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 Metropolitan Opera: Così Fan Tutte

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

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A winning cast comes together for Phelim McDermott’s clever vision of Mozart’s comedy about the sexes, set in a carnivalesque, fun house environment inspired by 1950s Coney Island — complete with bearded ladies, fire eaters, and a Ferris wheel. Manipulating the action are the Don Alfonso of Christopher Maltman and […]

$15 – $20

Go Birding!

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

It’s National Go Birding Day! Birding is something that we can do all year round but it is important to know how to identify and listen for birds! So, join us on a little walking adventure to see what birds we can find. We will teach you how to identify some birds and how to […]

$1 – $3

REM Community Volunteer Awards

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

The community is invited to join in the fun and honor with their attendance the community nonprofit organizations and exemplary volunteers which directly and powerfully affect our quality of life. A Power Point presentation will be projected larger than life on the Waterville Opera House screen providing a rare opportunity for the community to get […]

Free

Colby Collegium: “I Am Already Big”

Lorimer Chapel, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Directed by Eric Christopher Perry, the Colby Collegium will present a survey of the unique origins of choral music. Juxtaposed with audio samples of each composer’s final works, we aim to show where the journey begins and ends. Works include Bach’s first church cantata, BWV 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden, and Christoph Graupner’s 1709 cantata […]

Free

Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle

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

Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich Designer: Simon Virsaladze Lighting Designer: Mikhail Sokolov The epitome of Romantic ballet, this heart-rending tale of unrequited love, remorse, and forgiveness perfectly fuses music, movement, and drama. The role of Giselle requires an exquisite stylist with daring dramatic and technical skills, creating a compelling portrait of the innocent, yet ultimately noble, village […]

$13 – $15

Community Clean Up Sunday

Castonguay Square Common Street, Waterville

Sponsored by Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Team. Meet in Castonguay Square. Join us to collect litter around the downtown area. Garbage bags & disposable rubber gloves will be provided.

Free

Between the Lines: Much Ado About Nothing

ACAT is pleased to announce Between the Lines, a new play reading series presented in partnership with the Waterville Public Library and Waterville Creates! The play reading series complements ACAT’s main series of staged productions. The inaugural season of Between the Lines consists of staged readings of four significant plays, the last of which is […]

Free

2018 Morton A. Brody Award for Distinguished Judicial Service

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

The biennial Brody Award for 2018 will be presented to Judge Anita Brody, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991, Judge Brody, who is not related to the award's namesake, is best known for presiding over the lawsuits and settlements relating to concussions […]

Free

Teen Maker Monday: Peep Dioramas

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens every Monday at 3:00 p.m. and make something new. We’ll provide the supplies; you bring the creativity! On Monday, April 23, recreate your favorite scenes from fiction using Peeps! We'll provide the Peeps and art supplies, but please bring a shoebox if possible. This event is free, […]

Free

Crafternoons: Tissue Paper Flowers

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Looking for a way to brighten up your child’s day? Bring him or her on down to the Library anytime between 2:30 and 4:00 every Tuesday to participate in a fun craft! Children under 7 must be accompanied by a grown-up helper. This week: Tissue Paper Flowers!

Free

Come Read with the Reader Dogs!

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Our therapy dog friends from Kennebec Valley Love on a Leash will be in this afternoon for read-aloud time! Great for kids who want to practice their reading skills and for families who want a fun, calming read-aloud opportunity. Spend 15 minutes with a dog who loves to listen! Bring your own favorite book, or […]

Free

Community Discussion with Philadelphia’s Monument Lab

Given Auditorium, Bixler Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Taking civic dialogue and imagination as forces for social change, Philadelphia’s Monument Lab asks the question, “What is an appropriate monument for our city?” Monument Lab, along with Colby faculty and students, will facilitate a community conversation on the role of public art. This event is part of the “Space for Conversation” series — discussions […]

Free

Reading Comics and Graphic Literature in a Time of Environmental Crisis

Fairchild Dining Room, Dana Hall, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

What role can comics and other forms of literary-visual art play in our conversations about the environment? This talk by Thomas Doran, assistant professor, Rhode Island School of Design, explores how comics-art functions as a unique medium for telling stories about how humans and other animals relate to their environments, focusing especially on the form’s […]

