The wealth gap between the haves and the have-nots is at an all-time high, and the disparity is even larger among marginalized sects of the population. In line with the Goldfarb Center’s theme this year, Associate Professor of Sociology Christel Kesler will examine the influence of various policies in the growing and shrinking of the wealth gap in the United States. […]

Join us as for lunch in the museum lobby as London-born Colombian artist Carolina Caycedo from Los Angeles talks about her work with meshing art and advocacy.  Caycedo participates in movements of territorial resistance, solidarity economies, and housing as a human right. Her work contributes to the construction of environmental historical memory as a fundamental […]

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Carolina Caycedo is a London-born Colombian artist living in Los Angeles. She participates in movements of territorial resistance, solidarity economies, and housing as a human right. Her work contributes to the construction of environmental historical memory as a fundamental element for non-repetition of violence against human and non-human entities and generates a debate about the […]

A dream of dark and troubling things…. David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature, Eraserhead, is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty. With its mesmerizing black-and-white photography by Frederick Elmes and Herbert Cardwell, evocative sound design, and unforgettably enigmatic performance by Jack Nance, this visionary nocturnal odyssey continues to haunt […]

Maine's 200th birthday is March 6! As part of Maine's bicentennial celebration, participants will create their own map of Maine using current historical maps. Ages 7 - 12. Registration required. Cost: $14. Scholarships available. REGISTER

Join central Maine's young artists and their families for this year's Youth Art Month (YAM) exhibition. Now in its sixth year at CSA, YAM showcases artwork from aspiring area artists around this year's theme, A Journey Through Art. Light refreshments will be served. FMI

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Naomi Oreskes will give a public lecture titled Why Trust Science? based on her 2019 book of the same title. Oreskes is professor of the history of science and affiliated professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University. A world-renowned geologist, historian, and public speaker, she is a leading voice […]

Novelist Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) seems to have found the perfect woman in Ellen (Gene Tierney), a beautiful socialite who initiates a whirlwind romance and steers him into marriage before he can think twice. Yet the glassy surface of Ellen’s devotion soon reveals monstrous depths, as Richard comes to realize that his wife is shockingly […]

Jacoby Ballard, a yoga and meditation teacher with more than 20 years of unique experience, will lead a philosophical and theoretical conversation about the effect of mindfulness on our nervous system, how the trauma of injustice lives in our body/heart/minds, and tools for the work we must do to evolve together as a campus and […]

In collaboration with the Mainely Brews and the Lunder Institute, the Colby Museum of Art’s Student Advisory Board will be hosting an art show to showcase student art this Friday. Come to opening night to view some student works, possibly purchase them, eat some food from Opa, and listen to live music from Two Nightstands. […]

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and American Idol season 10 finalist Casey Abrams, has built a strong following through the years with two album releases (Casey Abrams and Tales From the Gingerbread House). Casey spent the last year touring internationally as part of the renowned collective Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. Casey Abrams was born in Austin, Texas […]

Explore the insect collections in the museum and learn about their special adaptations and life cycles. Try hands on activities to learn how insects walk with six legs, see with many lenses, pollinate flowers and camouflage. Examine invasive insects like the Emerald Ash Borer and learn about our local winter insects. Have fun making an […]

As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of George Fredrich Handel’s tale of deception and deceit. Harry Bicket conducts Sir David McVicar’s wry new production, which gives this Baroque black comedy a politically charged, modern updating. This program is an encore broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York […]

What type of art is made in Mexico, Iran, Vietnam, and China? Explore art throughout the world and become inspired by artists from different countries. Members from the International Club at Colby College will be on hand to make and create with us!

Dr. Erik K. Alexander is executive director of education for Brigham Health, and associate dean for medical education and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. In these roles, Dr. Alexander shares responsibility for oversight of the curriculum, teaching, and administration for all medical students, residents, and fellows education. Alexander is the keynote speaker for […]

The Journey to America alternates between energy and exhaustion, between dramatic and sublime. Beginning in Austria with Beethoven’s electrifying, epochal Fifth Symphony, the program shifts quickly to a pair of very different works by American masters Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland. Barber’s sometimes ethereal, sometimes anguished Adagio for Strings becomes even more powerful when played […]

To celebrate her fiftieth birthday, filmmaker and MIFF alumna Lynne Sachs — MIFF is where this film originally screened — gathers together other people, men and women who have lived through precisely the same years but come from places like Iran or Cuba or Australia or the Lower East Side — not Memphis, Tennessee where […]

“We’re a Mexican American band, and no word describes America like immigrant. Most of us are children of immigrants, so it’s perhaps natural that the songs we create celebrate America in this way.” So says Louie Perez, the “poet laureate” and primary wordsmith of Los Lobos, when describing the songs on the band’s latest album, […]

The class “Environmental Humanities: Energy and Utopia” will be hosting a screening of the film The Gleaners and I. This 2000 French documentary film by Agnès Varda features various kinds of gleaning. It was entered into competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and later went on to win awards around the world. (Unrated, 82 […]

Please join Hobby Lobby and The Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce for refreshments and shopping. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a privately held national retail chain of craft and home decor stores, opens in Waterville, Maine with a ribbon cutting ceremony and official grand opening celebration on Monday, March 9 at 9 a.m. TheWaterville store is Hobby […]

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is a black/Iranian visual artist and Oklahoma City native. She is a painter whose work ranges from the gallery to the streets, using visual art to address the daily oppressive experiences of marginalized people through beautifully drawn and painted portraits. Her street art series, Stop Telling Women to Smile, can be found on […]