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Parade of Lights
Rain Date: Saturday, November 28 Downtown Waterville’s annual holiday parade, held the evening after Thanksgiving, has drawn thousands of families to Main Street for many years and serves as a […]
Carols in the Round
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 […]
Kringleville
Thousands of families from the central Maine region look forward to Santa and Mrs. Claus’ arrival in downtown Waterville. For many years, with the help of Waterville Main Street, community […]
National Theatre’s Hamlet
Waterville Opera House 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United StatesAcademy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced […]
Animals in Winter
L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, MEForgo all that shopping! Or shop here at the museum after your fabulous Animals in Winter program! What are all the animals out there doing to survive? Not many of […]
Waterville Night with Colby Hockey
Harold Alfond Athletic Center, Colby College Campus Drive, Waterville, METhis Colby vs. UMass-Boston game offers three great opportunities for area residents. The first 1,000 fans receive a free t-shirt, and a silent auction during the game will support the Movember […]
Space: Journeying Toward the Future
In the more than fifty years since the beginning of the space age in 1957, much has been accomplished, our knowledge advanced, and a future made more positive. This presentation […]
Visiting Artist: Tim Clorius
Parker-Reed Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, METim Clorius, a.k.a. Subone, was the first artist in Maine to pursue a professional career as a spray painter. He labeled himself an “aerosol artist” to emphasize his interest in spray […]
Sustain Mid-Maine Coalition Forum
The Public Policy Team invites you to meet our area legislators on Monday, November 30 at 6:30 in the REM Forum Room (93 Main St., across from the Maine Made […]
Humans in Space
Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEDespite trips to the Moon, humans in Earth orbit, and plans for exploring Mars, an expansive vision for human spaceflight has not emerged in the 21st century. Roger Launius, associate director […]
Education Reform
Room 141, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEEmily Kennedy-Talmage, a teacher in Lewiston, Maine, is an active blogger on education reform efforts in Maine, with a particular focus on the state’s proficiency-based learning (PBL) model. Kennedy-Talmage will speak about her […]
Soils Year 2015: Inseparability of Science and Socio-Politics
Fairchild Dining Room, Dana Hall, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEColby Oak Fellow Jodi Koberinski will discuss the intersection of soils science and socio-politics as a microcosm of a larger conversation about the nature and role of “science” more broadly. […]
Benefit Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction
Messalonskee High School 131 Messalonskee High Drive, Oakland, MEBenefit for Arianna Bragg, 3, the daughter of Amy Bragg and Mike Muzerolle, who were killed in a quadruple murder-suicide Nov. 4. Donations are being sought from area businesses for […]
History Matters: Blackface at the Holidays
Pugh Center, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, METhe "traditional" celebration of St. Nicholas, the Dutch equivalent of Santa Claus, is the most popular children's holiday in the Netherlands. Every year, or so it is believed, St. Nicholas […]
Icicles on the Nose, Frost in the Studio: Whistler and the Weather
Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MELunder Consortium for Whistler Studies Fellow Justin McCann will discuss how Whistler battled the elements to capture evocative atmospheric conditions in his paintings and pastels of London and Venice.
Winter Farmers’ Market
Thayer Center for Health 149 North Street, Waterville, MEBuy fresh, locally produced meats, vegetables, fruits, dairy products on the first and third Thursdays all winter long at this indoor farmers' market!
Lights for Life Open House
Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area would like to invite you to join us for our annual Lights for Life open house and lighting of the Memorial Healing Garden on Thursday, […]
Opening Reception for Earth: Love It or Lose It
Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, MEJoin us for the opening of our next Art in the Lobby exhibition featuring the work of Jean Ann Pollard and Laurie Sproul. Light refreshments and good cheer provided! This […]
Evening of Ekphrasis
Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEJoin faculty members and students in Colby’s Creative Writing Program as they read works written in response to art on view in museum galleries. Cosponsored by the Creative Writing Program, […]
Small Acts: Mobilizing Memory Across Borders
Room 122, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEHow can the memory of violent pasts be mobilized for a more progressive and hopeful future? This talk responds to the renewed monumentality we find in memory museums, memorials and […]
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Strider Theater, Runnals Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEAdapted from Salman Rushdie’s award-winning novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a rollicking roller-coaster journey through strange new lands—where chatter and silence battle for control, where a child must […]
Carols in the Round
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 […]
Good Will – Hinckley 23rd Annual Festival of Trees
For twenty-three years the annual Good Will - Hinckley Festival of Trees has been a key event and holiday tradition for families in Central Maine. Year after year our community […]