THE BOLSHOI BALLET:  La Sylphide This performance is an encore HD broadcast from Moscow. The story of a young Scottish farmer, James, who, on the eve of their wedding, abandons his betrothed, Effie, after being enticed away to the forest by the ethereal Sylphide of the title. But when the Sylphide dies and Effie marries […]

You are invited to the Urban Design Cooperative’s second annual design event, where we will present proposals for community-oriented design projects in Waterville. I have attached a flier; please circulate to anyone who might be interested. The group would love community feedback on these developing projects; we’re also looking for partners to help us shape […]

Robert Steneck, professor at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, presents the fall 2018 Hollis Lecturer in Environmental Studies. Ecosystems can “flip” and, as a result of reinforcing feedback mechanisms, “lock” into alternative stable states. Steneck studied this process in a kelp-forest ecosystem in Maine for nearly four decades and found two stable states: […]

Come explore the world of clay! This six-week pottery class will teach students the basics of throwing clay on the wheel. The class will start with clay basics and expand to creating mugs, bowls, plates, and other objects based on student interests. Skills that will be developed include centering, shaping, trimming, handle making, and decoration […]

For over a dozen years, Leslie Thomas, founding executive and creative director of ART WORKS Projects,  has curated and directed multi-media exhibitions and public projections.  She will present a sample of these along with a film excerpt from her soon to be released documentary, The Prosecutors, and discuss the role of the arts in ending grave […]

Spare your home the mess and have your child make slime in our art studio. We will make sure to have a secure package for each slime creation!  Admission is $12 per session. Scholarships available. Click for more info.

Throughout his brief but brilliant career, the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty maintained an intense interest in painting, and especially in the painting of Paul Cézanne. Merleau-Ponty saw Cézanne as a fellow explorer in the primordial land of perception, a pioneer in the archaeology of the visible world. This talk explores Merleau-Ponty’s philosophical interest in the […]

Please join us for this 3:30 concert featuring festive arrangements of Christmas carols and hymns, featuring the Downeast Brass Quintet and PSUMC organist Sharon Saunders. Admission to the concert is free. Following the concert, we'll have a public supper from 5:00 to 6:00 in Fellowship Hall, with beans, hot dogs, casseroles, salads, rolls, and homemade […]

The museum invites adults and children of all ages to drop in and make glowing holiday ornaments using decorative paper, LED lights and button batteries. This free workshop is open to ages 5 and up. No RSVP required.

In anticipation of our upcoming tracking walk next month, let’s take some time indoors to study the tracks we might expect to see. From the snowshoe hare to wild cats and weasels, we can learn a lot from observing not just an individual footprint, but the animal’s gait! Plus, we will talk about the special […]

Steve and Linda Fotter and friends invite everyone to attend the 17th and FINAL Warming Up for Christmas benefit concert. All proceeds will go to the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter. Tickets are $22 in advance or $25 at the door. Please join us and kick off the holiday season. Tickets can be purchased in advance online […]

Gather family and friends to watch the featured movie, The Polar Express, in the main hangar at the LaFleur Airport! We provide popcorn and soda; you provide a chair and a smile. We ask for a donation if you can. This months proceeds will benefit The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers. Donations benefit The […]

Enjoy an evening of improvised comedy featuring Capital City Improv, using audience suggestions and stories about the funny, fabulous, and fascinating things the children in your life do and say! A live auction packed with adventure baskets to follow. Hors d'oeuvres will be served. Cash bar. Tickets are $35 per person, $60 for a couple, […]

Directed by Jinwook Park, the Colby Symphony Orchestra explores the "Presence of the Past" theme as it performs Mozart’s timeless Jupiter symphony, and, in celebration of the Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, the “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story. Minji Ko ’21, the 2018 Concerto Competition winner, will also be featured in the first movement of William Walton’s […]

Adam and Barbara (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) are a normal couple… who happen to be dead. They have given their precious time to decorate their house and make it their own, but unfortunately a family is moving in, and not quietly. Adam and Barbara try to scare them out, but end up becoming the […]

Seasoned and aspiring artists are invited to participate. This program provides an unique opportunity for artists to hone their drawing skills. Participants bring their media of choice. CSA provides the model, chairs, and camaraderie. Sessions are open to all levels of experience. This week's local celebrity is Veronique Plesch. Plesch was born in Argentina and […]

The Colby Pottery Club will hold its annual holiday sale and benefit for the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter from 9am to 2pm Wednesday, December 5, in the Page Commons Room. One hundred or more student pots will be reasonably priced and all of the proceeds will go to the shelter. There will also be tables of […]

