Mrs. Liz hosting Rhymtime at Waterville Public Library!

Fridays just aren’t the same without Rhymetime. So, to stay engaged with our baby, toddler, and preschool families, Mrs. Liz live streams with all the music and early literacy read-a-louds on our Facebook page.  The themes for September are: November 5: Letter E November 12: Letter F November 19: Letter G November 26: Thanksgiving! If…

Diana Tuite, Katz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and exhibition curator of Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine, will be one of the featured speakers at this virtual program, organized by the New York Studio School. Their Evening Lecture Series is free and open to the public, and registration for this program is available…

K-12 educators, join Colby College Museum of Art staff and guest instructors for a monthly virtual meeting to have fun, spark ideas for your classroom, and create a community of practice and support. Each month, we’ll share a new set of looking activities, games, or other innovative approaches to encountering art. In November, we will…

Practice a series of gentle yoga poses inspired by artworks in the galleries. Our virtual Artful Movements sessions begin with a deeper look at an artwork, followed by yoga and meditation led by Kathleen Leisure Haberstock of School Street Yoga. In November, our theme of Let’s Breathe Love is inspired by Vale of Kashmir by Robert S.…

Virtual Homeschool Hub (via Zoom) returns on Thursday, October 21, 2021, from 1 to 2PM!  Spooky Mad Libs with Mrs. Liz, just in time for Halloween! 🎃👻🧟 Let’s have a “ghoul” time with verbs, nouns, adverbs, and adjectives as we create frightening and funny Mad-Lib stories! You can also write and submit your own Mad-Libs…

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Join us for a virtual conversation about two ground-breaking exhibitions on view this fall in New England museums. Like many American painters of his generation, Bob Thompson (1937–1966) sought inspiration in mythological subjects. In Thompson’s case, this meant reinterpreting compositions such as Titian’s Perseus and Andromeda (1554­–56), which is currently on view in the United…

Join us for a conversation that delves into how art can empower social justice work. We’ll hear from educators and artists who center a Bob Thompson painting in Project Reset, a diversion program based in the New York City area in which participants can attend an arts program as an alternative to appearing in court.…

Presented by the Colby Museum’s Lunder Institute for American Art Dread Scott imagines a world free of oppression and exploitation, with resistance and liberation at the forefront. During this talk, the artist will present a range of work from the past 30 years that address themes of American identity and patriotism, including the criminalization of…

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Register for the 2021-22 Window to the World Book Challenge, open to students in 4th through 6th grade! From September 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022, let’s go exploring together! What makes this different from a book club? Participants choose their own titles, write a book review, and earn virtual badges in Beanstack, our online…

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Enjoy tasty tidbits of our new children’s collection. Each week on Thursdays from 7 to 7:30PM, Mrs. Liz will read an excerpt from a book off one of the New Books shelves. You may discover your family’s new favorite book! See the video on https://www.facebook.com/watervillelibrary/ FMI: Call 207-872-5433, email [email protected], or go to http://www.watervillelibrary.org.

Rhymetime, Every Friday @ 10:30AM

Fridays just aren’t the same without Rhymetime. So, to stay engaged with our baby, toddler, and preschool families, Mrs. Liz live streams with all the music and early literacy read-a-louds on our Facebook page.  The themes for September are: October 1: Letter “A” October 8: Letter “B” October 15: Letter “C’ October 22: Letter “D”…

Crafternoons are fun weekly crafts for young children and their families! Join Mrs. Liz at 3PM on the Waterville Public Library’s Facebook page for instructions and a video demonstration. The kits for each craft will be available through Library to go the Monday* before the event. October 5: Leaf Rubbing Craft October 12: Scarecrow Puppet October…