This fun, fashion, and food filled event features dinner, a fashion show, live auction, silent auction, games and always some unplanned entertainment for just $30. Come enjoy dinner, learn how to look trendy and fashionable on a budget with fashions from Divine Consigns and presented by MC Tanya Verzoni. And don't miss a chance to […]

The talented Maine jazz musicians lined up for the evening include Ginny Palmer (vocals), Tony Gasboury (guitar), Bill Mosely (flute), Shaun Bolduc, (bass), and Zack Pomerleau (drums). Music will be modern jazz in combo format, concentrating on jazz standards of the 1950s to the present. Some of the music will feature an interpretive dancer from […]

The fair is MOFGA's premier event celebrating rural living. Three full days of educational talks and demonstrations, entertainment, delicious Maine-grown organic food, and products from local artisans. Gates open at 9:00 AM each day. Sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.

All day is Smithsonian Museum Day, a day to honor and visit your local museums! Come visit, try out a museum scavenger hunt, and discover the gem that is the L.C. Bates Museum! Go online to print out the Smithsonian magazine coupon and your admission is free!

In this live broadcast from London's National Theatre, Simon Godwin (Man and Superman) directs George Farquhar's wild comedy of love and cash. The "Beaux" are Mr. Aimwell and Mr. Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their "Stratagem": to marry […]

Composed of three separate pieces, “Broadway to Hip-Hop,” “Sounds of Movement,” and “L.O.V.E.,” and supported by an eclectic soundtrack of music ranging from legendary rapper Busta Rhymes to the classic voice of Sammy Davis Jr. to poetry by Maya Angelou, To Hip-Hop With Love offers a kaleidoscopic view of African-American entertainment traditions. With the technical […]

Walk in support of mental health, hope and recovery and breakdown the stigma of mental illness.  Check-in 9 AM, walk starts 11 AM.  Check website listed below for registration details.

Speaker: Dennis Dix Community members are welcome to this free general information workshop on accessing the behavioral health care system. Light refreshments will be available and childcare will be provided if needed. To register: www.kbhmaine.org 873-2136 ext 1905 email tchapman@kbhmaine.org

Peter Forbes works to redefine conservation as achieving resilient relationships between people and place and between one another. His goal is to partner with communities and organizations for transformative conversations.

Nicola Twilley explores the artificial cryosphere that would enhance the public appreciation of "aeroir," a concept developed by Twilley suggesting local atmospheres capture a unique taste. Twilley will discuss her reconfiguration of how we sense and experience food touching on influences from refrigeration to air pollution.

Geoff Manaugh explains the 2012 Landscape Futures exhibition concerning humans' dependency on machines and other intermediaries to interpret their surrounding landscape. Manaugh will also present on artificial replacements for natural phenomena, including patents for new forms of artificial snow, trees, and geology, as well as unexpected side effects.

A conversation about art, food, and architecture with Brooklyn-based writers, curators, and bloggers Nicola Twilley and Geoff Manaugh and Katz Curator Diana Tuite.

Photographer Emmet Gowin will speak about his recent work capturing living moths in Ecuador, Panama, and Bolivia, which has earned him fellowships, endowments, and awards. His photographs have been exhibited extensively with permanent installations in numerous museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.

In collaboration with Maine Craft Weekend and American Craft the Waterville Public Library's Carnegie Gallery presents Black + White. The exhibition will feature work by printmaker Scott Minzy + ceramic artist Tim Christensen. Also, on display in the library will be work by metalsmith Dereck Glaser. Closing Reception + Artist Talk: October 27, 5:00 - […]

Join the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce in a fun-filled night full of networking with area business professionals. Over 175 prizes donated from a variety of area businesses will be raffled off. The grand prize is $3,000 cash, second prize is $1,000 cash, and third prize is $500 cash. Nobody walks away empty-handed! Tickets are $120/piece […]

Jessica May, chief curator of the Portland Museum of Art, will moderate a panel discussion with faculty artists Bradley Borthwick, Bevin Engman, Gary Green, Garry Mitchell, and Scott Reed.

Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) will hold an open house at its campuses in Fairfield and Hinckley. The open house will feature campus tours, financial aid guidance, program information, refreshments, and much more. Programs in the Allied Health, Nursing, and Trades and Technology departments will be showcased at the Fairfield Campus at 92 Western Ave. […]

This exhibition will showcase functional and sculptural fine glasswork, celebrating the medium of glass, and craft in the finest form from artists in Maine. Exhibitors: Ken & Linda Perrin | Atlantic Glass David Jacobson Glass Hope Murphy | Fuzing Glass Karen Gola |Gola Glass Charlie Jenkins & Terrill Waldman | Tandem Glass This exhibition runs […]

PechaKucha Night (PKN WTVL) Waterville is a fun, creative networking event for the entire community featuring diverse presenters faced with the same dynamic challenge: telling a compelling story in 20x20, i.e. 20 slides at 20 seconds per slide. Creatively converging with Maine Craft Weekend, PKN WTVL Vol. 18 will immediately following the Opening Reception for […]

Two Performances, at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM! Presented by the Kennebec Valley Chordsmen, this show features guest quartet Exchange Street, with additional performances by the Mount View Chamber Singers, Good-Time Sound, Buck and a Quarter, Maine Stream and Boom Shop. Tickets: $12 in advance, $14 at the doo, free for students.

In conjunction with Waterville Creates! and the Maine Crafts Association, take a tour of the Museum collection to view the many depictions of the face in art, then make your own mask.

Out & Allied is a troupe of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth and their allies who use theatre to share their everyday experiences. All are welcome! This is NOT just for actors. If you like or want to learn about technical stuff, building things, writing, using social media, creating promotional materials, or […]

Marsha Stevens of BALM Ministries will share her encouraging and positive music in a celebration of the inclusive love of Jesus. A free-will offering will be taken. There will be a reception following the concert and CDs will be available for purchase.

After an 18-year hiatus of reflecting and writing new works, Kevin Libby of Belfast, Maine is now embarking on his Free Man Yet tour starting with an album release party at the Waterville Opera House.  This show is being hosted by the Waterville Opera House in conjunction with Waterville Creates! celebration of Maine Craft Weekend. According to […]

Join Waterville Main Street, Waterville Creates! and Festival at the Falls as we celebrate a family day of fun filled activities for the entire family. We will have pumpkin carving, pumpkin bowling, scarecrow making, hay rides, music, crafters, delicious food and much, much more!