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Liberty, Equality, and Phrygian Caps

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

Professors O’Neill and Dionne will consider the extensive iconographic history of the Phrygian cap, on which Martin Puryear’s sculpture “Up and Over” is based.

Free
Recurring

Your Government, Your Neighborhood

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

The staff of Senator Angus S. King, Jr. will hold constituent hours on the first floor in the Fireplace Room to hear your concerns. For more information, one may call 800-432-1599.

Free

Annual Wine Tasting

T&B Celebration Center 6 Jefferson St, Waterville, ME, United States

Join us for our popular wine tasting fundraiser. Kick back, unwind after work, and mingle with other proud supporters of The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers. Tickets cost $30 and are available at the administrative and development offices at The Maine Children's Home campus at 93 Silver Street, Waterville, or by calling 872-0261. We […]

$30

Building Community through the Arts

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

Tapping into the power of art to create stronger, more inclusive communities, faculty and students will lead discussions about works in the collection that address conceptions of gender, race, class, and nationality while also exploring how these identities and their representations impact us individually and collectively.

Free

Colby Tennis Day

Join The Colby Men’s and Women’s Tennis Teams for an afternoon and evening of FUN! All Events FREE Clinic for all ages and abilities Live Demonstrations from the Colby Teams Fun competitions for all ages, including “Return THAT Serve.” Raffle for Prizes Music Food AND MORE!! Where: North Street Tennis Courts next the Alfond Youth Center.  […]

Free

Paint Night at Common Street Arts

Bring your own favorite beverage, then sit back, relax and let our experienced, expert art instructors lead you, step-by-step, to create a work of art you’ll be proud to display!  No experience is necessary and there are no supplies to buy, just show up and we’ll show you how! INTRODUCTORY OFFER!  $30 CSA class registration form

$30

Encaustics Workshop

What are encaustics? How do artists use encaustics? What is the history of encaustics? Understand more about the nature of this medium and how to layer, fuse and make a variety of marks in this seductive, molten-beeswax based painting material! Explore painterly approaches and how to etch, scrape and vary the surface in an array […]

$85

Poetry Workshop

What’s your poem? Come and find out! Juan Manuel Portillo, a Mexican poet and visiting assistant professor at Colby College, will lead a four-hour workshop exploring different approaches to writing poetry. The workshop is open to writers at all levels. Participants will be encouraged to present their finished works or works-in-process at the following fortnight’s […]

Roberto Devereux

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

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens in the course of a single season, a rare feat made famous by Beverly Sills—and not attempted on a New York stage since. In this climactic opera of the trilogy, she plays Queen Elizabeth I, forced to sign the death […]

$15

Bat Appreciation Day

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

Why are bats so important to our environment? What do they do that makes a huge difference in our lives and the lives of other animals? Take a tour of our bat collection with a museum guide and learn cool facts about this important and wonderful mammal! Create a fun bat craft to bring home […]

Jazz Stylin’!

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

The Colby Jazz Band’s final concert of the season will feature idiomatic examples of a variety of classic jazz styles. Gordon Goodwin’s “Race to the Bridge” has a harmonic scheme based on what jazz players call “rhythm changes.” Bob Minzer’s “Oro Preto” is built on different Brazilian grooves and “Swangalang,” his hybrid of jazz and […]

Free

Second Annual Dirty Dog Mud Run

Community members are encouraged to join Thomas students, staff, faculty and alumni to be a part of the only Mud Run scheduled in Central Maine! With 5K of mud, tire flips, wall climbing, cargo net climbing, and MORE MUD, this event should prove to be fun for all with finishing being the main focus. Challenge […]

$5

Spotlight: Boston Journalists and Hollywood Filmmakers on Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church

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

The Boston Globe won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for revealing that scores of priests had sexually abused hundreds of victims in the local Archdiocese — and that the church had systematically covered up these crimes. Now the producers of Spotlight, a film about the Globe‘s investigation, have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Ben […]

Free

Vincent and Theo

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

The final film made by Robert Altman during his decade of de facto banishment from Hollywood before his triumphant return with The Player is a masterpiece about a maker of masterpieces. Vincent and Theo focuses Altman’s unique and distinctive style on Vincent van Gogh and his brother Theo, finding something close to home in the […]

$5

Highway Visions: Automobility and Art in the Postwar

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

Anne Lunder Leland Curatorial Fellow Andrew Gelfand looks at artists’ responses to the construction of the interstate highway system and the emergence of car culture.

Free

Celebrate Seasons!

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

Now that Maine is entering into springtime, do you know why we have seasons? Why does our hemisphere experience summer solstice in June while in the Southern Hemisphere is having winter? Come do an activity to understand seasons and make your own little Earth globe to bring home!

Stuffed Animal Party

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

It's a sleepover -- for stuffed animals only! Bring one favorite stuffed animal for games, songs, stories and crafts.   Before you leave, tuck it in for the night, but who knows what mischief it'll get up to after the library closes! We'll post pictures on the library's Facebook page. Pick up your tired. but […]

Free

Poetry Reading: Diane Seuss

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

Pushcart Prize-winner Diane Seuss’s most recent collection is Four-Legged Girl from Graywolf Press. Her second book, Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open (2010), won the Juniper Prize, and she had a poem in The Best American Poetry 2014. Her poetry and brief prose have appeared in literary magazines including Poetry, The Iowa Review, Brevity, Black […]

Free

Lecture by Artist and Architect Maya Lin

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

Maya Lin, Portrait by Walter Smith Please note: Tickets for the Maya Lin lecture have SOLD OUT. For those still interested in attending, we will be simulcasting the lecture in Colby’s Diamond Ostrove Auditorium. WATERVILLE, Maine -- Maya Lin, the world-renowned artist and architect whose work includes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Civil Rights […]

Free

How To Get The Most Out Of A Job Fair

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Job fairs attract many who are trying to find a new job. Want to improve the odds for getting the job you want? The secret to success at a job fair is preparing in advance. Prepare for the upcoming Waterville Public Library Job Fair on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, 3:00p-5:00p. This workshop is free and […]

Free

Family Caregiver Support Group

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Are you a caregiver for a family member or friend? Does your loved one have dementia or another chronic illness? Come and talk with others who share your journey, to support one another and learn of resources and information that may help you. Our Caregiver Support Group is here to listen, to care, to help. […]

Weird Science

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Colby College students will bring a special science program for Spring Vacation.  Join us for a demonstration of solids liquids and gases with dry ice and liquid nitrogen! We will demonstrate dry cleaning with dry ice and make ice cream for everyone with liquid nitrogen! Recommended for kids 7 and up; younger kids are welcome, […]

Free

Just Eat It

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

Check out the movie trailer here! Did you know that 40% of the food produced for humans in the U.S. is wasted every year? That's enough to fill the Empire State Building nearly 100 times. Meanwhile, Maine ranks first in New England in terms of food insecurity, including for children, and the State struggles to […]

Free

Job Corps Information Session

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Job Corps is a FREE residential vocational training program for eligible youth ages 16-24. Training is available in the construction, medical, hospitality, and administrative fields. Job Corps also offers training in employability skills and life skills. Please join us to hear more about the program and to start the application process. To register, call Cathie […]

Free

Amphibian Walk

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

Come on a walk to look for amphibian signs and to look at a vernal pool during the day! If we have the right timing, we will see eggs and even see some amphibians hiding in wait for night, when they become most active. Discover the courtship of amphibians in spring!

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