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.

Central Maine Growth Council Annual Meeting

Online Event ME

In 2021, the mid-Maine region welcomed new businesses, deployed new programs and COVID-19 related assistance, watched construction projects progress, cheered on entrepreneurs and engaged in conversation about their communities’ futures. Let’s recognize this year’s accomplishments, while preparing the local and regional economy for 2022. Featuring: Developer of the Year Emerging Leader Award A look at […]

Free

Godzilla

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

Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira) is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It’s also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, became a beloved international […]

Maine Voices Live Waterville with Richard Russo

Online Event ME

Richard Russo is the author of eight novels, most recently Chances Are…,  Everybody’s Fool and That Old Cape Magic; two collections of stories; and the memoir Elsewhere. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which like Nobody’s Fool was adapted to film, in a multiple-award-winning HBO miniseries; in 2016 he was given the Indie Champion Award by the American Booksellers Association; and in 2017 […]

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The Voltage Effect

Online Event ME

In his new book The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale (to be released February 1, 2022), behavioral economist and University of Chicago professor John List reveals why every idea’s greatest opportunity—and challenge—lies in it’s potential to go from small to big. What is it about some ideas that […]

Free

Free Speech Protections on Campus

Room 122, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Join us for a thoughtful talk with one of the nation’s top First Amendment litigators on free speech issues ranging from protest rights, Black student activism on campuses, and​the recent string of state classroom censorship bills. The event will be an open Q&A session where Colby students will have the opportunity to ask Mr. Sykes […]

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Clue

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

Clue November 12, 13, 19, 20 at 7:30pm November 14, 21 at 2:00pm Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn Written by Sandy Rustin Produced through special arrangement with Playscripts Inc. Sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank, GHM Insurance, & OPA Directed by Debra Susi It's a dark and stormy night, and you've been invited to […]

$24 – $26

Explore Earth and Space

L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, ME

Explore earth and space with NISE Activity Kits and games. Learn about the James Webb telescope and send up a stomp rocket.

Sgraffito

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

Sgraffito is an ancient form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a layer of contrasting color. In this hands-on and playful class, ceramic artist Tim Christensen will guide you through expressing yourself through etching on clay. For ages 12 and up. No experience is necessary. Cost: $37 for adults, $27 for […]

$27 – $37

All Light, Everywhere

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

The Maine Film Center will conclude its fall series Cinema in Conversation: Films of Freedom, Captivity, and Human Rights with a special screening of the documentary All Light, Everywhere, followed by a Q&A with producer Jonna McKone. The film is free and open to the public. Jonna McKone, originally from Maryland, graduated from Bowdoin College. […]

Free

Does Free Speech Give Us Better Science?

Online Event ME

Prof. Aaron Hanlon Prof. Christel Kesler Prof. Dasan Thamattor Conventional wisdom holds that science flourishes in a free, open society with robust free speech norms. But as misinformation spreads during a global pandemic, costing lives and undermining scientific credibility, is it time to rethink conventional wisdom? The Goldfarb Center will host an interdisciplinary faculty-led discussion […]

Free

Arts and Social Justice

Online Event ME

Join us on Tuesday, November 16, for a 1-hour (virtual) conversation with artists who will share how they use their artistic brilliance to raise awareness, challenge norms, and cause a ruckus. Can’t make the live event but don’t want to miss this? No problem! Everyone who registers ahead will receive a link to both the […]

Business After Hours

New Dimensions Federal Credit Union 94 Silver St, 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, a 50/50 raffle, and fabulous door prizes donated by area businesses. […]

Free

Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road

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

Brian Wilson is, indisputably, one of the most celebrated and “eccentric” musicians who's ever lived—and a true musical genius. He turned pop music into hymnals, with an unprecedented mastery of the recording studio that produced, as well as inspired, some of the most acclaimed albums and songs of all time. He's also one of the […]

