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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 […]
Join us for social media breakfast seminars! Spend an hour learning about ways to grow and improve your audience engagement using social media tools such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. And there’s bacon! We'll meet at Thomas College in the Summit Room of the Spann Student Commons. Arrive and make your plate at the hot breakfast […]
Our community is deeply impacted by the lack of available treatment, overdose deaths, and families in crisis because of problematic drug use. Please join us to learn about new recommendations from the Maine Coalition for Sensible Drug Policy, and local opportunities to get involved, including Waterville Police Department’s Operation Hope. Speakers include: director of Opioid Response for the state […]
The reaction to this amazing concert film was so strong when we first showed it, we’re bringing it back for an encore screening! Honoring one of the world’s most revered artists, Joni Mitchell, on her 75th birthday, Joni 75 brings together an incredible array of singers and musicians for a celebration. Captured live, this special […]
The Mid-Maine Global Forum and Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine are proud to host a luncheon program featuring Indira Williams Babic, the director of photography and virtual resources at the Newseum in Washington D.C. Ms. Williams Babic will discuss the creation of the exhibit 40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World. The […]
Across References artist talk and Mapping the Self interactive workshop, Friday March 1, 2019, University of Maine at Farmington Art Gallery. Talk: noon -1. Mapping the Self and erasing drawings, lift, turn, spin artwork! Break the conventions of sacredness of art objects and gallery spaces! Header image: Glaciology/Mount Katahdin. 51 in. x 8.5 feet. Charcoal […]
A Maine Jewish Film Festival sneak preview screening! Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Based on Vilmos Kondor’s best-selling crime novel, Éva Gárdos’ BUDAPEST NOIR is set in 1936. The prime minister returns to Budapest from Germany in a coffin, his dream of a fascist state snuffed out — for now. Cynical reporter Zsigmond Gordon has […]
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. Contact: Qianni Zhu, qianni.zhu@colby.edu
This is a live HD Broadcast from The Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. Click for more info.
Examine mammal skulls, teeth and claws to determine how they help each mammal. Learn how some skulls and their teeth are designed well for hunting, chewing wood or grazing. Count how many teeth a bear has and touch sharp bobcat teeth. Make a paper skull craft to take home. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for […]
Join Boston’s stellar jazz ensemble The Modernistics for a toe-tapping show of music and dance from the “Great American Songbook.” The group performs hits by Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, and other master tunesmiths, including high-energy numbers like “Sunny Side of the Street,” “Paper Moon,” “Top Hat,” “Crazy Rhythm,” and “It Don’t Mean A […]
(Rescheduled from Jan 19, 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 […]
The Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs is hosting guest speaker Roger Schulman, President and CEO of Fund for Educational Excellence on March 4th for a 7 pm lecture in Roberts, Robins room on Colby campus. Mr. Schulman who has over 20 years of experience in urban education works closely with a wide variety of district, […]
Roughly the last three decades of British rule in South Asia produced a host of new scientific ways, such as serology and statistical analysis, for determining the identities of humans. British administrator-ethnographers, however, were no longer the primary users of these new scientific methods. Rather, South Asian scientists now enthusiastically embraced these techniques. Their objective […]
A documentary film by Antonia Grace Glenn with scholar commentary by Evelyn Nakano Glenn. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director and producer Glenn and scholarly commentator Evelyn Nakano Glenn, a sociologist who was Colby’s 2012 Kingsley Birge Lecturer. She has written extensively on the intersection of race, class, citizenship, and gender in […]
From pole to pole, human societies are increasingly having a notable and negative impact on their surrounding environment through land-use practices, degrading ecological communities with social and economic consequences that in turn harm communal well-being, but the answer to these challenges lies in a deep understanding of environmental processes and the careful observation of environmental […]
Betina Tagle, Assistant Professor of Cyber/CIS Security, and an University of Maine WiCyS Chapter student will be able to demonstrate and answer any questions on keeping yourself safe on the web. Limited seating to 25 computer stations.
Arisa White, assistant professor of English, is the author of Perfect on Accident, Black Pearl, Post Pardon, A Penny Saved, and her debut collection, Hurrah’s Nest, which was nominated for a 44th NAACP Image Award, the 82nd California Book Awards, and the 2013 Wheatley Book Awards. Her recent collection, You’re the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened, was nominated for the 29th […]
This six-week pottery class will teach students the basics of throwing clay on the wheel. The class will start with clay basics and expand to creating mugs, bowls, plates, and other objects based on student interest. Skills that will be developed include centering, shaping, trimming, handle making, and decoration and glazing. The instructor will work […]
Do you think the movement for women’s equality in movies is a recent development? How about a movie that clearly — and charmingly, and hilariously and wittily — argues casually for her absolute SUPERIORITY in a Hollywood romantic comedy from 1941? The Lady Eve is all that and more as the fantastic Barbara Stanwyck runs […]
The Departments of Computer Science, Music and Theater and Dance Present Strings March 7-8 at 7:30 p.m. March 9 at 2 p.m. How can we as individuals act meaningfully in imbalanced systems? Strings interconnects lights, sound, lasers, sensors and performers to explore our world of all-pervasive computation. Systems breathe. We are in a constant flow […]
The Bayside Trio is a bold voice in chamber music. Anastasia Antonacos (piano), Nicole Rabata (flute), and Benjamin Noyes (cello) are internationally acclaimed prizewinners and recitalists who have appeared throughout the Northeast and beyond. Location: Paul J. Schupf Wing, Colby College Museum of Art.
