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.

Hanzaburo Araki and Nicole Rabata

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

This program will feature traditional shakuhachi pieces performed by a shakuhachi grand master Hanzaburo Araki, and contemporary works for modern flute inspired by the rich tradition of the shakuhachi. The performance will highlight the deep and ancient traditions of the Japanese shakuhachi, a bamboo end-blown flute, and how these traditions have influenced contemporary compositions for the […]

Free

November First Friday

Greene Block + Studios 18 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Songs From Here is a new initiative intended to connect poets, composers, and performers in the beautiful state of Maine, to promote local talent and foster a greater sense of community across creative disciplines. Waterville is but one stop for an inaugural series of performances given by pianist Bridget Convey and classical vocalist Sarah Tuttle […]

Free

Giselle

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

The ballet Giselle, a story of love and betrayal, life and death, vengeance and forgiveness. Follow the story, as passionately told by the dancers of Portland Ballet, of the peasant girl, Giselle, as she falls in love with the nobleman, Albrecht, whose betrayal condemns her to the unearthly realm of the Wilis. This beloved romantic […]

Free
Recurring

November Saturdays at L.C.Bates

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

Animals in Winter (Nov. 5): What do animals do during winter? How have they prepared for winter? Come on a tour of Maine animals in winter! What are all the animals out there doing to survive? Not many of them are truly hibernators, so what ingenious methods do they have to help them thrive in […]

$1 – $3

Medea

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

Having triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles, Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance, kicking off the highly anticipated 2022–23 Live in HD season. Joining Radvanovsky in the Met-premiere production of Cherubini’s rarely performed masterpiece is tenor Matthew Polenzani […]

$16 – $19

Closing Reception for A Rock Made Out of Stone

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

Join us for the closing reception of Abbott Meader’s exhibition A Rock Made Out of Stone. Light refreshments will be served from 5:00 to 6:00, with a selection of Meader’s short films to be screened starting at 6:00.

Free

Colby Wind Ensemble: Movements

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

The Colby Wind Ensemble starts the year with an exciting program under the baton of their new director, Brendon Wilkins. This concert will feature a variety of works from the wind band repertoire, including Mark Camphouse’s A Movement for Rosa, a moving work written to honor the contributions of Rosa Parks to the civil rights movement.

Free

The Manchurian Candidate

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

Sixty years later and just in time for Election Day, The Manchurian Candidate, now recognized as a classic, looks just as terrifying — in fact more so! The recently deceased Angela Lansbury received an Oscar nomination as the extreme right-wing mother of a Korean War officer who returns from the war with a medal of honor […]

Late Wonders: Wesley McNair in Waterville, ME

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

  Join longtime Godine author Wesley McNair for a reading from Late Wonders: New and Selected Poems. There will be a reception before the reading and a Q&A after the reading. Copies of Wesley McNair’s books will be for sale throughout the event, and a display of his books will be available for checkout. Refreshments provided […]

Free

Idiocracy

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

One screening only! Politics got you down? Well, it could be a lot worse. On Election Day we're showing 2006's Idiocracy, "easily the most potent political film of the year" (Reihan Salam, Slate). Despite having never benefitted from a wide release or big studio marketing budget, Mike Judge's follow-up to Office Space has earned its place as one […]

Central Maine Growth Council Annual Meeting

Bricks Coworking & Innovation Space Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water St. Ste. 110, Waterville, ME

CMGC Annual Meeting   YOU'RE INVITED TO CMGC'S ANNUAL MEETING Recognizing Mid-Maine's Resiliency & 2022 Accomplishments November 9, 2022 | 5:30 - 7:00 pm Bricks Coworking & Innovation Space, Hathaway Creative Center, Waterville Featuring: Developer of the Year Award Emerging Leader Award A look at what's to come in 2023 In 2022, the mid-Maine region […]

Free

Hybrid Working Arrangements: How to Manage Employees and Productivity

Best Western Plus 375 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Join the Mid-Maine Chamber for an engaging presentation with David Ciullo, CEO/Owner of Career Management Associates, and Peter Lowe, attorney at Brann & Isaacson, as they present the new reality of hybrid working in the organization. In Post Pandemic times employees may either be back in the office, working a hybrid schedule or working entirely […]

