Week Calendar

This program is funded by a generous grant from the Nantucket Golf Club Foundation

This program is funded by a generous grant from the Nantucket Golf Club Foundation

This super cute CLOTHESPIN SHARK puppet will make a splash with your kids!

Join us in the courtyard to make a fun bubble wand!  We'll have some bubble solution for you to try out your creation plus will give you a recipe so you can make more of your own at home!  

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Join us for this tactile craft as we make fluffy slime, using shaving foam! Choose your colors and go wild!

Program will be held outside outside in the garden. In case of inclement weather, program will be rescheduled. 

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!

Join us for our Weekly Table Top Game Night at the Nantucket Atheneum. With extended summer hours! We've got a selection of fun board games and now introducing a new Mag-ACK the Gathering group!

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.

Join #1 Best-selling Nantucket novelist Elin Hilderbrand as she welcomes Zibby Owens, author of Blank: A Novel, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature and children’s book Princess Charming, and the editor of two anthologies.

Learn essential phrases and vocabulary for everyday conversation. Practice speaking and boost your confidence in a friendly classroom setting.

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.

Welcome to our 2024 season! This is a free and informal musician meet and greet featuring selections by Ockeghem, Sciarrino and Ligeti.

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

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.

Enjoy popcorn and refreshments with your friends while watching a movie at the library! This week we will be watching a movie about gaming and virtual reality.

All teens and friends and family are welcome.

Our annual free community concert at the Nantucket Atheneum will feature highlights from the season’s repertoire including works by Mahler and Hindemith with Nantucket soprano Greta Feeney.

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.

Stephen Porter returns to the Atheneum with a program of music by Clara Schumann, Liszt, Schubert, and Beethoven's mighty "Appassionata" in advance of concerts in Singapore and India in September.