The 2017-18 Music at Colby series opens with the virtuoso Regina Carter, “widely considered the finest jazz violinist of her generation” according to the New York Times. A 2006 MacArthur Fellow, Carter will be joined by members of her quintet for a tribute to the music of Ella Fitzgerald. This is the first of two […]

In this series of four classes you will learn discipline methods that work, how to prevent tantrums, establishing routines to make life easier, and much more. This class is designed for parents of children from birth to age 5 Class meets Mondays, September 25 – October 23, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Presented by: Emily Buckhalter […]

Shane Bradt of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will presents a workshop at the MLRC introducing the participants to ArcGIS Online and provides an opportunity to gain hands-on experience mapping with this powerful software. This first day will consist of two sessions: Getting to Know ArcGIS Online and Telling Your Story with Maps. The class continues […]

Tonya T-Mobile Clark and her colleague Becky will be at the Waterville Public Library next Tuesday at the same time as the weekly Job Search Lab. Tonya and Becky will be answering questions about working at T-Mobile and doing on-the-spot interviews.

Our therapy dog friends from Kennebec Valley Love on a Leash will be in this afternoon for read-aloud time! Great for kids who want to practice their reading skills and for families who want a fun, calming read-aloud opportunity. Spend 15 minutes with a dog who loves to listen! Bring your own favorite book, or […]

Ensuring all students, no matter what their zip code is, have access to quality schools is an essential mission of state funding for education. This presentation is a overview of educational funding for Maine Schools in context compared to other states and nations. Principles of equity and questions to ask of your local school boards […]

Vievee Francis is the author of three books of poetry: Blue-Tail Fly (Wayne State University Press, 2006), Horse in the Dark (winner of the Cave Canem Northwestern University Poetry Prize for a second collection, Northwestern University Press, 2016) and Forest Primeval (winner of the Hurston Wright Legacy Award and the 2017 Kingsley-Tufts Poetry Award). Her work has appeared in numerous print and […]

Although our existence on a habitable planet can largely be taken for granted, how Earth arrived at this state of “habitability” is far from obvious. How the planets even formed is still not well understood. Once a terrestrial planet is created, its evolution is controlled by how it slowly cools, which drives its internal motion […]

Located just south of the Arctic Circle, Dawson City was settled in 1896 and became the center of the Canadian Gold Rush that brought 100,000 prospectors to the area. It was also the final stop for a distribution chain that sent early movie prints and newsreels to the Yukon. The films were seldom, if ever, […]

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 $125/piece […]

A panel discussion with German General Consul Ralf Horlemann; Jennifer Yoder, Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies; Raffael Scheck, Katz Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, German and Russian Chair; Andreas Waldkirch, associate professor of economics and associate chair of Global Studies; and Johanna Pimpi, German language assistant and student at the LMU […]

The Water’s Edge Wellness Retreat is a harmonious pairing of yoga, nature and mindfulness. This 3 day/2 night retreat will take place at Snow Pond Center for the Arts in Sidney, Maine, 6 miles outside of the state capital, Augusta. Snow Pond’s picturesque setting will allow you to experience a connection between body and mind, while School […]

Visiting Assistant Professor of English Jacquelyn Ardam and Mirken Director of Academic and Public Programs Lauren Lessing will discuss Marsden Hartley in relation to modern poetry. Location: Colby College Museum of Art, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville. FMI: 859-5600, museum@colby.edu

The fourth and final Waterville Rocks! concert of the summer (September 29) will bring the extraordinary, "funk-tastic" energy of Bella's Bartok and West End Blend to Waterville 5:30: Beer Garden Opens 6:00: Concert Begins Waterville Rocks! is a series of four outdoor concerts presented by the Waterville Opera House for the enjoyment of the greater […]

Join artist Barbara Sullivan for a hands-on exploration of the medium of fresco painting. Students will develop an understanding and working knowledge of true buon fresco (painting into freshly laid wet plaster). Learn the many steps involved, how to prepare substrates, arriccio, and intonaco layers of plaster and how to grind pigments like the old […]

What’s going on with the new Colby College building across from the Library? Join us for a special Story Time with project manager, Paul Ureneck.  He will explain what’s happening on the job site and share a construction-related story. Location: Colby Program Room, Lower Level, Waterville Public Library.

In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor and his wife to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until […]

Two Performances: 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM. The theme of this year’s show is the greatest generation and focuses on the music of the World War II era with the addition of several patriotic songs. We have groups representing a women’s chorus, Mainely Harmony; Sound Check, an accapella group from Waterville High School; as well […]

Old Flame was formed in the mire of the 2017 presidential election with one unshakable intention: to make their art as an active form of resistance and never cease. Born in the DIY basements, garages, and fields of western Massachusetts, the indie-rock band spins grit, unapologetic politics, and honey-rasp vocals into a psychedelic punk-rock nostalgia, […]

Aqua City Actors Theatre (ACAT) is pleased to announce Between the Lines, a new play reading series presented in partnership with the Waterville Public Library and Waterville Creates! The play readings will complement ACAT’S main series of staged productions. The inaugural season of Between the Lines consists of four significant plays, presented in dramatic readings […]

Two New York Times investigative reporters, Matt Apuzzo ’01 and Adam Goldman, discuss the latest in the special counsel investigation, the perils of covering national security, and covering the new Washington. Apuzzo and Goldman are Pulitzer-winning reporters in the Washington bureau of the Times. The discussion will be moderated by Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Sandy […]

Alec MacGillis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for ProPublica known for his deep reporting on social issues and public policy, will be honored with Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism. The award recognizes MacGillis for his incisive reporting and informed questioning on a wide range of pressing policy issues, including the surging opioid crisis, […]

When we think about the factors that led to the creation of the novel as a literary form in English, we might not think of the rise and institutionalization of experimental science. Yet the chartering of the Royal Society for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge in 1662 had a profound impact on what novels and […]