$20 – $27

Ribbon Cutting

Waterville, ME

Join us for a ribbon cutting to celebrate a change of ownership to Ashley Ferris Thursday, November 10 at 3 p.m. Waterville Florist and Formal Wear 287 Main Street, Waterville

Free

Lecture: Oscar Santillán

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

Gather live in Ostrove Auditorium on the Colby College campus for a talk and Q&A with Oscar Santillán, who will present the 2022 Miles and Katharine Culbertson Prentice Distinguished Lecture virtually. The artist will speak about his practice and introduce the research and work that he will be doing at Colby College during the 2022–23 […]

Free

Closing Reception for Piecework

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

Join artist Maggie Libby for a closing reception for Piecework: Hathaway Stories + Storytellers, Ticonic Gallery’s final exhibition at our Hathaway space. In this exhibition, Libby documents the labor conditions and primarily female Franco-American workers’ stories at the Hathaway Shirt Company, the last shirt manufacturer in Maine. Libby’s artwork is inspired by Waterville native Margaret […]

Free

Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock

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

The Water Protectors at Standing Rock captured world attention through their peaceful resistance. While many may know the details, Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock captures the story of Native-led defiance that forever changed the fight for clean water, our environment and the future of our planet. The film is a collab­oration between Indigenous filmmakers, […]

Free
Recurring

The Sound of Music

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

Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Suggested by "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria Augusta Trapp Directed by Adam P. Blais Dates: November 11, 12, 18 at 7:30pm & November 13, 19, 20 at 2:00pm One of the most beloved musicals of all time! The […]

$27 – $29
Recurring

The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship

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

In preparation for our relocation to the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville, we're announcing the final film series at our Railroad Square Cinema location, “The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship.” Running Nov. 12-23, the film series includes several fan favorites, important milestones in cinema history, and interactive screenings. The series is named […]

New Beginnings

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

Néviton Barros, the new director of the Colby Choral programs, will lead the Colby Kennebec Choral Society, the Colby College Chorale, and Colby Collegium in a joyous, one-hour concert of songs about beginnings. The program includes works by Handel, Haydn, and Berlioz, among others, and culminates with John Leavitt’s stirring Missa Festiva.

Free

What’s Cooking

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

Maine Film Center and Colby Center for Arts and Humanities present: Cinema in Conversation: FOOD FOR THOUGHT Programmed and sponsored by Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities Co-sponsored by the Oak Institute for Human Rights and the Colby College Departments of Cinema Studies, Spanish, and Religious Studies. Post-film discussion with Bowdoin Assistant Professor of […]

Free

Better Maine Conference: Building Inclusive Workplaces

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

Dirigo Labs and the Skowhegan Center for Entrepreneurship announce the Better Maine Conference: Building Inclusive Workplaces, a conference dedicated to educating, having conversations on, and taking actionable steps towards diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible (DEIA) workplaces. Building Inclusive Workplaces is the first in a series of yearly conferences hosted by Dirigo Labs dedicated to DEIA […]

$25

Two Cent Talks: A Reading with Morgan Talty & Michelle Menting

Greene Block + Studios 18 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Morgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation where he grew up. He is the author of the story collection Night of the Living Rez from Tin House Books, and his work has appeared in Granta, The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, TriQuarterly, Narrative Magazine, LitHub, and elsewhere. A winner of the 2021 Narrative Prize, […]

Free

Business After Hours

Central Maine Chrysler Dodge 300 Kennedy Memorial Drive, 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, or you could win the 50/50 raffle and fabulous door prizes […]

Free

Art&: A Conversation with Sarah Cain

Online Event ME

Join us for a virtual program featuring the artist Sarah Cain in conversation with Beth Finch, the curator of hand in hand, Cain’s current exhibition in the William D. Adams Gallery. They will discuss how Cain realized this extraordinary painting installation, her inspirations for it, and the interplay between her studio practice and site-responsive projects. A […]

Free
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