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Earth & Space Days

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

Everyone, especially curious children, has burning questions about our universe. How hot is the sun? How do we find out what conditions are like on distant planets? Some answers are […]

$1 – $3

Pop Culture in Full Color: Japanese Woodblock Prints at Colby

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

Faculty Fellow in History and East Asian Studies Viktor Shmagin will speak on the Japanese prints in the exhibition A Vision for Composition. Location: Upper Jetté Galleries, Colby Museum of Art.

Free

Family Movie Night: Mary Poppins Returns

Winslow Public Library 136 Halifax Street, Winslow, ME

We will be having a family movie night featuring Mary Poppins Returns. The movie is rated PG and lasts 90 minutes. All ages are welcome.

Free

Arabica Vibes

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

Part of the Colby Fringe Festival, this Dabke night and poetry event features the Boston Dabke Troup, brought to Colby by Fulbright Scholar Amira Chatti in collaboration with the Theater […]

Free
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Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3D

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

Fri. April 19 at 9:15 p.m. Sat. Apr. 20 at 12:30 p.m. Relive the days of true 3-Dimensional greatness with one of the all-time most unforgettable 3-D movies of the […]

$10

Easter Egg Hunt

Maine Children's Home 93 Silver Street, Waterville, United States

The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers will be hosting its Annual FREE Easter Egg Hunt on its campus on Saturday, April 20th! This Easter Egg Hunt is for children […]

Free

Eggsploring Art

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

As a family, find new and exciting ways to explore the museum through a looking activity in the galleries and then participate in an egg-decorating workshop. For children ages 4+ […]

Free

Bard’s 455th Birthday Bash

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Celebrate William Shakespeare's 454th birthday with Recycled Shakespeare Company. Sign up for a time slot to read a sonnet. You will receive an email with your assigned sonnet and location […]

Free

Colby Cares Day Barbecue

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

Come join Colby Students for a community-wide barbecue featuring free food tastings and entertainment Saturday, April 20th at Head of the Falls on Front Street. We will have activities for […]

Free

The Met: Die Walküre

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

In what is expected to be a Wagnerian event for the ages, soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act […]

$15 – $20

Masquerade for Bard’s Birthday Bash

Skills Ervin Center 15 Wandrup Road, Hinckley, ME

Celebrate the Bard's Birthday with a Masquerade Ball! Come learn Elizabethan dances with Marge and Sam Bartlett of the SCA. Wear a mask and costume if you like, masks will […]

Potpourri: Colby Wind Ensemble

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

A showcase of music that is fun to play. Works include the spectacular Four Scottish Dances by Malcolm Arnold and the completion of our Lord of the Rings cycle with […]

Free
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New Visions for a Resilient Future

Winslow Public Library 136 Halifax Street, Winslow, ME

New Visions for a Resilient Future:  a Book Discussion Group   Title to be discussed:  The Social Conquest of Earth by E.O. Wilson To register for this program email:  LWoods@waterville-me.gov […]

Free

The Trento Tunnels Project

Room 215, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

“The Trento Tunnels Project” an experiment in the recovery of an abandoned industrial site in the reinvention of the history museum in the animation of historical archives Imagine two 300 […]

Free

Who Wins and Who Loses from Immigration Restrictions

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

This year’s Grossman Lecturer is Professor Ethan Lewis of Dartmouth College. Dr. Lewis’s research focuses on how U.S. labor markets adjust to immigration and technological change, including how firms adapt […]

Free

Graphic Novel Book Club

Winslow Public Library 136 Halifax Street, Winslow, ME

Book club for kids with discussion, crafts and activities based off of your favorite graphic novel. Feel free to bring a graphic novel in to share or ideas to suggest […]

Free

Roxane Gay: Presence of the Past Keynote Speaker

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

The Center for the Arts and Humanities is delighted to announce that Roxane Gay will be the keynote speaker for this year’s humanities theme, Presence of the Past. Roxane’s writing appears […]

Free

Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West

Room 209/210, Grossman Hall, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Join the Environmental Studies lunchtime lecture series for a presentation, discussion, and book reading with author/environmental journalist Heather Hansman, Colby Class of ’05. Hansman is interested in the intersection of […]

An Afternoon of Poetry

Winslow Public Library 136 Halifax Street, Winslow, ME

Join us at Winslow Public Library for a showing of the Robin Williams classic film Dead Poets Society, followed by a community poetry read.  Bring your favorite poem to share.  […]

Free

Extraction and Empire: Controlling Africa’s Resource Wealth

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

This year’s Hunt Lecturer is Dr. Jemima Pierre of UCLA. She is a sociocultural anthropologist whose research and teaching interests are located in the overlaps between African Studies and African […]

Free

Pride Week Keynote Speaker Elle Hearns

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

Elle Hearns is an organizer, speaker, strategist, and writer. Elle is a cofounding member of the Black Lives Matter network, an organization formed with multiple local chapters as a political […]

Free

After School Art Club: Clay Sculptures

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

Clay is always a favorite. Discover how the tools of sculpting are used and invent some creative clay figures to bring home. Ages 7 - 12. Registration required. Cost: $14. Scholarships […]

$14

Contract-Based Sexual Labor in Japan’s Adult Video Industry

Room 215, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Presented by Akiko Takeyama, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Kansas. Increasing numbers of young Japanese women allegedly volunteer to perform in pornography; and […]

Free

Guided Meditation

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Join Kim Nashed and John Parsons of Kim Nashed YOGA for a couple hours of Deep Relaxation. They will guide you in a simple flow of breathing and meditation. Please […]

Free
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