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.

Medicare for Everyone

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

This is where you can find the answers to basic questions about Medicare such as: What is Medicare? When and where to sign up for Medicare? What services are covered by Medicare? What is the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit? What is the cost for Medicare? What is Medicare Supplemental Insurance? And more.... Suggested Donation: $15.00 […]

KBH Community Learning Series: Helping Children Cope with Significant Events

Speaker: Dr. Teresa Hermida Community members are welcome to this free general information workshop on helping children cope with significant events. Light refreshments will be available and childcare will be provided if needed. To register: www.kbhmaine.org 873-2136 ext 1905 email tchapman@kbhmaine.org

Free

Meadowland

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

Sarah (Olivia Wilde) and Phil’s (Luke Wilson) son goes missing, shattering their life together. As months pass with little information, they each struggle in their own way to cope. Phil’s more traditional route leads to an unexpected friendship, but also a precarious disconnect with the responsibilities of his job as a city cop. Teacher Sarah […]

$10

Hope’s Place Facilitator Training

Hospice Community Center 304 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area will offer a 20 hour facilitator training for their grieving children’s program, Hope’s Place, starting Wednesday, October 14, 2015. The training dates and times will be: Wed., Oct. 14, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 17, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Mon., Oct. 19, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. […]

$30

The Lunder Consortium for Whistler Studies: Museum Education and Impact in the 21st Century

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

Join us for a conversation featuring Martha Tedeschi, Deptuy Director for Art and Research, Art Institute of Chicago, on the transformative role of art museums as centers for teaching, learning, and mentorship. Panelists include Tanya Sheehan, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art, Colby College; Francesca Soriano, Colby College ’16; Justin McCann Lunder […]

Free

Growing Power and the Good Food Revolution

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

Winner of a genius grant and one of TIME Magazine's World's 100 Most Influential People, Will Allen will share his expertise in urban farming and its relationship to strong local communities. As a world-traveling ambassador for food security, Allen trains others through his not-for-profit Growing Power organization. With both words and images, Allen documents his experiences from […]

Free

Whistler: Nature and Nation

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

This symposium is dedicated to the exploration of how American artists working abroad or exposed to an international milieu in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries reimagined ideas of nature and nation in light of their global experiences. Cosponsored by the Center for the Arts and Humanities, the Art Department, and […]

Free

Home Movie Day

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

Community members are invited to bring their Super 8, 8mm, and 16mm films to Railroad Square Cinema, where technicians will inspect and project them on the big screen for all to share in the experience of discovery. Home Movie Day has been celebrated worldwide since 2002, providing an opportunity to see what’s on those enigmatic […]

Free

Fall Leaves, Changing Colors, and Tree Transformations

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

Come on a fall walk to enjoy the leaf changes and explore the trails with a museum guide. Discover why the leaves change, create fall leaf art, and enjoy Maine’s natural wonders.

Bob Marley

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

With shows at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m., Maine's own "wicked funny" comedian makes his annual appearances at the Opera House! Tickets: $25

$25

The Sweet Way

Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Charles H. Traub, photographer of the real world, will talk about his long involvement with the delights of the street, particularly those of Italy. Drawing from his two recent books, Dolce Via and Lunchtime — monographs of his color works from the ’70s and ’80s — he will talk about change and the realities of then […]

Free

This Changes Everything

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

What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? Inspired by Naomi Klein’s international bestseller of the same name, This Changes Everything is a stunning and shocking look at the real effects of capitalism on the environment as it follows seven communities on the front lines, […]

The Dollars and Sense of Ballot Propositions

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

Nathan Chan, Colby assistant professor of economics, discusses environmental valuation techniques that aim to compute dollar values for environmental goods and services. Such analysis helps place environmental amenities on equal footing with business concerns and aids decision-makers faced with public policy tradeoffs. Historically, environmental valuation has played a critical role in efforts to curb pollution […]

Back to Back to the Future

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

The future is NOW! When Back to the Future became a phenomenon in the ‘80s,  Back to the Future, Part II presented a look at a future 26 years from when it was first shown. Now it’s literally here: Oct. 21, 2015 was the date in the seemingly far distant future where Michael J. Fox’s […]

Fiction Reading with Jo Ann Beard

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

Jo Ann Beard, the Kristina Stahl Writer-in-Residence, reads from her novel In Zanesville. Her work has appeared in magazines, literary journals, and anthologies, including the New Yorker, Tin House, and Best American Essays. She is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim fellowship in nonfiction, grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a Whiting Award.

