Join participants from the four Writing Waterville Workshops for a Chapbook Launch Party and enjoy public readings and refreshments. This programming is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and realized in partnership with the Colby College Museum of Art and its Lunder Institute for American…
Are you into games like Cards Against Humanity and Apples to Apples? Do you like debating with your friends about movies, TV shows, and art? Join us to hear from John Sharp, one of the creators of The Metagame, and Tod Lippy, founder and editor of Esopus Magazine, followed by some fun and casual rounds…
You’re invited to an English Afternoon Tea with the Children’s Discovery Museum! Join us for a celebration of spring with hot tea, finger sandwiches, and petit desserts from Holy Cannoli. Tickets can be purchased at childrensdiscoverymuseum.org/programs.
Join us for a fun and creative celebration of spring! Activities include a free family movie, guided outdoor story walks, a hands-on program about worms, and more. Enjoy the sixth edition of this fabulous and free family event! At the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street: 10am Pixar’s WALL-E at the Maine…
At the Paul J. Schupf Art Center: 5–7pm Opening Reception for Together: Hearing, Holding, Healing, Together: Anecdotes and Inspirations, and Together: Art for All Come enjoy refreshments at the opening night of the Together exhibitions located in the Ticonic Gallery, throughout the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, and in different downtown businesses. Together: Hearing, Holding, Healing…
Come celebrate Earth Day! Join the Mid-Maine Citizen Climate Lobby and artist Lucky Platt to create a painting about love for our home planet to celebrate Earth Day. Also come plant some great seeds for beginning a garden with seeds donated by Fedco Seeds. All are welcome to come paint and celebrate Earth! Afterwards, visit…
There is no better way to unbend that sore back and tight neck than an hour of Tai Chi exercise! Loosen up those tight hips, knees and ankles and get the blood flowing again with careful focused breathing and movement. This workshop is for all ages, abilities, and levels of experience.
Experience firsthand Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art form that combines dance, music, language, and acrobatics. Kenny Harris has worked with renowned capoeira mestres and will lead participants of all experience levels through the elements of the form. Classes are free and open to the public.
Join Art of Clay Studio members as they participate in their first Maine Pottery Tour, a statewide tour of clay studios in Maine! Visitors will be able to view the clay studio, purchase pottery created by clay studio members, and enjoy other offerings inside the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. The following Art of Clay Studio…
Waterville Creates, in partnership with the Waterville Public Library and Colby College, is thrilled to present a multi-venue family-friendly event on Saturday, March 16. From 10–11am the library, located at 73 Elm Street, will host a read aloud activity of The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster by Mo Willems. Pigeon himself will be in…
This concert will present Crescent, a sonic exploration of global temperature data, microplastics, and the other impacts of catastrophic climate change. The program is rounded out with music inspired by philosophical explorations of the human condition as well as music from Sankaram and Shankar’s eclectic surf-noir band Bombay Rickey. Co-sponsored by the Colby College Museum…
“O friends, not these tones! Rather let us tune our voices more pleasantly and more joyously.” Our final and jubilant program of the year, Choral Masterwork, is a collaboration among the orchestra, invited vocal soloists, and Colby Choirs to present Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, an epic ode to community and the joy of…