$7.50 – $10.50

Good Health is Good Business

Online Event ME

Please register and join us, Thursday, November 18 at 11 am for our next Business to Business Conference Series: Supporting our families’ health and wellness this holiday season. Materials including recordings from our Zoom series are easy and convenient to access, visit our designated webpage. https://northernlighthealth.org/Resources/Business-to-Business-Conference-Series ________________________________________________________________________________________ For inquiries, please contact: Lanie Abbott lwabbott@northernlight.org

Free

CourseStorm: Making Education More Accessible

Online Event ME

Brian Rahill, is co-founder and CEO of CourseStorm, an Orono-based software company that provides cloud-based registration software to educational institutions through customized registration forms. Learn how CourseStorm is empowering education institutions to increase enrollments through online class registration software, streamlining access to education for all. REGISTER

Free

Homeschool Hub

North Street Community Trail 126 North Street, Waterville, ME

Meet Mrs. Liz to walk the StoryWalk® trail followed by writing gratitude poems. Feel free to bring a snack to enjoy with each other after the program. Free for youth and their caregivers! (This event will be held, if the weather allows.)

Free

Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market

Head of Falls Temple Street at Front Street, Waterville, ME, United States

LAST OUTDOOR MARKET OF THE SEASON! The Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market offers a wide range of locally grown and produced items every Thursday, 2:00-6:00 p.m., from the last Thursday in April to Thanksgiving, at the Riverwalk at Head of Falls by the Two Cent Bridge. From steak and potatoes to milk and cookies, from bacon […]

Good Will-Hinckley Fall Gala

Online Event ME

The Gala Committee met and decided to change our Gala to a virtual event due to the increased number of COVID cases. The safety of others is a priority, and we feel this is the best decision for everyone.   This year marks the Good Will-Hinckley (GWH) 4th Annual Fall Gala! Join us for the virtual […]

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Festival of Trees

The Elm 21 College Avenue, Waterville, ME

Alfond Youth & Community Center and Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce combine efforts to present Festival of Trees this holiday season, continuing a proud tradition begun by the Sukeforth family in 2015. When the family determined it would no longer host the event, AYCC and the Chamber stepped up to preserve this coveted event. Participation in […]

Free

Duane Edwards Trio

Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Join the Colby College Music Department for a series of live performances in the Colby Museum galleries, featuring local and regional musicians. This program features the Duane Edwards Trio in a jazz and modern music performance, with selections from Edwards’ first album, Time Machine, new material from a forthcoming record, Birds, and improvisational arrangements of modern pop […]

Free

Converge and Create

Online Event ME

The Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation is excited to announce hosting of the Fifth Annual Converge and Create Weekend on Friday, November 19 from 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM online. For FREE registration and ZOOM access to the event, REGISTER on EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-converge-and-create-tickets-178779874417 This year’s event will be focused on “Demystifying the Startup” and will include entrepreneurs revealing […]

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Elm City Small Press Fest

Greene Block + Studios 18 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Friday, November 19, 4:30 – 8:00 p.m. Saturday, November 20, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Elm City Small Press Fest is a community event that focuses on independent publishing in the Maine region. The event highlights contemporary print and publishing culture while activating conversations around creative labor and commerce as viable artistic practices. The goal […]

Free

Small Business Saturday

Downtown Waterville Main Street at Common Street, Waterville, ME

What could be better than supporting our mid-Maine small businesses? Once again, this year the Mid-Maine Chamber will take the lead in bringing attention to Small Business Saturday. What can shoppers expect for 2021? The highly popular coupon booklets will be offered once again. The booklets contained savings and dollars-off coupons from approximately 40 small […]

Joy to the Ville

Downtown Waterville Main Street at Common Street, Waterville, ME

For the fourth year, Joy to the Ville returns to Waterville on Saturday, November 27, from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Waterville Creates, together with the Maine Film Center, Waterville Public Library, Colby College Museum of Art, Children’s Discovery Museum, and downtown businesses, worked to bring back this afternoon of free family-friendly holiday activities in […]

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