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.

The Met: Luisa Miller

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

Met Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts a revival of Luisa Miller, which has not been seen at the Met since 2006. Starring Sonya Yoncheva as a peasant girl Luisa […]

$15 – $20

Look up at the Sky

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

Does anyone else out there just like to look up at the sky and day dream? We hope we’re not alone! Today is look up at the sky day and […]

$1 – $3

Storytelling in Old Age

Northern Light Continuing Care, Lakewood 220 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville, ME

by Nick Pattison ’18 Showcasing both the rich history and daily life of older people, an intergenerational audience will learn to understand ways that disease, age, and ability interact with […]

Free

Is Jazz History Linear? (Part 2)

Given Auditorium, Bixler Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

The Colby Jazz Band takes up travels from a more left-coast perspective with Jimmy Giuffre’s “Four Brothers,” artist Shorty Rogers’s “Popo,” Count Basie saxophonist and composer Frank Foster’s “Shiny Stockings,” […]

Free

Workplace Reckonings: Gender, Power, Politics

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

Rebecca Traister will give a lecture titled “Workplace Reckonings: Gender, Power, Politics.” Sponsored by the Government Department.

Free

Dirty Dog Mud Run

Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville

The Thomas College Dirty Dog Mud Run is a 5K, 14-obstacle course that loops through the woods and campus. Obstacles range from monkey bars, tire flips, mud crawl, bucket carry, […]

$45

Central Maine Pride Planning Meeting

REM Community Center 31 Temple Street, Waterville, ME

All are welcome to help with planning for the June Festival.

Free

WR: Mysteries of the Organism

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

Perhaps the most unique (partially) made-in-Maine movie ever made. What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker […]

$10

Ustad Usman Khan on Sitar

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

Ustad Usman Khan was born into a life of music. A sixth generation musician, third-generation sitar master and the grandson of Ustad Rehmat Khan (who in the 19th century codified […]

Free

Old-Time Toys

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

Turn back the clock! Explore old-time toys and games. Come roll a hoop; play a 300-year-old game, Graces; do a ring toss; write on a slate board … and more! […]

$1 – $3

Manpower Recruiting Event

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Manpower is seeking wait staff, banquet servers, bussers, and dishwashers. $10-$12/hour, paid weekly. Flexible schedule with the ability to work many or few shifts. Every experience level sought from entry-level […]

Free

Pipe Cleaner & Bead Caterpillars & Butterflies

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Looking for a way to brighten up your child's day? Bring him or her on down to the Library anytime between 2:30 and 4:00 every Tuesday to participate in a […]

Free

Teen Game Night: April Vacation Edition

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

There will NOT be a game night on Monday, April 16, because the library will be closed for Patriot's Day. Instead there will be game nights Tuesday, April 17, Wednesday, […]

Free

Reasons for Writing About Art

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Artist-critic Roger White will lead an inquiry into art criticism beginning with an enumeration of personal motivations and proceeding, via a typology of forms of art writing, toward a proposition […]

Pardon the Innovation

Summit Room, Spann Student Commons, Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville, ME

Come hear the innovative steps that five entrepreneurs have taken in their businesses which have made them leaders in their fields. This event, Pardon the Innovation, hosted by Thomas College’s […]

Free

PFLAG

Pleasant Street United Methodist Church 61 Pleasant Street, Waterville, ME

Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, PFLAG meets the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 PM at the Pleasant Street Methodist Church […]

Free

Music in the Museum: Folk Song and the Guitar

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

For centuries, the guitar has been associated with folk songs, which are occasionally elevated to art song. We offer three in this program: Manuel da Falla’s “Siete canciones populares españolas” […]

Free

Rocks Really Rock

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

Examine and learn about some of the minerals common in Maine, look at special minerals under a black light and see what happens, break a geode, and start a small […]

$1 – $3

Spring Vacation Special: Catapults!

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Drop by the Children's Department between 2:00 and 4:00. We'll be making mini-catapults and loading them with marshmallows. Can your creation knock down a wall? For kids up to age […]

Free

Teen Game Night: April Vacation Edition

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

There will not be a game night on Monday, April 16, because the library will be closed for Patriot's Day. Instead there will be game nights Tuesday, April 17, Wednesday, […]

Celebrity Life Drawing

Common Street Arts 10 Water Street, Suite 106, Waterville, ME

Join Common Street Arts for this skills-focused series that captures the poses of local celebrities! All are welcome to attend from seasoned artists to beginners. This program offers a unique […]

$5

United Way Rose Sale

Support The United Way of Mid-Maine by ordering Beautiful Roses that are delivered May 11, 2018 - the Friday before Mother’s Day. THURSDAY, 4/19 is the last day to order […]

Dead Simple

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Come to the Waterville Public Library and join us in exploring unknown worlds! We will be playing Dead Simple, a paper-and-pencil role-playing game, where you control a character and go […]

Free
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