Elm City Small Press Fest is back for its second year! During this free event, open to all, shop zines, independent publications, and art prints, or participate workshop programming. Stop by any time between 11 am – 5 pm on Saturday, November 19. Exhibitors include: Dragonfly Studio, Bunkhouse Studio, Maine Media Book Arts, Kimkim Dang,…
Join Where We Are Now: Maps and Doorways artist Maggie Libby at Pine Grove Cemetery for a walking discussion about the history of important women in Waterville, including Colby’s earliest female graduate, Mary Low (Carver) 1875, and members of Waterville’s earliest black families, the Samuel Osborne family. Daughter Marion Osborne (Matheson) 1900, is Colby’s first…
Embrace the holiday spirit at the 5th annual Joy to the Ville community celebration at the new Paul J. Schupf Art Center! All activities will take place at 93 Main Street, Waterville, unless otherwise noted. Join Waterville Creates, the Colby College Museum of Art, the Waterville Public Library, the Children’s Discovery Museum, and Bixby Chocolate…
This Roundtable conversation will involve four Maine non-profits discussing Food Justice in Maine. Joining us will be The Evening Sandwich Program (Maililani Bailey); Stone Soup Cafe (Maureen Ausbrook); Healthy Northern Kennebec (Alison Laplante); and Presente! Maine (Crystal Cron). This panel will be moderated by Gail Carlson (Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Colby College). The Food…
J.S. Bach: The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080 Fr. Sean Duggan, OSB, piano Sunday, March 5, 12:00 p.m. Lorimer Chapel (Funded by the Freda M. Charles Music Fund) Bach’s last great keyboard masterpiece will be performed by pianist Fr. Sean Duggan, OSB. This gigantic work consists of 14 fugues and four canons, all based…
20th and 21st Century Colby Symphony Orchestra Director, Jinwook Park Saturday, March 11, 7:30 p.m. Lorimer Chapel The appetizer to the CSO’s 20th and 21st Century concert is actually a work from the 18th century—Mozart’s timeless overture from The Magic Flute. Although certainly a work of the classical era, its vitality and innovation also set the…
To America Colby Wind Ensemble Director, Brendon Wilkins Saturday, April 1, 7:30 p.m. Lorimer Chapel This program pays homage to America with two major works from the 20th and 21st century. American Hymn Song Suite by Dwayne S. Milburn, a piece for wind band that features four of America’s greatest hymn tunes, and Variations on America, a staple of…
East Coast and West Coast Colby Jazz Band Director, Brendon Wilkins Saturday, April 15, 7:30 p.m. Given Auditorium The Colby Jazz Ensemble continues its exploration of musical styles with work from arrangers and composers from coast to coast. Bill Holman’s arrangement of “Stompin’ at the Savoy” will immerse the listener in the sound of the…
Music, She Wrote Colby Collegium Director, Néviton Barros Saturday, April 8, 7:30 p.m. Greene Block + Studios The Colby Collegium presents a concert of works by women composers. The program will feature works by Fanny Mendelssohn and others that have been overlooked and under-performed for generations, and also explore exciting new works by living women…
Mexico; A Musical Journey Cuarteto Latinoamericano Saturday, April 22, 7:30 p.m. Lorimer Chapel (Funded by the Ermanno Comparetti Concert Fund) In this unique concert, the Latin Grammy Award-winning Cuarteto Latinoamericano and scholar Benjamin Juarez, professor emeritus at Boston University, explore connections in Mexican visual art, history, and culture through the music of six iconic composers…
Choral Masterworks Colby Symphony Orchestra Director, Jinwook Park Choirs at Colby Néviton Barros, Director Sunday, April 30, 3 p.m. Lorimer Chapel The final concert of the season will feature two masterworks by Schubert, the Unfinished Symphony and the Stabat Mater in F Minor, D. 383. In the concluding choral work—the heartfelt Stabat Mater—Néviton Barros will lead the Colby Chorale…
Choral Masterworks Colby Symphony Orchestra Director, Jinwook Park Choirs at Colby Néviton Barros, Director Saturday, April 29, 7:30 p.m. Lorimer Chapel The final concert of the season will feature two masterworks by Schubert, the Unfinished Symphony and the Stabat Mater in F Minor, D. 383. In the concluding choral work—the heartfelt Stabat Mater—Néviton Barros will lead the Colby Chorale…
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