Make your own creative masks in the museum’s Mirken Education Classroom. This free event is open to all ages; reservations are not required.

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: Aida This performance is an encore HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. Running time: 3 hours, 36 minutes (2 intermissions) In what should be a highlight of the new season, soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met Aida, going toe-to-toe with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as Amneris. Later in the season, […]

When some of our favorite summer birds vanish for the cold months, where have they gone? And how do they find their way? From the Arctic Tern, which flies tens of thousands of miles to the Antarctic, to the spectacle of hawk migration, when thousands of hawks band together — learn about one of the […]

Try your hand at paper quilling- the art of rolling, folding, looping, overlapping, curling, and otherwise manipulating paper into a unique design. Come create a unique portrait! Click for more info and to register.

As part of Homecoming & Family Weekend, join us to celebrate Thomas College's 125th Anniversary! At 3:30, alumni, students, families, faculty, staff, and friends are invited to hear remarks from President Laurie Lachance M.B.A. '92, Trustee Kelley Shimansky '89, and student Katie Taylor '19, as well as emcee and Senior VP of Advancement Bob Moore […]

Bring a friend. Share a meal with a friend. Buy a ticket for a friend. Make a new friend! Along with savory and sweet crepes and salads, coffee, tea, and cider will be provided; feel free to bring wine for your table. Live and varied Music! Tckets are $20/$5 for kids under 12. You can […]

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: King Lear This performance is an HD broadcast from London. By: William Shakespeare Broadcast from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of King Lear. Chichester Festival Theatre’s production received five-star reviews for its sell-out run, and transfers to the West End for a limited season. Jonathan Munby directs this […]

Join Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce and KV Connect at Amici’s Cucina as Linda Greenlaw takes center stage. Linda is a best-selling author of books with maritime themes and the only female swordfishing boat captain on the East Coast of the United States. She was featured in the 1997 book The Perfect Storm and the 2000 […]

Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, PFLAG meets the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 PM at the Pleasant Street Methodist Church in the Dunn Parlor on the 2nd floor. All those interested in promoting the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their […]

Join us to learn about Fascinating Fossils! We will talk about how fossils form, the scale of geological time, and what we can learn about the prehistoric world from the fossil record! Plus, everyone should know about the Maine State Fossil, Pertica quadrifaria! Make a fossil craft to take home. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 […]

A lecture and film screening with Barbara Bertolani, who studies the role of ethnic and kin-networks of first-generation South Asians in the processes of migration and economic integration in Italy. In her talk about the Punjabi Sikh youth in Italy, Bertolani will focus on issues of gender equality, castes, and arranged marriages. She will also screen her […]

Come share your ideas about what the Square is today and what it could be! Click for more info.

The Colby Museum is pleased to welcome artist, curator, and educator Jaune Quick-to-See Smith to deliver the 2018 Miles and Katharine Culbertson Prentice Lecture. One of the most acclaimed Native American artists working today, Smith considers herself a cultural art worker, underscoring her social activism and her commitment to the preservation of Native American culture. […]

In the era of ISIS,  a group young people started Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), a non-partisan, independent organization that exposes and fights the atrocities committed by the Bashar Al-Assad regime and ISIS in Syria in a peaceful way. Abdalaziz Alhamza, an award-winning Syrian journalist, human rights defender, activist, IT trainer, and founder of […]

We are now in a full-blown trade war. Unilateral actions by the Trump Administration targeting steel and aluminum imports even hit political allies; ever-escalating tariffs on imports from China were quickly followed by retaliatory actions targeting politically sensitive sectors and goods. What will be the economic and political fallout of these actions? Will they help […]

All are invited to a Celebrate Sarah! Event on Thursday, October 18, 2018, 4p-6p at the Waterville Public Library. After serving as the transformative and inspirational director of the Waterville Public Library since 2005, Sarah Sugden will be leaving Waterville at the end of October. Sarah is moving on to new challenges and opportunities in […]

With winter's impending visit on Thursday, the dual-chamber Business After Hours scheduled to be held October 18th at Thomas College outside under the big white tent has been canceled due to the cold weather. Join the Mid-Maine Chamber each month at our Business After Hours Events! These events are a great opportunity to mix and […]

Maine’s connection to the famous Underground Railroad that helped free runaway slaves in the mid-1800s does not begin and end with Harriet Beecher Stowe. Indeed, people from Kittery to Ft. Fairfield, including Waterville-Winslow, Augusta, China and Vassalboro, conspired to break the law — the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 — forming a network of “safe […]

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area is pleased to announce that we will offer a Survivors of Suicide Support Group starting October 18th at the Hospice Community Center 304 Main Street in Waterville.  Meetings will be on Thursday evenings and will be held from 6:00-7:30pm.  This support is for anyone who has lost a loved one […]

Masha Gessen is a journalist and the author of many books, including Perfect Rigor, Blood Matters, Ester and Ruzya, Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot, The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy. Her most recent book, Where the Jews Aren’t, tells the story of an area once declared a Jewish homeland. […]

Seth Singleton is Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Libra Professor of International Relations at the University of Maine. He won the American Political Science Association prize for best dissertation in International Relations while at Yale University and has held grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Council on Soviet and East European Research, the […]

PK WTVL volume 29 will take place on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the Waterville Opera House. PechaKucha Night Waterville is a creative networking event centered on storytelling in 20x20 (20 slides with 20 seconds per slide).  Every event is well attended and provides its own distinctive journey.

Home Movie Day is an annual event created by the Center for Home Movies. Each October, HMD is hosted by organizers all over the world! We are lucky enough to be able to have one right here in Waterville. If you have home movies on film that you’ve never seen, or haven’t watched since you […]

Mixed media and fiber artist Susan Mills will guide you through the process of wet felting using merino wool, soapy water, and a palm sander. Make your own handbag, vessel, or wall hanging. Click for more info.