Take a guided tour of the museum’s Maine bird dioramas painted by Charles Hubbard. Learn to identify the birds in the dioramas and where they are found. See how Hubbard’s background paintings in the dioramas show us the birds common habitats. Make a small bird diorama. Admission: $4 for adults, $1 for children.

The 60th Annual Waterville Rotary Auction with hundreds of gifts, services and unique items will once again be held online through Bidding Owl. For more information about the online auction Saturday, November 25 through Friday, December 1, 2023, please see our website for details. Bidding opens on November 25. The Waterville Rotary Club hosts an […]

Saturday, November 25, 2023, is Small Business Saturday and what a great time to support our local small business owners. Shoppers are encouraged to think locally and shop locally. We are hoping your shopping experience will last into the early evening so that you can stay on Main Street and enjoy the Parade of Lights. This […]

Join us for a fun and educational tour of the museum’s Wabanaki basket collection, including fine examples of Penobscot and Passamaquoddy craftsmanship. Learn more about some of the natural materials and techniques for making the baskets. Admission: $4 for adults, $1 for children.

Please note that the parade lineup has been finalized and registration is closed. The 2023 Parade of Lights will be held November 25th at 6:00 p.m. Floats will assemble at Winslow High School, travel down Benton Ave, cross the bridge, travel up Main Street, and end at the Elm/College/Main St Crossing. A map will be […]

Recycled Shakespeare Company (RSC) will hold auditions for their upcoming play Richard III on Sunday, November 26, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at South Parish Congregational Church in Augusta and Monday, November 27, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Fairfield House of Pizza in Fairfield. Auditions will consist of individual and group cold readings, but you may […]

Recycled Shakespeare Company (RSC) will hold auditions for their upcoming play Richard III on Sunday, November 26, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at South Parish Congregational Church in Augusta and Monday, November 27, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Fairfield House of Pizza in Fairfield. Auditions will consist of individual and group cold readings, but you may […]

Join us for a ribbon cutting Wednesday, November 29 - 3 p.m. to celebrate with Dr. Brian Gillis on the opening of Dr. Gillis's Medical Weight Loss Management to be held at 8 Water Street, Oakland

Join us for the opening reception of the Holiday Bazaar in conjunction with downtown Waterville’s First Friday event. Enjoy cookies and refreshments and shop lovely handmade items created by Maine makers! This holiday season, Ticonic Gallery is transformed into a vibrant and festive marketplace filled with unique and distinctive gifts created by talented artists + […]

You are cordially invited to attend the formal ball of our very own winter princess and her friends. Come dressed in your best princess attire and enjoy snacks, dancing, singing lessons, royal arts and crafts, and get a chance to meet your favorite princes and princesses! ​Tickets are $15 per attendee, ages 2 and up. […]

Silent Film with Live Musical Accompaniment by Mark Tipton and Les Sorciers Perdus! Free and open to all. Presented in partnership with the Colby Museum of Art. One of the very last of the great films of the Silent Era will be brought to stunning life without the actual cold of the Klondike central to […]

Embrace the holiday spirit at the 6th annual Joy to the Ville community celebration! Join Waterville Creates, the Colby College Museum of Art, the Waterville Public Library, and the Children’s Discovery Museum, as we celebrate the magic of the season. Free dance classes, Kringleville, and a showing of the Grinch at the Maine Film Center […]

Fairfield United Methodist Church Christmas Craft Fair 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Saturday, Dec 2, 2023 Call Candy Lucore for details: 207-680-6118 Fair will include a silent auction and light food will be available.    

It’s one of Winslow’s most beloved holiday traditions! On Saturday, December 2, from 12 to 3 p.m., Winslow Congregational Church (12 Lithgow Street) will be offering over 400 incredibly yummy, ready-to-be-baked turkey pies for sale. The cost is $15 per pie (2 for $25), with all proceeds going to empower the Christian/humanitarian work of the […]

Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven […]

One of Maine’s most beloved and beautiful Christmas experiences returns! Enjoy and be enriched by the gorgeous, candlelit, a capella presentation of the 32nd annual edition of Carols in the Round concert by the Mt. View Chamber Singers. As the singers encircle the audience, you’ll be treated to timeless standards as well as lesser-known, but […]

Date: Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 7:30pm Organization: Waterville Opera House Venue: Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St, Waterville, ME This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra brings timeless classics like In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Pennsylvania 6-5000, String of Pearls, and Tuxedo Junction back to […]

Directed by Jinwook Park, our second orchestral concert of the season, Collaboration, features solo percussionist Hayoung Song performing Emmanuel Séjourné’s Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (2006), as well as an exciting first-time collaboration with Colby’s Performance, Theater, and Dance Department and the Portland Ballet for Claude Debussy’s dreamy tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon […]

In anticipation of the release of The Boy and the Heron, join us for trip through Studio Ghibli's finest films starting on December 4! Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – 12/4 Princess Mononoke – 12/5 Spirited Away – 12/6 Howl’s Moving Castle – 12/7 Each film screens for one day only. The 2:45 screenings […]

Vitaliia Tomakhiv is from Ukraine, and is currently working on her Master's Degree at the  University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs. She is focusing on Foreign Policy and Security. Vita was born in Ternopil, Ukraine and moved to Kyiv when she was 17, where she earned a  Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics and a Master’s […]