Waterville
Maine
Waterville Creates Arts Spotlight from March 13 - 19, 2023
Arts and Entertainment
March 13, 2023
From: Waterville Opera HouseF E A T U R E D
AUDITIONS: ROCK OF AGES
Studio 1902 in the Paul J. Schupf Art Center
93 Main St, Waterville
Sunday, March 19 from 12–3:30pm
Monday, March 20 from 6–9pm
Come audition for our next musical theatre production: Rock of Ages! It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace, and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock ‘n’ roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherri, and the gang save the Strip – and themselves – before it’s too late? Only the hit music of Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Whitesnake, and many more hold the answer.
A R T S
YOUTH ART MONTH
Ticonic Gallery
93 Main St, Waterville
Hours: Wed–Mon, 11am–7pm
Greene Block + Studios
18 Main St, Waterville
Hours: Tue–Fri, 11am–7pm + Sat, 12–5pm
On view through Friday, March 31
FREE
Ticonic Gallery is delighted to partner with Greene Block + Studios 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. This year’s theme is Your Art, Your Story.
RTIST TALK: PETER BRUUN
Greene Block + Studios
18 Main St, Waterville
Monday, March 13 at 5pm
FREE
Artist Peter Bruun will talk about his recent body of work Bibliography, a state-of-the-art online exhibition in which Bruun shares his journey in search for healing after his daughter’s death by overdose. In a series of drawings and video montages that incorporate texts by writers and are accompanied by music composed by friends in response to the artwork, Bruun comes to terms with loss and grief.
YOUTH ARTS ACCESS FUND
Waterville Creates believes all youth, regardless of income, ability, or background, should have access to outstanding arts programming and arts education opportunities. Established in March 2022, our Youth Arts Access Fund (YAAF) provides youth aged 18 and under with free access to Waterville Creates’ events and programs, including movies at the Maine Film Center, theatre camp, plays, concerts, and performances at the Waterville Opera House, and art and clay classes and camps at Ticonic Gallery + Studios. Since its launch, YAAF has been accessed over 1,000 times, providing over $30,000 in free arts experiences.
In coordination with Youth Art Month in March, Waterville Creates is holding a special fundraising drive with the goal of raising $10,000 to support YAAF. Please consider making a tax-deductible gift to help ensure that all youth have access to opportunities in the arts. Every gift makes a difference!
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Waterville Creates invites proposals from individuals, groups, and/or organizations for community-centered arts programming to be held at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in Downtown Waterville between June 1, 2023 and May 30, 2024. This call is open to local, regional, and national applicants; however, priority will be given to Maine-based artists. The deadline for submission is April 14, 2023.
F I L M
SONG OF THE SEA, SHOWN WITH "OCEAN CHILD"
Maine Film Center
93 Main St, Waterville
Friday, March 17 at 1pm
FREE for Waterville Creates Members
$9 adults, $8 students + seniors
This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
This St. Patrick's Day, dive into this visually stunning Celtic tale of a young Irish boy, Ben, who discovers his mute younger sister, Saoirse, is a selkie – a mythological being that can transform from human to seal. Ben must protect Saoirse and help her find her voice, which is the only thing that will free the Faeries from the spell of an evil goddess Macha, the Owl Witch. This Oscar-nominated film uses enthralling hand-drawn imagery to build settings and characters that make you want to travel through the screen. The film will be preceded by the short film "Ocean Child," made by Maine filmmakers Isabelle and Phoebe Rogers, and based on the same Irish folklore as Song of the Sea. The Rogers sisters hand-drew all the animation, as well as composed and performed the music.
MY NAME IS ANDREA
Maine Film Center
93 Main St, Waterville
Saturday, March 18 at 2pm
FREE
My Name Is Andrea is the story of controversial feminist writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin, who offered a revolutionary analysis of male supremacy with iconoclastic flair. Decades before #MeToo, Dworkin called out the pervasiveness of sexism and rape culture, and the ways it impacts every woman’s daily life. Co-presented with the Maine Jewish Film Festival.
L I T E R A R Y
BOOK BITES!
A FACEBOOK READ-ALOUD
Waterville Public Library's Facebook Page
Thursday, March 16
7–7:30pm
FREE
Discover your child’s next favorite read! Each week on Thursdays from 7-7:30pm, Mrs. Liz will read an excerpt from a book off one of the New Books shelves.
C O M M U N I T Y
REMATRIATION: A FRAMEWORK FOR LIBERATION WITH LAND IN WABANAKIYIK
Lovejoy Building at Colby College
Mayflower Hill Dr, Waterville
Monday, March 13 at 7pm
FREE
Alivia Moore (she/they), co-founder of Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective, will present as part of the Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities's Food for Thought lecture series. Moore is a two-spirit member of the Penobscot Nation, parent, auntie, and mover & shaker in the community. Living in & reconnecting to her traditional territory in so-called Northport, Maine, she is rebuilding food forests, wild harvesting foods & medicines for community access, and striving to be a conduit for traditional knowledge mobilization. She dreams of living collectively on the land and of building a space for the community apothecary.
THE MANY PARADOXES OF TOM PHILLIPS’S A HUMUMENT
Greene Block + Studios
18 Main St, Waterville
Thursday, March 16 at 5:30pm
FREE
For half a century, from 1966 to 2016, British artist Tom Phillips engaged with an obscure Victorian novel, A Human Document by W.H. Mallock. Phillips “treated” Mallock’s text (his term) by cancelling most of it by drawing, painting, and collaging while leaving a few words untouched in order to produce a counter-narrative. A Humument, the book thus created, is an enthralling object in which words and images converge to enter in a struggle of sorts, making us profoundly aware of the tensions that exist between the visual and the verbal. Professor of Art Véronique Plesch will give a talk on The Many Paradoxes of Tom Phillips’s A Humument.
U P C O M I N G
THE BLUE CAFTAN
Maine Film Center
93 Main St, Waterville
Opening March 17
$12 adults, $10 students + seniors
This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
In this quiet but unforgettable Moroccan film, Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas, in the small city of Salé. In order to keep up with the commands of the demanding customers, they hire Youssef. The talented apprentice shows the utmost dedication in learning the art of embroidery and tailoring from Halim. Slowly Mina realizes how much her husband is moved by the presence of the young man.
ITHAKA
Maine Film Center
93 Main St, Waterville
Saturday, March 25 at 7pm
$12 adults, $10 students + seniors
This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
The world's most famous political prisoner, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has become an emblem of an international arm wrestle over freedom of journalism, government corruption, and unpunished war crimes. Now with Assange facing a 175-year sentence if extradited to the US, his family members are confronting the prospect of losing Julian forever to the abyss of the US justice system. This David-and-Goliath struggle is personal – and, with Julian's health declining in a British maximum-security prison, the clock is ticking. In Ithaka, it's up to Julian's father, John Shipton, and wife Stella Moris, to advocate for Julian on this international odyssey. Q&A with John Shipton, father of Julian Assange!
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Waterville Opera House
March 31, April 1, 7, 8 at 7:30pm
April 2, 9 at 2pm
$24 - $26
This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
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!
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