Tickets are now available for “Play: A Conversation with John Green”! This free, public event will take place at Colby College’s Lorimer Chapel from 6:30–8:30om, with doors opening at 5:30pm. Join for an evening of conversation and reflection! John Green is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of…
Join the Waterville Public Library for a gathering of John Green fans discussing his adult nonfiction book The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet, and his upcoming book, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection. Discussion will take place 5–6pm with refreshments and conversation to follow. This event is supported…
Stop by the Waterville Public Library in the month of March and help us find Alaska! Different versions of Alaska will be hidden throughout the library, see how many you can find and then stop at the Circulation desk for a prize! Inspired by the John Green novel Looking for Alaska. This event is supported…
Join us for a gathering of John Green fans discussing his Young Adult books such as The Fault In Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, and Turtles All The Way Down. Discussion will take place 5–6pm with light refreshments and conversation to follow. This event is supported by the Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities.…
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.…
Enjoy carnival games and prizes, a bounce house, and more! Meet the Fire Department, visit the Waterville StoryWalk© next to Reed Field, or say hello to the mayor at the selfie station. There will be free art kits from the Colby College Museum of Art, a book giveaway, food by Rita’s Catering for sale, popcorn,…
What is the value of academic preparation in the “humanities”? How does one leverage such preparation to work in the “real” world? If you are asking these questions as a student, faculty member, administrator, or a member of the local community, join us for a lively exchange with Bro Adams, Aaron Hanlon and Damon Yarnell.
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