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.

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Break, Burn, Build

Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

Date: Friday, October 27 at 7:30pm + Saturday, October 28 at 2pm Organization: Colby Dance Company Location: Studio 3, Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, 4000 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville Led by Annie Kloppenberg and Matthew Cumbie. Break, Burn, Build is a landmark in the development of movers, makers, and performers. It’s a platform […]

Free

Trunk or Treat

Alfond Youth & Community Center 126 North Street, Waterville, ME

Annual Trunk or Treat at the AYCC! Join us for a fun and safe alternative to traditional trick or treating. We are also offering an Open House of our facility during the Trunk or Treat! If you'd like to get involved with this event, contact Avery Ryan at aryan@clubaycc.org

Free

Nosh & Knock Off – POSTPONED

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Postponed - click for more info Nosh & Knock Off, an interactive mystery event, will occur at the Waterville Public Library on Saturday, October 28, 2023! Be a part of our "welcome back, better than ever year!" This 5th annual fundraiser promises to be a not-to-be-missed event of the season! Nosh & Knock Off 2023 […]

Young Frankenstein

Maine Film Center 93 Main St., Waterville, ME

Mel Brooks's comedy is as scary as ever. Gene Wilder stars as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced Fronk-en-steen), a young neurosurgeon and the grandson of the infamous scientist. He's traveling to Transylvania to inspect his newly-inherited estate, when he discovers his grandfather's experiments. Thought to be Mel Brooks's "most disciplined and visually inventive film" (Roger Ebert), […]

$9

The Modernistics: The Twenties Roar Again!

Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

Join us for exuberant songs and tap-dance numbers by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, and other master tunesmiths of the 1920s. A joyful and stylish portrait of the era, delivered with a 21st-century groove! Among the many audience favorites are “Blue Skies,” “Fascinating Rhythm,” “I Want To Be Happy,” “Stardust,” and “Let’s […]

Free

Drag Me to Hell

Maine Film Center 93 Main St., Waterville, ME

Christine Brown has a good job, a great boyfriend, and a bright future. But after denying a mortgage extension to an old woman, things start taking a turn for the worse– she's been cursed and in three days, she's going to Hell. Sam Raimi's genre-bending, gross-out horror film is an NYT Critics' Pick, an "elusive […]

$8 – $12
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Crafternoons

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Crafternoons are fun weekly crafts for young children and their families! Come to the Children’s Room between 2:30 and 4pm to make the craft with help from library staff! October 3:   Rocket in Space October 10: Paper Squirrel October 17: Autumn Tree Picture October 24: Coffee Filter Bat October 31: Paper Plate Sugar Skull Take […]

Free

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Waterville Wednesday Spinners

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Do you love to spin, knit, or crochet and want to hang with other fiber lovers? This is the group for you! All are welcome to sit and create their own projects with other area fiber lovers every Wednesday, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. This is a free, informal gathering of like minded lovers of all […]

Free

Growth Council Annual Meeting

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

In 2023, the mid-Maine region welcomed new businesses, deployed new programs, watched construction projects progress, cheered on entrepreneurs, and engaged in conversation about their communities' futures.   Let's recognize this year's accomplishments while preparing the local and regional economy for 2024! Featuring: Developer of the Year Award Emerging Leader Award A look at what's to […]

Free
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Community Conversations on Homelessness

Online Event ME

Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter & Services will be holding Community Conversations on October 11th, October 25th (postponed from Oct 18), and Nov 1st  (all Wednesdays!) at 7pm via Zoom. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the homelessness landscape in central Maine, as well as join the Q/A and ask any questions you may […]

Free

Preserving Democracy – The Janes Documentary

Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Join us at Colby Collegefor an incredible event featuring two of the original "Janes" in a panel discussion and a screening of the 'The Janes"; Winner of the Best Documentary at the 44th Annual Documentary Emmy Awards, Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRbquE2BAkQ The event series is FREE and open to the public; however, advance registration is […]

Free

Conflict Resolution in the Workplace

Best Western Plus 375 Main Street, Waterville, ME

  The Nature of Conflict: Conflict Resolution in the Workplace. Terri Swanson of Swanson Counseling & Associates, LLC, will discuss conflicts in organizations, recognizing that conflict in and of itself is not a bad thing. It is the diversity which people bring to the situation that affects the outcome. Located at the Best Western Plus […]

