Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and American Idol season 10 finalist Casey Abrams, has built a strong following through the years with two album releases (Casey Abrams and Tales From the Gingerbread House). Casey spent the last year touring internationally as part of the renowned collective Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. Casey Abrams was born in Austin, Texas […]

Explore the insect collections in the museum and learn about their special adaptations and life cycles. Try hands on activities to learn how insects walk with six legs, see with many lenses, pollinate flowers and camouflage. Examine invasive insects like the Emerald Ash Borer and learn about our local winter insects. Have fun making an […]

As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of George Fredrich Handel’s tale of deception and deceit. Harry Bicket conducts Sir David McVicar’s wry new production, which gives this Baroque black comedy a politically charged, modern updating. This program is an encore broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York […]

What type of art is made in Mexico, Iran, Vietnam, and China? Explore art throughout the world and become inspired by artists from different countries. Members from the International Club at Colby College will be on hand to make and create with us!

Dr. Erik K. Alexander is executive director of education for Brigham Health, and associate dean for medical education and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. In these roles, Dr. Alexander shares responsibility for oversight of the curriculum, teaching, and administration for all medical students, residents, and fellows education. Alexander is the keynote speaker for […]

The Journey to America alternates between energy and exhaustion, between dramatic and sublime. Beginning in Austria with Beethoven’s electrifying, epochal Fifth Symphony, the program shifts quickly to a pair of very different works by American masters Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland. Barber’s sometimes ethereal, sometimes anguished Adagio for Strings becomes even more powerful when played […]

To celebrate her fiftieth birthday, filmmaker and MIFF alumna Lynne Sachs — MIFF is where this film originally screened — gathers together other people, men and women who have lived through precisely the same years but come from places like Iran or Cuba or Australia or the Lower East Side — not Memphis, Tennessee where […]

“We’re a Mexican American band, and no word describes America like immigrant. Most of us are children of immigrants, so it’s perhaps natural that the songs we create celebrate America in this way.” So says Louie Perez, the “poet laureate” and primary wordsmith of Los Lobos, when describing the songs on the band’s latest album, […]

The class “Environmental Humanities: Energy and Utopia” will be hosting a screening of the film The Gleaners and I. This 2000 French documentary film by Agnès Varda features various kinds of gleaning. It was entered into competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and later went on to win awards around the world. (Unrated, 82 […]

Please join Hobby Lobby and The Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce for refreshments and shopping. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a privately held national retail chain of craft and home decor stores, opens in Waterville, Maine with a ribbon cutting ceremony and official grand opening celebration on Monday, March 9 at 9 a.m. TheWaterville store is Hobby […]

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is a black/Iranian visual artist and Oklahoma City native. She is a painter whose work ranges from the gallery to the streets, using visual art to address the daily oppressive experiences of marginalized people through beautifully drawn and painted portraits. Her street art series, Stop Telling Women to Smile, can be found on […]

Introduced by filmmaker Lynne Sachs with Q&A to follow. “And Then We Marched” – The 2017 Women’s March in Washington, D.C. viewed through the contexts of previous marches and the voice of a young participant. “The Washing Society” – The daily lives of contemporary NYC laundromat workers resonate with the experiences of 1881 African-American laundresses […]

Acting is great fun, but what comes first is the audition! This workshop focuses on the basics of auditioning. Participants will be given tips on how to audition and the chance to practice these new skills and build confidence in the process. All on the historic Waterville Opera House stage! SLICE (Students Learning Innovative Creative […]

Introduced by filmmaker Lynne Sachs with a Q&A to follow. Selected as the opening night film for this year’s Slamdance Film Festival and screened as part of MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight, Sachs’ cinematic exploration of her father offers sometimes contradictory views of a seemingly unknowable man who is publicly the uninhibited center of the frame yet […]

After losing members of his family during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Venuste was left to care for his younger siblings and often had to miss school to fetch water from distant clean water sources. Venuste’s experience inspired him to partner with a friend to form the International Transformation Foundation (ITF) – a nonprofit organization […]

High school administrators, guidance counselors, teachers and other educators are invited! The Challenge: Maine’s Governor has given us a call to action! The future of the state we love is dependent on developing our talent and unleashing the innovative potential of our people. Education is the key. The Invitation: Join Thomas College President (and former […]

Ana Menéndez, the Kristina Stahl Writer-in-Residence for 2019-20, has published four books of fiction: Adios, Happy Homeland!, The Last War, Loving Che, and In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd, whose title story won a Pushcart Prize. She has worked as a journalist in the U.S. and abroad, lastly as a prize-winning columnist for the Miami Herald. As a reporter, […]

Art exists across the world in many different forms and amplifies many different voices. It can expose our truths and challenge how we exist in the world. The third installment of Colby College's Who's Coming to Dinner: Critical Conversation Series will dive into the ways that art exists to challenge and reflect our society under "Art as […]

Andrea Prasow, acting director at Human Rights Watch in Washington, conducts advocacy before the U.S. government on global human rights issues, with a particular focus on national security and human rights. Prasow frequently appears on domestic and international radio and television and has published in a wide range of print and online media outlets, including Politico, […]

Join Kimberly Flowers, executive director of the Goldfarb Center, for this lecture. As the climate crises worsen we are simultaneously seeing a rise in global hunger, unprecedented humanitarian need, and increasingly protracted conflicts. Flowers will unpack the considerable threat that climate change is having on both political stability and food systems, particularly in fragile states. She […]

Clarity on Cannabis: The Wellness Connection’s CEO Patricia Rosi speaks on navigating the new cannabis market. A seasoned executive, Patricia Rosi is the current CEO of the Wellness Connection, Maine’s leading group of medical cannabis operators. Rosi manages four state-licensed dispensaries as well as state-of-the-art operations, designed to exceed the highest production standards for cultivation, […]