Free

Development, Food Security, and Life in a Ugandan Village

Room 122, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

What’s it like to lead a small Ugandan village? Milly Businge will share her experiences of leadership & development in Kikuube, a village where Colby students studied abroad in January 2015. Businge will speak about the challenges for food security and sustainability posed by the arrival of multinational corporate agriculture in Kikuube, as well as her family’s […]

Free

Opening Reception for Andrea Tilden: One Continuous Line

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

Join the Maine Film Center to celebrate the opening of the latest Art in the Lobby exhibition, featuring the incredible Etch-a-Sketch® drawings of Andrea Tilden. Wine and light refreshments will be served.

Free

Solarize Mid-Maine Information Session

"Is Solar For Me? How to determine if solar is appropriate for your home through basic system design and financing options" During this meeting we will continue to introduce our Mid Maine community to the idea that many people can afford solar systems. We will explore the question, “Is solar for me?” While many may […]

Free

Christian Marclay Film Screening

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

In conjunction with the Human/Nature humanities theme, a screening of Christian Marclay's Telephones (1995) and Bollywood Goes to Gstaad (2013). Steve Wurtzler, associate professor of cinema studies, will introduce Marclay's works and lead a post-screening discussion. Cosponsored by the Center for the Arts and Humanities, Colby's Cinema Studies Program, and the Colby Museum of Art.

Free
Recurring

The Rocky Horror Show

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

October 23 – 25, October 30 – November 1 An outrageous musical comedy featuring a Transylvanian transvestite, a cryogenically preserved motor biker and Frankenstein's monster in Greek god form. This sexual parody of horror and science fiction films premiered onstage in London in 1973 and became the popular cult classic film, The Rocky Horror Picture […]

$21

Family Dance and Contra Dance

Alumni Hall, Snow Pond Center for the Arts Goldenrod Lane (off Route 23), Sidney, ME

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.: Family Dance and all-comers band. Join in the dancing or join the band! 7:30 – 8:00 p.m.: Enjoy a tasty dessert (or a few!) 8:00 – 11:00 p.m.: Contra Dance

Organ Music at Moody

Moody Chapel, Kennebec Valley Community College Stanley Road (off U.S. Route 201), Hinckley, ME, United States

Richard Dostie will fill our chapel with the majestic sound of our very own Skinner pipe organ. Be prepared for a night of some of the most beautiful music ever composed. Mr. Dostie's performance will feature the music of J.S. Bach, Cesar Franck, Calvin Taylor, and Josef Rheinberger. Tickets: Adults: $10 in advance ($12 at […]

Making Space

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

A concert of original dance and theater works, Making Space is a new, multidisciplinary project performed by students and created by guest artists from the company The Space We Make, with a vignette by professional TSWM dancers and musicians. TSWM probes the innate sensitivity towards the connection between space and those who inhabit it in collaboration with […]

Free

The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory

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

This documentary explores the conflict between the state of Maine and the Penobscot Nation over contested river territory. Spanning from the 1700s to the present-day legal battle of Penobscot Nation v. Mills, the film illustrates the Penobscots’ centuries-long fight to retain their territory and their inherent, treaty-reserved sustenance fishing rights for future generations. Featuring first-person […]

Free

Making Cards for Veterans

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

The Library will provide the creativity supplies, you bring the love; all may make or sign a card of thanks and support to members of the Armed Forces, veterans and their families. Some stamps will be available. Cards can be addressed to a known veteran or Any Veteran. Cards addressed to Any Veteran will be […]

Free
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