Looking for a way to brighten up your children's day? Bring them on down to the Library for Crafternoons! Drop in anytime between 2:30 and 4:00 p.m. every Tuesday to participate in a fun craft!Children under 7 must be accompanied by a grown-up helper. This week: Paper Plate Dinosaurs and Dino Masks! FMI: Call 680-2604 […]

Arnout van der Meer, assistant professor of history at Colby, will give a talk titled “In Search of the Origins of National Identity in Southeast Asia.” He will trace the experiences of Javanese public prosecutor Soemarsono, whose refusal in 1913 to squat, sit on the floor, and wear ethnic dress in deference to his colonial […]

Area residents can get free tickets for the 48th annual Service of Carols and Lights, a global celebration of Christmas, at the information desk in Pulver Pavilion, Cotter Union, Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive. Tickets will be available starting Wednesday, November 8, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00  p.m. Because seating is limited, tickets are required for […]

In this eye-opening follow-up to “Getting Started with QuickBooks," Marita Fairfield reveals everything you need to know. Step-by-step, Marita will show you all the powerful secrets of setting up your bookkeeping in the way that works best for you. For intermediate users. Lunch is not included. Location: REM Community Center, 31 Temple St., Waterville. Reserve […]

Drop by the Children's Dept. at the Waterville Public Library between 2:30 and 4:0 to test your engineering skills with a new LEGO challenge each week! This week: Timed Team Build Recommended for kids 5 and up.   Kids younger than 7 must bring a grownup helper. FMI: Call the Children's Desk at 680-2604 or […]

A woman unwittingly undergoes a series of bizarre experiments, then meets a kindred spirit who may have experienced the same ordeal. They are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives. Directed by Shane Carruth and starring […]

November 9 7:15 to 9:00 AM  Summit Room, Spann Commons, Thomas College, 180 West River Road, Waterville Greg Glynn will cover tips on how businesses and organizations can better engage their target audiences on social media and e-mail by seeing the world from their eyes and also how to measure the effectiveness of your communications. […]

Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens every Thursday at 4:00 for a screening of a popular movie! The movie changes every week. This week's movie is Ghost in the Shell (PG-13). This screening is free and open to attendees ages 11-18. Light refreshments will be provided. Location: Bartlett Room for Teens, Waterville Public […]

Join us at the Redington Museum for a night to reconnect with the Waterville Historical Society. Art Ray will be presenting an introduction to Waterville History followed by our President Jay Violette speaking about our projects, and direction. Lite snacks and beverages will be served. Click for more info.

The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers will be 'Celebrating Resilience' at the Waterville Elks Lodge (76 Industrial St, Waterville). This year's celebration recognizes the hard work and dedication of some past and present pregnant or parenting teens to complete their high school education and become successful parents. Proceeds will benefit the Sharon Abrams' Teen […]

This free event is an opportunity to adorn anything and everything with bird silhouettes using paint, markers, felt, and stencils. Participants will receive a tiny tote to decorate and are welcome to bring any other objects they wish to embellish with birds. All family programs are free and open to the public. No RSVP required. […]

Please join the United Way of Mid-Maine again this year as we tour the wines of Italy and taste the beers of a local brewer making waves across the state. Heavy hors d'oevres will be served and music for your listening pleasure - event hosted by TJ and Kerry Smart. All proceeds to benefit the […]

Are you ready for A NIGHT OUT?  Kennebec Behavioral Health (KBH) is hosting its second annual “A Night Out” Comedy Show and Fundraiser. The event is scheduled for Friday, November 10th beginning at 7:00 pm at Le Club Calumet, 334 West River Road in Augusta. The Comedy Show will feature comedians Kyron Hobdy, Dawn Hartill […]

As part of the Young Country movement of the early ‘90s, Little Texas were responsible for shaking up the country music world with a new, energetic sound that fused the look and attitude of modern rock music with traditional country themes and styles. Critics showered them with 3 Grammy nominations plus honors from both the […]

This program follows jazz treks and pathways beginning with George Shutack’s Dixieland-influenced “A Good Night in New Orleans,” through the train travel-inspired “shuffle” of Erik Morales’s “Out of the Doghouse,” to Kris Berg’s alto sax ballad “Lifelong Friends,” all the way to Stevie Wonder’s “Tell Me Something Good” and the Marcus Miller/Miles Davis electronic jazz […]

Learn about the service of Faith Hinckley in World War I as a Y Girl by taking a tour of the small exhibition of her war time experiences as recorded in her book Forgotten Fires. Faith Hinckley was the daughter of G. W. Hinckley, the founder of Good Will. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for […]

This free event is an opportunity to adorn anything and everything with bird silhouettes using paint, markers, felt, and stencils. Participants will receive a tiny tote to decorate and are welcome to bring any other objects they wish to embellish with birds. All family programs are free and open to the public. No RSVP required. […]

Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1960s panoramas of contemporary alienation were decade-defining artistic events, and Red Desert, his first color film, is perhaps his most epochal. This provocative look at the spiritual desolation of the technological age—about a disaffected woman, brilliantly portrayed by Antonioni muse Monica Vitti, wandering through a bleak industrial landscape beset by power plants and environmental […]

 November 13 7:00PM - 9:00PM Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building, Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville.  Hosted by: Hear the Candidates for the Democratic Nomination for Governor of Maine give their perspectives for the future of the state.  Participating candidates: Jim Boyle Adam Cote Patrick Eisenhart Mark Eves Janet Mills Diane Russell Betsy Sweet  This is […]

Tuesdays, starting September 26, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Last Saturday of every month, starting in October, 9 - 11 a.m. Medical Arts Building Conference Room (attached to Inland's front entrance) 180 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville One in seven mothers feel sad and irritable during pregnancy and postpartum, and fathers can feel down and anxious […]

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'll be on the fourth floor of the Hains Building, recently renovated by Colby College, at 173 Main Street. This event is paired with Central Maine Growth Council's Annual Meeting. […]

This lecture by Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, takes readers inside Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species and shows why it can fairly claim to be the greatest science book ever published. An immediate and influential sensation in 1859, the book sold its first print run in one day and […]

Author, activist, and teacher Jenny Boylan will talk about the LGBTQ experience and the current political climate from her position as a writer for the New York Times op-ed page and as co-chair of the media advocacy nonprofit GLAAD. Author of the first bestselling work by a transgender American, She’s Not There, Boylan is also […]

Announcing a very special, extra-value event. Two 30-minute labs for one low price including “Prepping for a Business Loan,” presented by Tanya Verzoni, and “Understanding Business Plans,” presented by Rose Creps. Cost: $15. Lunch is not included. Cash, check and credit accepted at the door. Location: REM Community Center, 31 Temple St., Waterville. Reserve Your […]

Come "Write-In" at the Waterville Public Library every Wednesday in November from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. and celebrate National Novel Writing Month! National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. On November 1, participants around the world begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 p.m. […]