WATERVILLE CREATES IS HIRING!

Interested in the performing arts, independent cinema, and the visual arts? Applications are currently being accepted for a Technical Director and a Production Manager at the Waterville Opera House, a Head Projectionist/Technical Coordinator at the Maine Film Center, and Patron Services Assistants at all of our venues. Join our creative and dynamic team supporting the arts in Waterville!

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ARTS

NO TIME        

Ticonic Gallery
10 Water St, Suite 106, Waterville
Running through September 9
Monday - Friday, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
FREE

Pictured: Beaded Tombstone by Julie K. Gray

Curated by Maine artist Matt Demers, No Time explores the presence of everyday objects and figures through the work of eight Maine artists using a wide variety of media and techniques. The exhibition highlights artists and their unique ability to re-imagine and re-interpret these subjects with a fresh energy and creative perspective. Participating artists are Rachel Gloria Adams, Chelsea Ellis, Julie K. Gray, John Carnes, Tessa Greene O’Brien, Robert Saunders, Brian White, and Holden Willard.

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OPENING DAY ARTIST CONVERSATION FOR ALEX KATZ: THEATER AND DANCE     

Given Auditorium, Bixler Building, Colby College
5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville
Tuesday, August 16
10:30 a.m.
FREE

Pictured: Song, Laura Dean Dance Co. by Alex Katz

In celebration of the Colby College Museum of Art exhibition, Alex Katz: Theater and Dance, attend an opening day conversation between artist Alex Katz, curator Robert Storr, and Michael Novak, Artistic Director of Paul Taylor Dance Company, moderated by Colby Museum Katz Consulting Curator Levi Prombaum. They will discuss how the exhibition came together, highlight the extraordinary designs, sets, and paintings on view, and share more about Katz’s indelible contributions to the worlds of experimental dance and theater during the last six decades, including his collaborations—more than sixteen original productions—with the legendary Paul Taylor.

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FILM

A LOVE SONG      

Railroad Square Cinema
Scheduled to start August 19
$10.50 evenings, $9.00 matinées
This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

After unhitching her camper at a lakeside in the mountains, Faye finds her rhythm cooking meals, retrieving crawfish from a trap, and scanning her old box radio for a station. She looks expectantly at the approach of a car or the mailman, explaining to neighboring campers that she's waiting for a childhood sweetheart, Lito, whom she hasn’t seen in decades. Will he come? And if he does…?

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EMILY THE CRIMINAL     

Railroad Square Cinema
Scheduled to start August 19
$10.50 evenings, $9.00 matinées
This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

Emily is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a "dummy shopper," buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by handsome and charismatic middleman Youcef. Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself hooked by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black-market capitalism.

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COMMUNITY

DOWNTOWN WATERVILLE FARMERS' MARKET

Head of Falls, Waterville
Thursday, August 18
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

AUDITIONS:
THE SOUND OF MUSIC

WOH Rehearsal Studio
10 Water St, 1st Floor - East Entrance, Waterville
August 25 at 7:00 p.m. - Adult Auditions
August 28 at 1:00 p.m. - Children Auditions
August 28 at 4:00 p.m. - Adult Auditions

Audition for the Waterville Opera House's upcoming production of The Sound of Music! The inspirational story, based on the memoir of Maria Augusta Trapp, follows an exuberant postulate who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria and the entire von Trapp family must make a moral decision.

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PEKING ACROBATS       

Waterville Opera House
Friday, February 24, 2023
7:30 p.m.
$33 - $43
This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

On sale to public: August 15 at 12:00 p.m.

For the last thirty two years, the Peking Acrobats have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs and display their technical prowess at such arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility, and control. They are often accompanied by live musicians who skillfully play traditional Chinese instruments; the time-honored Chinese music coalesces with high-tech special effects and awe-inspiring acrobatic feats, creating an exuberant entertainment event with the festive pageantry of a Chinese Carnival

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