Bess Koffman, assistant professor of geology, studies past changes in Earth’s climate system using a combination of field and laboratory approaches. She is interested primarily in understanding how and why the atmospheric circulation has changed through time and the impacts these changes have had on terrestrial and marine environments. Earth’s atmospheric circulation influences large-scale climate […]

Join photographer Séan Alonzo Harris, Patricia King of Waterville Creates!, Olivia Fountain of the Colby Museum, and two of Harris’s local portrait subjects to learn about his citywide photography exhibition. Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art.

At least 21 journalists have been killed in Russia since Putin became president in 2000, and 58 since the early 1990s. Also given state control of the media, renewed protests against the administration, and growing economic and political problems at home, what are the prospects for journalists in present-day Russia who wish to write about […]

Tara Houska (Couchiching First Nation) is a tribal attorney based in Washington, D.C., the national campaigns director of Honor the Earth, and a former advisor on Native American affairs to Bernie Sanders. She advocates on behalf of tribal nations at the local and federal levels on a range of issues impacting indigenous peoples. She recently […]

Come to hear leading experts on the subject use a major historical event, the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, as a gateway to discuss a key geopolitical issue today: the rise of Russia and resurgence of Russian expansionism. Josef Pazderka is a Czech journalist, author, and editor-in-chief of Aktualne.cz, a leading Czech news […]

Legendary artist Graham Nash is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee - with Crosby, Stills, and Nash and with the Hollies. He was also inducted twice into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, as a solo artist and with CSN, and he is a GRAMMY Award winner.

Join us each month to learn about a different country through crafts, activities, video and more! Geared towards grades K-5.

Inspired by the I am Not a Stranger exhibit, students will take photographs of each other that will then be rendered by the 3D printer as a unique stamp. For ages 7 -12. Cost: $14 per session. Snacks included. Scholarships available. Click to register.

Join the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce October 3 for the Coldwell Banker Plourde Super Raffle - a fun-filled night full of networking with area business professionals.  In celebration of Coldwell Banker Plourde Real Estate doing business for 30 years in the Waterville area, hundreds of prizes have been donated by Chamber member businesses to be […]

Waterville | Vol. 33 October 3, 2019 Waterville Opera House Reception: 6:20pm | Presentations: 7:20pm Suggested Donation: $5 PechaKucha Night Waterville V.33 Emcee: Shannon Haines Presenters: Emily Davis – Anguish Sarah Doremus – Oh, Come On, We All Worry About That! Chris Kein – An Unlikely Artist? Heléna Melone – Silk Painting: Praxis Theory Olga […]

Producer Martin Smith will be present to introduce a new, important episode of one of TV’s most honored show. One year after the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a two-hour Frontline documentary investigates the rise and rule of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (MBS). Correspondent Martin Smith, who has covered the Middle […]

Presented by Scott Hill, Dojo Digital Friday, October 4th Thomas College, Waterville Learn everything you need to know about website best practices and how to use Google products to optimize your online presence. If you own a website – and you should – you don’t want to miss this informative presentation. Click Here to Register

Nick Battista, senior policy officer at the Island Institute, will present on the work being done by the Island Institute around community building, responding to climate/economic drivers, and the future of coastal communities and the work they are doing with fishermen.  This talk will cover why and how they do this work and the strategies […]

Journalists hold deep commitments to serve their communities, even during the darkest moments. In Annapolis, Md., this meant giving their lives when their newsroom was attacked. In Pittsburgh, journalists covering the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting dealt with their trauma as well as that of Pittsburgh as it was their neighbors and friends who were […]

Join us for a duck themed storytime. We will have stories, songs, and a craft. Geared towards ages 0-7.

The 67th Lovejoy Award will honor the journalists who sacrificed their lives in 2018. The event will feature a discussion with Martin Smith, a veteran filmmaker and journalist who recently produced a Frontline documentary on the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, and Hala Al-Dosari, the Washington Post’s inaugural Jamal Khashoggi Fellow and a […]

Please join us for a fall evening among friends to enjoy a variety of bourbons. Tickets are limited! Dinner Menu: Bourbon Glazed Salmon Filet w/ Prosciutto Wrapped Grilled Asparagus Garlic Roasted Fingerling Potatoes Topped off with a Cinnamon Bread Pudding w/ A Bourbon Cream Sauce Vegetarian: Seitan With A Brown Sugar Bourbon Glaze & Sauteed […]

Come raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer's care, support, and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to reclaim the future for millions. FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Have you ever wondered what could be done with a damaged book, a little creativity and possibly a bit of magic? Well this is how book fairies are born. Come and create these curious creatures with artist Robin Duperry! Registration is required, and spots are limited! This event is open to teens and adults. To […]

Join us in supporting aspiring and established ceramic artists at Common Street Arts through this special sale in conjunction with Maine Craft Weekend. Participating members include Monica McCaw, Justin Knaus-Tucker, Brian Soldano, Abbey Bernier, and Tamsen Warner.

