Nantucket Atheneum
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Tuesday April 23 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Earth Day Community Mural
Join the Youth Climate Committee in celebrating Earth Day by participating in a community mural and creating your own arts and crafts! Your creations will be featured in the Youth Climate Committee Art Show on April 30 in the Nantucket Hotel Ballroom.All ages are welcom......More
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Tuesday April 23 6:30pm - 8:30pm EDT
Open Mic Night!
Come join us for an evening of fun with the Atheneum's Open Mic Night! First come/First serve! Cut loose and express yourself up in the acoustically stellar Great Hall!
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Wednesday April 24 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Calling All Writers
***CLICK HERE FOR ZOOM LINK***Join with other writers to share written work. We meet Wednesday afternoons from 2-4 Online through Zoom. Read work on which you wish to have reader feedback: memoirs, poetry, travel, essay, fiction.
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Wednesday April 24 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Library Legos
For children in grades 1-5.Come join us for some creative construction! The library will supply the LEGO bricks and you can have some fun. Program is FREE but space is limited.
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Wednesday April 24 6:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
Teen Trivia
Join us for an evening of trivia at the library, just for teens! Bring a friend or come alone and test your knowledge! Snacks will be provided.This program is intended for ages 13 and up.
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Wednesday April 24 6:30pm - 8:30pm EDT
Atheneum Knitting Group
Calling all knitters! Gather your projects and supplies and come knit with us.Are you curious about learning how to knit? Our group of veterans can get you started. Are you stymied by a challenge in your project? Our group can help with that.The Atheneum Knitters Group ......More
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Wednesday April 24 6:30pm - 8:30pm EDT
Table Top Game Night
Join us for our Weekly Table Top Game Night at the Nantucket Atheneum. Every week we will have one table devoted to a rotating selection of games and one table for Dungeons & Dragons (limited seating for D&D, first come first serve!) New players and old are all welcome!......More
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Wednesday April 24 6:30pm - 8:30pm EDT
Horoscope Class
The Horoscope Class is for students of Astrology who have a very solid foundation of the planets, signs, houses and aspects in a chart. It is not for beginners.We will be using our birth charts as the basis for understanding how the horoscope ties all the different part......More
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Wednesday April 24 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Nantucket Voters: Articles Information
Hear ye, Hear ye!Pop-up Mock Town Meeting Wednesday, 24th @ 6:30Learn how our annual town meeting works and learn how to be an active participant in our annual town meeting.
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Thursday April 25 9:30am - 10:00am EDT
Toddler Time
For children up to 3 years old. Join us for some short stories, fingerplays, and songs designed to foster pre-literacy skills. Space is limited and tickets will be available at the Weezie Desk when the library opens.
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Thursday April 25 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Preschool Story Time
For children ages 3 years and older. Join us for a special 30 minute story time feature new and classic stories, fingerplays, and songs.
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Thursday April 25 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
ELL Beginner English
ELL Beginner's English class for those seeking to learn basic conversation used in daily activities.The Literacy Volunteers of the Atheneum (LVA) offer a drop-in beginner class every Thursday evening at the library.The class is free, conducted in English and pre-registr......More
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Thursday April 25 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
ELL Intermediate English
Intermediate English conversation for those seeking to improve their English language skills.The Literacy Volunteers of the Atheneum (LVA) offer a drop-in intermediate English class every Thursday evening at the library.The class is free, conducted in English and pre-re......More
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Thursday April 25 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
LGBTQ+ Group
An unstructured, supportive environment for anyone identifying as LGBTQ+ to come together for mutual support and to build community.
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Friday April 26 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Teen Game Night
Come play games at the library! Teens and tweens are invited to play a selection of games in the Learning Lab, including Nintendo Switch games like Just Dance and Mario Party, as well as board games like Trouble and Strategy, and many more!The games will rotate and are ......More
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Friday April 26 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Silent Seas: Exploring the World of Deaf Nantucketers, with Rebecca Edwards
This lecture will take us back to the nineteenth century, and introduce us to the first deaf people from Nantucket to receive a formal education. The American School for the Deaf, in Hartford, Connecticut, opened in 1817. Nantucketers were quick to invest in this educ......More
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Saturday April 27 8:30am - 12:00pm EDT
A Safe Place's 25th Annual Clothes Line Project
The Clothesline Project is an emotionally moving art display consisting of t-shirts decorated by local survivors of domestic & sexual violence to honor survivors, help with the healing process, & raise awareness to the issues of domestic & sexual violence.Free materials......More
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Saturday April 27 9:30am - 4:00pm EDT
Grab & Go Bag: Hand Print Lilies
Stop by the Weezie Library today and pick up this week's Grab & Go project - hand print lilies to celebrate spring! All supplies and instructions included. While supplies last!
