Robin D.G. Kelley will offer the keynote address as the Pugh Center celebrates its 20th anniversary. Cosponsored by the Pugh Center and the African-American Studies Program.

From Facebook pages to WhatsApp forwards, the Internet and social media helped pave the way to the Arab Spring ongoing revolutions. Khalid Albaih, a political cartoonist from Sudan and the 2016 Oak Fellow, will discuss his cartoons that champion freedom of expression and democracy in the Arab world. During the Arab Spring uprising in 2011, […]

Mike Pulaski, vice president at Thorton Tomasetti Consulting, will discuss the process of how sustainable high-performance buildings come to fruition. Drawing from more than 10 years experience on projects at Colby and from others around the globe, Pulaski will provide insight into how difficult design decisions are made and the rapidly evolving set of analytical […]

Common Street Arts in collaboration with the Waterville Opera House, will feature a VERY special guest clothed model for you to draw, paint or sculpt, the incredible Katie Doornbos. Katie is an amazing actress from the upcoming musical Young Frankenstein, which opens October 21. Katie will be attired in her extravagantly elegant custom costume, created by costume […]

Join the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce in a fun-filled night full of networking with area business professionals. Over 175 prizes donated from a variety of area businesses will be raffled off. The grand prize is $3,000 cash, second prize is $1,000 cash, and third prize is $500 cash. Nobody walks away empty-handed! The social hour […]

The next 6-week session of Hope’s Place will be Thursday nights beginning September 29, 2016 and continuing through November 17, 2016. Groups begin at 6:00 pm and end by 7:00 pm. The mission of Hope’s Place is to provide a safe, supportive environment for grieving children, teens and families through peer support groups. This program […]

Colby College is proud to host Waterville Comedy Night at the Waterville Opera House! This exciting evening will feature three hilarious comedians, Kevin Barnett, Mike Yard, and Joel Kim Booster. The doors will open at 7pm and the show will start at 8pm. Kevin Barnett is one of the fastest rising comics in NYC. He […]

The Colby College Museum of Art has teamed up with the Colby College’s Feminist Alliance, Womxn of Color Alliance (WOCA), and Students Organized for Black and Hispanic Unity (SOBHU) to facilitate a series of community engagement events addressing issues of troubling cross-cultural power dynamics. The purpose of this event is to build community through the […]

Sawyer Brown is an American country band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band. Click for more details.

Written by Richard Bean and featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from James Corden, host of the The Late Late Show,  the uproarious One Man, Two Guvnors was a runaway hit both in London’s West End and on Broadway. Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, […]

In collaboration with Maine Crafts Association and in conjunction with Maine Craft weekend, Common Street Arts will present works in clay by Maine ceramic artists from throughout the state. This exhibition will be on view from September 29 - November 5. Clay is transformative. It can take many shapes and forms. Mud dug from the […]

PechaKucha Night Waterville is a creative networking event centered on storytelling. Every event is well attended and provides its own distinctive ride. PechaKucha Night (PKN) began in Tokyo in 2003 and has turned into an international phenomenon with events happening in over 800 cities around the world. It is a format that makes presentations concise, […]

Good Will-Hinckley and SKILLS, Inc. are partnering to do a Beer/Wine Cellar & Silent Auction. We are excited to tell you more about what's happening on campus, and to give you the opportunity to welcome two new key staff members - Ken Coville, GWH President & Director of Development, and Stephanie Johnson, Executive Director of […]

While you're enjoying the festivities at Harvest Fest, take the short walk to the Waterville Fire Department! Firemen will be offering fire station tours, equipment demonstrations, children's activities, a memorial unveiling and dedication (1pm) and more!

