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 […]

Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich Sets and Costumes: Simon Virsaladze Lighting Designer: Mikhail Sokolov Time and place of action — seaside town in the south of Russia; the 1920’s. This was the period of the New Economic Policy (NEP) which allowed private enterprise and trade. As a result, shady operators and petty criminals flourished. The Golden Age […]

Three performances of the 47th Annual Service of Carols and Lights, a community Christmas celebration combining music and worship sponsored by the Office of Regligious and Spiritual Life, will be held Friday and Saturday, December 9 and 10, in Lorimer Chapel. The services will be held Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:00 and Saturday afternoon […]

Benard Kibet ’18 used his $10,000 Project for Peace award to bring running water to his village in Kenya. This film by Milton Guillén ’15 tells Kibet’s story and its effect on his community. Shot entirely on location, the 12-minute film is an exploration of what’s possible when one individual decides to give back to […]

BZ ’18-’45: One Monument, One City, Two Dictatorships is a public exhibition within the Monument to Victory in Bolzano, Italy, that illustrates the history of the monument erected by the Italian Fascist regime in 1928. This lecture by Jeffrey Schnapp, professor of romance literature and comparative literature at Harvard, recounts the tale of the monument and its reframing […]

Expressive arts therapist and writer Dr. Wendy Miller shares a story written with her late husband, Dr. Gene Cohen, a pioneering psychiatrist, researcher and writer about creative aging, from the intersection of medical science and life's meaning--a story of love and family, life and death, and the healing power of creativity through illness and adversity. […]

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area will offer a nine-week support group for adults grieving the loss of a loved one. The group will meet Tuesdays from 5:30-7:00 pm starting November 8. Meetings are free and will be held at the Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area Community Center.  Contact Jillian Roy, Youth Services Coordinator, to get […]

Kirstin Valdez Quade is the author of Night at the Fiestas, which received the John Leonard Prize from the National Book Critics Circle, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a 5 Under 35 award from the National Book Foundation. It was a New York Times […]

The Maine Island Trail is America’s oldest recreational water trail. The trail has grown from an initial 30 islands to include more than 200 properties spanning the entire Maine coast. Come learn from Brian Marcaurelle how this unique recreational resource—built on simple handshakes and maintained by conscientious users—has risen from humble beginnings to become a […]

Common Street Arts Clay Studio announces an exciting, fun and relaxing beginner wheel-throwing class starting in November. Learn all about clay, wheel-throwing techniques, wedging, reclaiming clay, making function pottery, and the basic process of glazing and firing. This five week adult class includes weekly demonstrations, group and individual instruction, and critiques of finished pieces. This […]

Bring your family to Mainely Brews for dinner out and support a great cause. You'll enjoy great food, fun, and live music by Sounds Unlimited featuring John Plummer. 10 % of all sales will benefit programs at The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers.

Reception at 7:00; Film at 8:00; Q & A to follow screening. Eva Hesse is one of America’s foremost postwar artists. Her pioneering sculptures, using latex, fiberglass, and plastics, helped establish the post-minimalist movement. Dying of a brain tumor at age 34, she had a mere decade-long career that, despite its brevity, is dense with […]

With Matt Gagnon, executive director of The Maine Heritage Policy Center.  He will share data on how to move the state of Maine to first place. Cost: $17 for Chamber members, $19 for Chamber members registering after the Friday before the event, $25 at the door and for non-members. To Register: E-mail: customerservice@midmainechamber.com Phone: 873-3315 […]

Looking for work? Stop by and meet with the Bonney Staffing Talent & Training Coordinator to discuss current and upcoming jobs in the Unity to Winslow area. For questions about employment opportunities, please call Bonney Staffing at 621-1100. Location: Fireplace Room, 1st Floor, Waterville Public Library.

Spectrum Generations Muskie Center will be sponsoring a free lunch to all our veterans. The menu includes baked ham, seasoned baked chicken, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots and a special dessert. The cost is $6.00 for non-veterans. Please join us and let us honor your service! Guest speaker Conrad Edwards from the Bureau of Veterans' Services […]

A conversation between Curator of Academic Programs Shalini Le Gall and Assistant Professor of English Jay Sibara on Glenn Ligon’s use of James Baldwin’s Notes of a Native Son (1955) in the work Untitled (2016), on loan to the museum from the collection of Jennifer and Bob Diamond. Location: Gordon Gallery, Museum of Art.

