4/11/2022 COVID Update: The State of Maine no longer requires masking or proof of vaccination to attend any public events, but individual venues are free to do so. For the latest information, visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention or the State of Maine’s COVID site.

Community + Campus Film Series: Dawnland

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

The museum, in collaboration with Railroad Square Cinema, presents this series of films related to current exhibitions and collections. Dawnland is a documentary film about the untold story of indigenous child removal […]

Free

Slice: Pottery: the Art of Throwing Clay

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

art, like any skill, takes a bit of experimentation, lots of practice and work, but the result can be extremely rewarding as a career path or life-long creative endeavor. in […]

Free

Waterville GreenDrinks

Are You Ready to Party? 4 Sanger Avenue, Waterville, ME

Come join KV Connect, Waterville’s young professionals group, for an exciting evening of networking and socialization while helping to support a great cause! This month, we're at Are You Ready […]

$5

Wabanaki Perspectives on Climate Change

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

Wíwənikan…the beauty we carry is an exhibition of contemporary art of the First Nations people of what is now Maine and Maritime Canada, on view now at the Colby Museum […]

Free

Dans L’Engrenage (In the Gears)

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

A French Hip Hop Performance with Compagnie Dyptik Finding your place, precarious as it may be. You fight for it. Fight to keep it. Beyond the inner workings of society. […]

Free

Business Breakfast Series

Summit Room, Spann Student Commons, Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville, ME

State Legislative Session 2020 – What to Expect from Maine’s Legislature. Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce invites you to join it and other business professionals at Thomas College in Waterville on […]

$18 – $25

After School Art Club: Clay Self Portraits

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

Using the exhibition, I Am Not a Stranger as inspiration, students will create self-portraits in clay. These charming portraits will be glazed and ready for pick up the following week. […]

$14

Two Cent Talk Series: Jefferson Navicky and Colin Cheney

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Jefferson Navicky was born in Chicago and grew up in southeastern Ohio. He is the archivist for the Maine Women Writers Collection and teaches English at Southern Maine Community College. […]

Free

History Of The Waterville Fire Department

Waterville Historical Society - Redington Museum 62 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

The Waterville Historical Society’s October talk will feature Scott Holst, who will discuss the history of the Waterville Fire Department. Holst, a lieutenant in the department, has been a fireman […]

Elizabeth Rush and the Maine Sierra Club

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

Elizabeth Rush is the author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction. Her work explores how humans adapt to changes […]

Free

Environmental Studies Lunchtime Lecture: Chelse Prather

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

Chelse Prather is the director of the Insect Ecology Lab in the Department of Biology at the University of Dayton. Her work with students addresses questions at the interface of […]

Jasper Sunsets Artists Reception

The Framemakers 46 Main St., Waterville, ME

Come meet the artists from Jasper Sunsets! This exhibit features book art and poetry, abstract acrylics, photography, watercolor, and more! CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Free

Stonewall: Then and Now

Save the date: Description: Stonewall: Then and Now is a collection of music, drama, and poetry celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Designed to honor the progress made […]

Recurring

Art + Storytelling: Animals in Art

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

Following a brief exploration of the galleries with Museum staff and Colby student interns, the group reads a children’s book related to the month’s theme—in October, it will be “Animals […]

Free

3D Printing Meetup

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

Ever wondered how 3D printing works? Stop by the 3D Printing Meetup at the Common Street Arts studio. Begin with introductions and a presentation, then adjourn at noon for beverages […]

Free

The Met: Turandot

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

Franco Zeffirelli’s spectacular production returns to cinemas, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducting his first Puccini opera with the company. Powerhouse soprano Christine Goerke takes on […]

$17 – $23

Amazing Seashells

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

Examine the different kinds of mollusks and their special adaptations. See one that can make holes in rock, one that digs in the sand, one that is poisonous and one […]

$1 – $3

Community Yellow Tulip Planting

Head of Falls Temple Street at Front Street, Waterville, ME, United States

In support of Mental Health Awareness week, join Waterville Creates! and the Yellow Tulip Project as we work together with FEDCO Bulbs and Johnny’s Selected Seeds to plant Hope Gardens […]

Free

Opening Reception for Uncaged Art

Waterville Brewing Company 10 Water Street, Ste. 111, Waterville, ME

Come enjoy a lovely evening of art, performance art, a silent auction, delicious hors d’oeuvres, and local beer to support raising awareness of family separations, child detentions, and the Remain […]

Maine Comedian Bob Marley

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

PLEASE NOTE: This event has two performance times, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Single seats only remaining for the 7 p.m. show. Bob loves being a comedian. He’s wicked good […]

$34.50 – $35.50

Masterworks: Colby Symphony Orchestra

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

In its first concert of the season, the Colby Symphony Orchestra performs masterworks from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Debussy’s haunting ballet score Prelude to the Afternoon of a […]

Free

Masterpiece Art – Wíwənikan: The Beauty We Carry

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

In this acrylic painting class, we will reference the artwork “Welcome Home” from the exhibition Wíwənikan... The Beauty We Carry, currently on view at the Colby College Museum of Art. […]

$35

Inexhaustible Dark Energy

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

What would happen if there was a source of energy that was never exhausted? Our everyday experience would suggest it is impossible to have a limitless supply of anything. However, […]

Free
Recurring

Latin Dance Classes

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

We will learn beginning dance moves and techniques for various Latin Dance genres (Merengue, Cumbia, Bachata, and Salsa). There are four, biweekly sessions on Monday evenings, October 14 & 28 […]

Free

Noontime Art Talk: Ice Core Perspectives on Climate Change

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

Bess Koffman, assistant professor of geology, will speak on issues and themes related to Peggy Weil: 88 Cores, an immersive four-and-a-half-hour video of ice core samples, on view through Dec. 8, […]

Free
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