Week Calendar

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.

This week we've got a fun Easter crown for you to make.  It's time to get creative with paper!  All supplies and instructions are included.  While supplies last.

Join certified yoga instructor Jill Baez 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

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

Come join us at the Atheneum for the Escape Room: The Wreck of the Essex. The whaleship Essex has been struck by a whale and is sinking fast!

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

Join us as Smithsonian Horticulturalist Matthew Fleming, guides us through the secret world of trees as is revealed in the beautiful and absorbing guide to the giants of the plant world—The Tree Book: The Stories, Science, a

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Come enjoy the royal game of chess at your library!

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

Join Jules Embry-Pelrine of Nantucket Martial Arts Alliance for a free self defense class, designed for ages 8-12! 

Join us for a free screening of The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition, presented in partnership with Egan Maritime Institute. Directed by George Butler, this 2000 documentary uses original footage and interv

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.

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.

Learn the Life Skill of Self-Massage and the science behind it. 

Rachel Dixon, holistic health practitioner and massage therapist with over 20 years of experience, will guide this transformational class.

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.

Join Suzanne this Winter on Mondays from 6-8pm in the Great Hall at the Nantucket Atheneum Library to continue our explorations of the Tarot!

We are expanding Open Mic Night into OPEN ARTS NIGHT!

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.

The Transits Class is only for students of Astrology who already have a very solid foundation of the planets, signs, houses and aspects in a chart. It is not for beginners or those who only know enou

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. 

In collaboration with Nantucket Conservation Foundation and Nantucket Land Bank, join us for an informative lecture about our local ecosystems.

Calling all gamers! Dance your way to victory in our Just Dance Tournament! We'll be playing on the Nintendo Switch, so players are welcome to bring their own controllers. 

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.