The reader dogs are back! 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 […]

In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria today, there is large-scale destruction of cultural heritage, especially remnants of ancient visual cultures in the region. This lecture by Assistant Professor of Art Marta E. Ameri examines the history of such image destruction in the Middle East, focusing on its role in the context of political and social upheaval […]

The museum Student Advisory Board hosts an evening of student and club performances inspired by the museum’s current exhibitions. Theater, dance, poetry, music, and more. Location: Jette Galleries, Museum of Art.

Enjoy a fabulous fall evening at the Waterville Opera House with the Portland Symphony Orchestra featuring guest conductor, Janna Hymes, Artist in Residence at Colby College, as well as the return of lovely soprano, Suzanne Nance. Tickets are $50 per person for reception and concert, $25 per person for concert only. The funds raised from […]

KBH’s first annual fun/fundraising event – “A Night Out” features comedy improve group Teachers Lounge Mafia! Join us for a fun night of comedy and a chance to win some great prizes. Basket raffles, 50/50 raffle, snacks & cash bar available. PG-13 show. Tickets cost $15 each with discounts for military personnel and veterans. Tickets: […]

Can there be tolerance of a belief system without endorsement of it? Does coexistence allow one to claim that their beliefs are exclusively true? Join a panel of five each speaking from their own perspective and belief system to address the idea of coexistence in today's world. Folks from these traditions will participate: humanist/atheist, Conservative […]

This concert is dedicated to all things inspired by the letter B. In most jazz charts the letter B denotes the “bridge” section whose qualities usually include less memorable thematic material and less stable harmony, which can be the improviser’s great playground. Featuring tunes whose titles or forms start with B and many more. Works […]

Cold Engines is an amalgamation of some of the finest players on Boston's north shore. Brought together by David Drouin of The Brew, this all star cast has a progressive alt-country-rock sound that merges the past with the future. On the heels of their first Two albums, "Day Drinker" and "Take Me With You"' comes […]

Music: Dmitri Shostakovich Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky Libretto: Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov Cast: Svetlana Lunkina (Zina), Mikhail Lobukhin (Pyotr), Maria Alexandrova (the Ballerina), Ruslan Skvortsov (the Ballet Dancer) During harvest festival at a collective farm, a visiting dance troupe reunites a ballerina with her childhood friend Zina. In order to teach her unfaithful husband a […]

Film, history and live music combine to illustrate a way of life from a simpler, more patient, yet enterprising American era. Film & Music by Sumner McKane. Live Music by Sumner McKane & Josh Robbins. For years, Belfast, Maine-based Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company sent traveling photographer-salesmen on the roads all over New England and […]

Although the events it describes occurred more than 200 years ago, the term “Haitian Revolution” has only come into widespread use in the past few decades. By putting the events that led to the western world’s first abolition of slavery on the same level as the American and French revolutions, this new language profoundly changes […]

With subjects Michelle and Julie Smith and director Garrett Zevgetis introducing in person! Off a dirt road in rural Maine near Bangor, a precocious 20-year-old woman named Michelle Smith lives with her mother Julie. Michelle is quirky and charming, legally blind and diagnosed on the autism spectrum, with big dreams and varied passions. Searching for […]

(Please note the earlier starting time. Please arrive 15 minutes early if you are having lunch.) The images most Americans have of Saudi Arabia are frighteningly predictable – deserts, camels, and oil; Sharia law, Islamic fundamentalism, and jihad; rich sheikhs in white robes, oppressed women in black veils, and terrorists. In this talk I challenge […]

Amber Lambke is president of the Somerset Grist Mill, LLC and its Maine Grains label, carried by specialty food stores and used by fine restaurants and bakeries throughout the Northeast. She is also executive director of the Maine Grain Alliance. A driving force behind Maine’s sustainable foods movement, Amber has worked with local business leaders […]

Come join the Colby College environmental group and 350 Central Maine for a candlelight vigil opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota. Bring warm clothing!

