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WICKED LITTLE LETTERS
Maine Film Center 93 Main St., Waterville, MERuntime: 1 hour 42 minutes MPA Rating: R Organization: Maine Film Center Venue: Maine Film Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. Fiery Rose Gooding (the wonderful, Oscar-nominated Jessie Buckley) has little in common with the pious Edith Swan (Oscar-winner Olivia Colman) aside from them being neighbors in the seaside […]
Waterville Indoor Farmers’ Market
Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, METhe Downtown Waterville Farmers Market offers a wide range of locally produced items. From steak and potatoes to milk and cookies, from bacon and eggs to bread and cheese, the market members will surprise you with the wide range of locally produced items they offer. The winter market takes place every Thursday, except December 21, […]
Popovich Comedy Pet Theater
Waterville Opera House 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United StatesThe World Famous Popovich Comedy Pet Theater is a family-oriented blend of the unique comedy and juggling skills of Gregory Popovich, and the talents of his furry costars. There are more than 30 pets in the show, each one has been rescued from animal shelters and given a new leash on life! They love to […]
UKRAINIAN MUSIC AND POETRY: TRANSCENDING THE ANGUISH OF WAR
Date: Thursday, April 11 Time: 7–9:30pm Venue: Lorimer Chapel, Colby College, 4000 Mayflower Hill Drive Organization: Colby College Please join us for Dr. Taras Filenko’s lecture-recital, including piano performance, poetry, commentary, witness testimony, and projected images. Reception will follow. This event is sponsored by the Center for the Arts and Humanities, Cultural Events Committee, Goldfarb Center, Global Studies, Music, […]
KAMALA SANKARAM AND BRIAN SHANKAR ADLER, CRESCENT AND OTHER NEW WORKS
Date: Friday, April 12 Time: 12pm Organization: Colby College Location: Colby College Museum of Art This concert will present Crescent, a sonic exploration of global temperature data, microplastics, and the other impacts of catastrophic climate change. The program is rounded out with music inspired by philosophical explorations of the human condition as well as music from Sankaram and Shankar’s […]
Serious Play
Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, WatervillePerformance invites audiences in like poetry, offering evocative imagery that summons your experience, your response, and your reading rather than telling a single, linear story. The evening includes new choreographic work and highlights the work of students in TD258, “Improvisational Practice in Performance,” performing never-before-seen, never-before-conceived improvised work that operates at the intersections of performance […]
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Maine Film Center 93 Main St., Waterville, MESam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play. 1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, […]
Serious Play
Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, WatervillePerformance invites audiences in like poetry, offering evocative imagery that summons your experience, your response, and your reading rather than telling a single, linear story. The evening includes new choreographic work and highlights the work of students in TD258, “Improvisational Practice in Performance,” performing never-before-seen, never-before-conceived improvised work that operates at the intersections of performance […]
Uptown Nostalgia
Waterville Historical Society - Redington Museum 62 Silver Street, Waterville, MEUptown Nostalgia: Relive 1950s & '60s Main Street, Waterville memories Are you ready to head uptown for some nostalgia? Or did you call it downtown? The much anticipated follow up to our full house history talk, Roland Hallee returns as our guest speaker, to guide us on a journey of growing up in Waterville in […]
Talent Show
Children's Discovery Museum 7 Eustis Parkway, Waterville, ME, United StatesOur first talent show for kids, by kids! Come see some amazing acts of talent on The Stage at CDM! Appropriate for an all-ages audience, it's sure to be a blast! Auditions April 6 from 1:00 PM -3:00 PM. Show is April 13 at 3:00 PM ***Click for more info***
Colby Jazz Band: New School
Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, WatervilleThe Colby Jazz Band features the works of living composers with this varied selection of compositions. “Point, Counterpoint” by Ellen Rowe is a straight-ahead swing chart that showcases the interactive nature of Big Band jazz. Brett Zvacek’s composition Ocho Ocho is an energetic mambo that connects this style of Cuban dance music with jazz. Admission […]
Lord of the Rings Marathon
Maine Film Center 93 Main St., Waterville, MEEnjoy the extended editions of the genre-defining The Lord of the Rings trilogy with our all-day marathon! Featuring more than two additional hours of extra footage across the three films, the vast majority of fans agree that the extended editions are the best (and only) way to watch The Lord of the Rings. Relive the […]
TOGETHER: MODEL PLACES + INSPIRING FACES
Date: Monday, April 15, 1-4pm Organization: Studio B + Waterville Creates Venue: Paul J Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine Free and open to all. Join us for an afternoon of sharing, reflection, and inspiration using the art, stories, and partners behind the Together project as a point of departure for two programs. A half-hour reception including music […]
From Kabul to Portland: A Tale of Resilience and Hope in Afghanistan and Beyond
Page Commons, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEMasooda Habibzai, a dedicated Pashto, Dari/Farsi Family & Community Specialist, lives in Portland. Masooda's journey is one of resilience and determination. As the eldest daughter of eight children, Masooda was born and raised in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. She attended Lacey Maryam, where she completed her high school education. At seventeen, she got engaged, and […]
Waterville Indoor Farmers’ Market
Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, METhe Downtown Waterville Farmers Market offers a wide range of locally produced items. From steak and potatoes to milk and cookies, from bacon and eggs to bread and cheese, the market members will surprise you with the wide range of locally produced items they offer. The winter market takes place every Thursday, except December 21, […]
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
Maine Film Center 93 Main St., Waterville, MEFrom the director of Oscar-nominee Ernest & Celestine, The Big Bad Fox is a three-part tale that will have you howling! A pig takes over a stork’s duties, hopping planes, trains, and automobiles to make a delivery. A fox strives to be seen as big and bad instead of sweet and silly. And a bird […]
SASQUATCH SUNSET
Maine Film Center 93 Main St., Waterville, MEDate: Opening April 19 Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes MPA Rating: R Organization: Maine Film Center Venue: Maine Film Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. Who would have guessed that a wacky, almost indescribable film about a talking colony of Sasquatches would be the toast of this year’s Sundance Film […]
HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS
Date: Opening April 19 Running Time: 1 hour 47 minutes MPA Rating: R Organization: Maine Film Center Venue: Maine Film Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. Dita, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters–Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious […]
TOGETHER: ARTS, SMARTS, + HEARTS – ANIMATING MAIN STREET + BEYOND
Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United StatesDate: Friday, April 19, 3-6pm Orgnaizations: Studio B + Waterville Creates Venue: Paul J Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine Free and open to all. Come together for a community conversation and short performance. Enjoy light refreshments as we consider questions of art, collaboration, and identity. What role do the arts play in making the Waterville […]
Wild Church Weekend
Choosing mission over maintenance, First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Waterville, is finding vitality through selling the building to focus on the church beyond walls. We have a heart for creation care and the community, so we are inviting people of all faith traditions and no tradition to celebrate Earth Day with a weekend […]
Wild Church Weekend
Choosing mission over maintenance, First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Waterville, is finding vitality through selling the building to focus on the church beyond walls. We have a heart for creation care and the community, so we are inviting people of all faith traditions and no tradition to celebrate Earth Day with a weekend […]
Bard’s Birthday Bash
Downtown Waterville Main Street at Common Street, Waterville, MEParty Like It's 1599! What ho! Come party with Recycled Shakespeare Company for 460th birthday of the great bard William Shakespeare on Waterville, on Saturday, April 20, with the 11th annual Bard's Birthday Bash. Weather permitting join costumed readers and revelers to begin the Sonnet Stroll on Main Street at the corner by Key Bank […]