Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, the Kristina Stahl Writer in Residence, is the author of two novels, Ms. Hempel Chronicles, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Madeleine Is Sleeping, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Her fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including The New Yorker, Ploughshares, Tin House, […]

Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in High and Low, the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa. Adapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, Kurosawa’s film moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating […]

Looking for a way to brighten up your children’s day? Bring them on down to the Library for Crafternoons! Drop in anytime between 2:30 and 4:00 every Tuesday to participate in a fun craft! This week: Monsters made from toilet paper roll cores and yarn! Children under 7 must be accompanied by a grown-up helper. […]

Come sing your heart out. Show off your karaoke skills and share your favorite renditions of your favorite songs. Sing a solo, pair up with a friend for a duet, or listen to others! This program is free, and open to attendees ages 11-18.  For more information, please call 872-5433 or email staylor@watervillelibrary.org. Location: Bartlett Room for Teens, Waterville […]

Using knives and chisels on pumpkins safely, we will create incredible carved pumpkins for our homes. For ages 13+. Cost: $12. Location: Common Street Arts, 93 Main St., Waterville, 872-ARTS, www.commonstreetarts.org. REGISTER

From left to right, Nicholas S. Isgro, John C. Levesque, and Erik Thomas. Sponsored by the Morning Sentinel, the debate will feature Republican incumbent Nicholas S. Isgro, independent John C. Levesque, and Democrat Erik Thomas. The moderator will be Jim Libby, professor of Business Administration at Thomas College. The candidates will make brief opening statements, […]

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, the Kristina Stahl Writer in Residence, is the author of two novels, Ms. Hempel Chronicles, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Madeleine Is Sleeping, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Her fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including The New Yorker, Ploughshares, Tin […]

Kristin Nowell, with the Cat Specialist Group, will discuss the illegal trade of big cats, i.e. tigers, lions, cheetahs, and snow leopards, which poses a grave threat, driven by financial motivations of those who poach, sell, and buy. The black market for each species is driven to varying degrees by supply, both from the wild […]

Vittorio Loreto is a professor of physics of complex systems at Sapienza University and research leader at the ISI Foundation in Turin, where he coordinates the information dynamics group. Creativity and innovation are key elements in many different areas and disciplines since they represent the primary motor to explore new solutions in ever-changing and unpredictable […]

Kennebec Behavioral Health has recently opened a new residential treatment program designed especially for young adults, 18-24 years of age. Located at 86 Stone Street in Augusta, the Young Adult Treatment Program offers a home environment where young adults who are living with serious and persistent mental illness can focus on rehabilitation in a highly […]

The Central Maine Growth Council (CMGC) in partnership with CareerCenters, KVCAP and Waterville Public Library will host a Regional Job Fair at T&B's Celebration Center, 6 Jefferson Street, Waterville. This event is sponsored by CGI, TD Bank and Central Western Maine Workforce Development Board. The event was created as part of the ongoing workforce development […]

In this mixed evening of performance, first-year students and theater and dance majors and minors take the stage in both student- and faculty-directed new works. The evening will feature the full range of performance research created in the Department of Theater and Dance, including theater, dance, design, and hybrid dance theater. Developed in a short […]

Learn to carve fun and unique pumpkin art to bring home. Ages 6-12. Cost: $12. Location: Common Street Arts, 93 Main St., Waterville, 872-ARTS, www.commonstreetarts.org. REGISTER

.Join us in the Bartlett Room 4:00 every Thursday for a screening of a popular movie! This week, we'll be showing Spider-Man: Homecoming (PG-13) This event is free and open to attendees ages 11-18. Light refreshments will be provided. Location: Bartlett Room for Teens, Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville. More Information »

It’s back! Celebrate Halloween this year in artful style: “trick-or-treat” through the museum galleries and enjoy festive food, drinks, and music. (Adult beverages available for those aged 21+; bring ID.) Art-inspired costumes are encouraged! Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Colby Museum of Art, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville. Contact: Jordia Benjamin, jordia.benjamin@colby.edu, 859-5613

Written by Jeffrey Hatcher Directed by Stephanie Irwin Featuring Margaret Matheson, Andrew Smith and Ben Turlo Aqua City Actors Theatre (ACAT) opens their 2017-2018 season, Maine, Manners, and Mayhem, with Jeffrey Hatcher’s semi-autobiographical comedy, Mrs. Mannerly. Directed by Stephanie Irwin, Mrs. Mannerly features Margaret Matheson in the title role, Andrew Smith as her prize student […]

Tours will be held, weather permitting, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Friday and 2:00 – 5:00 Saturday. The last tours start at 3:45 p.m. on Friday and 4:45 p.m. on Saturday. Meet on the library's front steps. Location: Miller Library, Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville.

Join Lunder Curator of American Art, Beth Finch, as she shares about Marsden Hartley as a Reader and Writer. Location: Colby College Museum of Art, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Join us at the South End Teen Center, 5 Libby Court, Waterville for a special Cupcake Wars-inspired event! Teens will face off to design a cupcake like their favorite scary movie or book! Cupcakes will be judged, and prizes will be awarded! The event is presented by the South End Teen Center, and the Waterville Public Library. For […]

Join Bradford Pillow, professor of psychology at Northern Illinois University, as he speaks about research that investigates cognitive development in children. Location: Room 301, Davis Science Center, Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville.

Assistant Professor of Biology Josh Martin studies the mechanisms of some “higher” level functions of brains (attention, motivation) in some of the “lower” animals (moths, cockroaches, mantises). Our human brains are clearly special: we have evolved speech, culture, dance, language, song. Is the origin of our human brain special, or do these abilities that make […]

Animals — from worms to humans — have brains. Our human brains are clearly special: we have evolved speech, culture, dance, language, song. Is the origin of our human brain special, or do these abilities that make us human share a common history with other mammals? Or flies? Or worms? We’ll talk about some of […]

In a dark time, unfastened by loss and despair, how does one find one’s way back to the world again? Former Maine Poet Laureate Wes McNair’s new collection, The Unfastening, seeks to answer this question through poems of sorrow, and hope, and joy. McNair will read selected poems and talk about the complex, unexpected process […]

We will have the lights low and lots of Halloween decorations and fun. The slightly creepy, but awesome Night Flashlight Tours, include a decorated museum, a fun scavenger hunt and Halloween animal activities in the classroom. We will dissect some owl pellets, view some animal skulls, make a bat craft and more in the classroom. What […]

Performances at 7:00 and 9:00. Performances by Colby a cappella groups Colby Eight, Colbyettes, Blue Lights, Megalomaniacs, Sirens, EVE, Mayflower Chill, and Mediocre. Tickets not required. Seating at each concert is limited to 180 guests, first come, first served. Location: Given Auditorium, Bixler Bldg., Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville.