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Join the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers on Thursday, January 24th for our Annual Appeal! Our night will consist of a social hour, cash bar, hors d'oeuvres, a celebration of our accomplishments in 2018 and our goals for 2019! Tickets are $20/person. Tickets are available online or by calling Rick Dorian at (207) 873-4253. […]
Have a beer, make a blanket and meet other professionals in the area! Join United Way of Mid-Maine's Rising Leaders and KV Connect at Waterville Brewing Company for our first ever VolunBREW event, filled with networking, BREWS and of course a hands-on volunteer activity! We will be creating tie blankets to benefit Hospice Volunteers of […]
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. Waterville | Vol. 30 January 25, 2019 Snow Date: January 26, 2019 Colby College |Diamond Building |Ostrove Auditorium Reception: 6:20pm | Presentations: […]
After a spirited and successful program last year, Theater and Dance presents The Passion Project 2019, a brand-new evening of original, story-based performance about issues Colby students are most passionate about in their lives. Through the Jan Plan Activist Storytelling Workshop, students will write and rehearse a series of short solo and small-group pieces inspired […]
by Ken Ludwig A charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and man’s eternal love affair with…golf. This hilarious romp, which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club, is filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over the top romantic shenanigans! When Henry Bingham makes a hefty wager, which […]
Directed by George Cukor and adapted from the same Adela Rogers St. John story that inspired A Star Is Born (in its four incarnations), What Price Hollywood? tells the story of aspiring actress Mary Evans who waits on tables until meeting and befriending famous, yet seldom-sober director Max Carey. Soon she is a big-time star. She […]
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 Education Classroom to have a snack and create their own works of art. Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Colby Museum of Art.
Did you watch the recent lunar eclipse on January 21? Bring all your moon questions, and find out how a lunar eclipse takes place! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.
Space is everywhere and humans have the opportunity to define it with intention and creativity. In this four-hour workshop students will work individually in 2-dimensional (paper) and 3-dimensional (wooden blocks) formats. Constructive group critique will be incorporated into the classroom. This is a great way to develop your artistic skills. Cost: $25 Instructor: Oliver Solmitz […]
A four-course gourmet dinner, with a different wine carefully selected to accompany each course. Only 36 seats available at $50 each. Click for menu and reservations.
Featuring Naomi Schaefer Riley, Beth Cooper Benjamin, and Adrienne Carmack During this conversation we will discuss how the American family has changed over history, the role of nostalgia in this conversation, and how changes in the American family will impact policy more broadly for our nation and our world. A light dinner will be served […]
Do you ever wonder if there is a better way to handle some of those daily parenting challenges? Learn how with this 6 - session video and discussion program for parents and care providers of children ages 5 - 12. This program is designed to help raise responsible children by using effective discipline techniques and […]
Winter is an awesome time for us to create and contemplate and it is also a nice time for beer and art! Learn different glazing techniques on a beautiful pre-constructed bowl. We will be accepting canned goods that evening to donate to the local food cupboard. One free beer ticket included with the cost of […]
Oscar Nominee: Best Documentary Feature! “RaMell Ross offers an inspired and intimate portrait of a place and its people observing the lives of two African-American men over five years. Daniel attends college searching for opportunity while Quincy becomes a father to an energetic son. The audience experiences the mundane and monumental, birth and death, the […]
This is a live HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. Running time: 3 hours, 21 minutes (1 intermission) Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera’s ultimate seductress, a triumph in her 2017 debut performances, with impassioned tenors Yonghoon Lee and Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don José. Omer Meir Wellber […]
While the Groundhog Day tradition may not be an especially accurate method of weather forecasting (especially in Maine), we are still excited for an opportunity to talk about the noble groundhog, Marmota Monax. Also known as a woodchuck or whistlepig, its association with the arrival of spring comes from the fact that it is a […]
Come watch the game on our BIG SCREEN! This is a Chem-Free Family Super Bowl Party for the community. Join the REM family for their first fundraiser of the year! Suggested donation $10 per person (at door or ahead of time via PayPal on REM's website www.rem1.org or just RSVP via Eventbrite ) but any […]
Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce and KV Connect will host “Meet the Reps,” an event that brings members of the public together with elected officials at all levels of government, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 from 5:30-7:00pm at Chace Community Forum located at 150 Main Street in Waterville (Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons). The two […]
New Art in the Lobby Exhibition! In conjunction with the film Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Railroad Square Cinema will open a new art show featuring the work of Abby Shahn and the poetry of Mark Melnicove. The two have collaborated on a project and book, Ghosts, in which Mark responds poetically to Abby’s images. Mark writes, “While the poems gestated, I happened to visit Native […]
“To call this movie fascinating is akin to calling the Grand Canyon large.” —Hollywood Reporter Legendary director Werner Herzog takes us on a literal journey to our past. For over 20,000 years, Chauvet Cave has been completely sealed off by a fallen rock face, its crystal-encrusted interior as large as a football field and strewn […]
After School Art Club is back! Each Thursday afternoon will feature a fun activity that will engage children's imagination and creativity. For kids ages 7-12. This week's activity is snow sculpting! Children will use unique tools to create fun works of art. Click for more info
Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Education and Community Outreach Team invites you to join us for a discussion of Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects by Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown. The book discussions will be held in February 7 and 21 at the Winslow Public Library from 3:30 to […]
Come by and visit to get a tour and meet administration, teachers, and some students to see and hear about our great school! Snow Date: February 28
Rob Richie, president and CEO of FairVote, will speak on ranked choice voting and efforts to make it apply to presidential primaries or caucuses (and the general election) in Maine. Richie has played a key role in advancing, winning, and implementing electoral reforms at the local and state levels. He has been involved in implementing ranked […]
Honoring one of the world’s most revered artists, Joni Mitchell, on her 75th birthday, Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration brings together an incredible array of singers and musicians for a one-night-only celebration. Captured live at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, this special event features Seal, James Taylor, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Graham Nash, Kris Kristofferson, Los […]