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Career Fair

Alfond Athletic Center, Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville, ME

More than 65 employers from all over the state will be on campus on Tuesday, March 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Alfond Athletic Center for Thomas College’s annual Spring Career Fair. Students, alumni, and the public are welcome to attend. Students looking for full-time jobs, internships, or summer positions should be […]

Gazing Back: Zanele Muholi as Artist and Activist

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

Sarah Duff, visiting assistant professor of history, and Laura Seay, assistant professor of government, will be in conversation responding to Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness. Part of the Noontime Art Talks Series. Location: Lower Jetté Galleries, Colby Museum of Art.

Free

Clara M. Southworth Lecture with Paul Discoe

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Designer and innovator Paul Discoe is managing partner for O2 Artisans Aggregate (O2AA), an urban industrial eco-park in Oakland, Calif. He is also a design consultant for Japanese-style temples, restaurants, houses, and furniture. His studio at O2AA includes a small workshop for prototypes and one-of-a-kind objects. A longtime student of Zen Buddhism, Discoe is an ordained Buddhist […]

Free

Waterville Green Drinks

Waterville Brewing Company 10 Water Street, Ste. 111, Waterville, ME

Come join KV Connect, Waterville’s young professionals group, for an exciting evening of networking and socialization while helping to support a great cause! This month, we're at Waterville Brewing Company. Admission is a $5.00 suggested donation to benefit the Children's Discovery Museum. The children’s discovery museum is a local organization that creates long-lasting memories for […]

Maine Jewish Film Festival: Wajib

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

Over one winter’s day in Nazareth, father Abu and son Shadi (real-life father and son actors Mohammed and Saleh Bakri) visit friends and family to deliver invitations for the wedding of Abu’s daughter. Along the way, they reminisce, bicker and laugh together, revealing tensions both political and familial. A richly cinematic sense of place, complex […]

$8 – $10

Is Going Global for You?

Summit Room, Spann Student Commons, Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville, ME

Learn about the opportunities and challenges of taking your business international from Wade Merritt, president, Maine International Trade Center.  At this Business Breakfast series, Merritt will discuss global strategy and if it is right for your business.  Merritt is responsible for the directing the trade and investment policy for the state, including the delivery of […]

$18 – $25

After School Art Club: Create Your Own Comic

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

The theme of Youth Art Month is “Your art, Your Story”. To explore the realm of art and stories we will create cool comics of one story we each love to tell about our lives. Learn the art of comics and how artists choose images and text for creating great comics and graphic novels. Ages […]

$14

Memory, Transitional Justice, and Theatre in Post-Dictatorship Argentina

Robinson Room, Miller Library, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

A prominent scholar of Latinx performance, Dr. Noe Montez is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at Tufts University. His research considers how theater, as a site of activism, can produce memory narratives that change the public's reception to governmental policies on human rights violations. […]

Free

1944 Championship Basket Ball Team

Waterville Historical Society - Redington Museum 62 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

Join us as Fred Stubbert talks to us about the 1944 New England Championship Basket Ball Team. Hosted by Waterville Historical Society and Redington Museum

Free

Beyond a Binary God

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Rev. Tara Soughers is author of Beyond a Binary God: A Theology for Trans* Allies. Tara is a parent of a trans young adult as well as an Episcopal priest. What does it mean about God and about humans, that there is not a strict gender binary? How can we affirm and include what we […]

Threats Climate Change Poses to Global and National Security

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

Please join the Goldfarb Center at Colby College for a lecture by Brigadier General Stephen A. Cheney, USMC (Ret.) of the American Security Project on the threats that climate change presents for national and global security. The world is heating up. Despite skepticism from climate change deniers, our bases and stations are literally going under […]

Free

Notes From Home: A Penobscot Journey Through Maine History

Miller Library, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

John Bear Mitchell, will share stories about his experiences growing up on the Penobscot Nation’s tribal headquarters of Indian Island and his childhood in a Catholic school. With humor and brief anecdotes, he will branch out into his professional escapades, and wonder with you, how he was so honored to have had the experiences he’s had […]

Free

Recovery Boys

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Kennebec Montessori School Open House

Kennebec Montessori School 38 Sheridan Road, Fairfield, ME

All are welcome to visit the school and learn more about the Montessori approach to early childhood and elementary education. Prospective parents and children will be able to explore the classrooms and the newly constructed Elementary wing. You will also be able to try the hands-on materials, meet the teachers and talk to current parents […]

Free

Art + Storytelling: Daydreams

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

After a brief exploration of the museum, we will read a children’s book related to the month’s theme. Preschoolers, toddlers, and their grownups will then be invited to the Mirken Education Classroom to have a snack and create their own works of art. Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Colby Museum of Art.

