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Teen Maker Monday: Peep Dioramas

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens every Monday at 3:00 p.m. and make something new. We’ll provide the supplies; you bring the creativity! On Monday, April 23, recreate […]

Free

Crafternoons: Tissue Paper Flowers

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Looking for a way to brighten up your child’s day? Bring him or her on down to the Library anytime between 2:30 and 4:00 every Tuesday to participate in a […]

Free

Come Read with the Reader Dogs!

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Our therapy dog friends from Kennebec Valley Love on a Leash will be in this afternoon for read-aloud time! Great for kids who want to practice their reading skills and […]

Free

Community Discussion with Philadelphia’s Monument Lab

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

Taking civic dialogue and imagination as forces for social change, Philadelphia’s Monument Lab asks the question, “What is an appropriate monument for our city?” Monument Lab, along with Colby faculty […]

Free

Reading Comics and Graphic Literature in a Time of Environmental Crisis

Fairchild Dining Room, Dana Hall, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

What role can comics and other forms of literary-visual art play in our conversations about the environment? This talk by Thomas Doran, assistant professor, Rhode Island School of Design, explores […]

Free

Teen Anime & Art Club: Beast King GoLion

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Discover a different anime every month and practice your drawing skills with friends at the Waterville Public Library's Teen Anime & Art Club! These events are free, and open to […]

Free

Writer’s Workshop

Oakland Public Library 18 Church St., Oakland, Maine

Will Bonsall, author, and well known gardening expert and seed curator will speak about developing writing skills aimed for people who want to write journals, diaries, reflective writing, letters to […]

Free

Poetry Workshop: When Money Talks, Nobody Walks

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Poetry workshop with Kate Marvin, visiting professor in creative writing at Colby College. Advanced registration required. Click for details.

Free

Teen Movie Night: Wreck-It-Ralph

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens at 4:00 p.m. every Thursday for a screening of a popular movie! The movie changes every week. This week, we’ll be showing […]

Free

Mid-Maine Chamber 55th Annual Awards Ceremony

Carter Hall, Kennebec Valley Community College 92 Western Avenue, Fairfield, ME

  Look at this Rising Star! One of Waterville's young professionals is being recognized for his leadership and hard work. Celebrate with Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce as it distinguishes those […]

$55

Artist Talk with Cassie Jones and Will Sears

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

Cassie Jones and Will Sears discuss the process and inspiration for their new work on view in Side by Side at Common Street Arts. This conversation will help you explore […]

Free

Activism at Colby: Panel with Alumni

Parker-Reed Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Join the Oak Student Committee in dialogue with alumni as they share their experiences with activism on Colby’s campus and beyond. Alumni in attendance will include Muheb Esmat ’16, Tionna […]

Free

Israel and the New American Jewish Novel

Room 122, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Since its founding in 1948, Israel has played an important role in the Jewish-American imagination. But the Jewish state has come to mean very different things to different segments of […]

Free

Danika and the Jeb

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

Following the Artist Talk with Cassie Jones and Will Sears at Common Street Arts on Thursday night, there will be a wonderful free music performance by the passionate and talented […]

Free

Quicksand: A Dance Concert

Strider Theater, Runnals Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Live performance is ephemeral. Sometimes we slip into it and sometimes it drips through our grasp; we experience its impact more palpably than we can recreate individual moments. This evening […]

Free

Girls ROCK! Central Maine Conference

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

Girls Rock! Conferences are planned BY girls FOR girls. The high school girls on the Girls Advisory Board choose topics for the conference that are relevant to them AND YOU! […]

$20 – $25

Noontime Art Talk: What a Game!

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

Join Bill Lagerstrom, museum docent and former professional sports photographer, and Robert P. Hernandez, freelance illustrator and high school baseball coach, in discussing the current exhibition Game Time: The Sports […]

Free

PechaKucha vol 27

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

PK WTVL volume 27 will take place on Friday, April 27, 2018, at the Waterville Opera House! The evening will begin with a reception at 6:00pm at Common Street Arts, […]

Free

Haydn’s Creation Mass

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

In the final concerts of the season, the Colby Symphony Orchestra, Colby Chorale, and Colby Kennebec Choral Society present Haydn’s Mass No. 13 in B-flat Major, Schöpfungsmesse, or “Creation Mass.” […]

Free

Rummage Sale

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

Clothing, books, home decor, houseware items, and more! April 28, 2018, 8am - 2pm in the fellowship hall at the Pleasant Street United Methodist Church, 61 Pleasant St., Waterville. 

Free

Make Your Own Personal Trading Card

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

Participants will visit the exhibition Game Time, then create their own personal trading card. Family workshops are free and open to all ages. No RSVP is required. All children must […]

Free

Metropolitan Opera: Cendrillon

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

Music by Jules Massenet “Glorious,” raved the New York Times when Joyce DiDonato sang the title role of Cendrillon (“Cinderella”) at the Royal Opera in 2011. “Her performance was thoroughly […]

$15 – $20

Save the Frogs!

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

Sunday, April 29, is Save the Frogs Day! The whole month of April has been dedicated as National Frog Month, so what better way to end the month than talking […]

$1 – $3

Paper Pop-Ups

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

Learn unique and fun methods of 3-D paper construction with visiting artist, Tamar Ettigen! Create one-of-a-kind pop-up cards and discover how to craft paper into incredible structures. Participants will create […]

Free

Explore a Vernal Pool!

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

Have you ever heard of a vernal pool? They provide an amazing temporary habitat for animals like frogs and salamanders! And we have one right here on campus! We would […]

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