Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
2025-11-21 19:30, 2025-11-22 14:00, 2025-11-23 14:00, 2025-11-28 19:30, 2025-11-29 19:30, 2025-11-30 14:00 (America/New_York) | Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States
Dates: November 14, 15, 21, 28, & 29 at 7:30 p.m. + November 16, 22, 23, & 30 at 2:00 p.m.
Organization: Waterville Opera House
Venue: Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville, Maine
This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
Based on the timeless and beloved film, White Christmas follows Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, who have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil's former army commander. White Christmas is an uplifting, wholesome musical that will delight audiences of all ages.
Sponsored by Marie Cormier, Allen Insurance, Back Office Solutions, Opa, Maine Savings Federal Credit Union, and Lockwood Hotel
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Based Upon the Paramount Pictures Film
Written For the Screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
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ACAT: Becky Nurse of Salem
2025-11-21 19:30, 2025-11-22 19:30, 2025-11-23 14:00 | Playhouse at Waterville Station, 17 Railroad Square, Waterville
What does Latin, ritual dance, sound engineering, and film making have to do with Becky Nurse? Come find out, and see what our cast and crew have been up to in ACAT's upcoming production of Becky Nurse of Salem by Sarah Ruhl!
Performance Dates:
November 14, 15 & 21, 22 @ 7:30PM
November 16 & 23 @ 2:00PM
$15 for adults, $12 for seniors and students
Tickets available online or at the door!
Ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/acat-becky-nurse-of-salem-by-sarah-ruhl-tickets-1874479270959?aff=oddtdtcreator
"Becky Nurse of Salem" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
Contact information: info@theplayhouse.me Randy Jones
Event website: https://www.theplayhouse.me/acat-becky-nurse-of-salem-by-sarah-ruhl/

Craft Supply Swap
2025-11-22 10:00 - 15:00 | Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME
Find your next great hobby at the Waterville Public Library’s first ever craft supply swap! Registration is not required.
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Festival of Trees
2025-11-22 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-23 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-28 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-29 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-30 10:00 - 16:00 | Waterville Elks Lodge, 76 Industrial Street, Waterville, ME, 04901, United States
WATERVILLE – OCTOBER 5 - Alfond Youth & Community Center and Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce combine efforts to present Festival of Trees this holiday season, continuing a proud tradition.
Participation in this year’s event continues a fabulous holiday tradition. At the same time, money raised supports families in the community experiencing food insecurity through the services of Alfond Youth & Community Center and funds workforce development services and assistance through the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce, meeting a need existing throughout our region.
Who doesn’t love a beautiful holiday tree? Imagine over 50 trees, each uniquely decked out in holiday cheer. This wonderful family event will be held at Waterville Elks Banquet & Conference Center, 76 Industrial Rd., Waterville, on November 21-23 and November 28-30. Hours on both Fridays and Saturdays are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Sunday, November 23, hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on the final day, November 30, hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Festival of Trees will provide a magical experience that the whole family can enjoy. Admission for ages 12 and over is just $2.00 per person; children 12 and under are admitted for free. Children are also given a free book upon arrival.
Purchase and drop your individual tree tickets (just 50¢ each) into the bucket of your favorite tree, and you could go home with a beautifully decorated tree complete with all trimmings, gift cards, and merchandise displayed. Tree winners will be drawn after 5 p.m. Sunday, November 30, and notified that evening. Trees will be available for pickup on the following Monday and Tuesday.
This year’s 50/50 experience has also been enhanced by increased prize amounts, with a maximum payout of $10,000 daily. Winners will be drawn each day, and you do not need to be present to win. A note: in each of the cases of winning a tree or a 50/50 amount, winners are responsible for any tax implications, and a 1099 Form will be furnished for values exceeding $600.
Please join us for this wonderful holiday experience. Whether you visit to view the trees on display or are willing to volunteer some time to help staff the event, it will be time well spent – and you will be helping support your community through your participation. It takes a substantial number of volunteers for an event of this magnitude. Many volunteer slots are open. For more information about volunteering for a shift or shifts, please visit www.festivaloftreesmaine.net.

Festival of Wreaths
2025-11-22 11:00 - 17:00 | Centerpoint Church, 155 West River Road, Waterville, Maine, 04901
Photo courtesy of Beth Warren

Festival of Wreaths to Benefit Winslow Community Cupboard Food Pantry
The Festival of Wreaths—a raffle-benefit for Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry—will be held on Saturday, November 22, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Centerpoint Church, 155 West River Road, in Waterville. Admission to the event is a donation of any amount; raffle tickets will be 50 cents each. Food and beverages will be available for sale, and there will be a very special appearance by Santa Claus!
Featuring dozens of wonderful Christmas and holiday wreaths, the raffle-benefit will seek to raise urgently-needed funds for the food pantry, which serves food-insecure children, seniors, and other adults in Winslow, Waterville, and more than 20 surrounding towns. The Festival of Wreaths is sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank.
For more information, please contact Winslow Community Cupboard,
at 207-616-0076 or WinslowCupboard@Gmail.com.

Met Opera Encore: La Bohème
2025-11-22 12:55 - 16:10 | Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville, ME
With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking. Franco Zeffirelli’s picture-perfect production brings 19th-century Paris to the Met stage as Puccini’s young friends and lovers navigate the joy and struggle of bohemian life. Soprano Juliana Grigoryan is the feeble seamstress Mimì, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso as the ardent poet Rodolfo. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the performance.
This performance is a high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. All Met Opera Encore shows >
(Not Rated, 195 min.)
Tickets: $16-$19. Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
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Threads & Tales
2025-11-25 17:00 - 18:30 | Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME
Have you been itching to spin a yarn with fellow fiber artists? Check out Threads & Tales at the Waterville Public Library on Tuesdays, now at 5:00pm! Crochet, cross-stitch, sewing, quilting, embroidery, needlepoint, etc. - all crafts and all abilities are welcome. Work on your latest project, try something new, share patterns, or check out the Library's crafting resources. This is a relaxed and informal group, you do not have to attend every session. Just pop in whenever it works for you!
Free and open to all adults and teens, coffee and tea will be available.
FMI: Call 207-872-5433 or email librarian@watervillelibrary.org

Shop Small Mid-Maine
2025-11-29 - 2025-11-30
Join Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce and area businesses for Shop Small Saturday Mid-Maine – and shop ‘til you drop!
What better way to enjoy a Saturday, get some holiday shopping done, and know that you are helping your friends, neighbors, and business owners at the same time. So, grab your friends and family members – and head to the great outdoors for some much-needed activity.
Shopping locally keeps your money in the area and supports the businesses that serve and support you. Take some time this season to check out special offers, new merchandise, or a business you have not visited in the past. They will make it worth your while!
Participating businesses will include great discount offers in a special Shop Small – Save BIG coupon book and will have shopping bags for your convenience, and entry forms for a chance to win a $100 Chamber gift certificate to be used at over 180 local businesses. A list of participating businesses, as well as extra coupons, is available on https://midmainechamber.com/events/shop-small-saturday.
Mix 107.9 will be making the rounds in the area with sponsored live remotes, highlighting additional opportunities to join in the fun, and other sales and promotions being held in our towns.
Mark your calendars to join us on Saturday, November 29 – and shop ‘til you drop – with Shop Small Saturday Mid-Maine! Your small purchase will make a BIG difference to our local businesses!

National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step
2025-11-29 12:00 - 13:40 | Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville, ME
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.
After years in the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous, James (Freeman) becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka (Lowden). The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five—the moment of confession—dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.
Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End.
(R, 100 min.)
Tickets: $13.50-16.00. Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
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Parade of Lights
2025-11-29 18:00 | Downtown Waterville, Main Street at Common Street, Waterville, ME
Parade of Lights
Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

The Children’s Discovery Museum is excited to be collaborating with the city of Waterville to host this wonderful event again this year! While we have loved partnering with Winslow each year for the parade, due to ongoing bridge construction, we believe it is safer to keep the parade on one side of the river. We look forward to bringing the parade back across the bridge in the future!
The 2025 Parade of Lights will be held on Saturday, November 29, at 6:00 p.m. Floats will assemble along College Ave, travel down to Main Street, stopping at Castonguay Square for the lighting of the giant spruce and Santa's arrival at Kringleville.
Update: Registration Full!
If you have any questions please contact the Children's Discovery Museum at kringleville@childrensdiscoverymuseum.org.
This event will take place, rain or shine! No rain date.
Thank you to our Grand Marshall Sponsor, Central Maine Motors.
If you have any questions, please call the Children’s Discovery Museum at 207-872-6643.
Children’s Discovery Museum
7 Eustis Parkway
Waterville, ME 04901
kringleville@childrensdiscoverymuseum.org
We look forward to working with you on this spectacular event!

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Ken Walsh: World Youth Clubs
2025-12-01 12:00 | Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons, 150 Main St., Waterville, ME, 04901, United States
Mid-Maine Global Forum presents
“World Youth Clubs: Connecting Youth Around the World”
with Ken Walsh
Ken Walsh, coming from the New Rochelle Boys & Girls Clubs as the Assistant Executive for 7 years, began his Maine journey in 1992 when he became the Executive Director of the Waterville Boys & Girls Club. In 1998, following a successful campaign to establish the Alfond Youth & Community Center, the only merged Boys & Girls Clubs and YMCA in the nation, Ken assumed the role of CEO, a position he held until his retirement in 2026. Over the course of his tenure, Ken helped raise over $100 million, transforming the AYCC into a nationally recognized model for youth development.
Ken will be joining us to speak about his transformative work connecting youth in Maine and around the world through sports and cross-cultural exchange.
The talk will be held Monday, Dec. 1st at 12:00pm at the Chace Center in downtown Waterville!
Lunch costs $16. You do not have to order lunch to attend this talk, but if you'd like to buy lunch, please submit your lunch order no later than Friday, November 28.
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Crafternoons
2025-12-02 14:30 - 16:00 | Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME
Location: Children's Room, Waterville Public Library
Crafternoons are fun weekly crafts for young children and their families! Come to the Children’s Room between 2:30 and 4:00 pm to make the craft with help from library staff.

Crafts for December:
12/02: Snow Shadows
12/09: Snow Bird
12/16: Paper Gnomes
12/23: Paper Gingerbread House
12/30: New Year’s Ribbon Stick

Take pictures of the results and share them in the comments of the Facebook post or tag us on Instagram or Bluesky. We'd love to see what you create!

For more information: Call 207.872.5433 or email ldavis@watervillelibrary.org

Threads & Tales
2025-12-02 17:00 - 18:30 | Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME
Location: Large Print Room, 4th Floor, Waterville Public Library
Have you been itching to spin a yarn with fellow fiber artists? Check out Threads & Tales at the Waterville Public Library on Tuesdays, at 5:00pm! Crochet, cross-stitch, sewing, quilting, embroidery, needlepoint, etc. - all crafts and all abilities are welcome. Work on your latest project, try something new, share patterns, or check out the Library's crafting resources. This is a relaxed and informal group, you do not have to attend every session. Just pop in whenever it works for you!
Free and open to all adults and teens, coffee and tea will be available.
FMI: Call 207-872-5433 or email librarian@watervillelibrary.org

Ribbon Cutting
2025-12-04 16:00 | Gallant Funeral Home, 10 Elm Street, Waterville
Join us for a ribbon cutting
Thursday, December 4, 4 p.m.
with
Gallant Funeral Home
to be held at
10 Elm St., Waterville

Christmas Carols in the Round
2025-12-04 18:00 | Winslow Congregational Church, 12 Lithgow Street, Winslow, ME
One of Maine’s most beloved and beautiful Christmas-concert experiences returns to Winslow!
On Thursday, December 4, at 6 p.m.
the Mt. View Chamber Singers from Mt. View High School in Thorndike
will present “Carols in the Round”
at Winslow Congregational Church, 12 Lithgow Street.
You’ll enjoy and be enriched by the gorgeous, candle-lit a capella presentation of this 34th annual touring concert, directed by Gregory Judd. Among the memorable carols presented will be classic, timeless standards as well as lesser-known but equally lovely songs and hymns.
Admission is FREE, with donations to help defray the singers’ touring expenses gratefully accepted.
For more information, please call Winslow Congregational Church at 207-872-2544.

Rhymetime
2025-12-05 10:30 - 11:00 | Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME
Come right to the Children's Department every Friday at 10:30am for songs and stories for babies, toddlers, and their families!
The themes for December 2025 are:
12/05: Letter “L”
12/12: Letter "M"
12/19: Letter "N"
12/26: Holiday Books
FMI: Call 207.872.5433 or email ldavis@watervillelibrary.org.

First Friday
2025-12-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Downtown Waterville, Main Street at Common Street, Waterville, ME
Date: December 5, 2025
Time: 5–7pm
Location: Multiple Locations, Downtown Waterville

At the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street:
5–7pm Opening Reception Mawte: Bound Together
Join us at the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art, located in the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, as we celebrate the opening of Mαwte: Bound Together with the exhibition’s curators and artists! Brief remarks and an introduction to the exhibition will take place at 5:30 p.m. Free snacks, music and more! For more info click here.
All Day: Half off all concessions (except alcohol) at the Maine Film Center.
At Greene Block + Studios, 18 Main Street:
6pm Colby Jazz Series: Joe Magnarelli
Over the course of a 40-plus-year career, Joe Magnarelli has emerged as one of the premier trumpeters, improvisers, composers, and educators in jazz. For this special concert closing the Colby Arts Jazz Series, Magnarelli is joined by Richard Clements on piano, Clovis Nicolas on bass, and Joe Strasser on drums.

What are First Fridays?
First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the arts, and come together as a community.

Date Night Childcare
2025-12-05 17:00 - 19:30 | Children’s Discovery Museum, 7 Eustis Parkway, Waterville, ME, 04901, United States
Date Night Childcare

Drop the kids off for pizza and playtime with museum staff and volunteers while you have a night to yourself!
Date Nights are November 21 (FULL), December 5, and December 19
5:00-7:30 PM
Open to ages 3 to 8 (all children must be potty trained)
$20 per child for members, $25 per child for non-members

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Let’s Sing Taylor
2025-12-05 19:00 | Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States
Date: Friday, December 5 at 7pm
Organization: Waterville Opera House
Venue: Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville, Maine
This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

Let’s Sing Taylor - A Live Band Experience - is the ultimate tribute to the music of Taylor Swift. We can show you incredible things, including the most faithful and lively covers of Queen Taylor’s expansive and sacred catalog. Taking the country by storm, we’re bringing the communal experience of celebrating Taylor’s music in a live setting to Swifties near and far.
So, let the games begin. Calling all Swifties to sing your hearts out and sport your Taylor inspired attire. You can show up at our party any time.
Let’s Sing Taylor is fan-sponsored and not endorsed by, directly affiliated with, maintained, authorized, or sponsored by TAS Rights Management, Taylor Swift, or their affiliated entities.
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