Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, Levi Prombaum, Colby Museum Katz Consulting Curator, will facilitate the program, focusing on Alex Katz’s 2022 “Dance” series located in the Alex Katz: Theater and Dance exhibition (Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works […]

Work Health Ribbon Cutting ceremony Located at 246 Kennedy Memorial Drive Waterville, ME 04901 September 15, 2022 @ 3PM

Join us for a public talk by T. J. Demos, founder of the Center for Creative Ecologies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, about the intersections of contemporary art, radical politics, and ecology. Demos’ work looks at the places where art, activism, and visual culture oppose racial, colonial, and extractive capitalism, working toward social, economic, and […]

Since co-founding Fairport Convention in 1967, guitarist Richard Thompson has had one of the most decorated careers in music. He’s received an OBE and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the BBC, the Ivor Novellos and Nashville’s Americana awards. LA Times called him “The finest songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix”. Rolling Stone […]

Fairfield Methodist Church Yard Sale 37 Skowhegan Road, Fairfield ME. 04937 Welcoming Vendors- $25.00/space TEL: 207-453-7505

See glacier scratch marks and an erratic. Check out the local soils and break a geode.

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart lead the cast in this glorious revival of Harold Pinter’s comic classic. One summer's evening, two aging writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the […]

Join Snow Pond Center for the Arts for its second annual Snow Pond On Tap, in Snow Pond's famed Bowl in the Pines Amphitheater, along the shore of Messalonskee Lake. Better yet, you don’t have to go home! Only at Snow Pond can you come for the day or rent a lakeside cabin and stay for […]

Known as the King of Rant, Lewis Black uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and finger pointing to expose the absurdities of life. His comedic brilliance makes people laugh at life’s hypocrisies and the insanity he sees in the world. A GRAMMY Award-winning stand-up, Lewis Black performs his critically acclaimed shows more than 200 […]

Join the Colby College Museum of Art and the Music Department for a fall celebration of music and art. We’ll kick off our Music in the Museum series with an outdoor performance by the Colby Jazz Collective, featuring Colby music department faculty playing a collection of well-known tunes from the standard Jazz repertoire. Visit the […]

Mark your calendar to join us for a fantastic evening at our next Business After Hours, with Snow Pond Center for the Arts. Enjoy plenty of networking, great food, great beverages, great door prizes, and lots of fun! Wednesday, September 21 - 5:30 - 7 p.m. 8 Goldenrod Lane, Sidney <div style="clear: both;" align="center" Snow Pond will […]

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Thursday, Sept. 22 - 2:45 p.m. Technology Solutions of Maine 10 Washington Street, Waterville

Join us for the closing reception of X + O, an exhibition featuring new and recent work by Waterville-based fiber artist Christine Nilles. Christine is an award-winning costume designer, fiber artist, and illustrator, and has exhibited her sculptures and fiber art in galleries across the United States. She has designed costumes for Colby College Theater and […]

Join us as we walk across Waterville on Saturday, September 24. Register yourself, round up sponsors, get a team together, bring the whole family! Every dollar raised goes directly toward helping end homelessness, one person, one family at a time. Or register to walk with us solo and help us raise awareness! Registration is $10; […]

Come see the opening of a new book for the StoryWalk®, “CHIRP! Chipmunk Sings for a Friend” by Jamie A. Swenson where we’ll have a musical guest leading sing-alongs! Guided walks will be available throughout, led by Waterville Public Library’s Children’s Librarian, Liz Davis, Waterville Creates’ Serena Sanborn, and representatives from the Children’s Discovery Museum. […]

VOICES FROM THE BARRENS: NATIVE PEOPLE, BLUEBERRIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY Railroad Square Cinema Sunday, September 25 2:30 p.m. FREE Part of the "Cinema in Conversation: Food for Thought" film series, sponsored by the Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities, Voices from the Barrens is a stunning portrait of the Wabanaki and their participation in the largest […]

Join the Children's Discovery Museum at Mainely Brews on Sept. 26 for a fun family night out! If you love going out to eat but find it a challenge to entertain the kiddos, this event is for you! The Children's Discovery Museum will be in the back room with their mobile museum set up ready […]

We live in troubled times. The COVID-19 pandemic lingers on, inequality and fragmentation are at alarming levels, disinformation and fake news proliferate, attacks on democratic institutions multiply, and radical tendencies are growing. Internationally, core norms of sovereignty and self-determination are under assault with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine destabilizing the European order. Western liberal democracy is […]

Dar Williams’ lyrics contain bouquets of optimism, delivered on melodies alternating between beguiling lightness and understated gravity. Williams strongly believes that all of us possess our own power and ability to achieve, and she rejects the exceptionalism that encourages us to “admire that yonder star,” while making us feel small and insignificant; unworthy of shining […]

The Super Raffle is Coming...the Super Raffle is Coming! Mark your calendar for one of the most enjoyable nights of the year on September 29 at The Elm. Along with the great food and other prizes, you could win $500, $750, $1,500 and $3,000, making the night even more enjoyable! Tickets are on sale now! […]

Maine Lit Fest 2022 is a welcoming large-scale series of gatherings that celebrate diverse experiences and stories and brings Maine’s communities together through the power of the written and spoken word. Running from Friday, September 30 through Saturday October 8, the festival takes place in Portland, Waterville, and online. Presented by the Maine Writers & […]

Please join us for United Way of Kennebec Valley's Movie in the Park on Sep. 30 at 6pm at Mill Park in Augusta! This family-friendly event will feature Disney's Encanto and concessions will be available for purchase throughout the event in order to raise money for 49 local nonprofit programs in Kennebec County. This event […]

Paula Poundstone is known for her smart, observational humor and a spontaneous wit that has become the stuff of legend. Time magazine, in the March 2020 “Best of” issue, listed Paula’s HBO special, Cats, Cops and Stuff as one of The 5 Funniest Stand-Up Specials Ever. Paula can be heard weekly as the host of […]

October 1: Enjoy and learn about the beautiful trees in our forest on a guided tree walk. Children will receive “tree cookies” to use along the trailsand then take home. October 8: Roll a hoop, spin a top, and enjoy other outdoor old-time toys and games. October 15: Tour Maine birds and make a watercolor […]