Recycled Shakespeare Company plans to presents the ninth annual Bard’s Birthday Bash on Saturday, April 23, in Waterville. This free event is open to all ages and skills, according to a news release from the company. People can join RSC in dressing up and parading around Waterville reading sonnets, singing Shakespearean songs, and performing monologues […]
Events
Waterville class of ’66 planning reunion, seeks addresses
Members of the Waterville High School class of 1966 are planning a 56th reunion on Saturday, Aug. 6, if there is enough interest. Classmates are asked to inform other classmates of this event, and to contact Peter Beckerman at [email protected] or 207-547-4411 with their email and home addresses by April 30 for further details.
Augusta’s Fort Western to celebrate colonial Hallowell woman’s life
AUGUSTA — Old Fort Western is set to open its “2022 The Year of the Fort” celebration with “Martha Ballard’s World: Wife, Mother, Healer, Botanist” at 16 Cony St. On Sunday, May 15, from 1 to 4 p.m., attendees can look into the life of a colonial woman in Hallowell. There will be rotating stations […]
Waterville school schedules kindergarten registrations
WATERVILLE — Kindergarten registration is set to take place by appointment only from 3:15 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, and from 8:15 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at the George J. Mitchell School at 58 Drummond Ave. A child must be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15 in order to […]
Waterville art society hosting exhibit through April 22
The 29th Maine Open Juried Art Show is being hosted by Waterville Area Art Society at The Framemakers at 46 Main St., in Waterville. Exhibition hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The show was open to all amateur and professional artists 18 […]
St. Albans-area square dance group to offer new class
About 20 people have been social square dancing every Wednesday at the St. Albans Town Hall at 7 Water St. The group has been learning a few new calls each night and then dancing them for the rest of the evening. The fun has been contagious, according to a news release from Bob Brown of […]
Educational center to offer college planning sessions in May
The Maine Educational Opportunity Center plans to host free individualized virtual sessions for adults 19 and older looking for a new career or returning to higher education. Essentials of College Planning: Virtual: • Monday, May 2, 9 and 10 a.m. • Tuesday, May 3, 6 and 7 p.m. • Wednesday, May 4, 9 and 10 […]
Gardiner civic groups to meet, clean up watershed
GARDINER — In celebration of Earth Day and Day of Caring, several civic groups plan to pick up trash in the Cobbossee Watershed from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 23. The groups include Upstream, Gardiner Main Street, Gardiner Boys and Girls Club, Gardiner Rotary, Friends of Cobbossee Watershed, Kennebec Valley Trout Unlimited and Kennebec […]
Skowhegan speaker series to begin with Penobscot tribal historian
The Skowhegan History House Museum and Research Center plans to present the first of the Wabanaki Voices Speaker Series with James Francis, Penobscot tribal historian, at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at Tewksbury Hall on Weston Avenue. Francis will talk about sense of place, the relationship between natural resources, place names and Wabanaki world view, […]
Music, poetry Extravaganza set for April 16 in Skowhegan
A music and poetry Extravaganza, hosted by WXNZ radio and the Friends of the Skowhegan Opera House, is set for 2-5 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Opera House, 225 Water St. The Extravaganza also will be livestreamed on WXNZ and the Wesserunsett Arts Council’s Facebook page, and recorded on Channel 11, Madison, according to […]