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Saturday April 27 5:30pm - 7:00pm EDT
Concert: Meg, Cathy, & Linda
Islanders and sisters Meg Hunter and Cathy Morris Aguiar join Linda Atherton to perform a concert of original music at the Atheneum on Saturday, April 27th at 5:30PM.These singers, musicians, and songwriters combine their talents in mixed musical genres. Their first thr......More
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Sunday April 28 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
World Cinema: BRAZIL- "The Way He Looks" (2014)
Welcome to World Cinema! Each Sunday we will be showing a foreign language film (with English subtitles) up in the Great Hall. So if you are learning a new language, or are just curious about movies from other cultures, come and join us for an afternoon of popcorn and f......More
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Monday April 29 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Mommy (or Daddy) and Me Yoga
Join certified yoga instructor Jill Lauren for some fun yoga with your little one. Start the day playfully connecting to our bodies and our little ones. Move, stretch, and breathe together. Begin to explore the connection between our bodies and the present moment. Space......More
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Monday April 29 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Comic Creator Club
Welcome to the Comic Creator Club! Have you ever wanted to make your own comic? Or maybe you’ve already started and are looking for support and feedback from other creative individuals. Maybe you want to learn the process or some new techniques. Well this is the place t......More
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Monday April 29 6:30pm - 8:30pm EDT
Tarot Discoveries
Are you new to Tarot, or have you been dabbling with your own deck for a while? If you want to explore the cards, their symbolism, and how to use them, come join Suzanne Keating and other students of this illustrious art of esoteric interpretation, as we dive into the s......More
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Monday April 29 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
ELL Group Conversation - Intermediate
Practice conversational English in a friendly group setting. Conversation will center around everyday life, American culture, current events around the U.S. and the world, and other topics that may inspire us.Sessions are free, open to adult English language learners, a......More
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Tuesday April 30 6:30pm - 8:30pm EDT
Open Mic Night!
Come join us for an evening of fun with the Atheneum's Open Mic Night! First come/First serve! Cut loose and express yourself up in the acoustically stellar Great Hall!
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Wednesday May 1 6:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
Teen Trivia
Join us for an evening of trivia at the library, just for teens! Bring a friend or come alone and test your knowledge! Snacks will be provided.This program is intended for ages 13 and up.
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Wednesday May 1 6:30pm - 8:30pm EDT
Atheneum Knitting Group
Calling all knitters! Gather your projects and supplies and come knit with us.Are you curious about learning how to knit? Our group of veterans can get you started. Are you stymied by a challenge in your project? Our group can help with that.The Atheneum Knitters Group ......More
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Wednesday May 1 6:30pm - 8:30pm EDT
Table Top Game Night
Join us for our Weekly Table Top Game Night at the Nantucket Atheneum. Every week we will have one table devoted to a rotating selection of games and one table for Dungeons & Dragons (limited seating for D&D, first come first serve!) New players and old are all welcome!......More
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Wednesday May 1 6:30pm - 8:30pm EDT
Basics of Astrology
The Basics of Astrology:This introductory class will teach you the Signs of the Zodiac, their Planetary Rulers, Elements, Modalities and Polarities, as well as the Houses of the Horoscope. When you learn the Archetypal energy of the Planets and how they express themselv......More
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Thursday May 2 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
ELL Beginner English
ELL Beginner's English class for those seeking to learn basic conversation used in daily activities.The Literacy Volunteers of the Atheneum (LVA) offer a drop-in beginner class every Thursday evening at the library.The class is free, conducted in English and pre-registr......More
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Thursday May 2 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
ELL Intermediate English
Intermediate English conversation for those seeking to improve their English language skills.The Literacy Volunteers of the Atheneum (LVA) offer a drop-in intermediate English class every Thursday evening at the library.The class is free, conducted in English and pre-re......More
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Friday May 3 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Teen Game Night
Come play games at the library! Teens and tweens are invited to play a selection of games in the Learning Lab, including Nintendo Switch games like Just Dance and Mario Party, as well as board games like Trouble and Strategy, and many more!The games will rotate and are ......More