end of the holiday season and begin to prepare our homes for the  new year. Falling Needles Day celebrates this change by finding new ways to recycle our Christmas Trees! One way is to put it out for the birds to enjoy. So come on down and make some […]

Join The Boys & Girls Clubs and YMCA at the Alfond Youth Center (2nd floor library) for the Winter Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market! Every 1st and 3rd Thursday, December 7, 2017 – April 19, 2018, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Along with the fresh fruits and vegetables, there will be a Youth Booth managed by the […]

Audition Dates: Sunday, January 14 at 1 pm Monday, January 15 at 6:30 pm Callbacks: Wednesday, January 17 at 6:30 pm Location: Waterville Opera House Dance Studio, 93 Main Street, Third Floor, Waterville. Performance Dates: April 6, 7, 13, 14 at 7:30 pm April 8 and 15 at 2:00 pm Click for audition materials and […]

In 1990, 26 years before Donald Trump’s ascension to power, Joe Dante followed up his brilliant and truly hilarious hit Gremlins with Gremlins 2: The New Batch, in which the villain, a super-rich, super ruthless New York real estate tycoon named “Daniel Clamp” whose trademark is a globe in a vise(!), finds his high-tech skyscraper […]

At 89, Agnès Varda is, along with Jean-Luc Godard, the wise elder remnant of the path-breaking French New Wave, and a specialist in crafting fascinating, open-eyed studies of people living eccentric lives on society’s fringes. “It is the people who have no official place in society who need to be listened to,” she has said, […]

Broadcast rescheduled from November 18. Following the rapturous response to his last opera, The Tempest, the Met presents the American premiere of Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel, inspired by the classic Luis Buñuel film of the same name. Hailed by the New York Times at its 2016 Salzburg Festival premiere as “inventive and audacious … a major event,” The Exterminating Angel is […]

Come and celebrate National Bird Day in our Audubon Room! Learn about John James Audubon, this rooms namesake, and all of the birds he studied and painted throughout his time here in Maine! You will also get a chance to go home with a unique bird craft!

At 89, Agnès Varda is, along with Jean-Luc Godard, the wise elder remnant of the path-breaking French New Wave, and a specialist in crafting fascinating, open-eyed studies of people living eccentric lives on society’s fringes. “It is the people who have no official place in society who need to be listened to,” she has said, […]

Baptista struggles to marry off his tempestuous daughter Katharina, a shrew who denies that any man could possibly be her match. However when she meets Petruchio, who is as ill-tempered as she, the two forces of nature ignite an unexpected and explosive encounter. Acclaimed choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot brings out the wit, fast-paced athleticism and vibrancy […]

In 1936, when 18 African-American athletes participated in the Berlin Olympic Games, history forgot all except one. This is the story of the other 17. A screening of the film Olympic Pride, American Prejudice (2016, 82 min.) with the filmmaker, Deborah Draper. A reception precedes the film at 4 p.m. in the Diamond Atrium. Location: Ostrove Auditorium, […]