Free

St. Patrick’s Day Green Hunt

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

Look for the green! Grab a paper and green marker and see how many green things you can find and draw in the museum You will find green birds, insects, shells frogs and more that are well colored to camouflage in the green leaves and grass. Learn a little about the advantages of green. Make […]

$1 – $3

Grandparent and Grandchild Day

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

Bring your grandparents, grandchildren, great aunts or uncles to create and celebrate! Create art and tell your story! Bring an old photo or object from the past and share its story with your family and friends. Registration required. Click to register.

Free

Maine Women’s Hall of Fame

Fireplace Lounge, Randall Student Center, University of Maine at Augusta 70 University Drive, Augusta, ME

Thirtieth Annual Maine Women’s Hall of Fame Luncheon Buffet 12:00 p.m. Fireplace Lounge Randall Student Center Induction Ceremony Jewett Hall Auditorium 1:30 p.m. University of Maine Augusta March 16, 2019 Snow date:  March 17, 2019 All events at Randall Student Center Cost: $30 Reservations deadline: March 11, 2019 To reserve your spot, contact Marilyn Ladd […]

Tea Party and Fashion Show

Carter Hall, Kennebec Valley Community College 92 Western Avenue, Fairfield, ME

Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter Activities Committee will host its 5th Annual Tea Party and Fashion Show fundraiser on Saturday, March 16th from 2-4 PM at KVCC, Carter Hall, 92 Western Avenue, Fairfield. This year's benefit will feature 1920's fashion show with vintage ladies' hats, selfies with a celelbrity guest and silent auction.  The auction will include […]

$20

Potpourri: Colby Wind Ensemble Canceled

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

This concert has been canceled to due unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to reschedule in April. 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 a performance of Johan de […]

Free
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Lenten Organ Recitals

First Baptist Church 1 Park Street, Waterville, ME

March 17: Sharon Saunders, Associate College Librarian for Systems and Bibliographic Services at Bates College and organist at Pleasant Street United Methodist Church, Waterville. March 24: Portia Miles-Smith, a former organist at Waterville First Baptist Church, and Howard (Budge) Walen of Rockland. March 31: Anna Beth Rynders, longtime chapel organist at Colby College and now […]

Free

Leading Diverse Organizations: Lessons from Military Commanders

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

The military is one of the most diverse American institutions; success is a function of bringing people from different backgrounds and perspectives together to achieve a common goal. How do military leaders promote inclusivity? How are diverse talents identified? What gets in the way of leading a diverse organization? Hear LCDR Melissa Maclin ’98, Naval […]

Free

The Past that has Never Been Present: The Changing Role of the a priori in Philosophical Anthropology

Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

The content and function of what has been considered to play a preconscious-determining role in human cognition and experience has changed from Kant to the present. Whether the determining factors are described as concepts and categories, stereotypes and intuitions, or historico-cultural expectations, the view that human experience is shaped by prior determining factors of which […]

Free

Castonguay Square Reimagined

Chace Forum, Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons 150 Main Street, Waterville, ME

Join us for a public presentation of the final design concept for a reimagined Castonguay Square. The design team from Beyer Blinder Belle and Mitchell & Associates will present the community’s vision for this central downtown greenspace and describe the process that led to the final concept. Over 150 participants contributed to the community redesign […]

Free

Shield and Spear

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

Shield and Spear (2014) features visual activist Zanele Muholi and other leading South African contemporary artists and explores a constellation of stories about identity, art, race, and freedom of expression in South Africa, twenty years into democracy. This screening is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, on […]

Free
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