What kind of art can you make out from materials meant for the landfill or recycling center? Find out with this week's kit! Based on the installation now on view at Common Street Arts, Unearth by artist Ian Trask, the kit will contain materials for a mobile and recycled materials to use. Makers are encouraged […]

WATERVILLE, Maine— Friends of Green Street Park is hosting a ribbon-cutting on Friday. The Ribbon-cutting will showcase the newly built children’s theater stage as well as the kick-off of their capital campaign to complete a series of fitness stations around the park. We ask that guests adhere to social distancing guidelines, including wearing a mask […]

We are delighted to announce that Naomi Klein will be the Fall 2020 keynote speaker for the humanities theme Boundaries and Margins, and will also serve as the 2020 Mellon Distinguished Fellow in Environmental Humanities. Naomi Klein is the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University, and an […]

Let’s gather together, socially distanced of course, to celebrate the regions movers and shakers achievements in one elegant evening. Click for more info.

Thorn Dickinson, CEO and president of NECEC Transmission, LLC and vice president of business development at Avangrid will deliver a presentation on the corridor project and its importance to our area. This informative presentation will be the focus at Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce’s October Business Breakfast. This month’s breakfast will be held on Thursday, October […]

Featuring Eric Thomas, saxes; Jon Hallstrom, guitar; Duane Edwards, bass; R.J. Miller, drums; and with special guest Julia Warnock, Class of '19. the Colby Jazz Collective presents a virtual concert on Facebook of four much-loved tunes from the standard jazz repertoire, including "My Baby Just Cares for Me," "Night and Day," "Shall We Dance," and […]

Restrictions on sizes for large gatherings into the Fall have resulted in the cancellation of Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce’s 28th Annual Taste of Waterville scheduled to be held on Sunday, October 11 at the Head of Falls, downtown Waterville. This year’s event had been moved due to construction on Main Street and the anticipation of […]

Come join KV Connect, Waterville’s young professionals’ group, for an exciting evening of networking, socialization, and social distancing while helping to support a great cause! Benefitting Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education.

In Artful Meditation, a new Let Art Inspire wellness series, Jing Ye, a meditation teacher and a counselor at Colby College, will guide participants through a 30-minute meditation session inspired by a work in the Museum’s collection, fostering greater mind-body connection. In this session, we’ll ground our thoughts with the help of Martin Puryear’s Up […]

Jason De León is a professor of anthropology and Chicana/o studies at the University of California, Los Angeles with his lab located in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. He is also executive director of the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a long-term anthropological study of clandestine migration between Latin America and the United States that uses […]

Create a Stained Glass Tissue Paper Suncatcher, perfect for hanging in a window. Inspired by two beautiful stained glass lamps by Louis Comfort Tiffany that are in the Colby College Museum of Art’s collection, this kit contains an assortment of brightly-colored tissue paper and other materials needed to create this window decoration. Kits will be […]

All net proceeds will benefit our Campus Living Program, which gives our youth the option to live on campus in a safe home environment while gaining personal and academic skills.  Click here to learn more about the program. Ways you can participate in this year's virtual Gala: Click here to register yourself as a bidder to […]

IN MY SKIN and WOMEN IN WINDOWS  October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. After watching these two films (one short film and one feature length), join the discussion with filmmakers Anna-Sophia Richards and Astrid Schäfer (director, producer, IN MY SKIN), and Patrisha McLean (founder/president of Finding Our Voices; producer, "Women in Windows"). October 18 at 2:00pm […]

Artful Healing provides an opportunity to practice a series of hands-on activities inspired by artworks in the galleries. Bodhi Simpson, LCPC, ATR, is an art therapist with a private practice in Waterville, Maine, called Conscious Art Therapy. She is also a teaching artist, an adjunct college instructor, and a workshop and retreat facilitator who incorporates […]

Phil Bofia is an independent candidate for Waterville mayor. He has a BS in Business Administration from the University of Maine and works as an IT Business Analyst for CGI in Waterville. His experience includes chairing the Waterville Solar Committee; and being a member of the KSW (credit union) board; Kennebec Regional Diversity Initiative; Mid-Maine […]

JEANNIE GAINSBURG TO DO A ZOOM BOOK DISCUSSION ON HER BOOK, THE SAVVY ALLY Jeannie Gainsburg, author of The Savvy Ally, will be leading a Zoom book discussion sponsored by PFLAG Waterville on Tues., Oct. 20, 5:30pm.  The Savvy Ally is for teachers, counselors, social workers, healthcare providers, college professors, as well as parents who want […]

Environmental Studies Evening Webinar - Ocean Optimism: Success Stories in Ocean Conversation We have faced over the last decade an unrelenting torrent of bad news about the ocean, and past losses and future threats cannot be denied. Yet much of the damage the ocean has suffered to date stems from problems we can do something […]

Ruckus Roundtables Ruckus Roundtables is a series of online conversations specifically designed for middle school & up, but all ages are welcome. We want to spark curiosity, encourage conversations, and promote ways to challenge the status quo. Join us! Register now for our civic engagement discussion on October 20! SAVE THE DATES: November 17 - […]

Join MMCC and friends for a VIRTUAL Business After Hours. This event will still offer a great opportunity to “mix & mingle.” We will be offering the virtual mic around the screen to anyone who wants to take the opportunity to speak. Be ready for some light-hearted networking, and a format still offering you a […]

Please join us for our next Safe Return to Business Zoom Series on: Resiliency is the Name of the Game Topics: COVID-19 the latest What does resiliency look like? The science behind a COVID-19 vaccine Anticipating and supporting Mental Health Moderator: Ed Gilkey, MD, Senior Physician Executive, Northern Light Beacon Health  Panelist Jim Jarvis, MD, […]

At Easter time in 1949, Margaret Chase Smith gave a radio speech over the Mutual Broadcasting System expressing regret “that so few women have been chosen to participate in the United Nations.” In the aftermath of two World Wars, Senator Smith went on to assert, “Wars are man-made. Peace could be partially woman-made.” Seventy years […]

What role does religion play in civic life? Join us to delve into this question at Community Conversations, a series that brings together Waterville faith and community leaders with Colby faculty and students to consider major issues of common concern. This fall, our program will feature a conversation between Rabbi Lisa Vinikoor of Beth Israel […]

A Conversation with Congressman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. Join the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs tomorrow for A Conversation with Congressman Hank Johnson: The U.S. Criminal Justice System & Racial Inequities from 7 – 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28. This public event is the official kick-off for our annual public policy theme of criminal injustice […]

The newly formed Waterville Area Food Kitchen and Starfish Village (at the First Congregational Church) are serving as the non-profit hosts bringing the USDA Free Food Program "Farmers to Families" to Waterville on Thursday, October 29, 7 am until the boxes are gone (and they will go fast!) The distribution site is the North Street […]

Mark your calendars for the “Kusama pumpkin kit” which features a mini pumpkin to paint for Halloween, as well as other goodies! Don't forget to stop by the gazebo at Head of Falls between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m for the Halloween and autumn themed green screen photo booth. Come in costume with your family for a […]

Dress up in costume and stop by the Winslow Public Library’s window for candy, snacks and a "to go" youth-oriented Halloween craft. We will have the window decorated. Open to all ages. Social distancing practices will be followed.

A recital by tenor Eric Christopher Perry and pianist Christina Spurling explores the human condition through the lens of train travel across two continents and two nationalistic eras. Benjamin Britten’s Winter Words, Op. 52 (1956) evocatively depicts “a world unknown” with selections of final poems by English novelist Thomas Hardy, whose multitude of works are […]