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.

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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A Glossary of These Waters

Waterville, ME

A Glossary of These Waters is a collaboratively created week of arts programs in Waterville. Explore the Kennebec River and watershed, focusing on how to engage and honor the River and her memories, properties, and futures. Taking place at multiple locations in Waterville, this week of art and reflective programs, workshops, and activities is created […]

Free

Business after hours

Freedom's Edge Cider 420 Quaker Hill road, Albion, ME

Join us for a fantastic evening of networking at our next Business After Hours, with Freedom's Edge Cider. Enjoy great food, great beverages - great door prizes - and lots of fun! Wednesday, June 15 - 5:30 - 7 p.m.    

Water Writings

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

Join Alexandra Méndez and Serena Sanborn, a Maine Master Naturalist, for a reflective walk through Head of Falls Park. Méndez and Sanborn bring together their expertise across collective writing, the natural world, ecological restoration, and water to create a memorable experience that invites you to contemplate the river, its pasts, properties, and futures. Field notebooks […]

Free
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A Flea in Her Ear

Waterville Opera House 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Rescheduled from the 2019-2020 Season! Written by David Ives Adapted from the original work by Georges Feydeau Produced through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc. Sponsored by Maine Technology Group & Pepsi Directed by Debra Susi A Flea in Her Ear is the greatest of French farces, perhaps the greatest farce ever written. Set in […]

$24 – $26

Touch A Truck

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

The Childen's Discovery Museum is excited to partner with Bangor Savings Bank for a free day of fun right at the museum! A whole section of the parking lot will be filled with trucks. Get right up close, and even hop inside some of them!

Free

Miss Juneteenth

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

Turquoise Jones is a single mom who holds down a household, a rebellious teenager, and pretty much everything that goes down at Wayman's BBQ & Lounge. In Fort Worth, Texas, Turquoise is also a bona fide beauty queen: she was once crowned Miss Juneteenth, a title commemorating the day slaves in Texas were freed, two […]

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

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

Special advanced screening of the 2010 viral video turned family-friendly feature film, courtesy of A24 Films. Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a […]

Dirigo Labs Pitch Competition

Parker-Reed Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

12 founders + 12 weeks + 72 mentors + 40 presenters = 1 amazing cohort! We’re celebrating the inaugural Dirigo Labs class with a demo day and pitch event. Once you meet this amazing group of entrepreneurs we know you’ll be impressed. Twelve companies will each have 5 minutes to present their company to a […]

Free

“Hello Summah!” StoryWalk® Bash

North Street Community Trail 126 North Street, Waterville, ME

Celebrate the start of summer and the end of the school year with the brand-new summer StoryWalk® book, There are NO MOOSE on this island! by Stephanie Calmenson. Take a guided walk with Liz Davis, the Children’s Librarian at the Waterville Public Library; Serena Sanborn, Waterville Creates’ Education + Outreach Coordinator and Citizen Scientist; and […]

Free
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