At the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street: All Day: Half off all concessions (except alcohol) at the Maine Film Center. 5pm Opening Reception for the Holiday Bazaar in the Ticonic Gallery Come share snacks and meet some Maine makers this First Friday! Waterville Creates and Ticonic Gallery are pleased to announce the…
In collaboration with Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and the Center for the Arts and Humanities’ 2023–2025 “Play” theme, Colby College will be sponsoring a two-day LitFest focusing on creativity, graphic writing, and social justice. Featuring MacArthur Fellow and the 2024–2025 Kristina Stahl Writer-in-Residence Lynda Barry. Lynda Barry is an award winning author and artist.…
Waterville Moves is a bi-weekly series that invites you to move your body, share stories, and create connections through guided movements and dance making! This class is designed for all ages and abilities. Classes are free and open to all: no experience with dance needed. (ages 5-105 welcome!) Matthew Cumbie is a choreographer and dance…
Join us in creating decor for the municipal Sukkah, which will be located in Castonguay Square during Sukkot, the Jewish Harvest Festival Octover 16–23. At these free workshops you’ll learn to create a one-of-a-kind collage with meaningful pictures and symbols representative of your history and home in Waterville. We will later combine your collage with…
At the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street: All Day: Half off all concessions (except alcohol) at the Maine Film Center. 7:30pm Miss Holmes Returns A nurse and activist finds herself on the run, wanted for murder. Pursued by authorities who choose to ignore a clear case of self-defense due to her heritage…
Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her most recent book of poetry, The Hurting Kind, was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. She is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship,…
Jeremy Pelt is one of the preeminent trumpeters within the world of jazz and was voted Rising Star on the trumpet, five years in a row by Downbeat Magazine. Both maverick traditionalist and forward looking modernist, he has worked with a great number of jazz legends while forging his identity as a band leader. Pelt…
Songs From Here’s performing duo returns for their third season of concerts with “Love Today,” a program that celebrates love in its many forms. Soprano Sarah Tuttle and pianist Bridget Convey present a concert of songs celebrating love for friends, lovers, family, and the natural world—tranquil, tragic, and laugh-out-loud funny! Erica Ball returns with a…
Two Cent Theatre proudly presents… What the Constitution Means to Me! Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the U.S. In this hilarious, hopeful, and deeply human play, she brings her teenage self to life to explore the profound connection between four generations of women and the founding document that…
Pounded by calloused hands; blasted by tightened lips. It calls across time and continents—with a visceral response from hips and feet. It’s the force that blew through Louis Armstrong in the ’20s. It’s the power that gets Brazilians swinging in the streets for carnival. It is jazz you can dance to. What makes Nation Beat…
At the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street: 5–7pm Tom Jessen in Ticonic Gallery with At Play Step into the creative world of artist Tom Jessen as he brings his piece Atsuko to life right before your eyes at Ticonic Gallery. Following the construction of Atsuko, visitors will be invited to become a…
At the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street: 5–7pm Opening Reception for Alive and Kicking at the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art This exhibition brings together three contemporary artists who have never shown together before, but are all remarkable for their punchy, surreal installations. Gladys Nilsson and Catalina Schliebener Muñoz contribute original works,…
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