Join us for the opening reception of the Holiday Bazaar in conjunction with downtown Waterville’s First Friday event. Enjoy cookies and refreshments and shop lovely handmade items created by Maine makers! This holiday season, Ticonic Gallery is transformed into a vibrant and festive marketplace filled with unique and distinctive gifts created by talented artists + […]

You are cordially invited to attend the formal ball of our very own winter princess and her friends. Come dressed in your best princess attire and enjoy snacks, dancing, singing lessons, royal arts and crafts, and get a chance to meet your favorite princes and princesses! ​Tickets are $15 per attendee, ages 2 and up. […]

Silent Film with Live Musical Accompaniment by Mark Tipton and Les Sorciers Perdus! Free and open to all. Presented in partnership with the Colby Museum of Art. One of the very last of the great films of the Silent Era will be brought to stunning life without the actual cold of the Klondike central to […]

Fairfield United Methodist Church Christmas Craft Fair 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Saturday, Dec 2, 2023 Call Candy Lucore for details: 207-680-6118 Fair will include a silent auction and light food will be available.    

It’s one of Winslow’s most beloved holiday traditions! On Saturday, December 2, from 12 to 3 p.m., Winslow Congregational Church (12 Lithgow Street) will be offering over 400 incredibly yummy, ready-to-be-baked turkey pies for sale. The cost is $15 per pie (2 for $25), with all proceeds going to empower the Christian/humanitarian work of the […]

Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven […]

One of Maine’s most beloved and beautiful Christmas experiences returns! Enjoy and be enriched by the gorgeous, candlelit, a capella presentation of the 32nd annual edition of Carols in the Round concert by the Mt. View Chamber Singers. As the singers encircle the audience, you’ll be treated to timeless standards as well as lesser-known, but […]

Date: Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 7:30pm Organization: Waterville Opera House Venue: Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St, Waterville, ME This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra brings timeless classics like In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Pennsylvania 6-5000, String of Pearls, and Tuxedo Junction back to […]

Directed by Jinwook Park, our second orchestral concert of the season, Collaboration, features solo percussionist Hayoung Song performing Emmanuel Séjourné’s Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (2006), as well as an exciting first-time collaboration with Colby’s Performance, Theater, and Dance Department and the Portland Ballet for Claude Debussy’s dreamy tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon […]

Vitaliia Tomakhiv is from Ukraine, and is currently working on her Master's Degree at the  University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs. She is focusing on Foreign Policy and Security. Vita was born in Ternopil, Ukraine and moved to Kyiv when she was 17, where she earned a  Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics and a Master’s […]

Wednesday, December 6 - 3 p.m. with Central Maine Equipment & Motorsports to be held at 56 Garland Road, Winslow

Join us on Wednesday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. for a live conversation with author Scot Lehigh. Scot will sit down with Morning Sentinel reporter Sukanya Mitra to talk about his new book, Just East of Nowhere, his career and more at the Chace Community Forum. Scot Lehigh, who graduated from Shead High School in […]

Don’t miss out! This is your opportunity to meet and ask questions of your State and local representatives and hear important legislative updates.

The Universalist Unitarian Church Holiday Food and Craft Fair will include: UU Cookie Walk UU Mall UU Market and Soups to go UU Coffee Shop (please see the flyer below for more details). The event will be held 8:30 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday December 9, 2023, with a storm date of noon to […]

Here’s that rarest of chances to catch a “neglected masterpiece...Should have become an instant classic–of American Jewish cinema, of gangster movies, of film comedy, and of bold creativity on a low budget”–(Richard Brody, The New Yorker) in, amazingly a NEW 35 mm print! Director Michael Roemer, who wowed audiences at MIFF last year with Vengeance […]

One of Maine’s most beloved and beautiful Christmas experiences returns! Enjoy and be enriched by the gorgeous, candlelit, a capella presentation of the 32nd annual edition of Carols in the Round concert by the Mt. View Chamber Singers. As the singers encircle the audience, you’ll be treated to timeless standards as well as lesser-known, but […]

With Tyler French. Join Central Maine writers for a series of writing workshops spanning genres and forms. Each workshop session will be led by a different writer and all workshop participants will be invited to submit their work for publication in a chapbook. The series will culminate in a public reading and chapbook launch party. […]

Business After Hours is a great place to network and market your business. Each Business After Hours event is hosted, or co -hosted, by Chamber members in our region. Hors d'oeuvres, beer wine and other beverages are available, and you could win the 50/50 raffle and fabulous door prizes donated by area businesses. Make sure […]

    Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 6-8pm Organization: Ticonic Gallery + Studios Venue: Paul J. Schupf Arts Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Program. Seasoned and aspiring artists are invited to participate in this costumed figure drawing program. This class offers a unique opportunity for emerging and established […]

Beginning in 2026, eligible workers in the private and public sector will have 12 weeks of paid time off available to them for family or medical reasons including illness, to care for a relative, or for the birth of a child. Join Reggie Parson, deputy director of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, as […]

Please join us  for a benefit concert featuring Elton John tribute band Yellow Brick Road with opening act Wolfriver. 100% of all proceeds from this concert will benefit those impacted by the unspeakable tragedy in Lewiston. Admission: $30. Doors open at 6:00.

A special service will be offered on Friday, December 22, 4 p.m., at Pleasant Street UMC. The name of this service comes from the season — Dec. 22 is actually the longest night of the year. But the name, “Longest Night”, also describes the feeling that a number of people have during this season. In these long, dark, […]

A forever classic, Fiddler on the Roof is set in 20th-century pre-revolutionary Russia where Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman, is deadset on marrying his three daughters off in respectable matches. However, when each of them expresses different romantic leanings, he has to contend with the collision of tradition and uncomfortable change. The family has to […]

The Arc of Oblivion is an unexpectedly playful search for an answer to a deeply existential question: In a universe that erases its tracks, why are we so hellbent on leaving a trace? This may seem an unusual concern for those involved in photography and motion pictures, which first offered humanity an opportunity to accurately […]

Dino the cat is a snuggly companion to little girl Zoé by day, and an accomplice to a nimble Parisian thief by night. Zoé, unable to speak since her father was killed by the city's crime boss Victor Costa, finds herself in a nighttime adventure to foil Costa's next evil plan. Whimsical animation brings a […]

Pick up Grab + Go kits for adults and teens at Waterville Public Library anytime after 2:00 p.m. every other Friday, for so long as supplies last. Each kit will contain the supplies and instructions for the current craft or activity. December’s remaining project is Sock Gnomes on December 29. For more information, call 207-872-5433, email […]

Running Time: 2 hour 35 minutes MPA Rating: Not Rated Organization: Maine Film Center Venue: Maine Film Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. Inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian […]