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WATERVILLE, Maine—The Waterville Opera House and Waterville Creates are excited to announce the return of Waterville Rocks, a free, outdoor summer concert series held annually at Head of Falls Park in Waterville, Maine. Waterville Rocks kicks off with The Shizzle with Adam Babcock July 10, coinciding with the opening night of the Maine International Film…

Every day, the Maine Film Center concessions sells coffee brewed from beans roasted by Mbingo Mountain Coffee in Waterville. Mbingo founder Churchill Elangwe-Preston grew up in a coffee community in Cameroon before moving to Maine and opening his business, so he is uniquely poised to appreciate all the nuances of the coffee trade, from bean…

WATERVILLE, MAINE—The Maine Film Center has confirmed the full program for the 29th edition of the Maine International Film Festival, held in Waterville, Maine July 10–19, 2026. In what festival director Mike Perreault describes as the “broadest MIFF program yet,” this year’s festival will screen 112 movies, including new American indie, classic rediscoveries, international premieres…

WATERVILLE, Maine—The Maine Film Center is pleased to announce three MIFF Achievement Award honorees for the 29th edition of the Maine International Film Festival, July 10–19, 2026. This year will celebrate the work of producer Christine Vachon, writer/director Alan Rudolph, and producer and longtime festival supporter Mike Kaplan. The annual MIFF Achievement Awards honor those…

WATERVILLE, Maine—Festival passes and packages are now available for preorder at miff.org for the 29th Maine International Film Festival (MIFF), which will return to Waterville, Maine, this summer, July 10–19, 2026. Two tiers of passes are available to patrons. The Full Festival Pass gives patrons the perfect opportunity to customize their MIFF experience with priority…

WATERVILLE, Maine—Ticonic Gallery, part of Waterville Creates, is once again partnering with Colby Arts to celebrate Youth Art Month (YAM) with a multi-site exhibition at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center (93 Main Street, Waterville) and Greene Block + Studios (18 Main Street, Waterville). The program exhibits artwork by more than 300 K–12 students from…

Waterville, Maine—The Waterville Opera House (WOH), part of Waterville Creates, claimed 13 awards at this year’s Broadway World Maine awards, which recognize the best professional and nonprofessional theatrical productions in the state. In addition to winning the Favorite Local Theatre award for the second year running, WOH’s spring 2025 production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the…

WATERVILLE, MAINE—In less than four years, arts nonprofit Waterville Creates has provided in excess of $250,000-worth of free arts experiences for children and teens through its Youth Arts Access Fund, or YAAF. Anyone aged 18 or under can activate YAAF to cover some or all of the price of admission to any of Waterville Creates’…

Every year at Waterville Creates, the festive season rides in on the heels of Ticonic Gallery’s annual artist market. Made: Maine Makers Market (previously titled the Holiday Bazaar) features the work of 100 Maine artists and crafters for sale, offering the perfect compilation of uniquely Maine-made items for gift-givers. Made is open now and will…

Do the “best things happen while you’re dancing,” or just at the Waterville Opera House? The Waterville Opera House’s 2025 theatrical season will draw to a close not with a fizzle, but with a bang, as their presentation of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas enjoys the longest ever run of a community theatre production in WOH’s…

The Waterville Opera House (WOH) is excited to announce its 2026 theatrical season. The Opera House, a division of Waterville Creates, produces four community theatrical shows every year—two straight plays and two musicals. While the 2026 season follows this model, there are a few twists in the second half of the year. The season begins…

Waterville Creates invites the community to come together Sunday, October 12, for a full day celebrating the art, craftsmanship, and history of the Wabanaki Nations. Wabanaki artists, musicians, and educators will join us at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville for clay crafting, storytelling, an artisan market, and film screening. “Holding this…