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4/11/2022 COVID Update: The State of Maine no longer requires masking or proof of vaccination to attend any public events, but individual venues are free to do so. For the latest information, visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention or the State of Maine’s COVID site.
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Cinema is a powerful assemblage that activates people and things and sets them into motion. At the same time, a vast ecology of off-screen practices also participates in cinema’s dynamic logics. As an employer, cinema has the power to put bodies to work. The cine-ecology is at once energized and consumed by practices required to […]
Gail Carlson, assistant professor of environmental studies, will speak on issues and themes related to River Works: Whistler and the Industrial Thames, on view through May 2020. Our Noontime Art Talk programs, museum staff members, Colby faculty members, and guest speakers discuss current exhibitions or works in the museum collection, with a Q&A. Location: Gourley […]
Using the 3d printers, participants invent their own 3d print bubble wands. Once created, students will blow bubbles outside. Ages 7 -12 $14 per session Snacks included Scholarships available REGISTER
Who will add their name to Colby’s Worldvision Song Contest trophy this year? Come find out. Sing along. See what gimmicks Colby’s language assistants have come up with for 2019. Drums? Trumpets? Violins? Balloons? Dancing mules? Most of all, come celebrate foreign languages at Colby along with the College’s talented language assistants and their great […]
Join us for this special opportunity to hear the members of the world-renowned Cassatt String Quartet as they work with Colby chamber groups in a workshop setting.
Celebrate Opening Night in style! Join us on the Opening Night of Disney's Newsies the Musical for food and drinks before the show. The Opening Night Party is free to all November 8 ticket holders and will be catered by Amici's Cucina. Beer, wine, and hors d'oeuvres will be provided. Location: First Floor, Waterville City Hall.
November 8, 9, 15 at 7:30 p.m. November 10, 16, 17 at 2:00 p.m. Music by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman Book by Harvey Fierstein Directed by Debra Susi Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged "newsies." When titans […]
Bruins Alumni vs. Waterville Whalers Saturday, November 9, 2019 4:00 Open Skate, 5:00 Game Colby College Alfond Arena JOIN US! We have gathered our best local skaters to take on the great Boston Bruins Alumni. Come cheer on our athletes and enjoy an evening of family fun, competitive play, and more! FREE Community Skate For […]
It’s time for the annual Christmas Craft Fair at the Vassalboro School! The annual Christmas Craft Fair sponsored by the JMG Program will be held at the Vassalboro Community School on the Webber Pond Road on Saturday, November 9, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Many vendors will be present, and refreshments will be offered […]
We are excited to bring you for the first time this year, Maine’s largest craft fair! We welcome crafters and vendors of all kinds and have 150 booths available! Admission: $3 for adults and teens, free for kids under 13.
Following a brief exploration of the galleries with Museum staff and Colby student interns, the group reads a children’s book related to the month’s theme—in November, it will be “Wish Upon a Star.” Afterward, preschoolers, toddlers, and their grownups will visit the Mirken Education Classroom to have a snack and create their own works of […]
Join us to tour the bird gallery to look at bird adaptations and then find a bird or two you would like to draw. Make a colorful drawing to take home. Admission : $3 for adults, $1 for children.
This local band of talented musicians shares one goal: playing all of the greatest energetic rock hits! Join The Elm for a night of dancing to benefit the AYCC Backpack Program. Pizza from Portland Pie will be available to purchase and our cash bar will be open. Suggested Donation: $10.
The all-female Cassatt Quartet is an internationally renowned ensemble known for its exhilarating performances. They will present an eclectic program, including works by two women, Xinyan Li of China and Chinese-Canadian Alison Yu-Fei Jiang. The quartet will be joined by Colby faculty member and pianist Yuri Funahashi in Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A Major. Funded […]
Joel Watson is a Maine born guitarist/songwriter and former member of the Mid-coast Maine based rock band, The 220s. His passion for music has spanned many years and over the last decade he has been writing and performing in many genres of music. In recent years Joel has been developing his own brand of intricate […]
Following the Sunday, November 10 performance of Newsies, we will be joined by our director, Debra Susi, and Joseph Owen, the recently retired copy desk chief of the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal, for a discussion about journalism and the significance of the 1899 newsboys' strike. Joseph Owen, of Augusta, retired in July from his […]
Three performances of fiftieth Annual Service of Carols and Lights, a community Christmas celebration combining music and worship and sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life will be held Friday and Saturday, December 6 and 7, 2019, in the College’s beautiful Lorimer Chapel. Friday’s service will be held at 7:00 p.m. with additional […]
Come by anytime today to view the transit of Mercury. The 2019 Transit of Mercury across the Sun will start at 7:36 AM and continue until after 1 PM. Visit the museum to learn about the transit. It will not happen again until 2032. Do not look at it without a filtered telescope. You will […]
This six-week pottery class is perfect for the individual with wheel throwing and centering clay experience who would like to further refine their skills. In this class, students will build upon basic pottery skills including building and throwing forms, creating more complex vessels including but not limited to, large bowls, dinner plates, lidded vessels, stacked […]
One visible effect of fossil fuel energy consumption is the emission of gases and particles into the atmosphere. These emissions include not only carbon dioxide, but also a wide range of other reactive gases. But anthropogenic processes are not the only sources of atmospheric emissions. Many natural systems, including the oceans, volcanoes, and plants, also […]