We will learn more about Rev. Dr. William Barber II's continuation of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Poor People's Campaign." Dr. Barber is also the founder of the group "Repairers of the Breach."

February 18 - 22 Cost: Half Day 9-12 $125 Full Day (12-5 at Alfond Youth Center) $160 Learn the basics of 3D printing in our new maker space, discover Inuit-inspired art, carve snow sculptures, create snow animals, and explore a mini-maker space day -- all in one week. Guest artists include Johnna Stoltz and Jon […]

Waterville Opera House collaborates with Missoula Children's Theatre, an internationally recognized touring group, to present sessions of theatre camp during February and summer vacations. This play will be The Snow Queen. Each week concludes with a fully realized performance, with scenery, costumes, and props. Participants will learn about the theatrical process while practicing for the […]

A lecture in the Presence of the Past Series with Sonja Thomas, associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. Many Catholic dioceses in rural areas of the U.S. are recruiting and hiring missionary priests from India. The Great-Falls-Billings diocese of central and eastern Montana is one of them. Priests from India are entering into an […]

Did you know there are more than 200 squirrel species worldwide? Underappreciated because of their commonplace nature, there’s a lot more to squirrels than you might think. Did you know squirrels sometimes dig “decoy” holes to throw off anyone who might have observed them burying their food? Or that they have been known to chew […]

The executive director of Waterville Senior High School’s Cyber Panthers program, an innovative computer science elective course, will showcase the program at Central Maine Tech Night’s upcoming TechTalk. Click for more details.

(Postponed from Feb 13, 2019) Hosted by Waterville Historical Society and Redington Museum Join us as Meg Bernier Boyd talks to us about Franco-American women in Waterville!

Alejandro Mayorkas, Partner, WilmerHale, former Deputy Secretary, Homeland Security, and a Colby parent, rolled out DACA under President Obama. Before joining WilmerHale, Mr. Mayorkas served as Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, where he managed some of the most complex and critical responsibilities of government, including preventing and responding to terrorist attacks on US soil, enhancing […]

In honor of National Wildlife Day and the birthday of nature education pioneer Steve Irwin, join us for a guided tour of some of the remarkable animals from across the world that have found their way to the museum's collection. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for youth under 18.

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Mark Dion, this year’s Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Fellow in Environmental Humanities, is an American conceptual artist whose work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge, and the natural world. By locating the roots of environmental politics and public policy in the construction of knowledge about […]

(Snow date, March 2, 2019) Do you like chocolate? Do you want to get started on shopping for birthday, graduation, and anniversary gifts? Then come to this event where there will be chocolate food items (i.e. cakes, cookies, etc.) for sale and a chocolate dipping fountain. In addition, there will be treasures (non-food items) for […]

Join us for an afternoon of activities centered around animal tracks. In addition to creating your own tracking guidebook with rubber stamps, we may take a stroll outside, if weather permits! Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for youth under 18.

This performance concludes a week-long session of theatre camp. Although set in a “land of colored ice,” this classic tale will warm your heart in its illustrative retelling by a group of fun-loving, imaginative hobgoblins. As they depict the journey of a young girl and her quest to find her best friend, you may just […]

Explore the stars indoors with the wonderful John Meader and his incredible blow up planetarium! Anyone who has had the pleasure of being in a program in the Northern Stars Planetarium knows that John is an amazing storyteller and a real treat to witness! The adult show will include beer and wine. Cost: $15 per […]

Join us for a benefit variety show that is jam-packed with crowd-pleasing entertainment for the whole family! This event guarantees to be an evening well spent! Our performers (Gerry Wright, Noteworthy Vocal Studio, TNT, Stage Presence and Young Americans Dance Studios along with Elvis Tribute Artist, Don Boudreau, just to name a few) will leave […]

This performance is an HD broadcast from London. Running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes By: William Shakespeare The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness. Shakespeare’s most intense and terrifying tragedy, directed by Rufus Norris (The Threepenny Opera, London Road), sees Rory Kinnear […]

Renaissance Men, New England's Professional Male Vocal Chamber Ensemble, presents RenMentality as part of the 2018-19 Colby College Wellness Seminar series. Renaissance Men will explore sacred and secular compositions by those who suffered with mental and behavioral disorders, including works by Schumann, Beethoven, Ives, Monteverdi, and Mussorgsky. American composer Jay Mobley will premiere a major […]

The Maine Film Center invites you to celebrate the best films of 2018 with us! We will bring all the glitz of the Oscars to Railroad Square Cinema for a special evening. Join us for wine cocktails by Meridians and hors d’oeuvres by Amici’s Cucina, followed by a telecast of the 91st Academy Awards on […]

A lecture in the “Presence of the Past Series” with Nathan Hensley, associate professor of English at Georgetown University. When Alice falls into Wonderland in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 classic, she wonders how anything in the world will ever feel normal again. In this lecture, Hensley draws on the experience of Alice and other 19th-century literary […]

Natasha Goldman presents the 2019 Berger Family Holocaust Lecture. East and West Germany worked through Holocaust memory in the form of public memorials, in different ways. While East Germany favored socialist realist public sculptures, some artists by the late 1950s, incorporated elements of the pre-war avant-garde in their work — but not without controversy. Meanwhile, […]

Come and learn how to construct, set up, and maintain a worm bin to compost kitchen vegetable waste in order to recycle it as plant food. Join Jock Robie as he discusses the harvesting of worm castings and vermin-compost for gardening and houseplants as well as “worm tea”! Each student will set up their own […]

The Mid-Maine Chamber Leadership Luncheon Series, sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross and Kennebec Savings Bank, brings to the stage business leaders from across the state to share their business ingenuity in an informal atmosphere. Dr. Deirdre Frey, founder of Vet at Your Door, will speak. A computer programmer-turned-veterinarian, Frey provides veterinary house call services in […]