Toast to your cinema's 41st year on Maine Craft Weekend! We are throwing ourselves a birthday bash with a local craft beer tasting and demo by Bigelow Brewing Company, and a screening of Brewmaster, a documentary film following the rise of the craft beer industry. Come and celebrate the birth of our iconic indie cinema, […]

The Department of Theater and Dance presents a short program of new works that features the full range of performance research created in the department, including theater, dance, design, and hybrid dance theater. First-year students and theater and dance majors and minors will share the stage in both student- and faculty-directed new works. Developed in […]

Drummer Max Roach’s We Insist! (subtitled Freedom Now Suite) was one of several jazz compositions from the early years of the civil rights movement that explicitly addressed the topic of racial inequality. First recorded in 1960, the work consists of five movements centered around the Emancipation Proclamation and the growing African independence movements of the […]

A truly interactive experience, Weinberg invites the audience to create the set list, in real time, that he and his crack four piece group will play that night. Max Weinberg is an American drummer and television personality, most widely known as the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and as the bandleader for […]

How can we make sense of the byzantine world of politics framing the 2020 presidential and congressional elections? Join former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, who served 16 terms in the United States House of Representatives as one of the most outspoken and thoughtful Members of Congress, and Hannah Dineen ’17, weekend anchor and political reporter […]

For more than two decades, le hip hop has shown another face of France: danced by minorities associated with immigration and the suburbs, it has channeled rage against racism and unequal opportunity and offered a movement vocabulary for the expression of the multicultural difference that challenges the universalist discourse of the Republic. Felicia McCarren is Professor of French […]

The museum, in collaboration with Railroad Square Cinema, presents this series of films related to current exhibitions and collections. Dawnland is a documentary film about the untold story of indigenous child removal in the United States through the nation’s first-ever government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission, which investigated the devastating impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on the […]

art, like any skill, takes a bit of experimentation, lots of practice and work, but the result can be extremely rewarding as a career path or life-long creative endeavor. in this week’s installment of slice, participants will learn how to throw clay on a pottery wheel. completed works will be fired and ready to pick […]

Come join KV Connect, Waterville’s young professionals group, for an exciting evening of networking and socialization while helping to support a great cause! This month, we're at Are You Ready to Party?? Admission is a $5.00 suggested donation to benefit the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers. The Maine Children’s Home reaches out to more […]

Wíwənikan…the beauty we carry is an exhibition of contemporary art of the First Nations people of what is now Maine and Maritime Canada, on view now at the Colby Museum of Art. This panel discussion, in partnership with the Buck Lab for Climate and Environment, will focus on how climate change is affecting indigenous artists […]

A French Hip Hop Performance with Compagnie Dyptik Finding your place, precarious as it may be. You fight for it. Fight to keep it. Beyond the inner workings of society. Beyond conventions. Beyond the common good. Beyond individual liberties. You play around the rules to keep going. Even to the point of transgression. Even if […]

State Legislative Session 2020 – What to Expect from Maine’s Legislature. Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce invites you to join it and other business professionals at Thomas College in Waterville on October 10 at 7:15 a.m. for a Business Breakfast full of networking and information. Learn what you can expect from Maine’s 2020 legislative session. Lobbyists […]

Using the exhibition, I Am Not a Stranger as inspiration, students will create self-portraits in clay. These charming portraits will be glazed and ready for pick up the following week. Ages 7 -12 $14 per session Snacks included Scholarships available REGISTER

Jefferson Navicky was born in Chicago and grew up in southeastern Ohio. He is the archivist for the Maine Women Writers Collection and teaches English at Southern Maine Community College. While working for the Authors League Fund from 2005 to 2007, he was the archivist for the Djuna Barnes literary estate.Navicky’s work has received several […]

The Waterville Historical Society’s October talk will feature Scott Holst, who will discuss the history of the Waterville Fire Department. Holst, a lieutenant in the department, has been a fireman in Waterville for 25 years and has researched the history of this group, publishing his findings in 2015. And he is still researching.

