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.

Sea Shells!

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Sea Shells, Sea Shells! There are so many beautiful species! Tour the shells collections in the marine biology room to learn about different shells and their special adaptations for living in the ocean. Explore shells from around the world. And, make a shell craft to take home. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children. Location: […]

$1 – $3

Harvest Buffet

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

We will be serving baked beans, casseroles, salads, apple crisp, and gingerbread. Cost: $8 for adults, $4 for children, free for infants and  toddlers (aged 4 and under) Location: First Congregational Church, 7 Eustis Parkway, Waterville, 872-8976, www.watervilleucc.org.

$4 – $8

Great Charity Game Show

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Christmas is just around the corner and Santa's elves are watching. All good grown up boys and girls will be there to support two non-profit organizations which work with kids in Central Maine: Kiwanis Club and Recycled Shakespeare Company. For $20 a ticket, or $140 for a table of eight, enjoy comedic physical and mental […]

Invitation

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Invitation explores the origins of American musical styles and their influence on traditional compositional forms throughout history. Highlighting Carol Barnett’s The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass, in collaboration with the Bluegrass Music Association of Maine, other works include the complete Old American Songs by Aaron Copland; canons, catches, and rounds by Kirke Mechem; and and […]

Free

Sukeforth Family Festival of Trees

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

The Sukeforth Family Festival of Tree's is a fundraising event that brings local and surrounding community businesses together to donate fully decorated artificial trees that will be displayed throughout the double weekend event. The public is invited to come see this holiday extravaganza where they can purchase raffle tickets for $.50 a piece that can […]

Recurring

The Seagull

A play about relationships, love and unrequited love.  Madame Arkadina, a celebrated but fading actress, and her lover, the famous writer Trigorin, are visiting Arkadina’s sickly brother at his country estate.  Arkadina’s son Konstantin, a frustrated playwright, is in love with the ingénue Nina.  Nina, however, seeks the love of Trigorin.  The schoolteacher Medvedenko loves […]

Community Conversation: Political Diversity

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

We welcome Rabbi Daniel Nevins and Pious Ali to discuss the value of political diversity and its limits in both the Jewish and civic traditions. Pious Ali is a Youth and Community Engagement Specialist at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service and has spent the better part of his life focused […]

Free

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Join us for a vigil during which names of transgender individuals who have been murdered from Nov. 20, 2016 to Nov. 20, 2017 are read.  The vigil will start at 6:00 PM in fellowship hall at Pleasant Street United Methodist Church (61 Pleasant Street, Waterville).

Free

Tree of HOPE Postpartum Support Group

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 […]

Free

PFLAG

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

Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, PFLAG meets the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 PM at the Pleasant Street Methodist Church in the Dunn Parlor on the 2nd floor. All those interested in promoting the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their […]

Free

An Evening With Travis Mills

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

A one-on-one conversation led by columnist Bill Nemitz with author and advocate Travis Mills. All ticket proceeds to benefit the Travis Mills Foundation. Retired United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne is a recalibrated warrior, motivational speaker, actor, author and an advocate for veterans and amputees. Travis’s New York Times bestselling […]

$10

Origins of Superheroes

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

In this lecture, Chris Gavaler traces the conceptual etymology of “Superman,” drawing connections to eugenics, Darwin, 19th-century hero philosophy, the American revolution, and contemporary politics. Gavaler is an assistant professor of English at Washington and Lee University. He has published two non-fiction studies, On the Origin of Superheroes: from the Big Bang to Action Comics […]

Free

Page Turning of Audubon’s Birds of America

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

Join Lunder Curator for Whistler Studies Justin McCann as he turns the double elephant-sized pages of the Bien Edition of John James Audubon’s Birds of America.

Free

NaNoWriMo Write-In

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

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. […]

Free

Sukeforth Family Festival of Trees

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

The Sukeforth Family Festival of Trees is a fundraising event that brings local and surrounding community businesses together to donate fully decorated artificial trees that will be displayed throughout the double weekend event. The public is invited to come see this holiday extravaganza where they can purchase raffle tickets for $.50 a piece that can […]

Winter Birds

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Tour our exhibits of the birds that winter in Maine and learn how they adapt to the cold and snowy weather. 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/

$1 – $3

Rhymetime

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Babies are born ready to learn! By singing, clapping, and sharing stories with their grownups, children from birth to age 3 gain valuable skills and knowledge for later learning success. Rhymetime is for babies, toddlers, and their grownups. Join us for a half-hour of active fun!

Free

Parade of Lights

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

The Parade of Lights is Coming to Waterville Downtown Waterville’s annual holiday parade, the Parade of Lights, held the evening after Thanksgiving, has drawn thousands of families to Main Street for many years and serves as a fun and festive kickoff to the holiday season. What better time of the year to get together and […]

Free

Sukeforth Family Festival of Trees

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

The Sukeforth Family Festival of Trees is a fundraising event that brings local and surrounding community businesses together to donate fully decorated artificial trees that will be displayed throughout the double weekend event. The public is invited to come see this holiday extravaganza where they can purchase raffle tickets for $.50 a piece that can […]

Carols in the Round

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Directed by Dr. David Stevenson, the Mount View Chamber Singers are a 20-voice choir from Mount View High School in Thorndike. Each year during Advent, the ensemble present a series of hour-long, a capella concerts by candlelight in which the singers encircle the audience. Comprising Christmas carols and other seasonal songs from many lands and […]

Free

Warming Up for Christmas

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Join Steve Fotter and his talented musicians and guitar students for another Warming Up for Christmas concert at Williamson Performing Arts Center on School Street in Fairfield. Tickets to the concert are $20 each and can be purchased early and conveniently online! Please note that tickets at the door this year will be $25, so […]

$20 – $25

Tree of HOPE Postpartum Support Group

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 […]

Free

Animals in Winter

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

What are all the animals out there doing to survive? Not many of them are truly hibernators, so what ingenious methods do they have to help them thrive in winter? Find out the secrets of chickadees, the amazing structures built by beavers, and the incredible memory of animals that store food. They can remember over […]

$1 – $3

Holiday Bird Seed Feeders

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Help out your feathered friends AND have fun! Visit us after your family feasting festivities and shopping extravaganzas to make a simple bird seed feeder for the birds in your neighborhood. Give the birds their own small joyful feast for the holidays! Disclaimer: If you have nut allergies, please be advised some seeds are considered […]

Free

Sukeforth Family Festival of Trees

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

The Sukeforth Family Festival of Trees is a fundraising event that brings local and surrounding community businesses together to donate fully decorated artificial trees that will be displayed throughout the double weekend event. The public is invited to come see this holiday extravaganza where they can purchase raffle tickets for $.50 a piece that can […]

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