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Waterville Creates Arts Spotlight From November 21 - 27, 2022
Arts and Entertainment
November 21, 2022
From: Waterville Opera HouseFeatured
Casablanca
Railroad Square Cinema
Wednesday, November 23 - Closing Night Gala!
7:00 p.m.
$10.50 adults, $8.50 students and seniors
This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
“Play it again, Sam.” We'll play it again here on the last night in Railroad Square’s current home, coming full circle with the film that opened Railroad Square in 1978, and leading us into our new, stunning cinemas at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville, opening on December 17. A true Hollywood classic that miraculously embodies and promotes the seeming best qualities of both Hollywood and the country itself in the midst of a cataclysmic world war, Casablanca is what it is because of its exotic locale and thriller/romance genre covering an idealistic heart; because of its magnetic stars, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman; and because of its ingenious script, filled with one unforgettable line after another. We’ll always have Casablanca.
Arts
Annual Appeal
This December, we will bring all our film, visual, and performing arts programming together under one roof in the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. As we take this exhilarating next step, your support continues to be crucial to our success. With less than 50% of our budget covered by ticket sales and program fees, your gift will help to sustain outstanding arts experiences for all members of our community.
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.
Film
Do The Right Thing
Railroad Square Cinema
Monday, November 21
7:00 p.m.
$10.50 adults, $8.50 students and seniors
This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
Though Spike Lee first came to moviegoers’ attention with She's Gotta Have It, it was Do the Right Thing that really defined him as a filmmaker and unofficial cultural spokesperson. Finally, an independent black filmmaker was able to bring community and viewpoints to a huge audience only the cinema could harness. No coincidence that Do the Right Thing had that force: it was and remains a powerful statement about race and racism in the U.S., through the lens of one sweltering summer day in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Railroad Square Cinema
Tuesday, November 22
7:00 p.m.
$10.50 adults, $8.50 students and seniors
This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
Too popular to even be considered a “cult” film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with its campy horror-movie take-offs, audience singalong soundtrack and prompts, Meat Loaf crash-landing, and the “sweet transvestite” central character, Dr. Frank N. Furter, unforgettably incarnated by Tim Curry, was a one-of-a-kind phenomenon that’s still going. “Give yourself over to absolute pleasure.”
Literary
Rhymetime
Waterville Public Library + Online
73 Elm St, Waterville
Friday, November 25
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
FREE
The Waterville Public Library building is open to the public once again and Rhymetime is back inside! Come to the Children’s Department every Friday at 10:30AM for songs and stories for babies, toddlers, and their families. To stay engaged with families who can’t attend in person, a pre-recorded song & fingerplay video will be available at 10:30AM on Fridays on the Waterville Public Library's Facebook page. The theme for November 25 is Letter "H."
Community
Dei Committee
We are establishing a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Committee to provide direction and oversight for our work to become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive through our policies, practices, and programs. We are looking for individuals interested in committing to this work in a fair, balanced, and open-minded way. Visit the link below for more information on how you can get involved on this committee.
Upcoming
December First Friday
Greene Block + Studios
18 Main St, Waterville
Friday, December 2
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
FREE
This First Friday, Greene Block + Studios will be filled to the brim with multidisciplinary arts experiences, free and open to all! Experience intergenerational dance and music performances curated and led by Matthew Cumbie, Annie Kloppenberg, and José Martinez; contribute food stories to the Waterville Food Stories project; and stop by downtown businesses to shop or for a bite to eat.
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.
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
Embrace the holiday spirit at 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.