Waterville Main Street is proud to present the 14th Annual Harvest Fest, hosted in the heart of downtown Waterville at historic Head of Falls on Front Street. This event presents the perfect opportunity for the entire community to come together in celebration of this season’s bountiful harvest. Harvest Fest 2016 promises something for everyone. Efforts […]

If the emotional health and well-being of individuals are linked to the larger structural features of their societies, then literature provides an important but often overlooked site for examining the social conditions that support (and diminish) mental health. Julie Minich, University of Texas at Austin, examines the depiction of mental health on the U.S.-Mexico border […]

On Oct. 2, Colombians went to the polls for a historic vote: whether or not to accept the negotiated accord with the country’s largest and oldest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the FARC. The accord promises to end the longest running insurgency war in the hemisphere, and put a definitive end to […]

Early photographic experimentation was frequently less concerned with optics — with providing a picture of the world — than with physics. Techniques such as spectroscopy were developed and deployed explicitly to investigate that which was beyond the range of human perception: the nature and behavior of light. Laura Saltz, associate professor of American studies, asks why […]

Silvia Newell, assistant professor at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, will discuss cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Taihu and western Lake Erie, which are driven largely by agricultural nitrogen and phosphorus. Cyanobacterial community dominance and HAB development may depend on ammonium (NH4+) availability, and increased NH4+ has been linked to increased toxin […]

How do Colby professors use their disciplines to respond when violence convulses our world? When police shoot and are shot at, when bombs explode and refugees drown, what can the arts and humanities, in particular, teach us? Join us as professors Lisa Arellano (Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies), Gary Green (Art), and Anindyo Roy (English) […]

This national, evidenced-based certification course will help participants support loved ones, colleagues, neighbors, and others coping with mental illness and addiction. At the end of the day, you will have a five-step action plan and know where to turn for help. Presented by NAMI Maine in partnership with Inland Hospital, Healthy Northern Kennebec, Kennebec Behavioral […]

Join panelists E.J. Dionne, columnist for the Washington Post and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Eliana Johnson, Washington editor for National Review Magazine, and David Shribman, editor-in-chief for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for a discussion on the 2016 election, which in many ways has shattered the mold. This panel of experts will explore a host of topics: candidate strategy, voter attitudes […]

Wendy Warren, an assistant professor at Princeton University, will discuss the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on the culture of New England in the 17th century based on her new book, New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America (Liveright, 2016).

This special screening features new digital renditions of two of Abbott Meader’s 16mm films. “South Slope” (1979-80) is an elegant contemplation of a small patch of Oakland, Maine through the four seasons, set to “What Love Tells Me,” the sixth and final movement of Gustav Mahler’s third symphony; “Shadows From The Western Wall” (1973-74) is […]

This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career, and study skills. Advance registration required. Visit http://meoc.maine.edu/schedule.php or call 1-800-281-3703.

History tells us that Charles Darwin was neither the first nor the only one to think of evolution. This talk by Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard, takes the opportunity to think carefully about Darwin and the revolution in thought that carries his name. Browne, who teaches the history of […]

Kids and cops on campus! Maine's Law Enforcement, Local Communities & Higher Education Come together for a day of Fun! Barbecue, Games and the COLBY COLLEGE VS. UMO RUGBY MATCH   Hosted by Thomas College

Music by Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde opens the Met season in a new production by Mariusz Treliński (the director responsible for the 2014–15 season’s double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle), and will be well served by a cast of outstanding Wagnerians: Nina Stemme as Isolde, Stuart Skelton as Tristan, Ekaterina Gubanova as Brangäne, […]

Bette Stevens, and Richard Wooten will be joining us for a book signing as part of Indie Author Day 2016! During this inaugural Indie Author Day, libraries all across North America will host their own local author events with the support of the Indie Author Day team. For more information about Indie Author Day, please […]

Maine's own wicked funny comedian returns for his annual performance at the Waterville Opera House! Tickets: $25 (Note: There will be only one performance. The previously announced 9:00 performance has been canceled.)

Ever caught yourself looking up at the Moon wondering exactly what you were looking at? The L.C. Bates Museum will be one of thousands of locations around the globe celebrating our moon! International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) is an annual worldwide public event that encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon and its […]

After 36 years teaching guitar in the Music Department, Carl Dimow will retire after this academic year. He performs his final official faculty concert with his eclectic klezmer band, the Casco Bay Tummlers. Several original Dimow compositions will be featured in addition to classic instrumentals and songs from the rich, soulful, and joyous klezmer repertoire. […]

A problematic romance; a less problematic revolution. Sean Connery (the first James Bond!) and Brooke Adams (a past Railroad Square guest who first rose to prominence in Terrence Malick’s Days Of Heaven) star in Richard Lester’s (best known for A Hard Days Night, The Three Musketeers, and Robin And Marian) knowing, sharp, beautiful, underrated and […]

This free program will offer helpful tips to assist families with difficult conversations related to dementia. Presented by the Maine chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Please pre-register by calling 873-4745 or stopping at the reception desk.

Music’s Quill (Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor, and Timothy Burris, lute) will be joined by special guest Colby Professor of History Raffael Scheck on cello for a concert of Baroque continuo songs from England and Italy by Caccini, d’India, and Purcell and solo works for cello and lute.

Are you new To Medicare? Part A is hospital insurance. Part B is medical insurance. Part C is Medicare Advantage Plans & Part D is for prescription drugs. Do you know the difference between a Medigap Plan and a Medicare Advantage Plan ? This is where you can find the answers to that question and […]

Shermin de Silva will discuss Asian elephants, the sole survivors of the genus Elephas. This six-million-year-old, evolutionarily unique species must now make a living alongside its historic predator — humans — on the most densely populated continent on the planet. More than half the human population lives in Asia, and development is accelerating. With large herbivores […]

Most people today view climate science as a field wholly occupied with the practical problem of global warming. But, as with most scientific endeavors, the field has moved forward by scientists driven by their own curiosity to meet a series of fascinating intellectual challenges, whether or not they had any practical consequences. In this talk, […]

Let's exercise, have fun and raise some money to help support the many Muskie Community Center programs! You can support our walkers by making a donation! Where: Muskie Community Center, 38 Gold St, Waterville, ME When: Wednesday, October 12th Time: Walk starts at 9:00 am Please call 873-4745 to sign-up to walk or donate!   […]

Paintings conservator Nina Roth-Wells will discuss her work conserving paintings in the museum’s collection of American folk art in preparation for the exhibition A Usable Past.

Long before he became a world-renowned public figure, George Mitchell grew up in Waterville amid humble surroundings in a tight-knit immigrant family. Hear about the beginnings of Mitchell's remarkable story with Maine author and Morning Sentinel columnist Douglas Rooks, reading from his new biography, Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible. Copies of […]

How your vote on minimum wage and income tax can negatively impact your business! With Greg Dugal, executive director of Maine Restaurant Association and Maine Inn Keepers Association and Curtis Picard, executive director of Retail Association of Maine. To register online: https://midmainechamber.com/cms/index.php/events/business-breakfast-series  

Director of the New England Arts and Architecture Program Martha J. McNamara will discuss the 1856 autobiographical landscape drawn by Pedro Tovookan Parris currently on view in the exhibit A Usable Past: American Folk Art at the Museum of Art. Parris’s drawing tells the story of a harrowing journey from East Africa, where he was enslaved […]

Hey, hey... our After School Art Club on Thursday, October 13th will have a special guest instructor, Lev Pinkus, who will be teaching kids the basic skills needed for cartooning! If your child likes to sketch and create comic art, you may want to register them for this session! Space is limited so register today! […]

Our therapy dog friends from Kennebec Valley Love on a Leash will be in this afternoon for read-aloud time! For kids who want to practice their reading skills and for families who want a fun, calming read-aloud opportunity. Spend 15 minutes with a dog who loves to listen. Bring your own favorite book, or borrow […]

Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Education & Community Outreach Team invites you to “Timber First: An Introduction to the New Generation of Tall Timber Buildings,” presented by Bill Basford. Recent advances in timber framing technology and changes to the 2015 International Building Code now allow Tall Timber Framed buildings of 18 storeys or more.  Roughly a […]

The Opera House is excited to host Ben Roy and the Cast of Those Who Can’t for a stand-up comedy show in October! Ben Roy created and stars in TruTv’s scripted comedy series Those Who Can’t along with fellow Grawlix comedy troupe members, Adam Cayton-Holland and Andrew Orvedahl. Set in Denver, Those Who Can’t follows […]

Hancock, Maine native, Chris Ross has been writing and performing his songs for the better part of a decade. He mixes smokey folk with a rambling and witty lyricism, which earned him the "Songwriter Of The Year" award at the 2014 New England Music Awards. Ross and his band, Chris Ross and the North, released […]

This family-friendly community trail system features a beautiful pine forest, gravel paths, open fields, and a fishing pond.  Join us to explore the trails and learn about a new footbridge to be added soon that is sponsored in part by Inland Hospital.  Bring your Family Fun Series passport or sign up at the event and […]

Community members are invited to bring their Super 8, 8mm, and 16mm films to Studio 93 in Downtown Waterville, where technicians will inspect and project them on screen for all to share in the experience of discovery. Home Movie Day has been celebrated worldwide since 2002, providing an opportunity to see what’s on those enigmatic […]

One Show Only! Introduced by Director Richard Kane Imber’s Left Hand is a love story between two artists faced with one’s death and how art and love transform this tragedy into the brightest affirmation of life. Jon Imber’s switch to painting left handed and the black humor with which he dances with his dying is […]

The Recycled Shakespeare Company will perform Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe on in the gazebo of Memorial Park in Fairfield. In this unique readers theater in-the-round setting the audience will be in the gazebo to hear and see these old classics right in the middle of all the action. Bring a chair. You are […]

Come on a fall walk to enjoy the leaf changes and explore the trails with a museum guide.  Discover why the leaves change, create fall leaf art and enjoy Maine's natural wonders.

Common Street Arts invites you to our new monthly series — Paint with Us! in our fabulous new studio. No experience necessary, no supplies to buy — just show up and we’ll show you how! Our experienced art instructor will lead you step-by-step to create your own work of art. Bring a friend, bring a drink! We will […]

With a special guest performance by cast members of the Waterville Opera House’s Young Frankenstein, opening October 21! Digital version of the black and white classic, a far greater film than the original Frankenstein, from the same director, James Whale, in which the monster realizes he needs a mate. “James Whale’s quirky, ironic 1935 self-parody […]

Come experience the hauntingly beautiful work of David Twiss in this site-specific installation at Common Street Arts.  We will have two installation locations: a larger installation in the Common Street Arts Annex off Castonguay Square, the second in the front window at the 93 Main street entrance to The Center. The exhibit runs October 7-November […]

Please join us for an amazing downtown experience in Castonguay Square! Enjoy delicious snacks and libations from The Proper Pig, tour the new Common Street Arts gallery and education spaces, such as the brand new pottery studio, and be the first to hear about new and exciting projects planned for the City of Waterville.  Speakers […]

The purpose of the meeting is to identify local transit needs, share information and develop a coordinated, comprehensive strategy to meet the growing need for public transit services in the Waterville area. All interested parties are invited to attend.

Discover how to move your piece of Maine in the right direction – without losing what you love most. October 19, 2016, Waterville, Maine. Morning tours around Waterville & afternoon sessions at Thomas College. Click for more info.

Sonja Pieck, associate professor of environmental studies at Bates College, researches the struggles over nature in South America and Germany, including the border region between East and West Germany. Shaped for decades by demographic and economic decline, it became an ecological refuge for more than a thousand endangered plant and animal species. When the wall […]

Khalid Albaih is a political cartoonist from Sudan. He is Colby’s 2016 Oak Fellow at the Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights. Albaih uses his daring, often biting cartoons to champion freedom of expression and democracy in the Arab world, while criticizing Western Islamophobia and U.S. practices including torture and drone attacks. […]

Independent scholar of folk and decorative arts Seth Thayer ’89 and Assistant for Special Projects Anna Fan ’15 will discuss artworks in the exhibition related to whaling and maritime trade, a subject they both focus on as contributing authors in A Usable Past’s accompanying catalog.

Are you a caregiver for a family member or friend? Does your loved one have dementia or another chronic illness? Come and talk with others who share your journey, to support one another and learn of resources and information that may help you. Our Caregiver Support Group is here to listen, to care, to help. […]

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area will offer a 20-hour facilitator training for their grieving children’s program, Hope’s Place, starting Wednesday, October 19, 2016. The training dates and times will be Saturdays, October 22 and 29, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., and Monday and Wednesdays, October 19, 24, 26 and November 2, 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. […]

The Adam Ezra Group (AEG) is not just a band; they are a force to be reckoned with. The group's live performances, sweaty, passionate affairs that have been compared to those of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, attracted the attention of Royal Avenue Records in 2010. Ezra immediately signed with Royal Avenue and […]

Job Corps is a FREE residential vocational training program for eligible youth ages 16-24. Training is available in the construction, medical, hospitality, and administrative fields. Job Corps also offers training in employability skills and life skills. Please join us at the Waterville Public Library to hear more about the program and to start the application […]

We need your input! Please join us and be part of our Health & Wellness Focus Group. We are looking for ways to increase participation and completion in our evidence based programs, Living Well for Better Health, Living Well with Diabetes and Living Well with Chronic Pain. We will meet for one hour and have […]

A keynote lecture by noted Picasso scholar and art historian from California State University at Long Beach Karen L. Kleinfelder, followed by a panel discussing the role of gender, historically and culturally today, in Pablo Picasso’s Vollard Suite.

