REMnet
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.
THIS IS A LIVE BROADCAST FROM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE IN NEW YORK CITY. Written by: Philip Glass Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 30 minutes (2 intermissions) Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo headlines American composer Philip Glass’s transcendent contemporary creation, with Karen Kamensek conducting. Phelim McDermott’s stunning production employs a virtuosic company of acrobats and jugglers […]
Join us for a fun and educational tour of the museum’s basket collection, including fine examples of Penobscot and Passamaquoddy craftsmanship. Learn more about some of the natural materials and ingenious techniques involved. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.
Join us for an afternoon at Common Street Arts exploring the art of glazing ceramics! Instructor Yvonne Brown will lead the group through the glazing process, giving participants tips and ideas to decorate a cool and unique ceramic mug. Participants may also purchase additional mugs, bowls or vases to glaze during the class. We will […]
A Harvest Buffet will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 5 to 6p.m. at the Waterville First Congregational Church UCC. The menu will feature homemade baked beans, casseroles, salads, bread, beverages and apple crisp or gingerbread for dessert. Adults will be charged $9 Children 4- 12 will be charged $4 Children under 4 are […]
POSTPONED FROM NOVEMBER 2, DUE TO WEATHER!
Colby’s own Eric Thomas takes center stage as both composer and clarinet soloist in his Threnody for Ann Arceneaux for solo clarinet and viola, featuring Boston University viola faculty member Hye Min Choi. Thomas and Choi will have further opportunity to shine in Max Bruch’s Concerto for Viola and Clarinet. The concert will conclude with […]
Sunday, November 24 at 12:00 p.m. Monday, November 25 at 6:00 p.m. Written by Christopher M. Walsh Directed by Debra Susi Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Setting: London, circa 1881 Seeking: 4 Females / 5 Males Miss Holmes – The story’s Protagonist (25-40) Dr. Dorothy Watson – The Protagonist sidekick and […]
This broadcast was rescheduled from November 9. Anthony Minghella’s vividly cinematic staging returns to cinemas, featuring soprano Hui He in the devastating title role in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts one of opera’s most beautiful and heartbreaking scores, with a cast that also includes tenor Piero Pretti as Pinkerton, baritone Paulo Szot […]
This talk by Samia Rahimtoola of Bowdoin College reads Dawn Lundy Martin’s Discipline (2011) and Ed Roberson’s City Eclogue (2006) in order to uncover the social and environmental forms of relation that appear under conditions of racialized gentrification. Both books refuse easy narratives of individual overcoming, bodily cure, and environmental repair, instead proposing a catalogue […]
Downtown Waterville’s annual holiday parade held the evening after Thanksgiving has drawn thousands of families to Main Street for many years and serves as a fun and festive kickoff to the holiday season. What better time of the year to get together and show our community spirit and support for one another! The Children’s Discovery […]
Fiddle virtuosos Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy are hitting the road again to bring back their popular concert series, A Celtic Family Christmas. One of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia’s most important exports and a superstar in the Celtic music world (though she’s far too humble to admit it), fiddler and step-dancer Natalie MacMaster has built […]
Drop by the Art + Cart for activities kids and their caregivers can use in the galleries, as well as materials to touch, books to read, sketching materials, and resources to take home. Recommended for ages 3+ and their caregivers. For questions, please contact Abby Newkirk.
Shop local all while having some fun. A group of small businesses in the Central Maine area have come together to offer you some great discounts on Small Business Saturday. In addition, you can play a scavenger hunt bingo card for your chance to win a $100 Chamber of Commerce gift certificate! The bingo cards […]
Dasher: How A Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever is a brand new book from Matt Tavares, destined to become a Christmas classic. Matt will read the story, draw for the group, and sign books. Copies of Dasher will be available for purchase. FOR MORE INFORMATION
Look at mammals and their skulls and teeth to learn how they are adapted to eat different foods. Look at their hoofs and feet to learn about how they are adapted to help mammals. Make a mammal craft to take home and a track game. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.
The Mount View Chamber Singers is a group of 20 high school students from Mount View High School in Thorndike, Maine, USA. They have traveled around the world sharing their gift of music. Each year between Thanksgiving and Christmas for the past 28 years, they have travelled around Central and Eastern Maine and New Brunswick […]
Paula Poundstone is a humorist, author and comedian known for her clever, observational humor and spontaneous wit. When she isn’t collecting hotel soaps while on tour or panel-ing on NPR’s #1 show, Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!, Paula hosts the popular Maximum Fun podcast, Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone. Nobody is a comedy field guide to […]
WATERVILLE, ME – NOVEMBER 14, 2019 – The “Great Jazz for a Great Cause” benefit concert/Open House will be held on Sunday, December 1, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Grand Central Café, 10 Railroad Square, Waterville, to raise funds for Waterville resident Jen Hickey, who is experiencing financial hardship due to treatment for breast […]
Dale Kocevski, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, focuses his research on the study of distant galaxies that host actively accreting supermassive black holes, otherwise known as active galactic nuclei (AGN). There is mounting evidence that the evolution of galaxies is closely linked to the growth of their central black holes, but how this connection […]
Figure drawing at Common Street Arts is back! Beginning on Tuesday, December 3, seasoned and aspiring artists are invited to participate in this figure drawing program hosted by CSA. This program provides a unique opportunity for emerging and established artists to hone their drawing skills in a supportive environment. Participants bring their media of choice: […]
The Colby Pottery will have tables of student pots very reasonably priced, and all of the proceeds will go to the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter. There will also be a sale of fine pottery made by students and staff. In case of questions, email Campus Life.
"Handbuilding" is a process that manipulates clay by hand using only simple tools as opposed to the pottery wheel. In this three-week workshop, students will fire and glaze the coil mug works they create. No experience is necessary. Class starts December 4. The cost is $95. Registration is required. FOR MORE INFORMATION
“One of the many remarkable things about Charlie Chaplin is that his films continue to hold up, to attract and delight audiences” —Roger Ebert And why shouldn’t they? Though rooted in the Industrial rather than the Digital Age, Chaplin’s satire of the anti-human wages of mechanization is equally relevant today—to say nothing of just plain […]
The only constant is change, but winter stoke is eternal. After seven decades of celebrating skiing and snowboarding, Warren Miller Entertainment can confirm that nothing compares to the anticipation of another season. Come kickoff the season with WME’s 2019 film, Warren Miller’s 70th film, Timeless, presented by Volkswagen, and travel with new and veteran athletes […]
Business Breakfast Series Doing Business in a Digital World Andrew Silsby, president and CEO of Kennebec Savings Bank, will discuss the importance of building and maintaining customer service in a digital world.