Upcoming Events

Join us at 12:30 for a yoga practice for everyone!

Come enjoy the royal game of chess at your library!

A casual, healthy, unbiased gathering for Nantucketers to review and discuss warrant articles for May's Annual Open Town Meeting, aimed at increasing knowledge, not influencing individual voting decisions.

We are expanding Open Mic Night into OPEN ARTS NIGHT!

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. 

Join us for some creative construction!  The library will supply the LEGO bricks and you can have some fun.

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.

Join us for our Weekly Table Top Game Night at the Nantucket Atheneum. We have a variety of fun board games and card games.

Discover the Art of Zentangle: Relax, Create, and Find Your Flow

If you can draw a line, a dot, and a curve, you can create stunning Zentangle art!

Calling all knitters! Gather your projects and supplies and come knit with us.

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.

For children ages 3 years and older.  Join us for a special 30 minute story time feature new and classic stories, fingerplays, and songs.

Join us for a transformative conversation with award-winning journalist and author, Clara Bingham, as she chats with us about her new book, The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973

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.

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.

This class will cover the Basics for understanding Astrology: Signs of the Zodiac, the Planets, the Houses of the Horoscope and Aspects. We will use your Na

Come play games at the library! Teens and tweens are invited to play a selection of Nintendo Switch games like Just Dance and Mario Party and many more!

The games will rotate and are first-come, first-served. 

Come join us for a talk about Why Seals Matter.

An unstructured, supportive environment for anyone identifying as LGBTQ+ to come together for mutual support and to build community.

This week we're taking advantage of the wind we've been experiencing!  Stop by and pick up this cute wish fish project to take home and make.  Supplies and instructions are included.  While supplies last!

Дорогие родители! Мы рады пригласить вас и ваших детей в наш клуб для русскоговорящих детей!

Join our YA librarian to explore dungeons, battle monsters, and let your inner warrior out in our beginner-friendly Dungeons & Dragons club. All you need to bring is your untapped imagination and a hunger for adventure.