Join us for a book release party as Earl H. Smith reads from his new book Head of Falls, which has already received some glowing reviews! Earl Smith is a consummate storyteller. With a discerning eye, he has captured the wonder of the mid-1950s and the warmth of the Lebanese-American neighborhood where I grew up […]

You are invited to the Living Well for Better Health Workshop to learn how to best manage your chronic conditions. A proven program developed by Stanford University and supported by Spectrum Generations, it is delivered in a series of classes taught by trained community members, many of whom have chronic conditions themselves. Participants have less […]

Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Education & Community Outreach Team invites you to Peak Oil: A Love Story. This hour-long film was made by Nelson Cole (of Cambridge, ME) and features Iver Lofving (former Education Team leader and Skowhegan resident). Peak oil is defined as “the point in time when oil extraction reaches its highest level […]

Oak Fellow Khalid Albaih and Bangor Daily News cartoonist George Danby have thought a lot about how to respond to violence, including the actual shooting of artists like themselves, or really bad jokes about killing artists like themselves. In 2015 Albaih was horrified by the murder of cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo, even though he, a Muslim, had criticized the […]

In the early 1960s, Harvard psychology professors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert began probing the edges of consciousness through their experiments with psychedelics. Leary became a missionary for mind altering drugs, asked us to think for ourselves, ignited a global counterculture movement, and landed in prison after Nixon called him “the most dangerous man in […]

Common Street Arts is pleased to present its fifth annual Holiday Pop-Up Shop. During the weeks leading up to the winter holidays, we will transform the gallery into a marketplace filled with handmade items created by over 40 artists and craftspeople from around the state. Featuring all handmade items such as jewelry, pottery, books, paintings, […]

For LaToya Ruby Frazier, winner of a 2015 MacArthur “genius grant,” art is a weapon — a catalyst for social justice. Her photographs and videos document today’s America: post-industrial cities riven by poverty, racism, health-care inequality, and environmental toxicity. Bridging the personal with the social, her gorgeous and haunting shots amplify the voices of the […]

How do Maine animals survive in winter and what adaptations do they use to survive? Come on a tour with a museum guide to learn some of the amazing adaptations of mammals, birds, insects and amphibians. Hibernation is one way to survive but many animals adapt by growing more fur and being active. Admission to […]

Please join us for the Women’s Fellowship marquee fall event:  the Harvest Buffet!  The menu includes baked beans, casseroles, salads, apple crisp, and gingerbread. All are welcome. Cost: $8 for teens and adults, $4 for children 4 – 12, free for children under 4.

The highly celebrated French composer, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, rivaled Jean-Baptiste Lully, another prolific 17th-century composer, but Charpentier’s style evolved over time to represent a synthesis of the French and Italian schools. His late work, Messe de Minuit pour Noël was composed during his final post as maître de musique of the Sainte-Chapelle, the glorious Gothic chapel […]

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 […]

Come get in the holiday spirit and help raise money to support the programs of The Maine Children's Home. There will be a wide selection of handmade crafts on sale. To sign up as a crafter or for more information, please contact Amy Harrington at 207-659-6595.

Community Conversations is a series of three events bringing together Waterville faith and community institutions with Colby faculty and students to discuss major issues of common concern. The theme for the 2016-2017 year is wealth, and the event will feature two thought-leaders – one Jewish and one secular – in conversation with each other, followed […]

Please join us for an evening of wonderful music and fellowship. Many area choirs will participate. Each choir will perform a piece of its own, and the massed choirs will perform “Fairest Lord Jesus,” by Derek Hakes and “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,” arranged by Mark Hayes.

“A swooning love letter to Paris, to cinema and to love.” – The Guardian. Bernardo Bertolucci, arguably one of the greatest directors of all time, whose emotional, exuberant style graced masterpieces from The Conformist to Last Tango in Paris, from his Oscar Best Picture winner The Last Emperor  to his 5-hour epic, 1900, is more […]

Downtown Waterville’s annual holiday parade, held the evening after Thanksgiving, has drawn thousands of families to Main Street for many years and serves as a fun and festive kick off to the holiday season. What better time of the year to get together and show our community spirit and support for one another! Floats will […]

Gorilla Finger is a dub style rock band from southern Maine that is heavily influenced by reggae music. The band formed in the spring of 2011, and has shared the stage with many well respected artists in the Reggae and Jam band communities throughout Maine and New England. Performing a very aggressive approach to tradition […]

