4/11/2022 COVID Update: The State of Maine no longer requires masking or proof of vaccination to attend any public events, but individual venues are free to do so. For the latest information, visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention or the State of Maine’s COVID site.

Met Opera Encore: Champion

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Six-time Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his Fire Shut Up in My Bones triumphantly premiered with the company to universal acclaim in 2021. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays […]

$16 – $19

Fairies and Gnomes Festival

Viles Arboretum 153 Hospital St, Augusta, ME

Join us for a day of enchantment at the Children's Discovery Museum's Fairies & Gnomes Festival on May 13th at Viles Arboretum. This free event, with a suggested $5 donation, offers child-friendly activities like building gnome houses, fantasy face painting, guided walks through the woods, arts and crafts, music, and hot dogs. Bring your little […]

Union Coffeehouse: Simons and Goodwin

Union Church of Belgrade Lakes 67 Main Street, Belgrade Lakes, ME

Be sure to save the date so you can hear the delightful music of Simons and Goodwin, as they return for their seventeenth appearance at the Union Coffeehouse.  Bob Simons and Renee Goodwin always provide our audiences with a first-class concert. Their voices blend seamlessly to create delightful harmonies while Bob’s accomplished guitar accompaniment completes […]

$10

Fleeing Persecution, Seeking Safety: LGBT People and Global Migration

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

Fleeing Persecution, Seeking Safety, and Finding Only Sporadic Support: LGBT People and Global Migration and Transgender Rights Program The Global Forum is excited to have Kyle Knight  to speak  during the luncheon hour and to the students at Messalonskee High School. Kyle is a senior researcher on health and LGBT rights at Human Rights Watch. Previously, he was […]

Free – $15

SLICE: Museum Curation + Social Media

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

Learn how museums create exhibitions and what steps they take to promote, advertise, and engage their potential visitors. Participants will take a special tour at the Colby Museum (before it opens to the public!) with some of the staff who helped create the exhibition. Learn how museums use social media as a tool for outreach, […]

Free

Business After Hours

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Waterville Creates 93 Main St. Waterville ME. 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 to Chamber members. Hors d'oeuvres, beer wine and other beverages are available, or you could win the 50/50 […]

Free
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Laser Show & Concert

Clinton Fairgrounds 1450 Bangor Rd, Clinton, ME

Spectacular Laser Show & Concert to Benefit Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry!  These spectacular, drive-in, family-friendly Laser Shows will feature many of your all-time favorite musical hits from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and beyond—current hits to Classic Rock!  All choreographed with cutting-edge effects, high-powered lasers, and Large Screen Laser Projection! Vendors and food, plus an […]

Business to Business Showcase

Thomas College 180 West River Road, Waterville

Looking for a new job? Enjoy networking to grow your circle? Clear your calendar and plan to join us for the best networking opportunity in Mid-Maine. Thursday, May 18 - Noon to 6 p.m. at the Thomas College Harold Alfond Athletic Center West River Rd., Waterville Enjoy the warm weather and join us for: ~ […]

Elements of Dynamic Selling

Bricks Coworking & Innovation Space Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water St. Ste. 110, Waterville, ME

May Speaker Series: Elements of Dynamic Selling - May 18 | 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Bricks Coworking Space, Hathaway Creative Center, Waterville - With Richard Ruhlin, Matter Surfaces Chief Growth & Product Officer & Chris MacKenzie, STARC Systems Vice-President of Strategic Partnerships - Join Rich and Chris as they discuss their careers in professional […]

Free

Friends Camp Spring Work Weekend

Friends Camp 729 Lakeview Drive, South China, ME

Our annual work weekend is just around the corner, and we are looking for a few more hands to help get work done! Work weekend is happening Friday, May 19 – Sunday, May 21, at Friends Camp in South China, ME. Tasks for the weekend will include: raking painting clearing pathways of sticks & branches […]

Free

Earth and Space Activities

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

Come learn about some of the techniques used by NASA scientists to explore and understand our universe, through a series of fun and informative hands-on activities, including: Stomp Rockets • Mars Rover Game • Discovering Distant Planets • Moon Craters • and more! Plus, discover the construction and principles behind a working refractor telescope with […]

$1 – $4
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Studio One for Dancers: Ziegfeld Follies