Elizabeth Rush is the author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction. Her work explores how humans adapt to changes enacted upon them by forces seemingly beyond their control, from ecological transformation to political revolution.  Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in the New […]

Chelse Prather is the director of the Insect Ecology Lab in the Department of Biology at the University of Dayton. Her work with students addresses questions at the interface of community and ecosystem ecology, particularly those that deal with the relationship between humans and insects. Prather has studied these types of questions in a variety […]

Come meet the artists from Jasper Sunsets! This exhibit features book art and poetry, abstract acrylics, photography, watercolor, and more! CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Save the date: Description: Stonewall: Then and Now is a collection of music, drama, and poetry celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Designed to honor the progress made in LGBTQ+ rights and visibility since 1969, the show explores and celebrates art by, about, and for queer folk and their experiences.  

Ever wondered how 3D printing works? Stop by the 3D Printing Meetup at the Common Street Arts studio. Begin with introductions and a presentation, then adjourn at noon for beverages and pizza at Waterville Brewing Company. Admission is free and participants may purchase refreshments. 

Franco Zeffirelli’s spectacular production returns to cinemas, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducting his first Puccini opera with the company. Powerhouse soprano Christine Goerke takes on the icy title princess, alongside tenor Roberto Aronica as the unknown prince vying for her love. This performance is a live, high-definition broadcast from the […]

Examine the different kinds of mollusks and their special adaptations. See one that can make holes in rock, one that digs in the sand, one that is poisonous and one that has chambers in its shell. Learn about the life cycle of mollusks and start a shell collection. Make a small shell exhibit to take […]

In support of Mental Health Awareness week, join Waterville Creates! and the Yellow Tulip Project as we work together with FEDCO Bulbs and Johnny’s Selected Seeds to plant Hope Gardens at the RiverWalk at Head of Falls, Veterans Memorial Park, and the Bill + Joan Alfond Main Street Commons in downtown Waterville. Planting will begin […]

Come enjoy a lovely evening of art, performance art, a silent auction, delicious hors d’oeuvres, and local beer to support raising awareness of family separations, child detentions, and the Remain in Mexico policies. Funds raised will be for two specific organizations that provide humanitarian aid and legal assistance to the families trapped along our southern […]

PLEASE NOTE: This event has two performance times, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Single seats only remaining for the 7 p.m. show. Bob loves being a comedian. He’s wicked good at it! He lives in Maine which is the best state in the world maybe even the universe. He’s featured regularly on Sirius XM radio […]

In its first concert of the season, the Colby Symphony Orchestra performs masterworks from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Debussy’s haunting ballet score Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun begins the concert with the remainder of the program devoted to the music of the great English composer Edward Elgar. Boston University cello faculty member […]

In this acrylic painting class, we will reference the artwork “Welcome Home” from the exhibition Wíwənikan... The Beauty We Carry, currently on view at the Colby College Museum of Art. Welcome Home employs the pointillism technique in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. CLICK TO REGISTER.

What would happen if there was a source of energy that was never exhausted? Our everyday experience would suggest it is impossible to have a limitless supply of anything. However, one of the most uncomfortable conclusions in modern astrophysics is that we live in a universe that seems to be suffused with a limitless and […]

Bess Koffman, assistant professor of geology, will speak on issues and themes related to Peggy Weil: 88 Cores, an immersive four-and-a-half-hour video of ice core samples, on view through Dec. 8, 2019. Location: Davis Gallery, Colby Museum of Art.

SLICE (students learning innovative creative endeavors) is a pilot provides young adults with unique experiences to learn more about career paths in the creative arts. Students ages 13-19 explore the behind-the-scenes operations at an historic opera house, an award-winning public library, a vibrant community art studio and education space, a nationally recognized art museum, a […]

Terrance Hayes is the author of six books of poetry: American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassins (2018), a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award in Poetry; How to Be Drawn (2015), longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry; Lighthead (2010), winner of the 2010 National Book Award in Poetry; Wind in a Box, winner of a […]

The annual Compagna-Sennett Lecture, sponsored by the Religious Studies Department, will feature Cynthia Chapman, the Adelia A.F. Johnston and Harry Thomas Frank Professor of Religion at Oberlin College, and Traci West, professor of ethics and African-American studies at Drew University Theological School. Cosponsored by the African-American Studies and Philosophy departments and the Jewish Studies and […]