$23 – $29
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Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market

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

Come and visit today from 2-6 ! We're back! The outdoor market is re-opened at Head of Falls. Time to enjoy some fresh air and fresh produce. The veggie selection at the Market is 'hot stuff' - get it before it's gone! Stock up on the best of the season's produce, cheese, bread, meats, and […]

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After School Art Club

Ticonic Classroom, Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine

Kids ages 8-12 take a deep dive into art in these exciting and engaging after school art sessions. Young makers and creators will learn about clay, 3D printing, and more! Every Thursday, October 12–December 7, except Thanksgiving. We follow the Waterville Public Schools’ weather cancellation policy. October 12 - Clay Looms, Part 1 October 19 - […]

$15

Symposium on Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village

Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Join the Colby College Museum of Art and its Lunder Institute for American Art for a two-day symposium organized in conjunction with the Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village exhibition. Exhibition collaborators, artists, curators, and scholars will gather for a series of panel discussions on Native American art, American art, and art of the American West. Topics […]

Free

November First Friday

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit Main Street in downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the arts, and come together as a community. This time, […]

Free

Songs From Here

Greene Block + Studios 18 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Songs From Here is an initiative fostering the creation of new vocal music in Maine through the commission of new works and building connections between Maine poets and composers. Founded by soprano Sarah Tuttle in 2020, Songs From Here is pleased to bring their 2023 fall program to Greene Block + Studios in Waterville Maine […]

Free

Holiday Fair

Pleasant Street United Methodist Church 61 Pleasant Street, Waterville, ME

Solar Bead and Cloud Experiments

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

Use solar beads to learn about the light from the sun and make a cloud to see how it effects sunlight. Do NISE Earth and Space experiments to discover the effects of a vacuum and how shadows are formed. Admission: $4 for adults, $1 for children.

$1 – $4

Metropolitan Opera Encore: Dead Man Walking

Maine Film Center 93 Main St., Waterville, ME

American composer Jake Heggie’s compelling masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, arrives in cinemas in a haunting new production by Ivo van Hove. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the high drama of its subject […]

$16 – $19

Old Time Toys

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

Take a trip through history and explore some of the popular games kids played a hundred years ago! Roll a hoop, play a proper Victorian game called Graces, try a ring toss, write on a slate board, and more. Make a craft to take home. Admission: $4 for adults, $1 for children.

$1 – $4

Chicken Pie Supper

Fairfield United Methodist Church 37 Skowhegan Rd., Fairfield, ME

Fairfield United Methodist Church Invites you to enjoy a Chicken Pie Supper for only $12 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Saturday, Nov 4, 2023

$12

A Night Out

Augusta Elks lodge 397 Civic Center Drive, Augusta, ME, United States

KENNEBEC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TO HOST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER AUGUSTA - Are you ready for A NIGHT OUT?  Kennebec Behavioral Health is hosting its annual fundraiser ‘A Night Out’ featuring a murder mystery show with Mystery 207 on Saturday, November 4th at 6:00 PM at the Augusta Elks Lodge. KBH invites the community to join KBH for […]

Colby Jazz Band: Subtlety and Swing

Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

Directed by Brendon Wilkins, the Colby Jazz Band’s debut concert in the Gordon Center will feature two renowned arrangers from the jazz Big Band tradition. “Just Waiting,” a beautiful ballad composed by Melba Liston, will show the finesse and subtlety possible in the Big Band genre. A timeless classic from the Count Basie Orchestra, “Whirlybird” […]

Free

My Thoughts Are Silent

Maine Film Center 93 Main St., Waterville, ME

Post-film discussion with Prof. Elena Monastireva-Ansdell, Associate Professor of Russian, Colby College. My Thoughts Are Silent, by twenty-seven-year-old Ukrainian filmmaker, Antonio Lukich, premiered at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival where it garnered the Special Jury Prize in the East of the West Program. Twenty-five-year-old Vadym (Andriy Lidahovskiy) is an aspiring musician and sound […]

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