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Photography and/as Scientific Revolution

Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Early photographic experimentation was frequently less concerned with optics — with providing a picture of the world — than with physics. Techniques such as spectroscopy were developed and deployed explicitly […]

Free

Nitrogen Cycling in Eutrophic Systems

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Silvia Newell, assistant professor at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, will discuss cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Taihu and western Lake Erie, which are driven largely by […]

Free

Dissecting Violence: The Humanities Respond, Part I

Pugh Center, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

How do Colby professors use their disciplines to respond when violence convulses our world? When police shoot and are shot at, when bombs explode and refugees drown, what can the […]

Free

Mental Health First Aid

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

This national, evidenced-based certification course will help participants support loved ones, colleagues, neighbors, and others coping with mental illness and addiction. At the end of the day, you will have […]

$5

President Trump And Other Plausible Impossibilities

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

Join panelists E.J. Dionne, columnist for the Washington Post and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Eliana Johnson, Washington editor for National Review Magazine, and David Shribman, editor-in-chief for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for a discussion on […]

Free

Slavery and Colonization in Early America

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Wendy Warren, an assistant professor at Princeton University, will discuss the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on the culture of New England in the 17th century based on her […]

Free

Abbott Meader: Three Films

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

This special screening features new digital renditions of two of Abbott Meader’s 16mm films. “South Slope” (1979-80) is an elegant contemplation of a small patch of Oakland, Maine through the […]

Essentials of College Planning

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career, and study skills. Advance registration required. Visit http://meoc.maine.edu/schedule.php or call 1-800-281-3703.

Free

Darwinian Revolution

Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

History tells us that Charles Darwin was neither the first nor the only one to think of evolution. This talk by Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of the History of Science […]

Free
Recurring

Constellations

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

Constellations is a multimedia theater piece by Alexis Atkinson ’15 that aims to reflect and track the psychological and emotional development of a young black female. The one-woman play utilizes different […]

Tailgate Party

Kids and cops on campus! Maine's Law Enforcement, Local Communities & Higher Education Come together for a day of Fun! Barbecue, Games and the COLBY COLLEGE VS. UMO RUGBY MATCH […]

Recurring

Art + Storytelling: Pumpkins Galore

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

After a brief exploration of the museum, we will read a children’s book related to the fall season. Children and their grownups will then be invited to the Mirken Education […]

Free

Tristan und Isolde

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

Music by Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde opens the Met season in a new production by Mariusz Treliński (the director responsible for the 2014–15 season’s double bill of Iolanta and […]

Indie Author Day

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Bette Stevens, and Richard Wooten will be joining us for a book signing as part of Indie Author Day 2016! During this inaugural Indie Author Day, libraries all across North […]

Free

Bob Marley

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

Maine's own wicked funny comedian returns for his annual performance at the Waterville Opera House! Tickets: $25 (Note: There will be only one performance. The previously announced 9:00 performance has […]

$25

International Moon Night

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

Ever caught yourself looking up at the Moon wondering exactly what you were looking at? The L.C. Bates Museum will be one of thousands of locations around the globe celebrating […]

Casco Bay Tummlers

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

After 36 years teaching guitar in the Music Department, Carl Dimow will retire after this academic year. He performs his final official faculty concert with his eclectic klezmer band, the […]

Free

Cuba

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

A problematic romance; a less problematic revolution. Sean Connery (the first James Bond!) and Brooke Adams (a past Railroad Square guest who first rose to prominence in Terrence Malick’s Days […]

$5

Dementia Conversations

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

This free program will offer helpful tips to assist families with difficult conversations related to dementia. Presented by the Maine chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Please pre-register by calling 873-4745 […]

Free

Music in the Museum: Baroque Songs of England and Italy

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

Music’s Quill (Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor, and Timothy Burris, lute) will be joined by special guest Colby Professor of History Raffael Scheck on cello for a concert of Baroque continuo […]

Free

Medicare 101 Clinic

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Are you new To Medicare? Part A is hospital insurance. Part B is medical insurance. Part C is Medicare Advantage Plans & Part D is for prescription drugs. Do you […]

Reconciling the Needs of People and Elephants in Asia

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Shermin de Silva will discuss Asian elephants, the sole survivors of the genus Elephas. This six-million-year-old, evolutionarily unique species must now make a living alongside its historic predator — humans — […]

Free

Revolutions in Climate

Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Most people today view climate science as a field wholly occupied with the practical problem of global warming. But, as with most scientific endeavors, the field has moved forward by […]

Free

2nd Annual LAC Fundraiser Walk

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Let's exercise, have fun and raise some money to help support the many Muskie Community Center programs! You can support our walkers by making a donation! Where: Muskie Community Center, […]

Conserving A Usable Past

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

Paintings conservator Nina Roth-Wells will discuss her work conserving paintings in the museum’s collection of American folk art in preparation for the exhibition A Usable Past.

Free
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