Please join us for the inaugural DavisConnects Health Forum keynote address by Dr. Steve Collins, a medical doctor with a doctorate in nutrition. In 2001 he received a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to humanitarianism. He is a respected academic who publishes widely in major international […]
Chris Ross: Winner of 2014 SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR / New England Music Awards The musicians forming The North provide a masterful blend of country + rock & roll swagger, a winning combination with Ross's candid storytelling. Chris Ross and the North are rubber tramps out of necessity, lending to the ideal consumption of their […]
Tour the sea shell collections to learn about the interesting adaptations of different sea shells. See and touch tube worms, scallops, cone snails, cowries and our local clams. Find out how their shells protect them and grow. Start a small shell collection to take home. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.
It’s often said that Verdi was to opera what Beethoven was to the symphony — in its third program of the season, the orchestra, directed by Jinwook Park, has both: Verdi’s popular Overture to La Forza del destino, a selection of opera scenes from his La Traviata, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Shuttle service to the […]
The late-middle-aged son of a Nazi officer embarks on a road trip with his translator, an older Jewish Slovakian man who believes the officer murdered his family. Beautifully filmed in the countryside and small villages of Slovakia, The Interpreter builds suspense while exploring a most unlikely friendship. Part of the Maine Jewish Film Festival, this […]
Shemekia Copeland March 9, 2019 at 8:00pm Shemekia Copeland returns to Waterville Opera House! Shemekia Copeland never holds back. Her instantly recognizable voice—capable of being sultry, assertive and roaring—delivers every song with unparalleled honesty and passion. Her wide-open vision of contemporary Americana roots and soul music showcases the evolution of a passionate artist with an up-to-the-minute musical […]
In the heart of Hasidic Judaism in Brooklyn, the first ever all-women EMT corps of Ezras Nashim (“women helping women”) pushes the edges of strict gender norms within this conservative religious sect. Bold, inspired and controversial, 93 Queen offers an intimate view into the marrow of this usually private and veiled community, bearing witness to […]
In this lavish staging of Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet, it is Princess Aurora’s sixteenth birthday. Four foreign princes have come to ask for her hand. At the height of the festivities, an old woman with a knitting spindle appears at the Princess’s side… This performance is an encore high-definition broadcast from Moscow. The running time is 2 […]
A group of people concerned about food insecurity for area residents is starting a gleaning group. Gleaning, or food rescue, is defined by the Maine Gleaning Network as “gathering of produce after or during an active harvest and donating the produce to humans rather than for compost or for animal feed. The produce gleaned could […]
Join the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Jennifer Pope ’96, director, family planning and reproductive health at Population Services International. Pope provides technical assistance to country programs providing life-saving products, clinical services, and behavior change communications that empower the world’s most vulnerable populations to lead healthier lives. She has more than 15 years of experience […]
Austria’s official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1986, when Austrian activists were protesting against Kurt Waldheim, filmmaker Ruth Beckermann was both protester and reporter, capturing confrontations between activists and Waldheim supporters. Thirty years later, Beckermann uses her footage, as well as contemporaneous news archives, to chronicle Waldheim’s run for […]
Reading Elizabeth Bishop’s The Sandpiper along with William Blake’s Auguries of Innocence, this talk by Wai Chee Dimock makes a case for the continuing resonances of two poets who, writing before climate change was an available term, nonetheless spoke to the vulnerabilities of the planet — of humans and nonhumans — in a way newly meaningful […]
An environmental justice activist, a storyteller, and a cultural geographer, Carolyn Finney wrote Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors. Her work challenges us to question whose stories frame or are left out of environmental institutions and issues. How do stories influence the ways we understand the world? […]
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 Colleges 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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1966, speaker Jim Friedlander joined the Peace Corps and was stationed in Malawi. Thus began a half century international career. He was legal advisor to Malawi’s Foreign Ministry, followed by stints with the World Bank, Citibank, and international law firms, large and small. He has lived for extensive […]
Are you or someone you know interested in the field of criminal justice? Join us for the Criminal Justice Open House. The event will feature a guest speaker, Department of Corrections Acting Commissioner Randall Liberty, and a panel with students, faculty, and alumni. Thomas College offers bachelors degrees in Criminal Justice and Criminal Justice Administration […]
Maine is one of the states hardest hit by the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis, but people across southern Maine are working on the frontlines of this epidemic, saving lives, raising awareness, and developing new solutions. Points North Institute and Maine Health are partnering to organize a statewide tour of Oscar-nominated director Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s Recovery […]
Cardboard Challenge! What can be created just using a cardboard box? We think the possibilities are endless! Join us to create a castle or fantasy home made of cardboard and tape! Ages 7-12. Healthy snacks provided. $14 Scholarships available. Click to register.
