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.

Art + Storytelling: Girls in Art

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

Preschoolers, toddlers, and their grown-ups are invited to a brief exploration of the museum, after which we will read a children’s book related to the month’s theme. Then to the Mirken Education Center to have a snack and create your own works of art. No RSVP is required; however, the program is capped at 30 […]

Free

Mammal Teeth Tell What They Eat

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

From lions to squirrels examine the teeth and skulls of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores to learn how they can tell what different animals eat. Make a skull craft to take home. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children & teens (17 and younger).

$1 – $3

Let’s Go! Creating Waterville

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

Join us outside to draw or write on our Towns Along the Kennebec community wall, and for a fun yoga StoryWalk! Inside Common Street Arts classroom, create a map of homes and places we love in our towns, a 3D house, and sample healthy, kid-friendly snacks. Fun for all ages! Bring you Family Fun Series […]

Free

Thomas College Plugged In

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

Thomas College Plugged In sets the stage for leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs who share our commitment to bold thinking and growth in Central Maine. The first-ever live event brings together students, families, faculty, and community members to share ideas, to create new networks, to get plugged in. Join us as emcee Shelby Watson ’16, MBA […]

Free

Woodcarving Workshop

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

Join expert wood carver and printmaker, Doug Frati, for a Wood Carving adult education class! Learn how to make simple chalk drawings on wood, and the proper use of knives and chisels to uncover your new masterpiece. Tools will be supplied. Maximum 15 students. Registration required.

$35

Public Supper

Pleasant Street United Methodist Church 61 Pleasant Street, Waterville, ME

BAKED BEANS, HOT DOGS, CASSEROLES, SALADS, COLE SLAW, ROLLS, DESSERTS, BEVERAGES Meals to go $8.00 ADULTS, $5.00 CHILDREN under age 10 COME ENJOY THE GOOD FOOD!

$5 – $8

Poet Olivia Gatwood

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

Olivia Gatwood has received national recognition for her poetry, writing workshops, and work as a Title IX compliant educator in sexual assault prevention and recovery. As a finalist at Brave New Voices, Women of the World, and the National Poetry Slam, Gatwood is an active member of the slam poetry community and has been featured […]

Free

Maine Jewish Film Festival: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

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

Known for her matchless beauty and electric screen persona, Hedy Lamarr also possessed an exceptional mind. An Austrian Jewish émigré who acted by day and drew mechanical and electronic inventions by night, Lamarr developed and patented a secret communication system to help the Allies beat the Nazis. Rare recordings, interviews, and excerpts from Lamarr’s own […]

Colby Symphony Orchestra: Musical Voyages

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

The Colby Symphony Orchestra begins the spring semester with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8 — another work in the “pastoral” setting of the countryside, reminiscent of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony (No. 6) — and New York-based composer Emily Wong’s Symphony No. 1 “Structures.” Sponsored by the Department of Music.

Free

The Ghost of Paul Revere w/ Spencer Albee
Sold Out!

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

The popular, Portland-based Ghost of Paul Revere describes their sound as "holler folk," not because it involves a lot of hollering, per se, but because it invokes the rich communal tradition of field hollers, with their call-and-response melodies, sing-along hooks, and densely layered harmonies. That sense of musical camaraderie is essential to everything The Ghost […]

$15 – $20

Maine Jewish Film Festival: Carvalho’s Journey

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

How did an observant Sephardic Jew from Charleston, SC come to join one of the greatest adventures of the 19th century? When legendary expeditioner John Frémont set out through the Rockies to find a transcontinental railroad route, Carvalho documented the trek using daguerreotype, an early form of photography. Carvalho covered 2,400 miles of treacherous terrain […]

Bolshoi Ballet: The Flames of Paris

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

Music by Boris Asafiev Choreography by Vasily Vainonen (revisions) Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky (revisions) Lighting Design by Damir Ismagilov Musical Direction by Pavel Sorokin In the era of the French Revolution, Jeanne and her brother Jérôme leave Marseille for Paris in support the revolutionary effort that is taking over the capital. While fighting for freedom, […]

$13 – $15

Teen Maker Monday: CD Scratch Art

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join us in the Teen Room at the Waterville Public Library and make something amazing! Every Monday at 3:00, we'll be creating something new. We provide the supplies, you bring the creativity! On Monday, March 12, we'll be turning old CDs into works of art! This event is free, and open to attendees ages 11-18.