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

Saturday, May 20 at 7:00 + Sunday, May 21 at 2:00 Mr. Scott and Studio One for Dancers proudly present their 2023 recital, Ziegfeld Follies. Join us at Waterville Opera House on May 20 & 21 to celebrate all our dancers' amazing accomplishments this year. Tickets: $25. Price includes a per ticket handling fee. Tickets […]

$25

Colby’s 202nd Commencement

Miller Library Lawn, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, Maine

Come watch the members of the Class of 2023 graduate! Journalist Amy Walter will give the commencement address. She and four others will receive honorary degrees. Commencement is open to the public with general admission seating. Standing room will also be available on Miller Lawn. In the case of extreme weather, the ceremony will be […]

Free

Dine-to-Donate

Mainely Brews 1 Post Office Square, Waterville, ME

Please Support Winslow Congregational Church by Dining at Mainely Brews on Tuesday, May 23!   Now you can support Winslow Congregational Church … in a fun, incredibly easy way! Simply dine at Mainely Brews in Waterville on Tuesday May 23 and 10 percent of your food and beverage bill goes toward Winslow Congregational Church’s fundraiser! […]

Student Film Night

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States
Free

Blues Traveler (Sold Out!)

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

36 years ago, the four original members of Blues Traveler—John Popper, Chandler Kinchla, Brendan Hill, and the late Bobby Sheehan—gathered in their drummer’s parent’s basement in Princeton, NJ to jam. From these high school sessions emerged a band that would go on to release a total of 14 studio albums, four of which have gone […]

$63 – $73

SLICE: Make a Moving Panorama

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Artist and author-illustrator Lucky Platt creates children’s picture books, life-sized bear paintings, crankies, mixed-media animations, relief prints, paper sculptures, and more in her lakeside studio in Burnham, Maine. Platt’s debut picture book, Imagine a Wolf was a 2022 Maine Literary Awards Finalist, a 2022 Ezra Jack Keats Award Finalist in New Writers, a 2021 New […]

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Surette Real Estate 113 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

Join us for a ribbon cutting THURSDAY, MAY 25 - 10 a.m. to celebrate a name change for Surette Real Estate to be held at 113 Silver Street, Waterville

Free

Beauty Is Embarrassing

Waterville, ME

Part biography, part live performance, Beauty Is Embarrassing traces the career of Wayne White and shows what it takes for one uniquely talented, profanely hilarious, and utterly uncompromising artist to make it in America. Post-film Q&A by Scott Nash and Nancy Gibson-Nash, directors of the Illustration Institute, where Wayne White was a former artist in […]

Spring Wildflower Walk

Quarry Road Recreation Area 300 Quarry Road, Waterville, ME

What wonderful wildflowers are blooming in spring? Begin the wildflower art walk at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center beneath Tessa Greene O’Brien’s mural Fields Alive with Pollen and Wings, followed by a walk at Quarry Road to explore, draw, and discover! Led by wildflower enthusiasts and Maine Master Naturalists Harry Vayo and Serena Sanborn. […]

$10

Audubon’s Revenge

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

Let your imagination run wild as we invent fantastic new creatures by combining parts of existing animals in the museum — using colored pencils, of course! This fun activity helps kids think about adaptations and the “creativity” we observe in some animals’ naturally selected traits. Can you invent a chimera stranger than the duck-billed platypus? […]

$1 – $4

SLICE: Combat + Movement for Stage

Schupf Art Center 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Ever wonder how stage actors make fights look so realistic? Learn simple combat and movement tricks with the help of theater educators John Dalton Logan and Nathan Sylvester. Students will watch a choreographed combat scene and learn the magic of how the scene is crafted + created. Students will learn simple and safe techniques in […]

Free

First Friday: Pride!

Downtown Waterville Main Street at Common Street, Waterville, ME

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit Main Street in downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the arts, and come together as a community. In addition, […]

Opening of Cattail Trail

Lawrence High School 9 School St., Fairfield, ME

The town of Fairfield is excited to announce the opening of the Cattail Trail, a new trail that runs adjacent to Lawrence High School. The trail will host its opening in conjunction with National Trail Day on Saturday, June 3. Recognizing the importance of protecting natural resources and inviting the public to participate in the […]

Free

KMTrails Birthday Bash

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