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Date Night in the Museum

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

Grab a date (or a friend) and head to the Museum for a night of food and fun! Partner challenges such as a blindfolded sketching competition will come with prizes […]

Free

Healthy Baby Teeth Workshop

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Do you have questions about dental health for your preschooler?   Do you want to find out more about keeping children's teeth healthy and strong for a lifetime? Drop in […]

Free

Marble Maze Madness

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Work in teams or on your own to create an amazing marble maze out of recycled materials! For more information, please call 872-5433 or email staylor@watervillelibrary.org. Location: Bartlett Room for […]

Free

Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter Open House

Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter 19 Colby St, Waterville, ME, United States

At the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, the new YES program (Youth Empowerment Supports) will begin to provide affordable housing for youth, 18-24 years of age.  Come join us Feb 24, 2017 […]

Free

Seedlings: Ready for Spring!

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Drop by the library between 2:00 and 4:00 P.M. for an activity that includes Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math: STEAM! Explore how seeds grow into flowers and food plants. […]

Free

Droplet Dance

Messalonskee High School 131 Messalonskee High Drive, Oakland, ME

The celebration and awareness of water through dance, featuring Molly Gawler, Lissa, Schneckenburger, and Nettie Lu Lane. Droplet Dance integrates dance, theater, acrobatics, weaving story and song into colorful threads […]

$8 – $15
Recurring

After The Storm

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

After The Storm is from the profoundly humanist Japanese director, Hirokazu Kore-eda (Our Little Sister). Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota wastes the money he makes […]

$8

Missoula Children’s Theatre Performance:Alice in Wonderland

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

The Missoula Children’s Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland, an original adaptation based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. The story begins with Alice and […]

$5 – $7

Paint with Us!

Common Street Arts invites you to our series — Paint with Us! in our fabulous studio on the first floor of in the Center Building at 93 Main Street. No […]

$30

The Tradition of Creation: Mari Kimura, Violin

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

Described by the New York Times as a “virtuoso playing at the edge” and “a technologically fearless violinist,” violinist/composer Mari Kimura, director of the Atlantic Music Festival’s Future Music Lab, […]

Free

Gorilla Finger Dub

Mainely Brews 1 Post Office Square, Waterville, ME

Gorilla Finger is a dub style rock band from southern Maine that is heavily influenced by reggae music. The band formed in the spring of 2011, and has shared the […]

$5

Down to Earth: A Film of Climate Justice Stories

First Congregational Church, UCC 21 College Avenue, Waterville, ME

In Down to Earth:  A Film of Climate Justice Stories, thirteen Maine people share their experiences addressing climate injustice. Each one tells his or her own story; each story is […]

Free

The Entertainer

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

Rescheduled from November 19, 2016, due to technical difficulties. Set against the backdrop of post-war Britain, John Osborneʼs modern classic conjures the seedy glamour of the old music halls for […]

$13 – $15

Glory

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

Following the Battle of Antietam, Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) is offered command of the United States’ first all-African-American regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. With junior officer Cabot […]

Free

Community Development Through Food Systems

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

Lunch at 11:30, lecture at noon. Sandy Gilbreath is the project coordinator for the Maine Food Strategy, where she provides oversight of the organization’s councils, support for collaborative projects, and […]

SHOUT! Keynote Lecture with Janet Mock

Lorimer Chapel, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

As a journalist, trans advocate Janet Mock brings issues of gender, race, class, and equity to the forefront of public discourse. Her memoir, Redefining Realness, debuted on the New York […]

Free

The Tempest

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

On a distant island a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no […]

$13 – $15

Lipman Lecture with Nathan Englander

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

Award-winning short-story writer and novelist Nathan Englander is this year’s Lipman lecturer. The title of his talk is “Writing in Uncertain Times.” Englander, the distinguished writer-in-residence at New York University, […]

Free

Charity as Mitzvah (Commandment)

First Congregational Church, UCC 21 College Avenue, Waterville, ME

Krista N. Dalton is the Cofounder and Executive Editor at the Ancient Jew Review, a web journal and American Academy of Jewish Research grant recipient. Her talk is titled: "Charity […]

RenMen in Concert

Lorimer Chapel, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

RenMen, Renaissance Men, is composed of Boston and New York’s most active chamber musicians, educators, and music aficionados.Where did a cappella come from? How do ensembles today approach this versatile […]

Free

Betye Saar’s Leader

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

Mirken Coordinator of Academic and Public Programs Jordia Benjamin will discuss the liberation of Aunt Jemima through Saar’s Leader.

Free

Waterville Family Photographs Presentations

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

Celebrate the Picher, LaVerdiere, Bernier, and Levine families, who recently donated their photo collections to Colby. Presentations by family members and Colby students will be followed by lunch. This event […]

Free

Youth Art Month – Opening Reception

In celebration of Youth Art Month, Common Street Arts in downtown Waterville will be offering an opportunity to all local school-aged children (grades pre-K to12) to exhibit in our professional […]

Free
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