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.

The Secret Garden

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

Part of Arts in Bloom, all over Waterville on Saturday, May 14. It’s the perfect way to celebrate spring! A timeless story for Arts in Bloom…young Mary Lennox is sent to her absent uncle’s mansion after she becomes an orphan. Overseen by austere Mrs. Medlock (played by the beloved Dame Maggie Smith), Mary doesn’t have much freedom. […]

Free

Sun Prints Workshop

Children's Discovery Museum 7 Eustis Parkway, Waterville, ME, United States

How did people first create photographs? This free workshop led by artist Michel Droge and archeologist Sarah Loftus is a perfect pairing of science and art to answer this question. The cyanotype process uses paper that undergoes a chemical change when exposed to sunlight, resulting in one-of-a-kind prints. Each print uses natural objects like leaves, […]

Free

Last of the Right Whales

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

With a post-screening Q&A led by Sara Ellis, Ph.D., documentary participant, drone pilot, and Marineland Right Whale Project senior researcher and by Bill McWeeny, chair of the Maine Coalition for North Atlantic Right Whales and founder of the educational and advocacy group the Calvineer Project. An issue very much in the foreground in Maine due […]

Business after hours

Maine State Credit Union 81 Grove. St., Waterville, ME, United States

Join us for a fantastic evening of networking at our next Business After Hours, with Maine State Credit Union. Enjoy great food, great beverages - great door prizes - and lots of fun! Wednesday, May 18 - 5:30 - 7 p.m. 81 Grove Street, Waterville

Free

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

EARLY ACCESS SCREENING* Be one of the first to see the highly anticipated new chapter...Tickets are on sale now! The original Downton Abbey was one of Railroad Square's biggest hits of recent years. More of the same delight it afforded its fans looms in this long-awaited follow-up, Downton Abbey: A New Era, which reunites the […]

Coffee & Conversation

Bricks Coworking & Innovation Space Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water St. Ste. 110, Waterville, ME

Central Maine's real estate market is unlike any other. Come hear perspectives from local professionals in the industry, and get your questions answered. Join us for coffee, refreshments, networking, and a panel discussion with: Jamie Plourde - Realtor, Coldwell Banker Plourde Real Estate Haley Wescott - Community Banker, Skowhegan Savings Bank Meryia Michaud - Insurance Agent, Liberty Mutual […]

Free

Friends Camp Spring Work Weekend

Friends Camp 729 Lakeview Drive, South China, ME

We are excited to announce our first spring work weekend in 3 years! Please register today for May 20-22. Each year, enthusiastic volunteers help us prepare our property for the summer season. Our work list for this spring includes raking, painting, gathering sticks, helping move furniture, hanging artwork in the Meetinghouse, planting our garden for […]

Free

Bird Kit Activities

L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, ME

Children can explore a bird kit and make a small hummingbird feeder to take home. (This activity will take place outdoors. It is weather-dependent.)

Pollinator Masks

Ticonic Gallery Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

Join Maine artist and mask creator Alexis Burbank for this enchanting pollinator mask painting workshop. Explore the colorful designs of your favorite moth, butterfly, hummingbird, or bee as you paint one of Alexis’s one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted leather masks. This creative ode to our pollinators is a perfect celebration of spring. Cost: $65. (This event is eligible for […]

$65

Colby College’s 201st Commencement

Miller Library Lawn, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, Maine

Come celebrate as the Class of 2020 receive their diplomas! The approximately 540 members of the class came to Colby from 36 states and 23 countries. They will go on to a broad range of careers and to graduate or professional schools to study law, education, finance, medicine, environmental research and advocacy, nonprofit leadership, and […]

Free

Lebanese Public Supper

St. Joseph Maronite Catholic Church 3 Appleton St, Waterville, ME

Enjoy authentic Lebanese cuisine: cooked kibbe, cabbage rolls, grape leaves, loubia (green beans in a tomato base) served alone and/or over rice, green salad, Syrian bread, and a cupcake for dessert. You can dine in or order take-out. Full size meal is $15.00 and Luncheon size meal is $10.00. You can order early your Take-Out […]

Pond Explorations and Frog Celebrations

L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, ME

Come explore the pond with nets in hand and celebrate all the lovely amphibians.

