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Wizard of Oz Auditions

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

Auditions will take place on the Opera House main stage. Children: January 13, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Adults: January 13, 4:00  – 6:00 p.m. & January 14, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Please note: All “Dorothy” candidates should come to the ADULT audition times. All candidates will need to sing at the audition, including those in […]

Reimagining Castonguay Square Exhibition

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

This exhibition integrates three-dimensional design concepts created by teams of citizens during a public design charrette held in November 2018 with historic images of Castonguay Square from the Waterville Historical Society. The exhibition opens Monday, Jan 14, 2019 at 9 AM and runs through 5:00 PM Saturday, Feb 16 Common Street Arts Location: 10 Water […]

Free

Hand Building with Clay

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

"Hand building" is working with clay by hand using only simple tools, not the pottery wheel. Before potters employed the wheel, they were creating beautiful pots and clay forms by hand. During this six-week class, we will cover the three most common forms of creating hand-built pots: pinch pot, coiling, and slab techniques. Students will […]

$175

City of Waterville Council Meeting

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

Council Packet for Tuesday, Jan 15, 2019 Council Meeting - 7:00 PM at Chace Forum, 150 Main St (new Colby Dorm).    

Free
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Business After Hours

Hobby Lobby 130 Elm Plaza, Waterville, ME

Join us each month at a different area business for Business After Hours. These events are a great opportunity to mix and mingle with other business professionals and leaders in our communities. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, and other beverages are available, as well as a 50/50 raffle and fabulous door prizes donated by area […]

Free

Castonguay Square Redesign Charrette #3

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

For Charrette #3, the design team from Beyer Blinder Belle and Mitchell & Associates will present to the community three design options for Castonguay Square based on earlier input provided by community members. The goal of this presentation will be to prioritize concepts and design elements within the three options to be combined in a […]

Free

Is the “Electric Economy” the Future of Energy?

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

Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Education and Community Outreach Team invites you to this presentation by Dr. Steven Kahl, who teaches environmental and sustainability courses at Thomas College and hosts the call-in energy radio show Power for the People on WERU-FM.

Free

Equality Rally

Castonguay Square Common Street, Waterville

This event will be on the steps of City Hall here in Waterville. In love and solidarity with all Mainers we wanted a special event here in Central Maine on this day. So on Jan. 19th Waterville will host its first Equality Rally. We hope you and your family and friends will join us on […]

Free

Rescheduled-The Met: Adriana Lecouvreur

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

Rescheduled to March 3, 2019 Soprano Anna Netrebko joins the ranks of Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballé, and Renata Scotto, taking on — for the first time at the Met — the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on-and offstage passion. The soprano is joined by tenor Piotr Beczała […]

$17 – $23

Winter Tracking Walk

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

Strap on your snowshoes and explore the woods in winter. Lots of different creatures travel the trails behind the museum — you never know what we will find. We provide some snowshoes, tracking guides and binoculars — you bring your curiosity and warm clothes! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

$1 – $3

Introduction to 3D Printing

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

What can you print with a 3D printer? How does it work? This introduction to 3D printers will show you some basics, including software used for printing. Each participant receives a 3D print of their own inspired by the Castonguay Square Redesign project! Instructor: Stephen LaRochelle Cost: $15 CLICK TO REGISTER.

$15

Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Faith Celebration

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

Everyone is welcome to join this multi-faith celebration of Martin Luther King’s life and work, where we will also present the Drum Major for Justice Award.

Free

Cancelled-Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Breakfast

Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME

Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Breakfast has been cancelled. PROGRAM Master of Ceremonies: Jennifer Olsen, President, Waterville Rotary Club Invocation: Father James Doran, Saint Joseph Antiochene Syriac Maronite Catholic Church, Waterville Buffet (MLK, Jr. photo slideshow played during breakfast) Guest Speaker: David Deas, "Martin Luther King and ME" Mr. Deas served as Assistant Registrar at the University of […]

$3 – $8

What the Paris Climate Agreement Means for Africa

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

Doreen Stabinsky is professor of Global Environmental Politics at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, USA. Her research focuses on political and policy responses to the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security, with a particular interest in impacts on the African continent, and primarily within the context of the UN […]

Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Address

Page Commons, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Joy DeGruy will deliver the keynote address to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of hope and struggle for justice. As a scholar, educator, and mental health professional, DeGruy is a major voice in important discussions about the lasting impact of enslavement on contemporary Americans, particularly African Americans. She is the author of Post Traumatic […]

Free

The Visitor

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

It’s the post-9/11 U.S. when Tom McCarthy (who was to go on to make the Oscar-winning Spotlight) made this “heartfelt human drama that sneaks up and floors you” about our fear of immigrants. Richard Jenkins notched a Best Actor Oscar nomination as a nerdy Connecticut professor “who seems to move through life in a trance. […]

Soup and Ski

Quarry Road Recreation Area 300 Quarry Road, Waterville, ME

Group and self-guided ski and snowshoe tours, followed by soup , snacks and a guest speaker.

Free

Red Stocking Annual Appeal

Waterville Elks Lodge 76 Industrial Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Join the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers on Thursday, January 24th for our Annual Appeal! Our night will consist of a social hour, cash bar, hors d'oeuvres, a celebration of our accomplishments in 2018 and our goals for 2019! Tickets are $20/person. Tickets are available online or by calling Rick Dorian at (207) 873-4253. […]

$20

Brews and Blankies

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

Have a beer, make a blanket and meet other professionals in the area! Join United Way of Mid-Maine's Rising Leaders and KV Connect at Waterville Brewing Company for our first ever VolunBREW event, filled with networking, BREWS and of course a hands-on volunteer activity! We will be creating tie blankets to benefit Hospice Volunteers of […]

$5

PechaKucha Waterville v30

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

PechaKucha Night Waterville is a creative networking event centered on storytelling in 20x20 (20 slides with 20 seconds per slide). Every event is well attended and provides its own distinctive journey.     Waterville | Vol. 30 January 25, 2019 Snow Date: January 26, 2019 Colby College |Diamond Building |Ostrove Auditorium Reception: 6:20pm | Presentations: […]

Free

The Passion Project: Activist Storytelling Workshop

Pugh Center, Cotter Union, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

After a spirited and successful program last year, Theater and Dance presents The Passion Project 2019, a brand-new evening of original, story-based performance about issues Colby students are most passionate about in their lives. Through the Jan Plan Activist Storytelling Workshop, students will write and rehearse a series of short solo and small-group pieces inspired […]

Free
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A Fox on the Fairway

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

by Ken Ludwig A charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and man’s eternal love affair with…golf. This hilarious romp, which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club, is filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over the top romantic shenanigans! When Henry Bingham makes a hefty wager, which […]

$21 – $24
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What Price Hollywood?

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

Directed by George Cukor and adapted from the same Adela Rogers St. John story that inspired A Star Is Born (in its four incarnations), What Price Hollywood? tells the story of aspiring actress Mary Evans who waits on tables until meeting and befriending famous, yet seldom-sober director Max Carey. Soon she is a big-time star. She […]

Art + Storytelling: Really Small, Really

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

What is a Lunar Eclipse?

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

Did you watch the recent lunar eclipse on January 21? Bring all your moon questions, and find out how a lunar eclipse takes place! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.

$1 – $3
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