What do humans, bears, whales, and bats have in common? Quite a lot, it turns out! We will talk about what makes a mammal a mammal, and the adaptations we can observe in a mammal’s fur, teeth, and feet to find out who they are, and what they’re good at! Skulls and pelts will be […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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: ~ […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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! […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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. […]

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? […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]