FEATURED

LEWIS BLACK

Waterville Opera House
Saturday, September 17
8:00 p.m.
$63 - $83

This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

Known as the King of Rant, Lewis Black uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and finger pointing to expose the absurdities of life. His comedic brilliance makes people laugh at life’s hypocrisies and the insanity he sees in the world. A GRAMMY Award-winning stand-up, Lewis Black performs his critically acclaimed shows more than 200 nights annually, to sold-out audiences around the world. Black is the longest-running contributor to The Daily Show on Comedy Central, and has had comedy specials on HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime and Epix.

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ARTS

SEPTEMBER COMMUNITY DRAW            

Ticonic Studio
10 Water St, Suite 104, Waterville
Wednesday, September 14
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
$10

This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

Join us for our September Community Draw, a unique opportunity to practice your craft with live models. Bring your medium of choice - charcoal, pastels, paint, clay, etc. - and hone your skills in this supportive environment.

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FILM

THE SILENT TWINS      

Railroad Square Cinema

Scheduled to start September 16
$10.50 evenings, $9.00 matinées
This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

The Silent Twins is based on a remarkable and nuanced true story: June and Jennifer Gibbons were real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone other than each other, part of a larger community in which theirs was also the only Black family in town. They created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives, a world that lasted through their childhood. Yet they were to inevitably, eventually, encounter the “real” world.

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NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: NO MAN'S LAND         

Railroad Square Cinema

Saturday, September 17
1:00 p.m.
$16
This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart lead the cast in this glorious revival of Harold Pinter’s comic classic. One summer's evening, two aging writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men. Following a hit run on Broadway, No Man’s Land was captured from the West End in London in 2016.

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PERFORMING   ARTS

RICHARD THOMPSON          

Waterville Opera House
Friday, September 16
8:00 p.m.
$43 - $53

This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

Since co-founding Fairport Convention in 1967, guitarist Richard Thompson has had one of the most decorated careers in music. He’s received an OBE and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the BBC, the Ivor Novellos and Nashville’s Americana awards. LA Times called him “The finest songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix.” Rolling Stone named him “one of the Top 20 Guitarists of All Time.”

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LITERARY

RHYMETIME

Waterville Public Library

73 Elm St, Waterville
Friday, September 16
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
FREE

This fall, the Waterville Public Library will be doing Rhymetime live and in person on their porch at 73 Elm Street, weather permitting. To stay engaged with families who can't attend in person, a pre-recorded song & fingerplay video will be available at 10:30 a.m. on Fridays on their Facebook page. The theme for September 16 is the "Letter A."

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COMMUNITY

DOWNTOWN WATERVILLE FARMERS' MARKET

Head of Falls, Waterville
Thursday, September 15
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

The Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market offers a wide range of locally produced items. From steak and potatoes to milk and cookies, from bacon and eggs to bread and cheese, the market members will surprise you with the wide range of locally produced items they offer. Online pre-ordering is now available.

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UPCOMING

X + O
CLOSING RECEPTION   

Railroad Square Cinema Lobby
Thursday, September 22
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
FREE

Join us for the closing reception of X + O, an exhibition featuring new and recent work by Waterville-based fiber artist Christine Nilles. Christine is an award-winning costume designer, fiber artist, and illustrator, and has exhibited her sculptures and fiber art in galleries across the United States. She has designed costumes for Colby College Theater and Dance, the Waterville Opera House, Studio Theater at Portland Stage, and Theater at Monmouth, and is a member of the Costume Society of America.

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VOICES FROM THE BARRENS: NATIVE PEOPLE, BLUEBERRIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY          

Railroad Square Cinema
Sunday, September 25
2:30 p.m.
FREE

Part of the "Cinema in Conversation: Food for Thought" film series, sponsored by the Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities, Voices from the Barrens is a stunning portrait of the Wabanaki and their participation in the largest wild blueberry harvest in the world. In interviews with the tribal-owned company and elders from the Canadian Wabanaki, the film documents the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s struggle to find a necessary balance between traditional work and the realities of tribal financial independence. Director Nancy Ghertner will attend for a post-film Q+A.

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