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Photography and Migration

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Photography and Migration is a community photo-sharing event hosted by the Waterville Public Library and Colby College. Bring your historical family photos to the library for digitization and share your migration stories! The afternoon will include free local music, food, workshops on preserving family photos, conversations with local historians, an demonstrations of early photographic processes. […]

Free

Eugene Onegin

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

Tchaikovsky’s setting of Pushkin’s timeless verse novel is presented on the Met stage in Deborah Warner’s moving production, starring Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Tatiana and Onegin. Alexey Dolgov sings the role of Lenski, and Robin Ticciati conducts. This is a live, high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The running […]

$18 – $20

Earth Day: Endangered and Extinct

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

The year 2014 was the 100th anniversary 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. Admission: $3 for adults, […]

$1 – $3

Draw With the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

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

Come spend the afternoon sketching with Guild of Science Illustrators Maine at the L.C. Bates Museum, an early 20th-century natural history and cultural museum in Hinckley, Maine. The museum has 32 habitat dioramas, galleries of birds, mammals, marine life, insects, reptiles, and minerals, as well as hands-on educational exhibits. Also on the grounds of the […]

$1 – $3

Gloria!

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

Directed by Jesse Wakeman, the Colby Collegium Musicum performs Antonio Vivaldi’s masterful Gloria. This brilliant and complex work for choir and orchestra, with soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists, is sure to invigorate the soul and ring in the spring. The program will also feature two madigals and several instrumental works. Sponsored by the Music Department.

Free

Dirty Dog Mud Run

Join us for Thomas College’s Third Annual Dirty Dog Mud Run! The run is a 5K mud run and obstacle course featuring 12-15 obstacles and multiple mud pits. The run is open to community members and will be a family-friendly atmosphere. This year’s event will offer a mini obstacle course open to children up to […]

Earth Day Spring Cleaning

Postponed from Saturday, April 22, due to weather. Join us to celebrate Earth Day! We will be meeting volunteers in Castonguay Square. Please bring anything you have including rakes, brooms, cleaning supplies, trash bags, gloves, and some work attire! This  family-friendly event will be a great way to teach our youth about community involvement. If […]

Free

Writing in Support of Solar Power

Universalist Unitarian Church 69 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

350 Central Maine invites you to a letter-writing meeting.  We will be writing letters to area representatives to support solar power. FMI: linda350centralmaine@gmail.com

A Hero of Our Time

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

The new ballet score, based on motifs from the Lermontov novel A Hero of Our Time, was commissioned from the very young (32-year-old) Peresburg composer Ilya Demutsky who, though not averse to experiments, keeps to a fairly traditional musical language. However his acute interest in contemporary topics which finds reflection in his music, and his […]

$13 – $15

Screenings of Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice and The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

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

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African-American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison reads selections from Wells’ memoirs and other writings in this winner of more than 20 film festival awards. The Black Press: Soldiers […]

Free

Open Midnight: Where Ancestors & Wilderness Meet

Miller Library, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Brooke Williams will read from his Open Midnight, which weaves two parallel stories about the great wilderness: that of the author’s year alone with his dog, ground truthing, backcountry maps of southern Utah and that of his great-great-great-grandfather, William Williams, who in 1863 made his way with a group of Mormons from England across the […]

Free

Media Malpractice?: The Press in the Age of Trump

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

The role of the media in the 2016 election was exceptional and will be studied for decades. Did the press underestimate Donald Trump’s support, or did it help fuel his ascent? The role of the press during the early stages of the Trump Administration has also become a hot topic. How will the press respond […]

Free

Waterville Public Library Love Day Tea Party

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

The Library Board of Trustees invites the community to celebrate Waterville Library Love Day! By Mayoral Proclamation, April 26, 2017 is a day to celebrate the Library’s 121 years of service to the community. Join the Library Trustees for cake, crafts, treats, prizes, and other fun! Location: Fireplace Room, 1st Floor.

Free

Entrepreneur Speaker Series: Amber Lambke

Ayotte Auditorium, Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville, ME

WATERVILLE, April 2017 — Thomas College will hold its first in a series of entrepreneur speaker and networking events to be held at Thomas College’s Ayotte Auditorium on April 26, 2017 at 6 to 7:30 p.m. The first speaker will be Amber Lambke, President and CEO of Maine Grains, who will talk about how she […]

Talking about Social Change: Are We Sending the Right Messages?

Doubletree by Hilton Hotel 363 Maine Mall Rd, Portland, ME

In these fast-paced, uncertain times, it’s more important than ever to send clear messages about the work of Maine’s nonprofits. MANP’s Spring 2017 Executive Leadership Forum will feature Dr. Lynn Davey, an expert in the art and science of framing public discourse on complex social problems. Dr. Davey will explain how non-experts think about the causes […]

$45 – $65
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Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market

Mark your calendars! The Downtown Waterville Farmers' Market opens on Thursday, April 27, in its new location, Castonguay Square and Common Street. Rain or shine, the Market will be open from 2:00 to  6:00 p.m. every Thursday through November 16. Due to the change in location, the City will be closing down Common Street from […]

Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Ceremony

53rd Annual Awards Ceremony April 27, 2017 Kennebec Valley Community College Fairfield Campus  5:00PM to 7:30PM $50.00 per person - call 873-3315 to register For 53 years, the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce has presented awards to deserving area businesses and business people.  Join us April 27 to celebrate the achievements and contributions of our 2016 […]

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Yarn Club

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Yarn Club is for people for all ages who enjoy yarn crafts such as knitting, crocheting, plastic canvas, and for anyone who wants to learn new skills! Join Miss Foster to enjoy your yarn hobby and socialize with others. Learn a new craft, get help fixing a mistake, or learn how to adjust and create […]

Free

REM Community Volunteer Awards

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

The community is invited to join in the fun and honor with their attendance the community nonprofit organizations and exemplary volunteers which directly and powerfully affect our quality of life.  A Power Point presentation will be projected larger than life on the Waterville Opera House screen providing a rare opportunity for the community to get […]

Free
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The House We Live In

Three Performances: Friday at 7:30, Saturday at 2:00 & 7:30 The House We Live In is a collection of monologues, poems, and short skits written by Out & Allied Youth Theatre members. The performance pieces address gender identity, sexual orientation, gender expression, and stereotypes. Free admission! To reserve seats or to find out more about the […]

Free
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Vernal Pools Evening Walk

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

Many do not know about the term “Big Night,” which is when the first amphibians wake up during spring to migrate to breeding spots on one rainy warm evening in spring. It is an exciting time to go walking at night! Come join us for one of these walks in which we will learn the […]

Maine Author/Illustrator Hazel Mitchell

To celebrate Independent Bookstore Day, Children's Book Cellar will be hosting Hazel Mitchell, Maine author and illustrator. Hazel's newest book is Do Fairies Bring The Spring? Her book, Toby, is a finalist for the newly established Anna Dewdney Read Aloud Award. Come to meet Hazel! She'll demonstrate her drawing skills and do free fairy drawings […]

Free

Community Day at the Colby Museum of Art

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

Join the Colby Museum of Art for another fantastic celebration of our community with refreshments, art making for all ages, guided tours and live music by Suzy and the Smelts! (Smelt-tastic!) Click the link below for more information.

Free

Thank You, Trees!

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

Celebrate Environmental Education Week and Arbor Day! Trees provide homes for animals, homes and furniture for people, shade, paper, fuel, and, oh yes, oxygen for breathing! Let’s look closely at our trees and celebrate their beauty with an elegant art project. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

$1 – $3
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