Community Draw

Ticonic Gallery Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

Figure drawing at Ticonic Studio is back! Seasoned and aspiring artists are invited to participate in this costumed figure drawing program. This class offers a unique opportunity for emerging and established artists to hone their drawing skills in a supportive environment. Participants bring their media of choice: charcoal, pastels, paint, clay, etc. Ticonic will provide […]

First Friday at Greene Block & Studios, Pride Edition

Greene Block + Studios 18 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Kick off Pride Month in Waterville! Featured performers, an open mic, and an all-ages dance party! Starting at 5 pm, join featured readers Arisa White and Stacey Tran for poetry and performance. Following the readings, Tyler French will host an open mic centering LGBTQ+ artists and poets until 6:30 pm. Bring a poem, song, or story […]

Free

See Like a Camera

Ticonic Gallery Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

Get your phones and digital cameras ready! Ticonic Gallery is thrilled to partner with Maine photographer, John Meader to offer an immersive, hands-on, digital photography workshop. This workshop will cover topics including composition, style, shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. This class will include a ‘photography walk’ in downtown Waterville where students will take photographs as […]

$125

National Trails Day Family Fun Event

North Street Community Trail 126 North Street, Waterville, ME

Fun Activities for the Entire Family (including a Scavenger Hunt) 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Saturday, June 4, 2022 North Street Community Trail parking lot 126 North Street, Waterville, ME Sponsored by Kennebec Messalonskee Trails  Presentations 11:15 : Intro to Nature Journaling with Serena Sanborn, Education and Outreach Manager at Waterville Creates Location: North Street Community Trail […]

Free
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PRIDE! Month Film Screenings

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

Scroll down for schedule of Pride screenings in June. Walk With Me One Night Only for PRIDE! Post-film video discussion with director and cast. In Isabela del Rosi’s beguiling coming-out film, comfortable New Yorker Amber Evans leaves her husband and so needs to find a new apartment. She finds that—and also something quite unexpected to […]

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Create Works for Children’s Discovery Museum

Greene Block + Studios 18 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Join artist Veronica Perez in creating beautiful interactive artworks for the new Children’s Discovery Museum in Waterville. The Children’s Discovery Museum is excited to be teaming up with artist and Lunder Fellow Veronica Perez to create beautiful interactive pieces of art to be part of the museum’s brand new exhibit hall. The Children’s Museum has […]

Free
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Art in the Park

Head of Falls Temple Street at Front Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Art in the Park is back! Once again, Waterville Creates has joined forces with the Waterville Public Library and the Colby College Museum of Art to offer dynamic, creative summer programming to provide arts experiences for all. This season will kick off with a new summer reading series and will have lots of engaging arts […]

Free

Golf Fore a Cause

The Meadows Golf Club 495 Huntington Hill Road, Litchfield, ME

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LeAnn Rimes: The Story … So Far Tour

Bowl in the Pines, Snow Pond Center for the Arts Geranium Lane (off Route 23), Sidney, ME

LeAnn Rimes is an international multi-platinum selling acclaimed singer and ASCAP award-winning songwriter who has sold more than 48 million units globally. She has won two Grammy® Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards, two World Music Awards, three Academy of Country Music Award, two Country Music Association Awards, and one Dove Award. At 14, Rimes won […]

$50 – $55

Erin Brockovich

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

One Show Only! Very recently, the "real-life" Erin Brockovich visited Central Maine to help throw her support to the fight and clean-up efforts made against dangerous PFAS in Fairfield.  But Erin Brockovich became a household name in large part for the similar fight she waged in this crackerjack movie, based on an environmental disaster of […]

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Union Coffeehouse

Village Green Corner of Main Street and West Road, Belgrade Lakes, ME

Update: All three concerts will move to the Village Green, at the apex of Main Street (Route 27) and West Road,unless it rains, in which case they will move inside to the church's Friendship Hall. (The August concert will start at 6:30.) Bring your own chairs and refreshments. Admission is free, but a donation will […]

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