A lecture in the “Presence of the Past Series” with Nathan Hensley, associate professor of English at Georgetown University. When Alice falls into Wonderland in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 classic, she wonders how anything in the world will ever feel normal again. In this lecture, Hensley draws on the experience of Alice and other 19th-century literary […]

Natasha Goldman presents the 2019 Berger Family Holocaust Lecture. East and West Germany worked through Holocaust memory in the form of public memorials, in different ways. While East Germany favored socialist realist public sculptures, some artists by the late 1950s, incorporated elements of the pre-war avant-garde in their work — but not without controversy. Meanwhile, […]

Come and learn how to construct, set up, and maintain a worm bin to compost kitchen vegetable waste in order to recycle it as plant food. Join Jock Robie as he discusses the harvesting of worm castings and vermin-compost for gardening and houseplants as well as “worm tea”! Each student will set up their own […]

The Mid-Maine Chamber Leadership Luncheon Series, sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross and Kennebec Savings Bank, brings to the stage business leaders from across the state to share their business ingenuity in an informal atmosphere. Dr. Deirdre Frey, founder of Vet at Your Door, will speak. A computer programmer-turned-veterinarian, Frey provides veterinary house call services in […]

Our community is deeply impacted by the lack of available treatment, overdose deaths, and families in crisis because of problematic drug use. Please join us to learn about new recommendations from the Maine Coalition for Sensible Drug Policy, and local opportunities to get involved, including Waterville Police Department’s Operation Hope. Speakers include: director of Opioid Response for the state […]

The reaction to this amazing concert film was so strong when we first showed it, we’re bringing it back for an encore screening! Honoring one of the world’s most revered artists, Joni Mitchell, on her 75th birthday, Joni 75 brings together an incredible array of singers and musicians for a celebration. Captured live, this special […]

The Mid-Maine Global Forum and Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine are proud to host a luncheon program featuring Indira Williams Babic, the director of photography and virtual resources at the Newseum in Washington D.C. Ms. Williams Babic will discuss the creation of the exhibit 40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World. The […]

Across References artist talk and Mapping the Self  interactive workshop, Friday March 1, 2019, University of Maine at Farmington Art Gallery. Talk: noon -1. Mapping the Self and erasing drawings, lift, turn, spin artwork! Break the conventions of sacredness of art objects and gallery spaces! Header image: Glaciology/Mount Katahdin. 51 in. x 8.5 feet. Charcoal […]

After a brief exploration of the museum, we will read a children’s book related to the month’s theme. Preschoolers, toddlers, and their grownups will then be invited to the Mirken Education Classroom to have a snack and create their own works of art. Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Colby Museum of Art. Contact:  Qianni Zhu, qianni.zhu@colby.edu

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Examine mammal skulls, teeth and claws to determine how they help each mammal. Learn how some skulls and their teeth are designed well for hunting, chewing wood or grazing. Count how many teeth a bear has and touch sharp bobcat teeth. Make a paper skull craft to take home. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for […]

Join Boston’s stellar jazz ensemble The Modernistics for a toe-tapping show of music and dance from the “Great American Songbook.” The group performs hits by Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, and other master tunesmiths, including high-energy numbers like “Sunny Side of the Street,” “Paper Moon,” “Top Hat,” “Crazy Rhythm,” and “It Don’t Mean A […]

(Rescheduled from Jan 19, 2019) Soprano Anna Netrebko joins the ranks of Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballé, and Renata Scotto, taking on — for the first time at the Met — the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on-and offstage passion. The soprano is joined by tenor Piotr Beczała […]

The Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs is hosting guest speaker Roger Schulman, President and CEO of Fund for Educational Excellence on March 4th for a 7 pm lecture in Roberts, Robins room on Colby campus. Mr. Schulman who has over 20 years of experience in urban education works closely with a wide variety of district, […]

Roughly the last three decades of British rule in South Asia produced a host of new scientific ways, such as serology and statistical analysis, for determining the identities of humans. British administrator-ethnographers, however, were no longer the primary users of these new scientific methods. Rather, South Asian scientists now enthusiastically embraced these techniques. Their objective […]

A documentary film by Antonia Grace Glenn with scholar commentary by Evelyn Nakano Glenn. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director and producer Glenn and scholarly commentator Evelyn Nakano Glenn, a sociologist who was Colby’s 2012 Kingsley Birge Lecturer. She has written extensively on the intersection of race, class, citizenship, and gender in […]

From pole to pole, human societies are increasingly having a notable and negative impact on their surrounding environment through land-use practices, degrading ecological communities with social and economic consequences that in turn harm communal well-being, but the answer to these challenges lies in a deep understanding of environmental processes and the careful observation of environmental […]

Betina Tagle, Assistant Professor of Cyber/CIS Security, and an University of Maine WiCyS Chapter student will be able to demonstrate and answer any questions on keeping yourself safe on the web. Limited seating to 25 computer stations.

Arisa White, assistant professor of English, is the author of Perfect on Accident, Black Pearl, Post Pardon, A Penny Saved, and her debut collection, Hurrah’s Nest, which was nominated for a 44th NAACP Image Award, the 82nd California Book Awards, and the 2013 Wheatley Book Awards. Her recent collection, You’re the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened, was nominated for the 29th […]

This six-week pottery class will teach students the basics of throwing clay on the wheel. The class will start with clay basics and expand to creating mugs, bowls, plates, and other objects based on student interest. Skills that will be developed include centering, shaping, trimming, handle making, and decoration and glazing. The instructor will work […]

Do you think the movement for women’s equality in movies is a recent development? How about a movie that clearly — and charmingly, and hilariously and wittily — argues casually for her absolute SUPERIORITY in a Hollywood romantic comedy from 1941? The Lady Eve is all that and more as the fantastic Barbara Stanwyck runs […]

The Bayside Trio is a bold voice in chamber music. Anastasia Antonacos (piano), Nicole Rabata (flute), and Benjamin Noyes (cello) are internationally acclaimed prizewinners and recitalists who have appeared throughout the Northeast and beyond. Location: Paul J. Schupf Wing, Colby College Museum of Art.