Kirstin Valdez Quade is the author of Night at the Fiestas, which received the John Leonard Prize from the National Book Critics Circle, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a 5 Under 35 award from the National Book Foundation. It was a New York Times […]

The Maine Island Trail is America’s oldest recreational water trail. The trail has grown from an initial 30 islands to include more than 200 properties spanning the entire Maine coast. Come learn from Brian Marcaurelle how this unique recreational resource—built on simple handshakes and maintained by conscientious users—has risen from humble beginnings to become a […]

Common Street Arts Clay Studio announces an exciting, fun and relaxing beginner wheel-throwing class starting in November. Learn all about clay, wheel-throwing techniques, wedging, reclaiming clay, making function pottery, and the basic process of glazing and firing. This five week adult class includes weekly demonstrations, group and individual instruction, and critiques of finished pieces. This […]

Bring your family to Mainely Brews for dinner out and support a great cause. You'll enjoy great food, fun, and live music by Sounds Unlimited featuring John Plummer. 10 % of all sales will benefit programs at The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers.

Reception at 7:00; Film at 8:00; Q & A to follow screening. Eva Hesse is one of America’s foremost postwar artists. Her pioneering sculptures, using latex, fiberglass, and plastics, helped establish the post-minimalist movement. Dying of a brain tumor at age 34, she had a mere decade-long career that, despite its brevity, is dense with […]

With Matt Gagnon, executive director of The Maine Heritage Policy Center.  He will share data on how to move the state of Maine to first place. Cost: $17 for Chamber members, $19 for Chamber members registering after the Friday before the event, $25 at the door and for non-members. To Register: E-mail: customerservice@midmainechamber.com Phone: 873-3315 […]

Looking for work? Stop by and meet with the Bonney Staffing Talent & Training Coordinator to discuss current and upcoming jobs in the Unity to Winslow area. For questions about employment opportunities, please call Bonney Staffing at 621-1100. Location: Fireplace Room, 1st Floor, Waterville Public Library.

Spectrum Generations Muskie Center will be sponsoring a free lunch to all our veterans. The menu includes baked ham, seasoned baked chicken, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots and a special dessert. The cost is $6.00 for non-veterans. Please join us and let us honor your service! Guest speaker Conrad Edwards from the Bureau of Veterans' Services […]

A conversation between Curator of Academic Programs Shalini Le Gall and Assistant Professor of English Jay Sibara on Glenn Ligon’s use of James Baldwin’s Notes of a Native Son (1955) in the work Untitled (2016), on loan to the museum from the collection of Jennifer and Bob Diamond. Location: Gordon Gallery, Museum of Art.

The reader dogs are back! Our therapy dog friends from Kennebec Valley Love on a Leash will be in this afternoon for read-aloud time! For kids who want to practice their reading skills and for families who want a fun, calming read-aloud opportunity. Spend 15 minutes with a dog who loves to listen. Bring your […]

The museum Student Advisory Board hosts an evening of student and club performances inspired by the museum’s current exhibitions. Theater, dance, poetry, music, and more. Location: Jette Galleries, Museum of Art.

In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria today, there is large-scale destruction of cultural heritage, especially remnants of ancient visual cultures in the region. This lecture by Assistant Professor of Art Marta E. Ameri examines the history of such image destruction in the Middle East, focusing on its role in the context of political and social upheaval […]

Enjoy a fabulous fall evening at the Waterville Opera House with the Portland Symphony Orchestra featuring guest conductor, Janna Hymes, Artist in Residence at Colby College, as well as the return of lovely soprano, Suzanne Nance. Tickets are $50 per person for reception and concert, $25 per person for concert only. The funds raised from […]

KBH’s first annual fun/fundraising event – “A Night Out” features comedy improve group Teachers Lounge Mafia! Join us for a fun night of comedy and a chance to win some great prizes. Basket raffles, 50/50 raffle, snacks & cash bar available. PG-13 show. Tickets cost $15 each with discounts for military personnel and veterans. Tickets: […]

Can there be tolerance of a belief system without endorsement of it? Does coexistence allow one to claim that their beliefs are exclusively true? Join a panel of five each speaking from their own perspective and belief system to address the idea of coexistence in today's world. Folks from these traditions will participate: humanist/atheist, Conservative […]

This concert is dedicated to all things inspired by the letter B. In most jazz charts the letter B denotes the “bridge” section whose qualities usually include less memorable thematic material and less stable harmony, which can be the improviser’s great playground. Featuring tunes whose titles or forms start with B and many more. Works […]

Cold Engines is an amalgamation of some of the finest players on Boston's north shore. Brought together by David Drouin of The Brew, this all star cast has a progressive alt-country-rock sound that merges the past with the future. On the heels of their first Two albums, "Day Drinker" and "Take Me With You"' comes […]

Music: Dmitri Shostakovich Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky Libretto: Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov Cast: Svetlana Lunkina (Zina), Mikhail Lobukhin (Pyotr), Maria Alexandrova (the Ballerina), Ruslan Skvortsov (the Ballet Dancer) During harvest festival at a collective farm, a visiting dance troupe reunites a ballerina with her childhood friend Zina. In order to teach her unfaithful husband a […]

Film, history and live music combine to illustrate a way of life from a simpler, more patient, yet enterprising American era. Film & Music by Sumner McKane. Live Music by Sumner McKane & Josh Robbins. For years, Belfast, Maine-based Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company sent traveling photographer-salesmen on the roads all over New England and […]

Although the events it describes occurred more than 200 years ago, the term “Haitian Revolution” has only come into widespread use in the past few decades. By putting the events that led to the western world’s first abolition of slavery on the same level as the American and French revolutions, this new language profoundly changes […]

With subjects Michelle and Julie Smith and director Garrett Zevgetis introducing in person! Off a dirt road in rural Maine near Bangor, a precocious 20-year-old woman named Michelle Smith lives with her mother Julie. Michelle is quirky and charming, legally blind and diagnosed on the autism spectrum, with big dreams and varied passions. Searching for […]

(Please note the earlier starting time. Please arrive 15 minutes early if you are having lunch.) The images most Americans have of Saudi Arabia are frighteningly predictable – deserts, camels, and oil; Sharia law, Islamic fundamentalism, and jihad; rich sheikhs in white robes, oppressed women in black veils, and terrorists. In this talk I challenge […]

Amber Lambke is president of the Somerset Grist Mill, LLC and its Maine Grains label, carried by specialty food stores and used by fine restaurants and bakeries throughout the Northeast. She is also executive director of the Maine Grain Alliance. A driving force behind Maine’s sustainable foods movement, Amber has worked with local business leaders […]

Come join the Colby College environmental group and 350 Central Maine for a candlelight vigil opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota. Bring warm clothing!

Join us for a book release party as Earl H. Smith reads from his new book Head of Falls, which has already received some glowing reviews! Earl Smith is a consummate storyteller. With a discerning eye, he has captured the wonder of the mid-1950s and the warmth of the Lebanese-American neighborhood where I grew up […]