“Ponselle, Milanov, Sutherland, Callas … after last night, Radvanovsky can add her name to the list,” declared the Huffington Post when Sondra Radvanovsky made her Met role debut as Norma in 2013. The 2017–18 season opens with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece, starring Radvanovsky as the Druid priestess and Joyce DiDonato as her archrival, Adalgisa—a casting […]

The Waterville/Winslow Interfaith Council is working with Colby’s Jewish community to have a simple lunch fundraiser for the Interfaith Resource Fund. The IRF helps with heating oil, and other needs, for local citizens in need. Where? Park in the Mary Low lot on Colby College campus. Look for a “tent without a top” on the […]

The hemisphere’s longest running guerrilla war formally ended when the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia agreed to lay down there arms in November 2016. Southern Colombia was one of the regions hardest hit by the war; now, residents ask, what kind of world will peace bring? Establishing a Truth Commission, ensuring […]

Please join us for a talk by award-winning essayist and biographer Adina Hoffman about her book, Till We Have Built Jerusalem, a gripping and intimate journey into the lives of three very different architects who helped shape modern Jerusalem. A powerfully written rumination on memory and forgetting, place and displacement, the book uncovers multiple layers […]

One day in May 1896, a meeting took place between a Romanian-born maverick Jewish intellectual and twin learned Presbyterian Scotswomen who had assembled to inspect several pieces of rag paper and parchment. It was the unlikely start to what would prove a remarkable saga that revolutionized our sense of what it means to lead a […]

Looking for a way to brighten up your child's day? Bring them on down to the Library for Crafternoons! Drop in anytime between 2:30 and 4PM every Tuesday to participate in a fun craft! Children under 7 must be accompanied by a grown-up helper. This week: Make leaf people! Location: Children's Room, Lower Level, Waterville Public […]

Using the exhibit Into the Forest as inspiration, we will make a zoetrope, a fun way to create your own animation. For ages 13+. Cost: $12. Location: Common Street Arts, 93 Main St., Waterville, 872-ARTS, www.watervillecreates.org/common-street-arts/ REGISTER

This session will provide an overview of the Origins theme as it relates to the collection of the Colby Museum of Art and will include works of art by Ai Weiwei, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Marsden Hartley, and John James Audubon. Shalini LeGall is an art historian and museum educator with extensive experience in object-based teaching […]

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 Pizza Degree on Common Street in Waterville. Admission is a $5.00 suggested donation to benefit the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers. Waterville Green Drinks is part of […]

Environmental studies alumnus Joel Alex ’08 shares his path from Colby to owning and operating North America’s largest floor malting facility. From community mapping to declining admittance to graduate school, Alex will talk about and answer questions on his experiences and insights while applying sustainable development principles at home. Alex founded and runs Blue Ox […]

A faculty violin recital featuring Jinwook Park, violin, and Yuri Funahashi, piano. The duo joins forces to perform three lyrical gems by Schumann, Prokofiev, and Brahms. Location: Alex Katz Gallery, Colby Museum of Art, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville. Contact: Deb Ward, djward@colby.edu, 859-5670.

Learn what is Happening in Washington and What YOU Can Do to Lower Your Health Care Costs Let Joel Allumbaugh of The Allumbaugh Agency give you the latest, up-to-the-minute report on DC’s ACA restructuring efforts as Maine has influenced the reforms on the national stage.  Join us for this Business Breakfast Series in the Summit […]

Walking may be the simplest way to work out and to boost your outlook on life. You can do it almost anywhere, and it's a snap to get started; just put one foot in front of the other. There are many great reasons to walk. Your heart will grow stronger, you'll lower your blood pressure, […]

Create large masks inspired by the nature around us and animals in the current exhibit Into the Forest.  For ages 6-12. Cost: $12. Location: Common Street Arts, 93 Main St., Waterville, 872-ARTS, www.watervillecreates.org/common-street-arts/ REGISTER

Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens at 4 p.m. every Thursday for a screening of a popular movie! This week, we'll be showing Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (PG-13). This event is free, and open to attendees ages 11-18. Light refreshments will be provided. More Information » Location: Bartlett […]

5:00 p.m.: Reception at Common Street Arts (93 Main St.) 6:00 p.m.: Presentation at Waterville Opera House Animal migration is a topic of many dimensions. It involves behavior, physiology, and ecology. There are also migratory similarities and differences between birds, mammals, insects, and fish. In collaboration with the exhibition into the forest, please join common […]

Central Maine's technology community comes together for a fun night of collaboration, drinks, food, and networking. At Tech Night you will be connected with technologists that share a passion for learning, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Our October TechTalk is “Sensing the BioGeoChemistry of Lakes and Oceans From Autonomous Buoys and Drones,” by Prof. D. Whitney King, Frank and […]

Two Cent Talks, a literary series sponsored by Colby College’s Office of the President, Center for the Arts and the Humanities, English Department, and Department in Creative Writing, will host Monica Wood and Stu Kestenbaum at their new venue at the Redington Museum on Silver Street in Waterville on October 12. Monica Wood is the […]

Local leaders and community members will come together for our annual candlelight vigil and speak out against domestic violence.  The group will then march down to the Skowhegan Town Office.  A round table discussion will follow. Light refreshments will be served.

An original play Couples Therapy, featuring Thomas College students, will be staged on October 13 at 7:00 p.m. and on October 14 at 1:00 p.m. in the Ayotte Auditorium at Thomas College, 180 West River Road, Waterville.  The play was written and will be directed by Waterville local Paul P. Barnes. Admission is free. Couples […]

Would you like to learn how to identify some common trees in the Waterville area? Come stroll around town with Dr. Drew Barton, author of The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods and Professor of Biology at the University of Maine at Farmington. You’ll stretch your legs, learn some simple techniques for tree identification, and […]

The 5-Kilometer (3.1 mile) loop course starts and finishes at Prescott Hall on the beautiful Good Will-Hinckley campus.  All proceeds benefit the Family Violence Project, whose mission is to end domestic violence in Kennebec and Somerset counties by increasing victim safety, empowering survivors, and advocating for social change.  The link for online registration is below: […]

Come learn about Maine Native Americans by exploring the museum’s archaeology collections and basket collections. Throw a spear with an atlatl and grind corn with a stone. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children. Location: L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley, 14 Easler Road (off Rte. 201), Hinckley, 238-4250, www.gwh.org/lcbates/

Make your own animal-inspired Halloween masks in the Museum’s Mirken Education Classroom. Wearing your “new face,” learn and perform some animal dance moves. Location: Colby Museum of Art, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, 859-5600, www.colby.edu/museum.