It's our annual Halloween Party for kids and their grownups, featuring seasonal stories, games and treats!  Suitable for all ages. Wear your costume! Location: Colby Program Room, Lower Level, Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville. FMI: Call 680-2604 or email kkenny@watervillelibrary.org.

Join us in celebrating the opening of Railroad Square Cinema's latest Art in the Lobby Exhibition featuring the photography of Raul Sirén. Refreshments and conversation with the artist will follow a projected slideshow of hundreds of images documenting the Athens, Maine 4th of July Parades and Plays from 1998-2008. This exhibit continues through November 28. […]

Meet at Colby's Collins and Young Observatory at the top of Mayflower Hill in Waterville for race registration and start/finish line. Park in the lot at the Alfond Senior Apartments, accessible from Washington Street. The cost to participate is $5. All proceeds will go to Hardy Girls Healthy Women, a nonprofit community organization.

Performances at 7:00 and 9:00. Performances by Colby a cappella groups Colby Eight, Colbyettes, Blue Lights, Megalomaniacs, Sirens, EVE, Mayflower Chill, and Mediocre. Tickets not required. Seating at each concert is limited to 180 guests, first come, first served. Location: Given Auditorium, Bixler Bldg., Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville.

Animals — from worms to humans — have brains. Our human brains are clearly special: we have evolved speech, culture, dance, language, song. Is the origin of our human brain special, or do these abilities that make us human share a common history with other mammals? Or flies? Or worms? We’ll talk about some of […]

In a dark time, unfastened by loss and despair, how does one find one’s way back to the world again? Former Maine Poet Laureate Wes McNair’s new collection, The Unfastening, seeks to answer this question through poems of sorrow, and hope, and joy. McNair will read selected poems and talk about the complex, unexpected process […]

Assistant Professor of Biology Josh Martin studies the mechanisms of some “higher” level functions of brains (attention, motivation) in some of the “lower” animals (moths, cockroaches, mantises). Our human brains are clearly special: we have evolved speech, culture, dance, language, song. Is the origin of our human brain special, or do these abilities that make […]

Join Bradford Pillow, professor of psychology at Northern Illinois University, as he speaks about research that investigates cognitive development in children. Location: Room 301, Davis Science Center, Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville.

Join Lunder Curator of American Art, Beth Finch, as she shares about Marsden Hartley as a Reader and Writer. Location: Colby College Museum of Art, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Tours will be held, weather permitting, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Friday and 2:00 – 5:00 Saturday. The last tours start at 3:45 p.m. on Friday and 4:45 p.m. on Saturday. Meet on the library's front steps. Location: Miller Library, Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville.

It’s back! Celebrate Halloween this year in artful style: “trick-or-treat” through the museum galleries and enjoy festive food, drinks, and music. (Adult beverages available for those aged 21+; bring ID.) Art-inspired costumes are encouraged! Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Colby Museum of Art, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville. Contact: Jordia Benjamin, jordia.benjamin@colby.edu, 859-5613

In this mixed evening of performance, first-year students and theater and dance majors and minors take the stage in both student- and faculty-directed new works. The evening will feature the full range of performance research created in the Department of Theater and Dance, including theater, dance, design, and hybrid dance theater. Developed in a short […]

The Central Maine Growth Council (CMGC) in partnership with CareerCenters, KVCAP and Waterville Public Library will host a Regional Job Fair at T&B's Celebration Center, 6 Jefferson Street, Waterville. This event is sponsored by CGI, TD Bank and Central Western Maine Workforce Development Board. The event was created as part of the ongoing workforce development […]

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, the Kristina Stahl Writer in Residence, is the author of two novels, Ms. Hempel Chronicles, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Madeleine Is Sleeping, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Her fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including The New Yorker, Ploughshares, Tin […]

Kristin Nowell, with the Cat Specialist Group, will discuss the illegal trade of big cats, i.e. tigers, lions, cheetahs, and snow leopards, which poses a grave threat, driven by financial motivations of those who poach, sell, and buy. The black market for each species is driven to varying degrees by supply, both from the wild […]

Vittorio Loreto is a professor of physics of complex systems at Sapienza University and research leader at the ISI Foundation in Turin, where he coordinates the information dynamics group. Creativity and innovation are key elements in many different areas and disciplines since they represent the primary motor to explore new solutions in ever-changing and unpredictable […]

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, the Kristina Stahl Writer in Residence, is the author of two novels, Ms. Hempel Chronicles, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Madeleine Is Sleeping, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Her fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including The New Yorker, Ploughshares, Tin House, […]

Listen to three faculty members discuss their current work. The entire showcase runs for two hours, 1-3 p.m. Paramilitary Politics in Colombia, Winifred Tate, Associate Professor of Anthropology How to understand paramilitary forces, which came to number more than 30,000 fighters in the early 2000s, is one of the central questions of Colombian political life. […]

Audubon’s bird illustrations are known for their lifelike qualities, capturing both the bird’s behavior and its environment. Join Frank Guarnieri and Margaret Aiken, Linde Family Foundation Coordinator of School and Teacher Programs, as they discuss the process and importance of researching the insects from these illustrations. Location: Colby Museum of Art, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville. […]

Please come to learn and discuss, beginning Thursday October 19, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Location: St. Marks Episcopal Church, 60 Eustis Parkway (Eustis and North Street), Waterville. FMI: David Doreau, dddoreau@roadrunner.com

A two-hour event featuring student work on environmental projects featuring student work on environmental projects. 2:00: Mix and mingle in the Atrium, opportunity to look at posters and displays. 2:30: Presentations and films in Room 141, Diamond Building Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Gail Carlson Trustee Sandy Buck ’78 Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Philip […]

Many leadership studies suggest that women are more participative, collaborative, transformational, and democratic than men; female managers are seen as less transactional, authoritative, or “command-control.”  Other research has revealed that Fortune 500 companies with a higher percentage of women on their boards experience significantly higher financial outcomes. In what other ways do women’s leadership traits […]

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 employment skills and life skills. Please join us at the Waterville Public Library to hear more about the program and to start the application […]

Sylvia Earle, legendary oceanographer, acclaimed environmental scientist, and champion for ocean conservation, has been named the inaugural F. Russell Cole Distinguished Lecturer in Environmental Studies at Colby. Her public lecture, “The Quest for Sustainable Seas,” will demonstrate how the ocean provides the underpinning of our economy, health, security, and the existence of life itself. Once […]

This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career and study skills. Advance registration is required. Register at meoc.maine.edu/workshops/workshop-schedule/ or by calling 1-800-281-3703. Location: Colby Program Room, Lower Level, Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville.