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WATERVILLE — The following Colby College events are free and open to the public, unless noted otherwise:

Bayside Trio is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Lorimer Chapel.

The Bayside Trio will present an eclectic program of modern chamber works, including the premiere of Telos Regained by Colby’s own Associate Professor of Music Jonathan Hallstrom. Other works will include Paul Schoenfield’s klezmer-inspired Three Bagatelles and Chen Yi’s exquisitely delicate Night Thoughts.

For more information, contact Deb Ward at [email protected] or 859-5670.

10 Percent Happier: ABC’s Dan Harris on Meditation will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, at Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building.

Dan Harris ’93 is co-anchor of ABC’s Nightline and the weekend edition of Good Morning America. His New York Times bestseller, “10 Percent Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self Help That Actually Works — A True Story,” chronicles his career journey and his struggle with anxiety.

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For more information, contact Amanda Cooley at [email protected] or 859-5319.

Monday Night Movies: “Latcho Drom” is set for 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, at the Waterville Opera House.

This French film wishes viewers a “latcho drom” — a safe journey — as it follows the roots of the Romani, the traveling people also known as Gypsies. Stunning and evocative, the film transcends language and culture, bringing together elements of music video and National Geographic-style documentary. Latcho Drom tells a compelling story of Romani migrations from northern India to Europe and the rest of the world. The cost is $9 for the general public and $5 for Colby students.

For more information, contact Megan Fossa at [email protected] or 859-4165.

Musical Offering will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, at Lorimer Chapel.

Musical Offering brings together Boston-area musicians who share a love of performing late-18th-century chamber music — from the last throes of the High Baroque through the wildly emotional gallant period leading up to Mozart.

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For more information, contact Deb Ward at [email protected] or 859-5670.

Migrations: Immigration Attorney Jon Haddow is set to begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Room 1, at Olin Science Center.

Haddow, ’83, a practicing attorney in Bangor since 1990, will talk about the immigrant and migrant populations in Maine, their legal needs, and the challenges facing immigrants, migrant workers, and immigration attorneys in the current political climate.

For more information, contact Megan Fossa at [email protected] or 859-4165.

Visiting Writers Series featuring Laura van den Berg is planned for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, in the Fiction Reading Robinson Room, Miller Library.

Van den Berg is the author of the story collections “What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us,” a Barnes & Noble “Discover Great New Writers” selection and a finalist for the Frank O’Connor International Award, and “The Isle of Youth,” which received the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was named one of the best books of 2013 by more than a dozen media outlets including NPR, the Boston Globe, and O, The Oprah Magazine. Her first novel, “Find Me,” is forthcoming from FSG in February. A book signing and reception will follow the reading.

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For more information, contact Professor Debra Spark at [email protected] or 859-5284.

Environmental Studies Program Evening Lecture Series is set to begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Room 1, at Olin Science Center.

Tim Glidden, ’74, has been president of Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a nonprofit land trust in Topsham, since 2011. Prior to that he served as director of the state’s Land for Maine’s Future program for 10 years.

For more information, contact Lia Morris at [email protected] or 859-5356.

Environmental Studies Program Lunchtime Lecture Series is set to begin at noon Wednesday, Feb. 25, Fairchild Room, Dana Dining Hall. Beth Ahearn, political director for Maine Conservation Voters, will speak. She previously served as an assistant district attorney, staff attorney for Maine Audubon, a guardian ad litem in custody cases, and a lobbyist with Moose Ridge Associates, where her clients included conservation, social-justice, and domestic-violence organizations.

For more information, contact Lia Morris at [email protected] or 859-5356.

S.H.O.U.T! with keynote speaker George Takei is set to begin at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at Lorimer Chapel.

Actor, author, social justice activist and social media star George Takei will deliver the keynote address during the annual student-organized S.H.O.U.T! week celebrating multiculturalism. Best known for his portrayal of Sulu in the television and film series “Star Trek,” Takei is an advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights and has appeared in several PSAs, including one in response to Tennessee’s infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill in which he encourages viewers to say, “It’s OK to be Takei.” His recent projects include the musical “Allegiance,”inspired by his experiences growing up in Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. A limited number of tickets will be available to the public. The public can obtain tickets while supplies last between 10 a.m. and noon Wednesday, Feb. 18, at Pulver Pavilion, Cotter Union.

For more information, contact Victoria Falcon ’15 at [email protected], or Laura Rosenthal ’15 at [email protected].

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