Free

Maine Jewish Film Festival: Menashe

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

In the first 21st century Yiddish language film, Menashe, a good-hearted but somewhat hapless grocery store clerk, struggles against tradition to keep custody of his only son after his wife passes away. A rare inside illumination of New York’s notoriously secretive ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, this film provides a compelling portrait of a father trying to […]

Medicare 101 Clinic

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Medicare has four parts: Part A is hospital insurance. Part B is medical insurance. Part C is Medicare Advantage Plans. Part D is for prescription drugs. Do you know the difference between a Medigap Plan and a Medicare Advantage Plan? Our Medicare 101 Clinic is where you can find the answers to questions you may […]

Free

Crafternoons: Clothespin Mermaids & Monsters

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Looking for a way to brighten up your child’s day? Bring him or her on down to the Library for Crafternoons! Drop in anytime between 2:30 and 4:oo every Tuesday to participate in a fun craft! (Children under 7 must be accompanied by a grown-up helper.) This week: Clothespin Mermaids & Monsters

Free

Workshop with Richard Blanco: Poetry and Our Deeper Selves

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Lunder Institute artist-in-residence Richard Blanco will explore with participants how the reading and writing of poetry connects us to our deeper selves and our emotional wounds. This workshop is free, but space is limited and preregistration required. To register, stop by the Information Desk on the first floor of the Waterville Public Library or call 872-5433. Hosted […]

Free

Maine Jewish Film Festival: Oriented Postponed

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

Postponed to Sunday, March 18, 10:00 a.m., due to snow! What is life like for a gay Palestinian twenty-something living in Tel Aviv? It’s complicated. In this big-hearted documentary, we meet three friends who are politically active and assertive about their right to define their own identity. Told with honesty, intelligence and humor, the complex […]

University of Maine Singers in Concert

Waterville Senior High School 1 Brooklyn Avenue, Waterville, ME

The University of Maine Singers is a 60-voice select choir whose members come from all disciplines across campus. Nearly half of its members are from areas outside of music. Under the direction of Francis John Vogt, the University Singers perform multiple concerts on campus throughout the academic year, tour New England for one week each […]

Free

Essentials of College Planning and Financial Aid

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career and study skills. Attendance is free, but advance registration is required. Register for a workshop at http://meoc.maine.edu/workshops/workshop-schedule/ or by calling 1-800-281-3703.

Free

The Materials Movement: Employing Transparency and Purchasing Power for Market

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

Building materials are responsible for many environmental issues throughout their life cycle, including human illness, pollution, habitat and species loss, and resource depletion. How do you design a building with a low environmental impact that promotes occupant health? Emma Reif, Colby Class of ’16, consultant for Thornton Tomasetti, will explain how the company is partnering […]

Poetry Out Loud State Finals

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

Recitation and performance are major new trends in poetry. There has been a recent resurgence of poetry as an oral art form, as seen in the slam poetry movement and the immense popularity of hip-hop music among our youth. Organized nationally by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation and administered in […]

Free

Enough School Violence!

Castonguay Square Common Street, Waterville

Come out of sympathy for the victims. Come out of respect for the victims’ families. Come out of solidarity for teachers and students. Come out of concern for area schools experiencing threats. Come out of hope for the future. Speakers: Scott Beale, President of the Waterville PTO Peter Burgher, Psychologist Cassie Faulkner, Parent Jennifer McGee, […]

Free

Golden Leaves: Medieval Manuscript Fragments at Colby

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

In April 2016, Maine bookseller Seth Thayer, Colby Class of ’89, found a cache of medieval manuscript leaves “in a trunk in a client’s house in Maine.” A Google search investigating the leaves led him to manuscript scholar Lisa Fagin Davis, who identified all of the leaves as having been sold by the notorious mid-20th-century […]

Free

The Wonderful World of Dissocia

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

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30 Take a trip to a curious land unlike any other. The innovative Scottish playwright Anthony Neilson has created The Wonderful World of Dissocia, where young everywoman Lisa Jones finds herself on a quest to recover a missing piece of herself. There she discovers that nothing is as it seems. […]

Free
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