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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…

WATERVILLE, Maine—Waterville Creates is excited to announce a new public art installation coming to Levine’s Park this summer: Wild Maybes by Chris Miller, artist and founder of New Paradigm Design Workshop. The sculptures will arrive in late August, with an official opening reception on Friday, September 5, from 5–7pm as part of downtown Waterville’s First…

The Waterville Opera House (WOH) raises the curtain on Deathtrap August 29. The darkly funny thriller by award-winning writer Ira Levin—author of Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil, and A Kiss Before Dying—dials up the mystery with shocking twists and perplexing turns, and crisp dialogue as razor sharp as the weapons peppering…

WATERVILLE, Maine—The 28th Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) closed Sunday, July 20, in Waterville, Maine with the annual presentation of the juried Tourmaline Prizes, recognizing the very best Maine-made feature-length and short film productions of the year. This year’s jury honored Mia Weinberger’s feature documentary A Moment in the Sun and Heidi Burkey’s documentary short…

WATERVILLE, Maine—The Maine International Film Festival kicks off its 28th annual edition this Friday, July 11, in Waterville, Maine. This year’s festival features a robust program of over 100 films, the most in the festival’s 28-year history, across 10 days, showcasing Maine-made productions, international movies from nearly 40 countries, rediscoveries of beloved classics, world premieres,…

WATERVILLE, ME—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, ME.   Waterville Rocks kicks off with Adam Ezra Group with Bella Ann July 11, coinciding with the opening night of the Maine…

Dark the Night and Bright the Stars On View: July 9 – October 12, 2025 WATERVILLE, Maine — Waterville Creates and Ticonic Gallery + Studios are proud to present Dark the Night and Bright the Stars, a powerful new exhibition curated by Lights Out Gallery, which explores the theme of ancestry through visual art, sculpture,…

Waterville, Maine — The Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) announces that Ken Eisen, the festival’s co-founder and longtime programming director, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at a screening of The Long Goodbye (dir. Robert Altman, 1973). Eisen has, for nearly fifty years, championed independent film at all levels, enabled dozens of films to find audiences worldwide,…

Waterville, Maine — The Maine Film Center will present a screening of The Negotiator during the 28th annual Maine International Film Festival (MIFF), which will be held July 11–20, 2025, in Waterville. The documentary surveys the life and work of Senator George J. Mitchell, who was born in Waterville and served as the United States special envoy…