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Waterville Creates Arts Spotlight from March 11 - 17, 2024
Arts and Entertainment
March 13, 2024
From: Waterville Opera HouseF E A T U R E D
AN EVENING WITH BRANDY CLARK & HAYES CARLL
Waterville Opera House
1 Common St, Waterville
March 17
8pm
Tickets: $39–$49
Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund
Brandy Clark is one of her generation's most esteemed songwriters and musicians. In the midst of yet another landmark year, Clark released her widely acclaimed self-titled album this past spring and has just won her first Grammy Award.
The country simplicity that imbues Hayes Carll’s songs can sometimes hide the social conscience and sharp humor that also runs through them, but if you want to find those things, they are there. He makes us laugh––but then he makes us cry.
A R T S
YOUTH ART MONTH (YAM)
Ticonic Gallery
93 Main St, Waterville
March 1–March 31
Hours: Wednesday–Monday, 11am–7pm
Greene Block + Studios
18 Main St, Waterville
March 1–March 31
Hours: Wednesday–Monday, 11am–7pm
Ticonic Gallery is delighted to partner with Greene Block + Studios (located at 18 Main Street) to celebrate Youth Art Month with a spectacular, multi-site exhibition of artwork by local students in grades K-12. Featuring works in a variety of media, including painting, digital art, pottery, photography, and more, Youth Art Month is an opportunity for students to showcase their work in a gallery setting and share their achievements with their families and their community.
The 2024 theme is Dream in Art.
Youth Art Month is a national initiative designed to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs.
Artwork by: Jillian Golden, Waterville Junior High School
COMMUNITY DRAW
Studio 1902
93 Main St, Waterville
March 13
6–8pm
$10
Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund
Seasoned and aspiring artists are invited to participate in this costumed figure drawing program. This class offers a unique opportunity for emerging and established artists to hone their drawing skills in a supportive environment. Participants bring their media of choice: charcoal, pastels, paint, tablet, etc. Ticonic provides the chairs, model, and camaraderie.
All levels of experience are welcome. Each class will begin with a quick drawing warm-up exercise, followed by timed, open-drawing sessions. There will be an optional 15-minute sharing of work after class.
YOUTH ARTS ACCESS FUND: WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Established in March 2022, the Youth Arts Access Fund (YAAF) provides youth aged 18 and under with free access to Waterville Creates events and programs—all of them!
For just $1,000/month or $5,000/6 months, your business can be recognized as a YAAF sponsor of the month and provide critical support for this beloved program.
March’s YAAF sponsor is Gateway Financial! Their services are more than just knowledge, expertise, and experience—they come with something truly unique: a commitment to treat you like family. Unlike other firms, they don’t consider themselves financial advisors, but financial caretakers who are always here for you and your loved ones.
F I L M
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES
Maine Film Center
93 Main St, Waterville
Now Showing
Opening March 15
Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund
“The American Society of Magical Negroes is a deftly observant fantasy comedy that stays true to its own irreverence”–Owen Gleiberman, Variety. It’s a fresh, satirical comedy inspired by the "magical negro" cinematic trope popularized in American cinema and television throughout the 20th century and first named and criticized by filmmaker Spike Lee. Flipping the trope on its head, The American Society of Magical Negroes follows a young man, Aren, who is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people more comfortable. Although initially enamored with his new powers, Aren begins to question the value of using supernatural means to do the very thing he's felt obligated to do his whole life.
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
Maine Film Center
93 Main St, Waterville
Opening March 15
From $9
Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund
In 1989, bodybuilder Jackie (Katie O’Brian) makes her way towards Las Vegas with big dreams and even bigger muscles. Jackie catches the eye of reclusive gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart), and as their relationship develops the two find themselves falling fast and hard for each other. Supplied a job by Lou’s gun-running father (MIFF Midlife Achievement Award winner Ed Harris) and grimy brother-in-law JJ (Dave Franco), Jackie is quickly entangled in a deep web of crime and violence, and the only way to protect her love is to fight back–and fight back she does. A smash hit at Sundance 2024, Love Lies Bleeding is an adrenaline-fueled, steroid-pumping film that’s “unabashedly queer and winningly deranged”–Slashfilm.com. “It’s a brutal, bloody, and discombobulating ride, but boy, is it a blast”–Entertainment Weekly.