Prescription drug abuse is a rapidly growing crisis in Maine and our local communities. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including the home medicine cabinet. Safely dispose of unwanted and unused prescription drugs at a convenient location in your community.  FMI call 211 or visit deadiversion.usdoj.gov. Local […]

Join us for refreshments, art making for all ages, games, silhouette portrait cutting, and live music.

Cost is $10 for teens and adults, $4 for children 4-12, and free for children under 4.  Benefits Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter.  Sponsored by St. Mark's Episcopal of Waterville and the Federated Church of Skowhegan.

Jinwook Park conducts his debut concert with the Colby Symphony Orchestra in a program of symphonic favorites, including the overture from Felix Mendelssohn’s magical Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gabriel Fauré’s luminous Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, and the New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak.

During this all-day business workshop for artists hosted at The Center in downtown Waterville, artists will have the opportunity to network and learn best-practices from their peers during a variety of workshops and breakout sessions presented by the Arts Business Institute (ABI) and Maine Crafts Association in partnership with Waterville Creates! Waterville Creates is collaborating […]

The hit film Bend It Like Beckman, an inspiring comedy about a young Sikh girl in England who rebels against her orthodox parents to chase her dream as a soccer player, will be shown in anticipation of a lecture by the film’s director, Gurinder Chadha. Chadha will give the 2016 Compagna-Sennett Religious Studies Lecture Oct. […]

Music at Moody welcomes Califonia-based pianist Lyle Michaud for an evening of solo piano classics, standards, and originals. Lyle Michaud is a pianist, composer/arranger, and teacher originally from Charlestown, NH. He graduated Cum Laude from The Master’s University in Santa Clarita, CA with a degree in Music Composition in 2014. He has been playing piano […]

David Shribman serves as executive editor and vice president of PG Publishing Co., Inc. He joined the Boston Globe after serving as national political correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, covering national politics for the New York Times, writing for the feature and national staffs of the Washington Star, and working in the Washington bureau […]

In conjunction with the Lovejoy Convocation program, three award-winning war photographers will display and discuss some of their most compelling work in the atrium of the Diamond Building. See the work of Nina Berman, documentary photographer, author, and educator; Andrea Bruce, documentary photographer and co-owner and member of NOOR Photo Agency; and Carol Guzy, American news photographer with […]

Alissa Rubin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times, will receive Colby College's Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism and will deliver the 2016 Lovejoy Convocation address at the ceremony. Lovejoy, Colby's valedictorian in 1826, became a crusading abolitionist editor and was murdered in 1837 for his anti-slavery editorials. He was […]

How do Colby professors use their disciplines to respond when violence convulses our world? When police shoot and are shot at, when bombs explode and refugees drown, what can the arts and humanities, in particular, teach us? Join us as professors Carleen Mandolfo (Religious Studies), Aaron Hanlon (English), and visiting artists Brother(hood) Dance! explore how […]

Common Street Arts invites you to “Bead with Us! – Jewelry Making Night Out” $40 per person ($20 paid upon registration, $20 paid to instructor for beading kit at start of class) Need a night out for some “me” time? Want something fun to do with your besties? This class will be what you’re looking […]

Mack the Knife is back in town! A darkly comic new take on Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s raucous musical broadcast live from the stage of the National Theatre. London scrubs up for the coronation. The thieves are on the make, the whores on the pull, the police cutting deals to keep it all out […]

Edward Hirsch, a MacArthur Fellow, has published nine books of poems, most recently Gabriel: A Poem (2014), a book-length elegy, and The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems (2010), which brings together 35 years of work. He has also published five prose books, among them A Poet’s Glossary (2014), a complete compendium, and How to Read […]

Judy Stone, professor of biology and Dr. Charles C. and Pamela W. Leighton Research Fellow, discusses the Darwinian Revolution. Darwin’s theories on descent with modification and on evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology. Both of these theories rest upon an underlying insight called population thinking, which recognizes that variation among individuals within a species is […]

Join us for a free presentation with Donna Walsh, MSRDN, LD. We will learn about the foods that we can eat that may lessen and control the inflammation linked to diseases like Arthritis, Cancer, and Heart Disease. Pre-registration is required by calling 873-4745 or stopping by the reception desk.

In an election year in which controversies over trade, immigration, and job loss have dominated the presidential election campaign, Edward Alden will discuss how and why the U.S. government failed over the past half century to respond effectively to a more competitive global economy on issues such as trade, currency, investment and offshoring, worker re-training, […]

It's that time of year again. We are preparing for the Parade of Lights and Kringleville. As you know, each year we host our annual Kringleville Auction to support these Downtown Waterville community events. Tickets cost $25 per person and include a delicious meal and access to a fantastic happy hour. If you would like […]

Regina José Galindo’s artistic practice situates her own body in public space as a way to address the ethical implications of social injustices related to racial and gender discrimination and the history of violence and abuse in her birth country of Guatemala. She has exhibited her work in the Venice Biennale and was awarded the Golden Lion in 2005. This talk is organized […]

Gurinder Chadha, director of the hit film Bend It Like Beckham and more than a dozen other films, will deliver Colby’s annual Compagna-Sennett Religious Studies Lecture. Her lecture is titled “Religion, Culture, and Identity: A Journey Through Film.” The movie, which follows the daughter of orthodox Sikhs who rebels against her parents’ traditions to chase her […]

A poetry reading celebrating the intersection between the personal and the political in English and Spanish. Guatemala’s Regina José Galindo and Colby’s own Adrian Blevins will read from recent work. Regina José Galindo is a performance artist and poet from Guatemala. She is the author of two books of poems including Trentacuentos (2008) and most recently […]

Wayne Maines, the father of Wyatt who became Nicole, will be speaking about the arduous journey and the struggles that his wife, Nicole's twin brother Jonas, and himself took in support of Nicole, who fought for the right to be herself. Following his talk, there will be a question and answer session.  Becoming Nicole books […]

Artist Leonardo Drew will present the museum’s annual Miles and Katharine Culbertson Prentice Distinguished Lecture with a discussion of his recent work and Untitled, Number 104, 2005, currently on view in the museum’s Gordon Gallery.

Blair Braverman (Colby Class of 2011), dogsledder, journalist, and essayist, has been an Iowa Arts Fellow and a MacDowell Fellow. She was an environmental policy major and creative writing minor at Colby. Her work has appeared on This American Life, and Buzzfeed, and in Orion, and Atavist magazines. Last May she was named to the inaugural Outdoor magazine 30 […]

Join us for a spooky party in the teen room! Activities will include face painting, crafts, pumpkin painting, and more! This event is free, and intended for those under the age of 18. For more information, please call (207) 872-5433, or email staylor@watervillelibrary.org.

Time to get freaky!! Join us for the 8th Annual Freaky 5k Run/Walk: Saturday, October 29! The Freaky 5k is a reminder that Halloween should be about imaginative and creative costumes, not the frighteningly sexualized ones peddled to even the youngest girls. We invite you to join us for a costumes appreciated trot through town […]

Get a special view of masks from the museum’s collection and then make your own. A family-friendly event.

 Waterville's favorite punk rock band returns for a special all-ages, shushing-free matinee. Remones Reanimated will mix songs of the Ramones with other sca-a-a-ry punk rock classics. Admission is free, costumes are highly encouraged, and ear plugs will be provided. For more information, please call (207) 872-5433, or email librarian@watervillelibrary.org. The Remones Reanimated are: VP Remone […]

Making his debut at Colby, Jesse Wakeman will conduct the Colby Chorale and Chamber Choir in a performance of folk music. Enjoy a cultural tour of the continent with arrangements such as “Simple Gifts” by Jay Althouse, “Shenandoah” by James Erb, and “Ah, si mon moine voulait danser!” by Jesse Wakeman himself.

