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.

Bird Migration

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

When some of our favorite summer birds vanish for the cold months, where have they gone? And how do they find their way? From the Arctic Tern, which flies tens of thousands of miles to the Antarctic, to the spectacle of hawk migration, when thousands of hawks band together — learn about one of the […]

$1 – $3

Folded Paper Portraits

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

Try your hand at paper quilling- the art of rolling, folding, looping, overlapping, curling, and otherwise manipulating paper into a unique design. Come create a unique portrait! Click for more info and to register.

$20

Thomas College 125th Anniversary Celebration

Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville

As part of Homecoming & Family Weekend, join us to celebrate Thomas College's 125th Anniversary! At 3:30, alumni, students, families, faculty, staff, and friends are invited to hear remarks from President Laurie Lachance M.B.A. '92, Trustee Kelley Shimansky '89, and student Katie Taylor '19, as well as emcee and Senior VP of Advancement Bob Moore […]

Free

Mon Ami Crepe Gala

Universalist Unitarian Church 69 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

Bring a friend. Share a meal with a friend. Buy a ticket for a friend. Make a new friend! Along with savory and sweet crepes and salads, coffee, tea, and cider will be provided; feel free to bring wine for your table. Live and varied Music! Tckets are $20/$5 for kids under 12. You can […]

$20 – $25

King Lear

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

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: King Lear This performance is an HD broadcast from London. By: William Shakespeare Broadcast from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of King Lear. Chichester Festival Theatre’s production received five-star reviews for its sell-out run, and transfers to the West End for a limited season. Jonathan Munby directs this […]

Leadership Luncheon With Linda Greenlaw

Amici's Cucina 137 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Join Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce and KV Connect at Amici’s Cucina as Linda Greenlaw takes center stage. Linda is a best-selling author of books with maritime themes and the only female swordfishing boat captain on the East Coast of the United States. She was featured in the 1997 book The Perfect Storm and the 2000 […]

$20 – $25

PFLAG

Pleasant Street United Methodist Church 61 Pleasant Street, Waterville, ME

Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, PFLAG meets the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 PM at the Pleasant Street Methodist Church in the Dunn Parlor on the 2nd floor. All those interested in promoting the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their […]

Free

National Fossil Day

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

Join us to learn about Fascinating Fossils! We will talk about how fossils form, the scale of geological time, and what we can learn about the prehistoric world from the fossil record! Plus, everyone should know about the Maine State Fossil, Pertica quadrifaria! Make a fossil craft to take home. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 […]

$1 – $3
Recurring

Community Health Needs Assessment forum

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

The public is invited to participate in two community meetings to help identify local health needs and priorities. The meetings are sponsored by area health care organizations including MaineGeneral Health and Northern Light Inland Hospital. These free forums are being held: Somerset County – Wednesday, Oct. 17, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Skowhegan High School Cafeteria, […]

Free

South Asian Immigrants in Italy: Integration and Conflict

Room 205, Lovejoy Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

A lecture and film screening with Barbara Bertolani, who studies the role of ethnic and kin-networks of first-generation South Asians in the processes of migration and economic integration in Italy. In her talk about the Punjabi Sikh youth in Italy, Bertolani will focus on issues of gender equality, castes, and arranged marriages. She will also screen her […]

Free

Artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

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

The Colby Museum is pleased to welcome artist, curator, and educator Jaune Quick-to-See Smith to deliver the 2018 Miles and Katharine Culbertson Prentice Lecture. One of the most acclaimed Native American artists working today, Smith considers herself a cultural art worker, underscoring her social activism and her commitment to the preservation of Native American culture. […]

Free

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 Al-Assad regime and ISIS in Syria in a peaceful way. Abdalaziz Alhamza, an award-winning Syrian journalist, human rights defender, activist, IT trainer, and founder of […]

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 quickly followed by retaliatory actions targeting politically sensitive sectors and goods. What will be the economic and political fallout of these actions? Will they help […]

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 Public Library since 2005, Sarah Sugden will be leaving Waterville at the end of October. Sarah is moving on to new challenges and opportunities in […]

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 to the cold weather. Join the Mid-Maine Chamber each month at our Business After Hours Events! These events are a great opportunity to mix and […]

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. Fairfield, including Waterville-Winslow, Augusta, China and Vassalboro, conspired to break the law — the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 — forming a network of “safe […]

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 in Waterville.  Meetings will be on Thursday evenings and will be held from 6:00-7:30pm.  This support is for anyone who has lost a loved one […]

Free

Where the Jews Aren’t: The Sad and Absurd Story of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region

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

Masha Gessen is a journalist and the author of many books, including Perfect Rigor, Blood Matters, Ester and Ruzya, Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot, The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy. Her most recent book, Where the Jews Aren’t, tells the story of an area once declared a Jewish homeland. […]

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 in International Relations while at Yale University and has held grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Council on Soviet and East European Research, the […]

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 (20 slides with 20 seconds per slide).  Every event is well attended and provides its own distinctive journey.

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 be able to have one right here in Waterville. If you have home movies on film that you’ve never seen, or haven’t watched since you […]

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, or wall hanging. Click for more info.

$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 the world is asleep! Admission: Adults: $3 Under 18: $1

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