Free

Teen Anime & Art Club: Beast King GoLion

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Discover a different anime every month and practice your drawing skills with friends at the Waterville Public Library's Teen Anime & Art Club! These events are free, and open to attendees ages 11-18. Cos-play is welcome, but not required. This month's anime is Beast King GoLion: "Thousands of years ago, GoLion was an arrogant robot […]

Free

Writer’s Workshop

Oakland Public Library 18 Church St., Oakland, Maine

Will Bonsall, author, and well known gardening expert and seed curator will speak about developing writing skills aimed for people who want to write journals, diaries, reflective writing, letters to editors/ friends and articles for publishing.

Free

Poetry Workshop: When Money Talks, Nobody Walks

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Poetry workshop with Kate Marvin, visiting professor in creative writing at Colby College. Advanced registration required. Click for details.

Free

Teen Movie Night: Wreck-It-Ralph

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join us in the Bartlett Room for Teens at 4:00 p.m. every Thursday for a screening of a popular movie! The movie changes every week. This week, we’ll be showing Wreck-It-Ralph (PG). This event is free and is open to attendees ages 11-18. Light refreshments will be provided. Location: Bartlett Room for Teens. More Information […]

Free

Mid-Maine Chamber 55th Annual Awards Ceremony

Carter Hall, Kennebec Valley Community College 92 Western Avenue, Fairfield, ME

  Look at this Rising Star! One of Waterville's young professionals is being recognized for his leadership and hard work. Celebrate with Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce as it distinguishes those people and businesses who deserve it the most.   Email Kelly Smith to register   April 26 5:00 PM Kennebec Valley Community College Carter Hall […]

$55

Artist Talk with Cassie Jones and Will Sears

Common Street Arts 10 Water Street, Suite 106, Waterville, ME

Cassie Jones and Will Sears discuss the process and inspiration for their new work on view in Side by Side at Common Street Arts. This conversation will help you explore the creative minds and the processes of Jones and Sears. Learn more about how each artist employs distinct methods to investigate color and form through […]

Free

Activism at Colby: Panel with Alumni

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

Join the Oak Student Committee in dialogue with alumni as they share their experiences with activism on Colby’s campus and beyond. Alumni in attendance will include Muheb Esmat ’16, Tionna Haynes ’15, Eric Mehnert ’82, and Charles Terrell ’70.

Free

Israel and the New American Jewish Novel

Room 122, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Since its founding in 1948, Israel has played an important role in the Jewish-American imagination. But the Jewish state has come to mean very different things to different segments of the American-Jewish community. Perhaps not surprisingly, many 20th-century Jewish-American writers steered clear of the topic, focusing instead on the Holocaust or on Jewish life in […]

Free

Danika and the Jeb

Common Street Arts 10 Water Street, Suite 106, Waterville, ME

Following the Artist Talk with Cassie Jones and Will Sears at Common Street Arts on Thursday night, there will be a wonderful free music performance by the passionate and talented Danika Holmes! Danika + the Jeb are known for being a dynamic, uplifting, and fun band that creates powerful music through soulful writing and elegant […]

Free

Quicksand: A Dance Concert

Strider Theater, Runnals Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Live performance is ephemeral. Sometimes we slip into it and sometimes it drips through our grasp; we experience its impact more palpably than we can recreate individual moments. This evening of new work highlights that ephemeral process of meaning-making as performers, audience members, and student choreographers together negotiate performances of passing realities. The performance features […]

Free

Girls ROCK! Central Maine Conference

Page Commons, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Girls Rock! Conferences are planned BY girls FOR girls. The high school girls on the Girls Advisory Board choose topics for the conference that are relevant to them AND YOU! They are the speakers and the workshop facilitators. In fact, they design the workshops! It’s a fun filled day of learning, sharing, growing and some […]

$20 – $25

Noontime Art Talk: What a Game!

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

Join Bill Lagerstrom, museum docent and former professional sports photographer, and Robert P. Hernandez, freelance illustrator and high school baseball coach, in discussing the current exhibition Game Time: The Sports Photography of Walter Iooss, which will remain on view through June 24, 2018.

Free
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