Step up to the plate and experience Sports Illustrators, the new exhibition at the Ticonic Gallery! Youth, rec, and school spring sports teams—from softball and baseball to track—are invited to join us for a home run of a day. Enjoy bagels and smoothies, view the exhibition, design a sneaker that’s sure to score, create team pennants…
Join author Maggie Herskovits for a day of activities celebrating the plants in your path. First, Maggie will read excerpts from her new book, An Urban Field Guide to the Plants, Trees, and Herbs in Your Path. Then we will walk around Waterville to visit a diverse scene of urban habitats, with Maine Master Naturalist…
Homeschool students who are pre-school through elementary grade levels* are invited to come to the library for fun and activities! May 1: Game Day May 8: LEGO Time May 15: Earn, Spend, Save, & Give! Financial Literacy w/Maire Pelletier of FAME May 22: Scrappy Crafting – Create a masterpiece with scrap craft supplies May 29:…
Crafternoons are fun weekly crafts for young children and their families! Come to the Children’s Room between 2:30 and 4pm to make the craft with help from library staff! May 6: Paper Bouquet May 13: Rocking Paper Snail May 20: Bee & Bloom Craft May 27: Paper Roll Chicken Take pictures of the results and…
Have you been itching to spin a yarn with fellow fiber artists? Check out Threads & Tales at the Waterville Public Library on Tuesdays at 5:30pm! Crochet, cross-stitch, sewing, quilting, embroidery, needlepoint, etc.— all crafts and all abilities are welcome. Work on your latest project, try something new, share patterns, or check out the Library’s…
Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street: 5–7pm Opening Reception Sports Illustrators Join us for the opening reception of Sports Illustrators and meet the curators! Sports Illustrators, curated by the Illustration Institute, explores the stories of sports and athletes through visual art. Sports are the source of popular lore, legend, tall tales and poignant histories…
Try your hand at relief carving and basic block printing with a focus on Kennebec watershed species! Ecology and art go hand-in-hand for this Saturday drop-in workshop hosted by printmaker Lia Goncalves and illustrator Amy Gagnon. The annual Benton Alewife Festival celebrates the iconic fish species, one of many that makes its way up the…
The Garden of Trans Care is an interactive installation that looks at how queer and trans people have used plants as sources of sustenance, pleasure, community building, and self-determination. The installation will be activated in an evening of original performances devised by students that reflect on these themes and histories. Together we ask, how can we…
Come to the library and paint a book end based on your favorite book to decorate your shelves at home! This event is supported by the Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities. For more information: Call 207.680.2612, or email [email protected].
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