Join instructor Misha Oraa Ali for this six-week course focusing on intermediate wheel-throwing techniques. Misha will guide students as they explore techniques of wheel-throwing, including large forms, altered forms, and other objects based on student interest. Students should be competent in basics steps, including centering clay on the wheel, shaping forms, and trimming, and understand […]

During the academic year, the Waterville Opera House offers a selection of performances designed to meet the curricular, financial, and scheduling needs of area classrooms and homeschool groups. Spanning the topics of children’s literature, science, and history through plays and musical performances, these events are many students’ first opportunity to experience live performing arts. Each […]

Business After Hours is a great place to network and market your business. Each event is hosted, or co-hosted, by chamber members in our region. Hors d'oeuvres, beer, wine, and other beverages are available, and you could win the 50/50 raffle and fabulous door prizes donated by area businesses. Make sure to bring your business […]

Waterville, ME 10/16/2024 – The second annual Back of the Napkin Challenge, a dynamic competition aimed at fostering creativity and entrepreneurial thinking among regional college students, will take place on October 17 from 6:00-8:00 PM at Greene Block + Studios in downtown Waterville. Fourteen students from Colby College, Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC), and Thomas […]

Afrique en Cirque is a show by Yamoussa Bangoura, inspired by daily life in Guinea. This performance shares the beauty, youth, and artistry of African culture. A colorful show beyond its scenery, costumes, and staging, it makes any theatre vibrate with energy and represents the strength, agility, and life's joys of young Africans. The audience […]

For Waterville residents only: Household Hazardous Waste Collection - Free Event Waterville residents interested in participating in this event, must register with Waterville Public Works (207)680-4744.

Visit the Fire Station (7 College Avenue) on October 19, 2024, from 10am to 2pm. List of activities for the day include: Lunch CPR Class (11am) Stop The Bleed Class (1pm) Kids Activities Station Tours Equipment Demos  

Two shows: 11:00 and 1:00 Waterville Creates and the Waterville Opera House have partnered to sponsor this fantastic show for the community, taking place at the Children's Discovery Museum! Long ago, Blackbird was voted the most beautiful bird in the forest. The other birds admired Blackbird and begged Blackbird to paint their feathers with a […]

Date: October 19 at 12:55pm Runtime: TBD MPA Rating: Not Rated Organization: Maine Film Center Venue: Maine Film Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. Offenbach’s fantastical opera kicks off the Metropolitan Opera’s season of Live in HD performance transmissions, starring French tenor Benjamin Bernheim in the title role of the tormented poet. […]

This Halloween edition of Family Storytime will feature boo-tiful stories to make you gasp and giggle. (Mmmmoooorahahahaha!) What is Family Storytime? Fun for children and their caregivers with music, movement, and a bit more reading than Rhymetime. The target audience is 5–8 years of age, but ALL are welcome! Questions? Call 207.872.5433 or email ldavis@watervillelibrary.org.

Join us for an artist reception at the Albert Church Brown Memorial Library with the Waterville Area Art Society on October 19th from 2-4 p.m. Enjoy light refreshments and meet some of the artists while viewing the beautiful artwork on display at the library from October 5th- Nov. 23rd. A bit of history about the […]

The Colby Symphony Orchestra highlights two canonical composers for the ensemble’s season opener, Brahms and Poulenc. The concert features two contrasting works by Johannes Brahms: his Academic Festival Overture (1880), which quotes multiple student tavern songs, and his melancholy, rich Symphony No. 4 in E Minor (1885). Pianists Steven Pane and Colby Associate Professor of […]

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You are invited to join us for the unveiling of Strengthening Maine’s Civic Life: Trust, Belonging, and the Future, a new report produced by the Goldfarb Center, Public Engagement Partners, and the Maine Community Foundation that gauges the health of civic life in Maine. The new study, which analyzed census data and also draws on […]

A Deja-Boo Throwback Movie Night, sponsored by KV Connect! Teenager Max struggles to fit in with his peers after moving to Salem right before Halloween. An avid denier of the spooky legends surrounding the town, he is less than thrilled to take his little sister Dani trick-or-treating. Hoping to impress his new friend Allison, Max […]

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Join us for a ribbon cutting Thursday, October 24 - 3 p.m. with Friends of Quarry Road Trails to be held at Quarry Road Trails Building 300 Quarry Rd., Waterville

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The City of Waterville with support from Downtown merchants, Mid-Maine Chamber, Greene Block + Studios and Waterville Creates is excited to present A Nightmare on Main Street, a Downtown Halloween spooktacular. Sponsored by KV Federal Credit Union and Central Maine Motors Auto Group, the event features live entertainment, kid activities, movies and a trunk or […]