With the Maine International Film Festival’s past Midlife Achievement Award Winner Peter Fonda’s recent passing, we lost a truly unique talent who also emblemized an era. It’s 50 years since the release of Easy Rider, a movie that galvanized a generation. “A Man Went Looking for America. And Couldn’t Find It” was the film’s tag […]

Join us to learn about fascinating fossils! We will talk about how fossils form, the plant and animal fossils and what we can learn about the prehistoric world from the fossil record! Plus, everyone should know about the Maine State Fossil, Pertica quadrifaria! Make a fossil craft to take home. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 […]

Monica Lewis-Patrick, one of the leaders of the water rights struggle in Detroit, is a tireless and fearless strategist working to ensure that clean water is available and affordable for all.  She is an active member of the People’s Water Board Coalition, U.S. Human Rights Network, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and D-REM.org, and was […]

Inspired by the I Am Not a Stranger exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art, students will practice contour drawings, try out blind contour games as a group, and learn tips for creating cool portraits of themselves and others in the class. For Ages 7 - 12. $14 per session. Scholarships available. Snacks included. […]

5:00: Doors Open 5:30: Cash Bar 6:00: Dinner 7:00: Group Reading Dinner & Show General Admission: $35, VIP $45. (VIP tickets includes priority seating and a meet & greet with Bonnie after the show.) Tickets are non-refundable. Dinner: Lemon Rosemary Roasted Chicken Breast w/ A Lemon Caper Cream Sauce Haricot Vert Green Beans Garlic Herb […]

Looking for your next favorite book? Stop by anytime between Saturday, October 5 and Saturday October 19 and check out our Fall Book Sale, which features a wide selection of materials for all ages! All sales are by donation. The book sale is open any time during library hours. Location: Fireplace Room, First Floor, Waterville […]

When the sun goes down, nocturnal animals come out to play! Come learn about the special adaptations these creatures of the night use to find food while the rest of the world is asleep! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

You’ve heard of carving Jack-O-Lanterns for Halloween, but have you tried building fairy houses? Come to Castonguay Square on October 19th from 1 to 3pm and let your imagination run wild building miniature houses out of materials found only in nature. Once constructed, we will illuminate each house. The lighted houses will then welcome attendees […]

The Knights of Columbus, Council #11303, invite you to accompany them at the Turkey Dinner. This dinner will feature "all the fixings" needed for the most delicious meal! Help support the Knights' charity work at this event.

Honorary Chair - Glenn Cummings (President - University of Southern Maine) Thanks to the amazing sponsors, auction donors and attendees, last year's Gala was a huge success and many youth benefited. Get involved in this year's event: Be a Sponsor • Donate to the Auction • Reserve a Seat Click here to be brought to […]

The first annual VARIETY! is a new, signature fundraising event for Waterville Creates! and sure to be the hottest ticket in town. Join us in supporting the arts in Waterville as we present VARIETY! on Saturday, October 19 at the historic Waterville Opera House. Amazing and original performances have been curated especially for this community […]

“The course of true love never did run smooth.” A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and transformations… with […]

Special worldwide, one-day-only, premiere event! Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Neil Young and Crazy Horse continue their 50-year odyssey, this time in the mountains of Colorado, and Bernard Shakey (aka Neil Young) filmed it all. Mountaintop offers music lovers an unprecedented peek behind the curtain as Neil works with the band and […]

Jamila Bargach, Colby College’s Oak Fellow, is an activist and anthropologist who has dedicated her life to serving under resourced communities in Southwest Morocco, creating sustainable initiatives through education and scientific innovation. She is the co-founder of Dar Si Hmad, which operates the largest functioning fog collection project in the world, a system which fosters […]

Considered one of the most influential contemporary American artists, Carrie Mae Weems has investigated family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems, and the consequences of power. Weems has sustained an ongoing dialogue within contemporary discourse for more than 30 years, during which time she has developed a complex body of art employing photographs, text, […]

Former two-term Maine Governor Paul LePage will speak to Colby students and the broader community about his political experience and the future of Maine politics.

35 mm print!! There’s rarely been more concentrated cinematic energy than in this incredibly compact (just 80 breathtaking minutes!), incredibly thrilling movie — nor could there be much more energy than in star Franka Potente’s unforgettable embodiment of Lola, whose movie this just plain IS — though director/writer Tom Tykwer has something to do with […]

Create unique and festive pumpkins for Halloween using printmaking tools, safe carving tools, and sharpies. This program is very popular, register now! Ages 7 -12 $14 per session Snacks included Scholarships available REGISTER

Snacks and desserts! Fun time together sharing music and other talents. All are welcome!!