Dec 5  Rescheduled to a date in Jan 2019 Presents Meet the Reps is held to strengthen relations between local businesses and government. Sponsored by

Charlie Chaplin sees the present in 1940… and turns Adolph Hitler into a deeply satirized figure before the full force of World War II even happens in this astonishing comedy, forever memorable for the image of Chaplin’s Hitler clone, here named Adenoid Hynkel, literally playing with a world globe, which he bounces off his butt […]

December 6 7:15 to 9:00 AM  Summit Room, Spann Commons, Thomas College, 180 West River Road, Waterville Local Media Platforms to Grow Your Business MaineToday Media CEO Lisa DeSisto will discuss how to engage with customers and businesses using traditional and new platforms that are available in local media to grow your business. Cost per […]

Join Common Street Arts as we use stamps and make prints to create seasonal holiday cards for loved ones. Dress for mess for this one! Admission is $12 per session. Scholarships available. Click for more info

Following his Academy Award-nominated The Theory of Everything, James Marsh directs the incredible true story of Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth), an amateur sailor who competed in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping. With an unfinished boat and […]

Christmas Craft Fair Crafts Vendors Silent Auction Lunch Cookie walk Christmas room Nativity Displays Crafters wanted. Table rental is $25. Please contact the church at 453-7505.

Come enjoy the Downeast Brass Christmas Concert with Sharon Saunders, organist.

Now a holiday tradition, Julie Taymor’s beloved production of Mozart’s enchanting fairy tale returns in its abridged, English-language version for families. Soprano Erin Morley, last seen at the Met as a brilliant Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, is the empowered Pamina, and tenor Ben Bliss is the valiant Tamino. Baritone Nathan Gunn is the comic […]

The Oakland Comprehensive Planning Committee (OCPC) will host its second public workshop on Monday, December 10 from 6:00 – 8:00pm at the Cascade Room in the Town of Oakland police station. The workshop will educate attendees on OCPC’s progress toward drafting the most recent update to the Town of Oakland’s Comprehensive Plan since 1996. Yet, […]

Join Mid-Maine Chamber and KV Connect at Amici’s Cucina as Don Cynewski takes center stage. General manager of Ducktrap River of Maine in Belfast, Cynewski will share the history of the company that started with two employees. Thirty years later, as part of Marine Harvest, the world’s largest salmon farming company, Ducktrap employs 100 people […]

Business After Hours events are a great opportunity to mix and mingle with other business professionals and leaders in our communities. Hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, and other beverages are complimentary, as well as a 50/50 raffle and fabulous door prizes donated by area businesses. Don’t miss out on these great networking opportunities. No registration required, […]

Rev. Mark Wilson of the First Congregational Church will lead a non-denominational, memorial service at the church at 5:00. The church is at 7 Eustis Parkway, across the street from the Hospice Community Center, where there will be fellowship time and the tree lighting after the service. This year you may purchase an ornament with […]

Join us for a winter-themed paint night! Need a great holiday gift or another fun art work for your walls? Come paint with us! Inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night, we will create a winter-themed painting which we are calling Snowy Night! No experience necessary, all materials will be provided. Instructor, Yvonne Brown is a […]

Les Sénégalais d”Amérique: The “Push Pull” of Senegalese Emigration Professor Linda Beck 12 noon Colby’s Chace Center, Main Street, Downtown Waterville Professor of Political Science/Director of International and Global Studies has a MA and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin; 1991 MA University of Wisconsin. Her  areas of expertise are Political Science: Comparative Politics (Africa, Muslim […]

Come meet the artists behind the exhibit Holiday Countdown! Refreshments will be provided by Holy Cannoli! and live music by Kennebec Valley Chordsmen. Artist collections on display will include: Acrylics, Knits and Sweater Ornaments by Bonnie Hayward; Weavings by Rachel Marsh-Sachs; Acrylics by Jim & Gisele McLear; Watercolors by Pam Dubois; Photography by Lisa Laverdure; […]

The Kids Menu is a feature documentary from the team that brought you “Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead.” As filmmaker Joe Cross spent time traveling the world with his previous two films, he met thousands of people and one issue that came up again and again was what to do about the growing childhood obesity […]

Local residents and visitors are invited to enjoy a day of cross-country skiing and other winter activities. The free community event is hosted by the City of Waterville and is the first of three Community Ski Free days scheduled for this wonderful winter season. The welcome center is open to provide free snowshoes for loan, […]

Cosplayers of all ages are invited to come together this holiday season and share tasty treats. Regardless of what, if any, winter celebrations you observe, it is a good time to deck the halls with that jolly cosplay and share in the fellowship at the end of another great year. Come make some lasting memories. […]

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.

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.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]

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 […]