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.

Bard’s Birthday Bash

Downtown Waterville Main Street at Common Street, Waterville, ME

Come join Recycled Shakespeare Company for our 10th Annual Bard's Birthday Bash! Throughout the day, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., we will be reading all of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets interspersed with monologues […]

Free

Wheel Throwing Exploration

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

In this fun, relaxed class students will explore the basics of wheel throwing. Instructor Yvonne Brown will demonstrate each step from centering clay to finishing techniques. Students will then have […]

$35

Four Winters: A Story of Jewish Resistance and Heroism

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

“All I owned was my camera, a leopard coat, and a grenade in case of capture...the pillow was the rifle, the walls were the trees and the sky was the […]

Free

Mexico: A Musical Journey Cuartelo Latinoamericano

Lorimer Chapel, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Mexico: A Musical Journey Cuartelo Latinoamericano Saturday, April 22, 7:30pm Lorimer Chapel (Funded by the Ermanno Comparetti Concert Fund) In this unique concert, the Latin Grammy Award-winning Cuartelo Latinoamericano and […]

Free

The Sixties Show

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

This is a show about time travel, going back to the 1960’s, based and around the most remarkable musical re-creation show you will ever see. This popular theater show is […]

Negra

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Free admission, sponsored by Colby College Department of Spanish and the Latin American Studies Program. At the age of seven, filmmaker Medhin Tewolde Serrano recounts her first experience of being […]

Free

Porpora

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Q&A with local trans activists and Colby students! Porpora is a road trip across Italy and through the life of Porpora Marcasciano, a leading figure of the Italian trans movement. […]

Free

Book Discussion: The Devil’s Highway

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

NEW DATE! (moved from April 26 to April 25) In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the […]

60th Annual Awards Ceremony

Enchanted Gables at Medicine Bend Stables 78 Hussey Hill Road, Oakland, ME

  April 27, 2023 5:00 – 8:00 pm Enchanted Gables 78 Hussey Hill Rd., Oakland Hors d’oeuvres, dessert & Cash Bar Tickets are $60 per person ***Click for Mid-Maine Chamber […]

$60
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Eurydice

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

The Last Play Ever at Strider Theater! Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. Directed by John D. Ervin and Kaylee Pomelow Book '19 Esteemed playwright Sarah Ruhl […]

Free

Met Opera Encore: Der Rosenkavalier

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

A dream cast assembles for Richard Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy. Soprano Lise Davidsen is the aristocratic Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey (replacing Isabel Leonard) as her lover, Octavian, and soprano […]

$16 – $19
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Choral Masterworks

Lorimer Chapel, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Directed by Jinwook Park , the Colby Symphony Orchestra’s final concert of the season will feature two masterworks by Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828): his Symphony # 8 in B […]

Free

Twelfth Annual One-in-Five 5K

FirstPark FirstPark Drive, Oakland, ME

In Maine, 1 in 5 people will experience sexual violence in their lifetime.  It’s this shocking statistic that gave our race its name, the “One in Five 5k.”  For the […]

Batman

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Screening preceded by a discussion of the film’s sound design by Colby students in MU237A (Film Music and Sound) Tim Burton’s Batman highlights the enduring mythology of the Batman character […]

Free

SLICE: Sound Effects for Movies

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Crash! Boom! Bang! It can be said that half of your experience in watching a film is the soundtrack. Foley art is the creation of everyday sound effects that are […]

Free

Short Documentaries by Colby Students

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Join us for a night of short films made by the students in CI310: “Advanced Contemporary Documentary” taught by Professor Erin Murphy. These students have been working all year on […]

Free
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Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market

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

Come and visit today from 2-6 ! We're back! The outdoor market is re-opened at Head of Falls. Time to enjoy some fresh air and fresh produce. The veggie selection […]

Senior Exhibition Opening Reception

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

Join the Colby College Museum of Art to celebrate the opening of their 2023 Senior Exhibition featuring works by graduating Colby studio art majors. This annual exhibition offers students the […]

Free

Dirigo Labs Pitch Competition

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Innovation Takes Center Stage as 11 Startups Compete in Dirigo Labs’ Pitch Competition in Downtown Waterville From Tech to Tourism: Dirigo Labs' Pitch Competition Shines Spotlight on Maine's Diverse Startups […]

Free

National Day of Prayer

Fairfield Church of the Nazarene 81 Main St, Fairfield, ME

Fairfield United Methodist Church will observe the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at the Fairfield Church of the Nazarene from 6:00 to 7 PM.  All are […]

Free

Arts in Bloom

Downtown Waterville Main Street at Common Street, Waterville, ME

Join us for a fun and creative celebration of spring! Kicking off with May’s First Friday festivities, this year’s Arts in Bloom is a multi-day affair featuring art making, live […]

Free
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Rummage Sale

Pleasant Street United Methodist Church 61 Pleasant Street, Waterville, ME

Fri., May 5 and Sat. May 6 8am - 1pm Clothing, books, home decor items, toys, kitchen ware and so much more. Pleasant Street United Methodist Church 61 Pleasant St., […]

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Waterville, ME

FRIDAY, MAY 5 - 3:30 p.m. to celebrate the opening of area Story Walks with Waterville Rotary, Sunrise Rotary and Waterville Public Library to be held at the George Mitchell […]

Great State of Illustration in Maine Opening Reception

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

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney Curated by the Illustration Institute, this exhibition will showcase the past, present, and future of illustration in our state, representing history and contemporary culture through […]

Free

For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again

Children's Discovery Museum 7 Eustis Parkway, Waterville, ME, United States

As part of May's First Friday events, Madame Marie Cormier and Michael Pullen will perform For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again by Michel Tremblay, translated by Linda Gaboriau: "a funny, […]

$10
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