The Menu for the evening will include: Bigelow Beer Cheese Soup Topped w/ Garlic Butter Crostinis Mini-Burger Sliders w/ House-Made Boursin Cheese Vegi Burger Sliders w/ House-Made Boursin Cheese Brat Bites w/ Bigelow Beer Infused Grainy Mustard Steak Fries Topped w/ Bigelow Beer Beef Chili Bigelow Stout Chocolate Cupcakes Seating is limited - buy your […]

Join Northern Light Inland Hospital at the Waterville Opera House for the 2019 Fall Pops Concert, featuring the majestic sounds of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, led by guest conductor Erin Freeman.  She will be joined by guest soloist soprano Alyson Cambridge. Proceeds from this year's event will support the purchase of a new cardiac monitoring […]

The L.C.Bates Museum is hosting a morning of chemistry experiments to celebrate National Chemistry Week. National Chemistry Week in 2019 is focused on Marvelous Metals and engaging chemical experiments. Colby College Chemistry students will be at the museum to guide us in some incredible chemistry experiments. Do you want to build a battery to see […]

Jules Massenet’s tale of passion, excess, and their consequences stars rising soprano Lisette Oropesa in the effervescent title role. Tenor Michael Fabiano is her ardent admirer, Chevalier des Grieux, with Maurizio Benini conducting Laurent Pelly’s enchanting production. This performance is a live broadcast from The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The approximate running […]

Halloween Extravaganza is a celebration for local youth in Colby's Cotter Union. There will be face-painting, a haunted house, cookie decorating, face mask decorating, a costume contest, and candy! All kids and parents are welcome to come out for some great Halloween fun!   For further information, please email the Colby Volunteer Center at cvc@colby.edu.

Take a tour of the Halloween decorations. See the many fascinating decorations that bring the museum tour to life. Make a bat craft to take home. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

An Interactive Mystery Event Nosh & Knock Off 2019: A Librarian Scorned is scheduled for Saturday, October 26, 2019! Nosh & Knock Off is the Waterville Public Library's annual FUNdraiser. This event is an extraordinary community experience featuring the entertaining theatrical talents of our amazing local actors and actresses. Always a sold out, one time […]

What makes Mother Earth “home?” We begin our query with David Maslanka’s Mother Earth Fanfare and follow with the theme music from the Last Airbender’s four nations: Water Tribe, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. Also included in the program will be a medley of the elements’ representatives earth, wind, and fire and Julie Giroux’s […]

Nefesh Mountain is a bluegrass and American roots band that taps into Jewish tradition. Their gorgeous new video for A Mighty Roar was recently featured in Rolling Stone Concert tickets are included with registration for the Fall Shabbaton and will also be available at the door for $18. Admission is free for students. Doors open at 7:15 p.m.

Written by: Alexander Glazunov Choreographed by: Marius Petipa Raymonda is betrothed to Jean de Brienne, a gallant knight who pledged to go on a crusade led by the King of Hungary. When her beloved leaves, Abderakhman, a foreign knight, makes a bid for the hand of Raymonda and threatens her fate when she rejects him. […]

Tunniit: Retracing The Lines Of Inuit Tattoos is the personal, poignant, and political documentary from Inuk filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (whose film Angry Inuk won the Audience Award at Hot Docs 2016). Inuit traditional face tattoos have been forbidden for a century, and almost forgotten. Arnaquq- Baril, together with longtime friend and activist Aaju Peter, is determined […]

Isabel Hofmeyr is Professor of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and Global Distinguished Professor in the English Department of New York University. Her most recent book is Gandhi's Printing Press: Experiments in Slow Reading (2013). She currently heads up a Mellon-funded project "Ocanic Humanities for the Global South: with partners […]

How do we deal with cultural materials that no longer suit our needs/beliefs/political inclinations? Over the summer, a school board in San Francisco voted to cover up, but not paint over, a series of WPA era murals depicting George Washington, which include scenes that some viewers now consider offensive. While the removal of school murals […]

Democracies around the world — in Brazil and Venezuela, Hungary, Turkey, and Great Britain, and elsewhere — have been challenged by popularly elected leaders who have acted far outside of traditional democratic norms. This year’s first Cotter Debate, sponsored by the Goldfarb Center, addresses whether American governmental institutions are capable of responding to the threats […]

