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Waterville Creates Arts Spotlight From December 5 – December 11, 2022
Arts and Entertainment
December 6, 2022
From: Waterville Opera HouseFeatured
The Nutcracker
Waterville Opera House
December 9, 10 at 7:00 p.m.
December 10, 11 at 2:00 p.m.
$28 - $33
This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
Let the holidays begin by joining the mysterious journey of Marie to the Land of Magic, where all holiday dreams come true! Toy soldiers, dancing mice, Sugar Plum and her flowers escort are brought to life by the magic of Uncle Drosselmeyer. This classical ballet—set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless score—continues to delight audiences year after year.
Arts
Waterville Creates Gift Certificates
Looking for holiday gifts? Give the gift of the arts this year with a Waterville Creates gift certificate! Use our gift certificates on films at Maine Film Center, plays and concerts at the Waterville Opera House, and art classes and events at Ticonic Gallery + Studios.
Sarah Cain: Hand In Hand
Colby College Museum of Art
Running through Sunday, December 11
FREE
For the Colby Museum, artist Sarah Cain created hand in hand, an on-site painting covering the full expanse of the William D. Adams Gallery floor and creating an environment for an arrangement of the artist’s paintings on canvas and painted furniture. In a space that functions as the gateway to the galleries, this ambitious installation is immersive and reorienting, manifesting the synergy of togetherness—a whole greater than the sum of its parts—through diverse but unified imagery.
Literary
Book Bites!
A Facebook Read-Aloud
Waterville Public Library's Facebook Page
Thursday, December 8
7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
FREE
Discover your child’s next favorite read! Each week on Thursdays from 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Mrs. Liz will read an excerpt from a book off one of the New Books shelves.
Community
Toddler Power Hour
Children's Discovery Museum
7 Eustis Parkway, Waterville
Monday, December 5
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
$2 per toddler
Join the Children's Discovery Museum for Toddler Power Hour every Monday. Designed for children aged 1-4, this is a time of unstructured play for children to explore Mobile Museum sets, toy sets, sensory toys, and more. Please note there will be minimal museum staffing and the area will be set up in a way to invite children to explore and connect through play rather than through adult-led activities. Supervision is required.
Downtown Waterville Visioning Public Open House
The Elm
21 College Ave, Waterville
Wednesday, December 7
3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
FREE
Help create a vision for the future of Downtown by coming to the Public Open House! ALL are welcome and encouraged to attend. Come for a short visit or stay for a long while to: learn about the planning process; share what you love about downtown today and what's important for the future; and share ideas about community needs, housing, open space, economic development, transit, traffic, parking, and other topics important to you.
Upcoming
Auditions: The Play That Goes Wrong
Waterville Opera House
Monday, December 12 at 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 13 at 6:00 p.m.
Callbacks on Wednesday, December 14 at 6:00 p.m.
Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, The Play That Goes Wrong is a play-within-a-play that follows the Cornley Drama Society’s production of the 1920’s whodunit, “The Murder at Haversham Manor.” Despite their best efforts, the production rapidly goes from bad to disastrous, with madcap mishaps and choreographed chaos—from an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, a self-destructing set, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences!
Joy To The Ville
Paul J. Schupf Art Center
93 Main St, Waterville
Saturday, December 17
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
FREE
Come one, come all to the 5th annual Joy to the Ville community celebration at the new Paul J. Schupf Art Center! Join Waterville Creates, the Colby College Museum of Art, the Waterville Public Library, the Children’s Discovery Museum, and Bixby Chocolate Café as we celebrate the magic of the season. Free art lunchboxes + luminary art kits, rolling art cart activities, and refreshments, including MFC popcorn and Bixby’s drinking chocolate, will be available all day. See a full schedule of activities at the link below.
A (New) Home For The Holidays
Paul J. Schupf Art Center
93 Main St, Waterville
Saturday, December 17 - Friday, December 23
FREE
Maine Film Center kicks off its new chapter in the Paul J. Schupf Art Center by showing free holiday films.
December 17 - The Muppet Christmas Carol and Miracle on 34th Street (pictured)
December 18 - Fiddler on the Roof
December 19 - Gremlins
December 20 - Bridget Jones's Diary
December 21 - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
December 22 - Die Hard
December 23 - Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale