Why are bats so important to our environment? What do they do that makes a huge difference in our lives and the lives of other animals? Take a tour of our bat collection with a museum guide and learn cool facts about this important and wonderful mammal! Create a fun bat craft to bring home […]

The Colby Jazz Band’s final concert of the season will feature idiomatic examples of a variety of classic jazz styles. Gordon Goodwin’s “Race to the Bridge” has a harmonic scheme based on what jazz players call “rhythm changes.” Bob Minzer’s “Oro Preto” is built on different Brazilian grooves and “Swangalang,” his hybrid of jazz and […]

Community members are encouraged to join Thomas students, staff, faculty and alumni to be a part of the only Mud Run scheduled in Central Maine! With 5K of mud, tire flips, wall climbing, cargo net climbing, and MORE MUD, this event should prove to be fun for all with finishing being the main focus. Challenge […]

The Boston Globe won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for revealing that scores of priests had sexually abused hundreds of victims in the local Archdiocese — and that the church had systematically covered up these crimes. Now the producers of Spotlight, a film about the Globe‘s investigation, have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Ben […]

The final film made by Robert Altman during his decade of de facto banishment from Hollywood before his triumphant return with The Player is a masterpiece about a maker of masterpieces. Vincent and Theo focuses Altman’s unique and distinctive style on Vincent van Gogh and his brother Theo, finding something close to home in the […]

Anne Lunder Leland Curatorial Fellow Andrew Gelfand looks at artists’ responses to the construction of the interstate highway system and the emergence of car culture.

Now that Maine is entering into springtime, do you know why we have seasons? Why does our hemisphere experience summer solstice in June while in the Southern Hemisphere is having winter? Come do an activity to understand seasons and make your own little Earth globe to bring home!

It's a sleepover -- for stuffed animals only! Bring one favorite stuffed animal for games, songs, stories and crafts.   Before you leave, tuck it in for the night, but who knows what mischief it'll get up to after the library closes! We'll post pictures on the library's Facebook page. Pick up your tired. but […]

Pushcart Prize-winner Diane Seuss’s most recent collection is Four-Legged Girl from Graywolf Press. Her second book, Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open (2010), won the Juniper Prize, and she had a poem in The Best American Poetry 2014. Her poetry and brief prose have appeared in literary magazines including Poetry, The Iowa Review, Brevity, Black […]

Maya Lin, Portrait by Walter Smith Please note: Tickets for the Maya Lin lecture have SOLD OUT. For those still interested in attending, we will be simulcasting the lecture in Colby’s Diamond Ostrove Auditorium. WATERVILLE, Maine -- Maya Lin, the world-renowned artist and architect whose work includes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Civil Rights […]

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 on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, 3:00p-5:00p. This workshop is free and […]

Are you a caregiver for a family member or friend? Does your loved one have dementia or another chronic illness? Come and talk with others who share your journey, to support one another and learn of resources and information that may help you. Our Caregiver Support Group is here to listen, to care, to help. […]

Colby College students will bring a special science program for Spring Vacation.  Join us for a demonstration of solids liquids and gases with dry ice and liquid nitrogen! We will demonstrate dry cleaning with dry ice and make ice cream for everyone with liquid nitrogen! Recommended for kids 7 and up; younger kids are welcome, […]

Check out the movie trailer here! Did you know that 40% of the food produced for humans in the U.S. is wasted every year? That's enough to fill the Empire State Building nearly 100 times. Meanwhile, Maine ranks first in New England in terms of food insecurity, including for children, and the State struggles to […]

Job Corps is a FREE residential vocational training program for eligible youth ages 16-24. Training is available in the construction, medical, hospitality, and administrative fields. Job Corps also offers training in employability skills and life skills. Please join us to hear more about the program and to start the application process. To register, call Cathie […]

Come on a walk to look for amphibian signs and to look at a vernal pool during the day! If we have the right timing, we will see eggs and even see some amphibians hiding in wait for night, when they become most active. Discover the courtship of amphibians in spring!

Join the Humane Society Waterville Area for their biggest fundraising event of the year! This first annual fundraiser will feature a night of comedy with Tim Sampler and mistress of ceremonies Birdie Goggins (a.k.a. the Marden's Lady). Appetizers will be available  during the cocktail hour with a cash bar, 25% of the proceeds of which […]

Two Cent Talks, a program dedicated to promoting and celebrating the literary arts in Maine, will be hosting a reading, reception and book signing for authors Monica Woods and Wesley McNair. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with published artists and learn more about the creative process behind their works. We hope to see […]

Associate professor of history at Trent University Finis Dunaway will examine how mainstream media images have depicted environmental crises from the Cold War to the present, including a consideration of Robert Adams’s Turning Back series.

In this class, learn an easy and effective low-impact exercise program that you can continue at home to strengthen and tone your muscles, increase flexibility and range of motion, and maintain a healthy weight. Equipment utilized may include straps/bands and handheld weights. This class is appropriate for all ages and fitness levels as long as […]

2014 was the centennial of the extinction of the passenger pigeon. In celebration of Earth Day, discover the story of this pigeon and other endangered animals around the museum. Make a fun animal craft to bring home and find out ways to help animals and plants around you.

Drop in between 2 and 4 pm to try out your engineering skills by building a marshmallow catapult. Recommended for kids 7 and up. Younger kids are welcome, but must bring a grownup helper. Location: Colby Program Room, Lower Level.

Hancock, Maine native, Chris Ross has been writing and performing his songs for the better part of a decade. He mixes smokey folk with a rambling and witty lyricism, which earned him the "Songwriter Of The Year" award at the 2014 New England Music Awards. Ross and his band, Chris Ross and the North, released […]