See some of Maine’s newest film voices strut their stuff in the Damnationland showcase. Damnationland presents genre-defying works produced by Maine filmmakers, perfect for the dark season descending upon us. This year’s horde of Maine film includes short films by Remy Brecht, Derek Brigham, Jill Harrigan, Sarah Kennedy, Stacey Koloski, and Michael J. Tobin, with […]

Enjoy a fabulous lunch and meet Kristina Cannon, central coordinator of Main Street Skowhegan’s projects and volunteers. Kristina will discuss her path to leadership as the executive director of Main Street Skowhegan including her path from rural Maine to the big city and back again, and the lead role in developing economic benefit for Skowhegan […]

Join us for a unicorn-themed event. We will have crafts, art and activities all about unicorns. For ages pre-K to 5.

To engage the crises of grotesque inequality, social isolation, the demonization of anyone deemed “other,” and the existential threat to democracy itself, we must invest in institutions of the common good. Ernesto Cortés, Jr., will discuss the “hows” and “whys” of building diverse, broad-based relationships and organizations to exercise democratic power. The Compagna-Sennett Lecture sponsored […]

Craig Santos Perez is an award-winning poet and professor of English at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa. In his words, “My work is deeply influenced by Chamorro aesthetics in particular, and indigenous aesthetics in general, in which much art, architecture, weaving, tattooing, etc., employ symmetrical and repeating patterns. The same is true for many indigenous […]

Paul Vangelisti is the author of more than 30 books of poetry, as well as being a noted translator from Italian. In 2010 his translation of Adriano Spatola’s The Position of Things: Collected Poems, 1961-1992 won an Academy of American Poets Prize. From 1971 to 1982 he was coeditor, with John McBride, of the literary […]

Michael E. Mann is the distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Penn State and the director of the Earth System Science Center, also at Penn State. His research involves the use of theoretical models and observational data to better understand Earth’s climate system. Human-caused climate change represents arguably the greatest threat we face as a civilization. […]

Join us for family trick or treating and Halloween crafts at the library. Feel free to come in costume.

Celebrate Halloween in artful style: “trick-or-treat” through the museum galleries and enjoy festive food, drinks, and music. Art-inspired costumes are encouraged. Sponsored by the Museum Student Advisory Board.

New digital restoration and soundtrack! Sam Raimi’s 1981 bloodfest horror classic The Evil Dead returns to theaters for the first time in 4K with a terrifying new soundtrack. This special edition of The Evil Dead presents the film for the first time with a reimagined score by original composer Joseph DeLuca and a thrilling new […]

Presented by Nate Towne, Waterville Creates! Friday, November 1st Thomas College, Waterville Nate will share his wealth of knowledge including content formatting on the largest social media networks – what works and what doesn’t. He will also provide inside information on the ever-changing social media algorithms and marketing tricks to keep your head above the […]

Join us for a fun night while supporting the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter & Services! Motor Booty Affair has been lighting up stages across America with their 70’s extravaganza for several years, continually improving on the show that has been dubbed “The Ultimate Disco Party Band”. The music is infectious - the most danceable songs of […]

Please join us for a Fall Craft Fair. Entrance is free to the public. All proceeds will go towards changing the lives of the students in all the programs on campus. Crafters & Vendors: If you are interested in having a "booth", please download the application and mail back with your payment to secure your […]

On Saturday, November 2, the community is invited between 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. for the Quarry Road Trails Fall Festival in Waterville. 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. Quarry Road Trails is located […]

Take a trip through history and explore some of the popular games kids played a hundred years ago! Dress up as if it was 1910. Roll a hoop, play a proper Victorian game called Graces, try a ring toss, write on a slate board and more, as well as making a craft to take home. […]

In this FREE one-hour session, Artful Movements provides an opportunity to practice a series of gentle yoga poses inspired by artworks in the galleries. Each session will begin with a deeper look at an artwork, followed by movement and meditation with Kathleen Leisure Haberstock of School Street Yoga. All yoga levels, families, and children over […]

The choirs at Colby — Colby College Collegium, Colby-Kennebec Choral Society, and the Colby College Chorale — present their fall choral showcase featuring choral/orchestral works by Western classical music’s epitome of “Energy/Exhaustion,” Johann Sebastian Bach. The program will consist of the triumphant Magnificat in D and the jubilant solo cantata BWV 51: Jauchzet Gott in […]