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.

Magpie Creative Pop-Up

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

Maggi Blue is a creative who wears many hats. She is a graphic designer as well as an artisan who works in glass, metalwork, and ceramics. She lives with her husband and son in Midcoast Maine. CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Print Your Own Christmas Card!

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

Nothing rivals a unique, handmade holiday card. Learn the workings of our antique letterpress studio, and make your own print with an animal and a message to take home. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

$1 – $3

Holiday Card Making

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

Come spread the love. Join in the festivities at Common Street Arts by making seasonal holiday cards for loved ones. Use stamps, markers, prints, and other techniques to make the perfect personalized cards! Dress for the mess. All ages are welcome. CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Free

Celebrity Life Drawing with John Meader

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

Seasoned and aspiring artists are invited to Celebrity Life Drawing. A unique opportunity for emerging and established artists to hone their drawing skills in a supportive environment. Participants bring their media of choice and CSA provides the chairs, model, and camaraderie. The special local celebrity model chosen for this event is John Meader of Northern […]

$5

Deadline for PechaKucha Proposalsa

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

PechaKucha Night Waterville Volume 30 is looking for the next set of presenters! Please submit your proposals by Wednesday, December 19. Volume 30 will take place on Friday, January 25, 2019. Location is TBA.  Each PechaKucha Night draws a good crowd and provides a unique and unforgettable experience for all! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Dining to donate

Applebee's 251 KennedyMemorial Drive, Waterville, ME

To benefit the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers The Friends of the Maine Children's Home Need Your Support! Applebee's will donate 15% of your check when you dine at their Waterville restaurant on Thursday, December 20th! Please make sure to print off the attached flyer for your meal to count! The Friends use these […]

Christmas Carols and Beloved Seasonal Songs

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

The Kennebec Valley Chordsmen Barbershop Chorus will present an evening of Christmas carols and beloved songs of the season. Special guests include the First Congregational Church choir, directed by Joanna Nelson and accompanied by David Dean. Admission is free; donations are appreciated. For more information, call Kathy Robitaille, director of the Kennebec Valley Chordsmen, at 542-7699.

Free

Endangered Animals Tour

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

In this guided tour, we will highlight some of the endangered, threatened and extinct species found in the museum’s collection. We also, happily, get to talk about some species that have made remarkable recoveries thanks to recent conservation efforts! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

$1 – $3

Bills and Beaks Tell What They Eat

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

Put on your wildlife biologist cap, and hone your observational skills, as we follow the clues find in various birds’ beaks to learn about their lifestyles and behavior. Why do hummingbirds have long, skinny beaks, while the Red Crossbill has a unique, asymmetrical beak? Plus, make a bird craft to take home! Admission: $3 for […]

$1 – $3

What’s Up in the Atmosphere?

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

Have you ever wondered why the sky can appear to be clear blue one day, pink the next? How are clouds formed? And how do pollutants affect our atmosphere? At the end of this program, everyone gets to take home a copy of an awesome educational book from NASA! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for […]

$1 – $3

Waterville City Council

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Please note the meeting location is the Chace Community Forum, located on the first floor of the Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons at 150 Main Street. Please enter through the doors located on Main Street, across from the Portland Pie Company. Click for links to current/past agendas and minutes

Free

CANstruction Contest

Join community members in a community-wide food drive. Organizations will be creating sculptures of non-perishable food and essential items. Please join us to see creativity in action, vote for your favorite sculpture, and help us reach our goal of collecting 2,000 pounds of food to support local pantries. For more information email Sam.

The Met: La Traviata

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

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Michael Mayer’s richly textured new production, featuring a dazzling 18th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Soprano Diana Damrau plays the tragic heroine, Violetta, and tenor Juan Diego Flórez returns to the Met for the first time in five seasons to sing the role of Alfredo, Violetta’s hapless lover. Baritone Quinn Kelsey […]

$15 – $20

National Bird Day

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

National Bird Day was created to promote avian awareness. Nearly 12% of the world’s almost 10,000 bird species are threatened with extinction, and a further 8% are near threatened. Come take a special tour focused on the birds in our collection which are endangered, or have come back from the brink. Learn about the human […]

$1 – $3

National Theatre Live: Antony and Cleopatra

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

By William Shakespeare Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war. Director […]

$12 – $18

Gleaning Food

Mayor's Conference Room, City Hall 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME

A group of people concerned about food insecurity for area residents is starting a gleaning group. Gleaning, or food rescue, is defined by the Maine Gleaning Network as “gathering of produce after or during an active harvest and donating the produce to humans rather than for compost or for animal feed. The produce gleaned could […]

Free

Waterville GreenDrinks

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

Join KV Connect, Waterville's young professionals group, for an exciting evening of networking and socialization while helping to support a great cause! Appetizers and drinks will be provided. Donations benefit the Humane Society in the Waterville Area. Waterville GreenDrinks is part of the international GreenDrinks network, which is an informal and volunteer-managed social networking group […]

The Visitor

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

It’s the post-9/11 U.S. when Tom McCarthy (who was to go on to make the Oscar-winning Spotlight) made this “heartfelt human drama that sneaks up and floors you” about our fear of immigrants. Richard Jenkins notched a Best Actor Oscar nomination as a nerdy Connecticut professor “who seems to move through life in a trance. […]

Attracting and Retaining Talent

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

Business Breakfast Series Brought to you by Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce and Thomas College Giovani Twigge, corporate vice president and chief human resources officer at IDEXX, will discuss why traditional approaches are more likely to fail. IDEXX’s corporate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Giovani Twigge, will speak about attracting and retaining talent at […]

Prenatal Nurturing

kennebec Valley Community Action Program 97 Water St, Waterville, ME, United States

The Prenatal program addresses the current issues faced by couples expecting a child including the use of prescription drugs, alcohol and tobacco during pregnancy; the relationship between healthy pregnancies and proper nutrition; the effects of stress on the baby; ways to keep a healthy sexual relationship; and issues of body image, weight gain and brain […]

Free
Recurring

Climate: A New Story

Winslow Public Library 136 Halifax Street, Winslow, ME

Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Education and Community Outreach Team invites you to join us for a discussion of the book Climate: A New Story by Charles Eisenstein. The discussions will be held in January 10 & 24 at the Winslow Public Library from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. Amazon Reviews says of Climate, A New Story […]

Downtown Waterville Opportunity Zone Workshop

Bricks Coworking & Innovation Space Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water St. Ste. 110, Waterville, ME

Downtown Waterville is home to one of Maine's 32 Opportunity Zones, the nation's newest tax incentive to encourage investment and growth in economically-distressed areas. With over $100 million invested in recent downtown Waterville projects, the program looks to leverage existing investments and major revitalization efforts already underway. Governed by the IRS, the Opportunity Zone (OZ) […]

Free

Lebanese Heritage in Waterville

Waterville Historical Society - Redington Museum 62 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

Hosted by Waterville Historical Society and Redington Museum Join us as Tom Nale and Joe Jabar speak of the Lebanese Heritage in Waterville, particularly Head of Falls.

Free

Beginning Pottery Class

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

A six-week pottery class that will teach students the basics of throwing clay on the wheel. The fun starts with clay basics and expands to creating mugs, bowls, plates, and other objects based on student interest. Skills that will be developed include centering, shaping, trimming, handle making, and decoration as well as glazing. The instructor […]

$175
Recurring

Ramen Shop

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

After his embittered father dies, Masato, an ambitious young Ramen chef, leaves his hometown in Japan to embark on a culinary journey to his late mother’s hometown of Singapore to find the truth about his past and discover why he is so disconnected from her side of the family. He uncovers a lot more than […]

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