Good dialogue can bring enormous vividness and music to our prose. Good dialogue invites a reader into a room, helps us connect, and lets us hear and see. It can forward plot, illuminate character, reveal theme. But writing dialogue is not always intuitive, in part because dialogue is not merely transcribed speech. (Artful dialogue has […]
Chris Walker, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Humanities, and Beth Finch, Lunder Curator of American Art, will speak on Flooded McDonald’s (2009), a surreal video by the artist collective Superflex. Location: Davis Gallery, Colby Museum of Art. Contact: Jordia Benjamin-Sands, jordia.benjamin@colby.edu Click for more about the Exhibition.
The Girls Rock! Awards honors six amazing girls from Maine and a keynote from Hebh Jamal, a youth activist and leader of Integrate New York City. Join us March 22, 2019 at Waynflete School in Portland from 5:30 - 8pm 5:30pm Social Hour with passed hors d'oeuvres 6:20pm Program 7:30pm Meet & Mingle with Honorees This fundraiser supports our year-round […]
Learn about the reasons for seasons! The spring equinox was on March 20, and now we’re halfway to the summer solstice, the longest day of the year! Come celebrate what this day means for where our planet is in space! Find out why days are getting longer and the climate is getting warmer. We will […]
Poppies and rainbows and Shrinky Dinks – OH MY! Follow the virtual yellow brick road to the land of Oz! Create beautiful poppies and rainbows out of tissue paper and craft your own stylish Oz themed Shrinky Dink keepsake! Your design could be featured in promotional advertising for the upcoming Waterville Opera House production, The […]
All are welcome for food, fun, and fellowship. We'll have a shepherd pie supper and open mic night. Admission is free; donation will be accepted.
Yellow Brick Road, A Tribute to Elton John, from Augusta Maine, is a full concert tribute, complete with an incredible light show and sound system. Every detail of an actual Elton John concert is presented in such a way that will have Elton John fans screaming for more! Doors open at 6:30; concert starts at 7:30. […]
The Waterville thinker, writer, and humorist shares tales, wisdom and answers questions. Also, J.P. Devine will be there. He’ll entertain with many years of stories, and She will correct all of them. Admission is free, but advance tickets are required. Register here. Community Voices is a live event series featuring conversations with notable community members […]
March 28, 2019 Colby College Field House 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville 12:00PM to 6:00PM With over 140 exhibitors and 2,000+ attendees, the Business to Business Showcase is great for networking, and it’s the premier trade show in the area. There will be a list available at check in of all businesses who are hiring. Booths […]
The art of a good paper airplane can be an engineering challenge for any age! Come try out different airplane designs, including ones used in NASA programming. After making your plane, add your own decorations to make them even more unique. Ages 7 - 12. Registration required. $14. Scholarships available. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
We are excited to celebrate KVCC’s 50 years of student, community, and workforce success. Studio Two, New England’s Best a Beatles Tribute Band, will be entertaining the crowd as they dine on amazing cocktail dinner party foods prepared by: Amici’s Cucina, The Parsonage House, The Bankery, Heritage House Restaurant, The KVCC Café, and KVCC Culinary […]
Bend, stretch, and move inspired by the art on display in the Youth Art Month exhibition. This is the third year in a row for this popular event, creating yoga poses based on art works. For ages 6 - 10. Adults welcome. Free, but registration required. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
A special event with Cynthia Lord and Hazel Mitchell and their new picture book Borrowing Bunnies. Cynthia Lord's new novel, Because Of The Rabbit, and other titles from both Lord and Hazel will be available as well. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Learn about many types of rocks and minerals and how we all use them. Write with a rock, make paint with a mineral, break a geode, and use crystals to make electricity. Marvel at the wonderful colors and shapes of our Maine mineral. Start a mini mineral collection. Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for children.
What can you print with a 3D printer? How does it work? This beginner’s introduction to 3d printing will provide a basic overview, including learning about software used in the process. Participants will receive sample prints to take home. Instructor: Stephen LaRochelle (Ages 15 and above) Click for more info.
Meet your farmers, get great deals on food, and maybe even win a prize! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Directors David Abel and Andy Laub will hold a Skype Q&A session after the screening! Lobster War is a must-watch — especially for us Mainers! — award-winning feature-length documentary film about a conflict between the United States and Canada over waters that both countries have claimed since the end of the Revolutionary War. The disputed […]