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.

Colby Wind Ensemble: Movements

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

The Colby Wind Ensemble starts the year with an exciting program under the baton of their new director, Brendon Wilkins. This concert will feature a variety of works from the wind band repertoire, including Mark Camphouse’s A Movement for Rosa, a moving work written to honor the contributions of Rosa Parks to the civil rights movement.

Free

The Manchurian Candidate

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

Sixty years later and just in time for Election Day, The Manchurian Candidate, now recognized as a classic, looks just as terrifying — in fact more so! The recently deceased Angela Lansbury received an Oscar nomination as the extreme right-wing mother of a Korean War officer who returns from the war with a medal of honor […]

Late Wonders: Wesley McNair in Waterville, ME

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

  Join longtime Godine author Wesley McNair for a reading from Late Wonders: New and Selected Poems. There will be a reception before the reading and a Q&A after the reading. Copies of Wesley McNair’s books will be for sale throughout the event, and a display of his books will be available for checkout. Refreshments provided […]

Free

Idiocracy

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

One screening only! Politics got you down? Well, it could be a lot worse. On Election Day we're showing 2006's Idiocracy, "easily the most potent political film of the year" (Reihan Salam, Slate). Despite having never benefitted from a wide release or big studio marketing budget, Mike Judge's follow-up to Office Space has earned its place as one […]

Central Maine Growth Council Annual Meeting

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

CMGC Annual Meeting   YOU'RE INVITED TO CMGC'S ANNUAL MEETING Recognizing Mid-Maine's Resiliency & 2022 Accomplishments November 9, 2022 | 5:30 - 7:00 pm Bricks Coworking & Innovation Space, Hathaway Creative Center, Waterville Featuring: Developer of the Year Award Emerging Leader Award A look at what's to come in 2023 In 2022, the mid-Maine region […]

Free

Hybrid Working Arrangements: How to Manage Employees and Productivity

Best Western Plus 375 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Join the Mid-Maine Chamber for an engaging presentation with David Ciullo, CEO/Owner of Career Management Associates, and Peter Lowe, attorney at Brann & Isaacson, as they present the new reality of hybrid working in the organization. In Post Pandemic times employees may either be back in the office, working a hybrid schedule or working entirely […]

$20 – $27

Ribbon Cutting

Waterville, ME

Join us for a ribbon cutting to celebrate a change of ownership to Ashley Ferris Thursday, November 10 at 3 p.m. Waterville Florist and Formal Wear 287 Main Street, Waterville

Free

Lecture: Oscar Santillán

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

Gather live in Ostrove Auditorium on the Colby College campus for a talk and Q&A with Oscar Santillán, who will present the 2022 Miles and Katharine Culbertson Prentice Distinguished Lecture virtually. The artist will speak about his practice and introduce the research and work that he will be doing at Colby College during the 2022–23 […]

Free

Closing Reception for Piecework

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

Join artist Maggie Libby for a closing reception for Piecework: Hathaway Stories + Storytellers, Ticonic Gallery’s final exhibition at our Hathaway space. In this exhibition, Libby documents the labor conditions and primarily female Franco-American workers’ stories at the Hathaway Shirt Company, the last shirt manufacturer in Maine. Libby’s artwork is inspired by Waterville native Margaret […]

Free

Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock

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

The Water Protectors at Standing Rock captured world attention through their peaceful resistance. While many may know the details, Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock captures the story of Native-led defiance that forever changed the fight for clean water, our environment and the future of our planet. The film is a collab­oration between Indigenous filmmakers, […]

Free
Recurring

The Sound of Music

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

Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Suggested by "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria Augusta Trapp Directed by Adam P. Blais Dates: November 11, 12, 18 at 7:30pm & November 13, 19, 20 at 2:00pm One of the most beloved musicals of all time! The […]

$27 – $29
Recurring

The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship

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

In preparation for our relocation to the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville, we're announcing the final film series at our Railroad Square Cinema location, “The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship.” Running Nov. 12-23, the film series includes several fan favorites, important milestones in cinema history, and interactive screenings. The series is named […]

New Beginnings

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

Néviton Barros, the new director of the Colby Choral programs, will lead the Colby Kennebec Choral Society, the Colby College Chorale, and Colby Collegium in a joyous, one-hour concert of songs about beginnings. The program includes works by Handel, Haydn, and Berlioz, among others, and culminates with John Leavitt’s stirring Missa Festiva.

Free

What’s Cooking

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

Maine Film Center and Colby Center for Arts and Humanities present: Cinema in Conversation: FOOD FOR THOUGHT Programmed and sponsored by Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities Co-sponsored by the Oak Institute for Human Rights and the Colby College Departments of Cinema Studies, Spanish, and Religious Studies. Post-film discussion with Bowdoin Assistant Professor of […]

Free

Better Maine Conference: Building Inclusive Workplaces

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

Dirigo Labs and the Skowhegan Center for Entrepreneurship announce the Better Maine Conference: Building Inclusive Workplaces, a conference dedicated to educating, having conversations on, and taking actionable steps towards diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible (DEIA) workplaces. Building Inclusive Workplaces is the first in a series of yearly conferences hosted by Dirigo Labs dedicated to DEIA […]

$25

Two Cent Talks: A Reading with Morgan Talty & Michelle Menting

Greene Block + Studios 18 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Morgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation where he grew up. He is the author of the story collection Night of the Living Rez from Tin House Books, and his work has appeared in Granta, The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, TriQuarterly, Narrative Magazine, LitHub, and elsewhere. A winner of the 2021 Narrative Prize, […]

Free

Business After Hours

Central Maine Chrysler Dodge 300 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville, ME

Business After Hours: A great place to network and market your business. After Hours is hosted, or co-hosted, by chamber members in our region and is one of many benefits we offer our chamber members. Hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, and other beverages are available, or you could win the 50/50 raffle and fabulous door prizes […]

Free

Art&: A Conversation with Sarah Cain

Online Event ME

Join us for a virtual program featuring the artist Sarah Cain in conversation with Beth Finch, the curator of hand in hand, Cain’s current exhibition in the William D. Adams Gallery. They will discuss how Cain realized this extraordinary painting installation, her inspirations for it, and the interplay between her studio practice and site-responsive projects. A […]

Free

Is The Era of Big Government Over Or Is It Just beginning?

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

Please join us for a lively conversation addressing the pressing question: Is The Era of Big Government Over, Or Is It Just Beginning? Over the past three years, Americans have witnessed a profound change in the size and scope of government not seen in decades: public-health mandates, direct cash payments to individuals, growing divisions between […]

Free

Ribbon Cutting

Lockwood Hotel 9 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Join us for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of two-way traffic in Downtown Waterville.

Free
Recurring

Colby Dance Company: Break, Burn, Build 2022

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

Friday, November 18, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 2 p.m. Student dancers perform in a mixed repertory concert featuring new works directed by faculty, students, and guest artists Megan Mazarick and the Maine Arts Academy. Stay for a reception following Friday's performance, and engage the artists involved through a post-show talk […]

Free

Elm City Small Press Fest

Greene Block + Studios 18 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Elm City Small Press Fest is a community event that focuses on independent publishing in the Maine region and is back for its second year! During this free event, shop zines, independent publications, and art prints, or participate in workshop programming. LEARN MORE

Free

La Traviata

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

Met Opera Live in HD: La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi! Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta—one of opera’s ultimate heroines—in Michael Mayer’s vibrant production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy. Tenor Stephen Costello is her self-centered lover, Alfredo, alongside baritone Luca Salsi as his disapproving father, and Maestro Daniele Callegari on the podium. TICKETS […]

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