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Fall Book Sale

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Looking for your next favorite book? Stop by the Waterville Public Library during library hours from Saturday, October 5th through Saturday October 19th and check out the Fireplace Room on […]

Maine Craft Weekend at Colby Museum of Art

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

In collaboration with Maine Craft Weekend, the Colby College Museum of Art will provide additional tours and activities related to the Wíwənikan…the beauty we carry exhibition featuring contemporary art by […]

Free

Walk to End Alzheimer’s

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

Come raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer's care, support, and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to reclaim the future for millions. FOR MORE […]

Recycled Book Fairy Workshop

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Have you ever wondered what could be done with a damaged book, a little creativity and possibly a bit of magic? Well this is how book fairies are born. Come […]

Free

Open Clay Studio Member Sale

Common Street Arts 10 Water Street, Suite 106, Waterville, ME

Join us in supporting aspiring and established ceramic artists at Common Street Arts through this special sale in conjunction with Maine Craft Weekend. Participating members include Monica McCaw, Justin Knaus-Tucker, […]

Reel Craft: Brewmaster

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

Toast to your cinema's 41st year on Maine Craft Weekend! We are throwing ourselves a birthday bash with a local craft beer tasting and demo by Bigelow Brewing Company, and […]

$10 – $20

Break, Burn, Build 2019: Fall Performance Experiments

Strider Theater, Runnals Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

The Department of Theater and Dance presents a short program of new works that features the full range of performance research created in the department, including theater, dance, design, and […]

Free

Colby Jazz Collective

Page Commons, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Drummer Max Roach’s We Insist! (subtitled Freedom Now Suite) was one of several jazz compositions from the early years of the civil rights movement that explicitly addressed the topic of […]

Free

Max Weinberg’s Jukebox

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

A truly interactive experience, Weinberg invites the audience to create the set list, in real time, that he and his crack four piece group will play that night. Max Weinberg […]

Covering the Campaigns: The Media’s Role in a Chaotic World

Parker-Reed Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

How can we make sense of the byzantine world of politics framing the 2020 presidential and congressional elections? Join former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, who served 16 terms in the […]

Free

Energy and Exhaustion Lecture: French Moves

Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

For more than two decades, le hip hop has shown another face of France: danced by minorities associated with immigration and the suburbs, it has channeled rage against racism and unequal opportunity […]

Free

Community + Campus Film Series: Dawnland

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

The museum, in collaboration with Railroad Square Cinema, presents this series of films related to current exhibitions and collections. Dawnland is a documentary film about the untold story of indigenous child removal […]

Free

Slice: Pottery: the Art of Throwing Clay

Common Street Arts 10 Water Street, Suite 106, Waterville, ME

art, like any skill, takes a bit of experimentation, lots of practice and work, but the result can be extremely rewarding as a career path or life-long creative endeavor. in […]

Free

Waterville GreenDrinks

Are You Ready to Party? 4 Sanger Avenue, Waterville, ME

Come join KV Connect, Waterville’s young professionals group, for an exciting evening of networking and socialization while helping to support a great cause! This month, we're at Are You Ready […]

$5

Wabanaki Perspectives on Climate Change

Given Auditorium, Bixler Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Wíwənikan…the beauty we carry is an exhibition of contemporary art of the First Nations people of what is now Maine and Maritime Canada, on view now at the Colby Museum […]

Free

Dans L’Engrenage (In the Gears)

Strider Theater, Runnals Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

A French Hip Hop Performance with Compagnie Dyptik Finding your place, precarious as it may be. You fight for it. Fight to keep it. Beyond the inner workings of society. […]

Free

Business Breakfast Series

Summit Room, Spann Student Commons, Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville, ME

State Legislative Session 2020 – What to Expect from Maine’s Legislature. Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce invites you to join it and other business professionals at Thomas College in Waterville on […]

$18 – $25

After School Art Club: Clay Self Portraits

Common Street Arts 10 Water Street, Suite 106, Waterville, ME

Using the exhibition, I Am Not a Stranger as inspiration, students will create self-portraits in clay. These charming portraits will be glazed and ready for pick up the following week. […]

$14

Two Cent Talk Series: Jefferson Navicky and Colin Cheney

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Jefferson Navicky was born in Chicago and grew up in southeastern Ohio. He is the archivist for the Maine Women Writers Collection and teaches English at Southern Maine Community College. […]

Free

History Of The Waterville Fire Department

Waterville Historical Society - Redington Museum 62 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

The Waterville Historical Society’s October talk will feature Scott Holst, who will discuss the history of the Waterville Fire Department. Holst, a lieutenant in the department, has been a fireman […]

Elizabeth Rush and the Maine Sierra Club

Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Elizabeth Rush is the author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction. Her work explores how humans adapt to changes […]

Free

Environmental Studies Lunchtime Lecture: Chelse Prather

Dana Dining Hall, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Chelse Prather is the director of the Insect Ecology Lab in the Department of Biology at the University of Dayton. Her work with students addresses questions at the interface of […]

Jasper Sunsets Artists Reception

The Framemakers 46 Main St., Waterville, ME

Come meet the artists from Jasper Sunsets! This exhibit features book art and poetry, abstract acrylics, photography, watercolor, and more! CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Free

Stonewall: Then and Now

Save the date: Description: Stonewall: Then and Now is a collection of music, drama, and poetry celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Designed to honor the progress made […]

Recurring

Art + Storytelling: Animals in Art

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

Following a brief exploration of the galleries with Museum staff and Colby student interns, the group reads a children’s book related to the month’s theme—in October, it will be “Animals […]

Free
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