What could be better than supporting our mid-Maine small businesses? Once again, this year the Mid-Maine Chamber will take the lead in bringing attention to Small Business Saturday. What can shoppers expect for 2021? The highly popular coupon booklets will be offered once again. The booklets contained savings and dollars-off coupons from approximately 40 small […]

For the fourth year, Joy to the Ville returns to Waterville on Saturday, November 27, from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Waterville Creates, together with the Maine Film Center, Waterville Public Library, Colby College Museum of Art, Children’s Discovery Museum, and downtown businesses, worked to bring back this afternoon of free family-friendly holiday activities in […]

Pulled by the magnificent horses from S & S Carriage Rides, Santa and Mrs. Claus will travel down Main Street 5:00 PM  on Saturday, November 27th to meet families and light the tree in Castonguay Square.   In partnership with Waterville Creates' Joy to the Ville and the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce's Shop Small Saturday.

French auteur Jacques Tati's Playtime is a genre-less collection of scenes observing the absurd and often comedic banalities of everyday modern life. The set, called "Tativille," was created with its own high-rises, offices, power plant, and airline terminal. The characters on screen interact with the glass and steel of the whimsical world, often disappearing and […]

State Sen Matt Pouliot (R - Augusta) and Amanda Olson (of Maine Mushroom Co.) will explore the varying challenges that leaders face in their respective roles. Our presenters will share their experiences with navigating the challenges of the changing landscape in organizations, recognizing the various management styles and employee group differences leaders encounter throughout their […]

Do you have questions on how to embrace the holidays and winter and support good mental health? Looking for the latest on COVID-19, vaccines, and boosters? Then be sure to join us Thursday, December 2 at 11 am (register HERE). Our experts are here to help support an enjoyable time of year.   If you […]

You’ll work with award-winning horror film director Corey Norman to understand how suspense works, then build a series of shots that will bring terror to life. Don’t wear your best clothes for this session — lots of fake blood around! Open to Maine students ages 12 and up.

VIRTUAL MAGIC SHOW HAS BEEN POSTPONED - stay tuned for new date Are you ready for A NIGHT IN?  Kennebec Behavioral Health is hosting its fifth annual fundraiser ‘A Night IN’ featuring a virtual magic show for adults on Saturday, December 4 at 7:00 pm via Zoom. KBH invites the community to stay home and join […]

Upon completing my BA in Psychology I worked in a Children’s Residential Treatment Center in Florida from 1995 – 2006. During that time I completed masters degrees in Social Work and Healthcare Administration. In 2007 my wife Melissa and our 6 year-old daughter Kate moved to the Dominican Republic. From 2007 – 2010 we were […]

In this classic from director Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart plays Jeff, a wheelchair-bound photojournalist who becomes obsessed with peering through his apartment window: he believes someone has been murdered in the building next door. Suspense builds as we see the action unfold through Jeff's camera lens, but we, like him, are unable to intervene. (PG, […]

It is time for the last Goldfarb Center event of the semester. As part of its focus on freedom of speech, the Goldfarb Center is hosting an in-person talk that will be live streamed at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7. We will be hosting a conversation with Nathan Law, a well-known democracy activist currently […]

With Amanda Stent, Inaugural Director, Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence Listen in to hear how the Davis Institute is preparing students for a future where artificial intelligence is transforming industries, careers, and modes of discovery, creativity, and scholarship, and training faculty and students in the use of AI and the creation of new systems and […]

Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce and KV Connect will host “Meet the Reps,” an event that brings members of the business community and public together with elected officials at all levels of government on Thursday, December 9 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at Hampton Inn located at 425 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville. The two organizations renewed their partnership […]

With a recording career that began in 1998 at age 18, award-winning vocalist Shemekia Copeland has grown to become one of the most talented and passionately candid artists on today’s roots music scene. Her riveting new album, Uncivil War, builds on the musically and lyrically adventurous territory she’s been exploring for over a decade, blending blues, […]

Join us for Santa’s Workshop with Humane Society Waterville Area! ? We are would love for you and your family (dogs too, if they can handle crowds!) to come on over and get their picture taken with Santa! There will be all kinds of fun Christmas activity stations the whole family can enjoy such as: […]

Amanda Stent is the inaugural director of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence at Colby College. She is considered one of the leading authorities on natural language processing (NLP), the branch of AI that provides computers with the ability to understand human text and spoken words, and was involved in the work that directly led to a […]

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, a 50/50 raffle, and fabulous door prizes donated by area businesses. […]

Vermont poet Ruth Stone is still not well known outside of the poetry world, though she won accolades and vaunted accolades such the National Book Award. Now, Vermont filmmaker Nora Jacobson, many of whose films have been favorites at the Maine International Film Festival, returns to Waterville with the premiere of a new feature, 12 […]

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