Forgo all that shopping! Or shop here at the museum after your fabulous Animals in Winter program! What are all the animals out there doing to survive? Not many of them are truly hibernators, so what ingenious methods do they have to help them thrive in winter? Find out the secrets of chickadees, the amazing […]

Flutist Debbie Leschinski will perform Celtic (Irish) songs such as "Sky Boat," "Loch Lomond," "Leslie's Lilt," "Morgan Megan," "Boulavogue," and more. Debbie has been playing the flute since the age of 10 and for the last 12 years she has been performing her Celtic music at festivals, banquets and other happy occasions from Maine to […]

Directed by Dr. David Stevenson, the Mount View Chamber Singers are a 20-voice choir from Mount View High School in Thorndike. Each year during Advent, the ensemble present a series of hourlong, a capella concerts by candlelight in which the singers encircle the audience. Comprising Christmas carols and other seasonal songs from many lands and […]

Directed by Dr. David Stevenson, the Mount View Chamber Singers are a 20-voice choir from Mount View High School in Thorndike. Each year during Advent, the ensemble present a series of hourlong, a capella concerts by candlelight in which the singers encircle the audience. Comprising Christmas carols and other seasonal songs from many lands and […]

What if science studies theorist Bruno Latour is right that thinking of ourselves as “revolutionary” is one of the central constitutive myths of modernity? What if, as he asserts, “we have never been modern?” This talk with Keith Peterson, associate professor of philosophy, explores the basis of Latour’s anti-revolutionary claim and considers some responses to […]

Colby students enrolled in relevant Colby courses will discuss their research on the works by Margolles currently on view in the museum’s Davis Gallery. Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Museum of Art

The finish line is in sight! Join us at the library for one final Write-In, and race to reach your 50,000 word goal! Light refreshments and moral support will be provided. This event will be held in the Bartlett Room for Teens, but is not age restricted. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, […]

One of the Arab world’s leading hip-hop artists, Narcy, a rapper, actor, and professor, has performed with Mos Def, shared the stage with Kanye West, and forged a collective, The Medium, to promote transnational, multimedia art. He was born in Dubai to Iraqi parents and grew up in Montreal, Canada, where he still lives. Narcy […]

This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career and study skills. Registration required. To register, go to http://meoc.maine.edu/schedule.php or by call 1-800-281-3703. Location: Colby Program Room, Lower Level, Waterville Public Library.

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area invites you to join us for the annual Lights for Life service and tree lighting. Our hospice staff, volunteers and members of the community take time each year to celebrate the memory of their loved ones who have died by participating in the Lights for Life program. Bill Meyer, Hospice […]

Please join us for this community event co-sponsored by Voices Heard and Central Maine Pride as we remember the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS who have passed and celebrate the lives of those who still live with the illness.  There will be members of the community speaking about their experiences living with HIV/AIDS, lighting […]

Directed by Dr. David Stevenson, the Mount View Chamber Singers are a 20-voice choir from Mount View High School in Thorndike. Each year during Advent, the ensemble present a series of hourlong, a capella concerts by candlelight in which the singers encircle the audience. Comprising Christmas carols and other seasonal songs from many lands and […]

Come enjoy the silent auction, baked goods, white elephant items, handmade crafts, and gift items.  The beef stew and chili luncheon will run from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm. There will be lots of laughter and merriment throughout the hallways, the men's choir will add to the festivities with their incredible voices, and how can […]

In 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted death. The law was blocked for 3 years and finally enacted in 1997. In this 2011 film, Filmmaker Peter Richardson entered the lives of the terminally ill as they consider whether – and when – to end their lives by a legally prescribed lethal overdose. […]

​Please join the Downeast Brass Quintet and Sharon Saunders, organist, for this free concert of festive arrangements of Christmas carols and hymns.

Led by Maestro Jinwook Park, the Colby Symphony Orchestra explores music from Russia and Norway. Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite from the popular ballet of the same title and Rimsky Korsakov’s Overture on Russian Themes are featured on the program. Edward Grieg’s tuneful Holberg Suite, a tribute to Norwegian writer Ludvig Holberg, rounds out the northern […]