Learning to be an ally to the transgender people in your life, or to transgender people overall, is an ongoing process. Some ways to be a good ally are relatively simple and easy, while others require more time, energy, and commitment. Whether you're looking for information on supporting a transgender person in your life or […]

Join the Beth Israel Congregation for bagels, a guest speaker, and great discussion. Brunches will be held one Sunday each month- keep an eye out for future dates. Brunch topics and speakers will be announced in the Beth Israel monthly newsletters and weekly emails. Contact Rabbi Rachel Isaacs for more information or to be added […]

Come enjoy the 2016 remake of a popular spooky movie from 1984! This program is open to attendees between the ages of 11 and 18. For more information (including the identity of the movie), please call (207) 872-5433, or email staylor@watervillelibrary.org.

For many of us, seeing is believing; we’re strongly influenced by an empirical understanding of what constitutes proof (“show me the proof,” as opposed to “explain to me the proof,” “tell me the proof,” etc.). Developments in how we understand data and data science, however, complicate our reliance on empiricism by introducing new standards of […]

The Community Spokes Program is the Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s effort to create a statewide network of bicycle and pedestrian advocates at the local level. We empower Mainers to become champions of better biking and walking through advocacy training, education, and ongoing technical support. This free, one-day training will teach the foundation of bicycle and […]

The documentary is one of the most startling portrayals of food waste in today's society.  The film follows Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer as they attempt to eat only food that is going to be thrown out, for the entire duration of six months.  FREE event includes movie, slice of pizza, and water. Must register […]

This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career and study skills. Advance registration required. Register by visiting http://meoc.maine.edu/schedule.php or by calling 1-800-281-3703. Location: Colby Program Room, Lower Level.

Faculty Fellow in Art Alison Stigora is a site-specific artist specializing in large-scale sculpture and installation. Her projects explore ideas of transparency, the relationship between humans and their environment, and the intersection of sculpture and architecture. Sponsored by the Department of Art.

Morton Feldman’s Last Pieces is a group of four short works for piano that continue to be hot topics for music theorists and historians. Pianist Steve Pane (University of  Maine at Farmington) will perform Feldman’s work and join Colby’s Steven Nuss, Anindyo Roy, Christiane Guillois, and UMF philosopher Matthew Houston and the audience for a discussion of Last […]

In this lecture, Eric D. Weitz, dean of humanities and arts and distinguished professor of history at The City College of New York, argues that we need to understand the Holocaust not as a singular, unique event but as one of a number of genocides carried out by states in the 20th century. To compare […]

To understand Bella's Bartok, imagine what you would get if Salvador Dali and Toulouse Lautrec were fronting the Moulin Rouge's house band, and you have the exuberant spectacle that is Bella's Bartok. Described as "about as much fun as you can have with your pants on" (Dan Wolovick, Two Way Monologues), this 6-piece powerhouse melds […]

All are invited to this free community event to enjoy fun activities, explore the trails and learn about winter programs, volunteer opportunities, recent updates and future plans. Family-friendly activities will include trail walks, a hay bale maze, pumpkin bowling, orienteering, apple slinging, and face painting.  Participants are encouraged to bring their mountain bikes to try […]

The Waterville Public Library invites all to a card making event for veterans and their families. Starting on October 31, card making supplies will  also be available in the Fireplace Room during the week before our special card making event on November 5. The Library will provide the creativity supplies, you bring the love; all may […]

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Three charismatic singers, Simon Keenlyside, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Mariusz Kwiecien, share the role of the title hero, who goes to hell in a dazzling coup de théâtre. The ensemble of great Mozartean singers includes Isabel Leonard, Angela Meade, Matthew Polenzani, Marina Rebeka, Erwin Schrott, Ramón Vargas, and Rolando Villazón. Fabio Luisi […]

“MURDER AT GOOSENECK LAKE” An Interactive Murder Mystery Evening When a local dignitary is found dead at a gala at the public library, guests are in the detective seat to help solve a crime! A cast of local actors, characters and dignitaries provide clues to help figure out “whodunit.” The evening will be a celebration […]

Exploring compositions that pay tribute to other forms of arts, Colby Wind Ensemble presents works celebrating Picasso, José Morea, and the architect John Roebling. Included in the program are Pablo! by Richard Meyer and Brooklyn Bridge for Clarinet and Symphonic Band by Michael Daugherty with soloist, Kimberly Perkins Brewer. Also featured on the program are […]