Bring your favorite bear for teddy bear “tea”, learn the history of the Teddy bear, and enjoy fun teddy bear art. This is especially fun for preschooler and kindergarteners!

Well, it's time for the final Union Coffeehouse of the 2015 summer season and we've got another good one for you. Our favorite folksinging duo, Simons and Goodwin, will be headlining the Coffeehouse for their ninth time. Bob's and Renee's voices blend seamlessly to create delightful harmonies while their accomplished guitar accompaniment completes the musical […]

The Perseid meteor showers are a lovely sight in August! We will discuss the meteors, lie out in the field to view the shower, and set up moth lights and bait to enjoy some nocturnal insects that visit us. Bring a towel or blanket and a flashlight!

Learn how permaculture principles focus on developing sustainable architecture and regenerative habitat. Take a walk around the property to practice observation skills followed by a pot luck.

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Poker Night Just Got Super Sized! Have a Blast and Support the Alfond Youth Center! Your Exclusive Invitation MAINE EVENT POKER TOURNAMENT Saturday, August 22nd at High Noon Sunbeam Roller Rink, Smithfield, Maine The Hottest Game in the State With up to 100 players, 10 tables of play, in a gorgeous setting this tournament is already the […]

Come join the discussion of trying to get composting into the local school systems.

The annual United Way of Mid-Maine Fundraising Campaign will officially kick off with this breakfast celebration. The event, hosted and sponsored by Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC), will be held in Carter Hall on the KVCC Fairfield campus from 7:30-9am. Price is $12 per person and includes breakfast. Recognition of our workplace community leaders will […]

Discover some secrets of migration and learn who to look for in your woods and fields this time of year.

With its title ME chosen by fans, Jo Dee's newest album, released March 18, 2014, marks her most personal album to date. Jo Dee wrote, or co-wrote, many of the songs on the album and will release ME on her own newly established label, Dreambound Records. For the first time in her career, Jo Dee […]

There are many critical qualities a leader must “have” or “learn” to become a successful supervisor, manager or executive. David Ciullo, President of the HR Services firm Career Management Associates will discuss 10 critical leadership qualities needed to be successful and discuss which are inherent and which can be learned through effective development. Cost per […]

Join us at Amici's ~ Downtown Waterville for a wine tasting fundraiser to benefit United Way of Mid-Maine!! An early evening of fellowship and tasty delights~ $18.00 for Wine & Light Appetizers (you can also make a reservation to stay for dinner: 15% of Entire Evening’s Sales Benefit the United Way of Mid-Maine!)

Inland’s 4th series will kick off on Saturday, September 12 at Head of Falls with a LET’S GO! Celebration and Family Fun Walk at 1pm. Join us for this free event to learn about Inland Hospital’s LET’S GO! Family Fun Series, celebrate 2014-2015, kick-off the new series with a fun walk and other activities, and […]

In the early and mid-90’s, Cathy Kreger was one of the most popular names in New England folk music circles and appeared several times at our coffeehouse before sold out crowds! Due in part to living and working in New York on a permanent basis, she has not been in Maine for several years. We […]

Anthony Mann’s tough, lean, beautiful western is the last of five collaborations between this terrific director and Jimmy Stewart and one of the first widescreen Technicolor westerns. In Mann and Stewart’s ‘50s westerns, the hero, while still heroic, is also troubled and troubling, and the simple verities of simpler westerns are quietly blown away…. Unrated. […]

Originally the instrument of Zen monks, the Japanese transverse bamboo flute (shakuhachi) has captivated the minds and hearts of listeners for centuries. Remarkably simple in design, it takes years to master. The sound is sensual and capable of great emotional depth. Shakuhachi grand master James Nyoraku Schlefer is a virtuoso performer of traditional and contemporary […]

Colby Professor of Science, Technology, and Society Jim Fleming has written extensively on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of weather, climate, technology, and the environment. In this talk he will consider the neologism "anthropocene" (age of humans), which has struck a cultural nerve, pointing to what may be the decisive epoch of our planet. […]

Job fairs attract many who are trying to find a new job. Want to improve the odds for getting the job you want? The secret to success at a job fair is preparing in advance. Prepare for the upcoming Waterville Public Library Job Fair (which will be on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 3:00pm-6:00pm).   Dana […]

Business After Hours is always an excellent opportunity to network with other professionals and community leaders. Remember your business cards! Food, door prizes, 50/50 raffle & more!

Sustain Mid-Maine Coalition is developing an RFP to do a large group purchase of Solar Photo Voltaic Systems for the Mid-Maine region. The Solarize Mid-Maine Program is open to all residential and most small business properties. It will include site evaluation, licensing and permitting, equipment (mounting brackets, Solar Panels, Inverters) and connection to Central Maine […]

Jodi Koberinski, a pioneer in food sovereignty in Canada, has reimagined agriculture and advocated for more equitable food systems. Colby's 2015 Oak Human Rights Fellow and a global leader in efforts to create sustainable, safe, and re food systems, Koberinski will give her formal address to the community as part of her Oak fellowship.

Renowned Maine author Carolyn Chute will kick off a new literary series, Two Cent Talks, at the Waterville Opera House, at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 by reading from her latest novel, Treat Us Like Dogs and We Will Become Wolves, which won the PEN New England Award. Chute is the author of The School on […]

Come help us celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Dartmouth Trail on the campus of Good Will-Hinckley. We hope to have 100 people come walk the trail for our 100 Years, 100 Hikers event. We are hoping 100 hikers will help us celebrate by walking the Dartmouth Trail any time between 9 AM and 4 […]

Come explore all things Earth Moon! We will have out telescopes but also have indoor activities to understand moon phases and make a moon craft. This event will take place rain or shine!