P E R F O R M I N G A R T S
FEMMES OF ROCK
Waterville Opera House
1 Common St, Waterville
March 15
8pm
Tickets: $44–$54
Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund
Femmes of Rock, led by rock violinist and arranger Nina DiGregorio, has rocked audiences worldwide with their blistering solos and unique arrangements, not to mention their beauty and charm. Their concerts feature the music of AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Metallica, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, and more! The girls have performed with some of the biggest names in the business: Beyoncé, Rod Stewart, Shakira, Ricky Martin, Deep Purple, Cheap Trick, Earth Wind & Fire, The Killers, and many more.
L I T E R A R Y
BOOK BITES! A FACEBOOK READ-ALOUD
Waterville Public Library, Online
73 Elm St, Waterville
Weekly on Thursdays
7–7:30pm
Free
Discover your child’s next favorite read! Each week on Thursdays at 7pm, Mrs. Liz will read an excerpt from one book off of the New Chapter Book or New Non-Fiction shelves, and the recording will be posted on the Waterville Public Library's Facebook!
See the video on www.facebook.com/watervillelibrary/
For more information call 207.872.5433, email [email protected], or go to www.watervillelibrary.org.
C O M M U N I T Y
SEED LIBRARY FAMILY CRAFT TIME
Waterville Public Library
73 Elm St, Waterville
March 15
1:30–2:30pm
Free
The Waterville Seed Library launches on March 16! In celebration, children and their families are invited to come paint a plant container and plant some basil seed!
Adults, please plan on staying with your children. Questions? Call 207.872.5433 or email [email protected].
U P C O M I N G
POM POKO
Maine Film Center
93 Main St, Waterville
March 19
7pm
Free
Join us for a free screening of Pom Poko (1994), a Japanese animated fantasy film from Studio Ghibli that follows the playful adventures of tanuki, Japanese magical raccoon dogs who shapeshift.
This screening is inspired by the exhibition Playscape: Contemporary Art from the Colby Museum’s Collection, which is on view through April 22, 2024, at the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, downtown Waterville.
Frame by Frame is a collaborative program of the Colby College Museum of Art and the Maine Film Center. Film screenings are paired with speakers or programs that connect what we see on the big screen to what happens in the museum.
WATERVILLE MOVES
Paul J. Schupf Art Center
93 Main St, Waterville
March 23
Parent + Child: 9:30–10:15am
All Ages: 10:30–11:30am
Free
Waterville Moves is a bi-weekly series that invites you to move your body, share stories, and create connections through guided movements and dance making. Each class is 45 minutes to an hour long, and can be taken as a series or a single workshop. Classes are free and open to all: no experience with dance needed.
Classes are every other Saturday through May 2024.
DAVID, LUKE, AND WILL MALLETT: AN EVENING WITH
Waterville Opera House
1 Common St, Waterville
March 23
8pm
Tickets: $29
Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund
Folk to Folk Rock Royalty
This family will break generational barriers and join us for one amazing night together. Two rockin' sons with the father of folk, and three great songwriters.
Singer-songwriter David Mallett is one of America’s true original troubadours. In a career spanning four decades, he has recorded 17 albums, had several hundred covers of his songs, and performed in clubs, concert halls and festivals across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
The Mallett Brothers/Duo Luke and Will are strong songwriters with a country alt edge. Theirs is a musical melting pot that's influenced equally by the singer/songwriter tradition as by harder rock, classic country, and psychedelic sounds.
M E M B E R S H I P
Our membership program provides benefits across all divisions, including the Waterville Opera House, Maine Film Center, and Ticonic Gallery + Studios, as well as special gifts from founding partners the Waterville Public Library and the Colby College Museum of Art. Your support will help sustain outstanding, accessible arts programming for all members of the community.
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