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Unraveling the Myth of Masculinity

Alfond Youth & Community Center 126 North Street, Waterville, ME

A panel of experts and community members will discuss male culture—including the phrase “Be a man” and the ways in which manhood is portrayed in media—and the potential for creating […]

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Two Evenings of One-Act Plays

Tickets:  $10 per person (General Admission) Tickets can be purchased at the door (cash or check) and may be reserved by emailing reservations@acattheatre.org. Reservations will be held until 10 minutes before […]

$10

Shemekia Copeland

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

Whether she’s belting out a raucous blues-rocker, firing up a blistering soul-shouter, bringing the spirit to a gospel-fueled R&B rave-up or digging deep down into a subtle, country-tinged ballad, Shemekia […]

$20

Purple Rain

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

Celebrate the sound and vision of Prince’s inevitable triumph over the 1980s, a purple spectacle gritty and electric that is at once a perfect encapsulation of the late singer in […]

Colby Cares Day

About 300 Colby College students, staff members, administrators, and faculty members will lend a helping hand throughout our community on Saturday, April 30. This annual volunteer day is organized by […]

Spring Adoption Event

The Humane Society Waterville Area will be hosting a spring adoption event right in the downtown! There’ll be plenty of puppies and kittens!

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for […]

Metropolitan Opera: Elektra

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

The genius director Patrice Chéreau (From the House of the Dead) didn’t live to see his great Elektra production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make it to the stage of […]

$15

Poetry Open Mic

Common Street Arts hosts a community open mic night for poets of all languages and levels. Share your latest poem or your latest work-in-progress with the Waterville community! There will […]

Free
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Sunrise Mass

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

The Colby College Chorale, the Colby-Kennebec Choral Society, and the Colby Symphony Orchestra join forces to present Sunrise Mass by Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978), an elegant and dramatic […]

Free

The Mallett Brothers Band

Mainely Brews 1 Post Office Square, Waterville, ME

The Mallett Brothers Band is an alternative/country/rock and roll band from Maine. Leaning slightly more rock than what we typically think of as country, theirs is a musical melting pot […]

$13

Madama Butterfly

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

Rescheduled from April 9 Anthony Minghella’s breathtaking production has thrilled audiences ever since its premiere in 2006. Kristine Opolais reprises her acclaimed portrayal of the title role, opposite Roberto Alagna […]

$15

Child’s Day

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES PRESENT CHILD'S DAY • AT THE • WATERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FREE FAMILY FUN! SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 1PM-2PM CRAFTS FOR KIDS! 2PM-3PM MAD SCIENCE OF MAINE: RADICAL […]

Free

Digital Marketing Amp Up Strategies

Alfond Youth & Community Center 126 North Street, Waterville, ME

Small Business Waterville is honoring Small Business Week by offering a week of free programs for small business development. To reserve a seat for “Digital Marketing Amp Up Strategies,” register […]

Free

Virtual Panel of Colby Math and Statistics Alumni

Davis Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Join recent alumni for the second annual virtual panel to hear how graduates have begun their careers. Ask questions and hear honest (or at least unedited) answers. Panelists include Boryana Miteva ’04, senior […]

Free

Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa

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

SOFT VENGEANCE is a film about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover, and freedom fighter. Shining a spotlight on Albie’s story provides a prism through which to view the […]

Free

Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.

Messalonskee High School 131 Messalonskee High Drive, Oakland, ME

Rozell “Prexy” Nesbitt was born and raised on Chicago’s West Side. After graduating from the Francis Parker School in Chicago, Nesbitt enrolled at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. After […]

Free

South Africa Today

Rozell “Prexy” Nesbitt was born and raised on Chicago’s West Side. After graduating from the Francis Parker School in Chicago, Nesbitt enrolled at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. After […]

$10

Lawyers in Libraries

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Law Week is May 1-7, 2016 Because libraries are at the heart of our communities and justice is at the heart of our democracy, librarians and lawyers are joining forces. […]

Free

Mothers and Daughters

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

Mothers and Daughters features an amazing female cast — Susan Sarandon, Selma Blair, Sharon Stone, Courtney Cox, Christina Ricci, Mira Sorvino — in interwoven stories about what it means to […]

$10

How to Start a Small Business

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

This seminar covers the basics of a business plan, marketing, cash planning and is suitable for those thinking about or in the start-up phase of a new business. It will […]

Free

Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival

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

The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival presents “Best of the Fest: The 2015 Shorts,” its dynamic program of seven award-winning shorts. Diverse in style and subject, the MNFF blend of documentary […]

Syria: The Gravest Humanitarian Crisis in a Generation

Parker-Reed Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

George Biddle, chairman of World Connect, will discuss what is being done to alleviate the Syrian people’s suffering, how Syria’s neighbors are faring, what the impact on Europe has been, […]

Free
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