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The Atheneum concludes its series of Spelling Bee movies, just in time for the Nantucket Spelling Bee, scheduled for Sat. Feb 6 at the Nantucket High School.

Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American dramedy film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson, portrayed by Keke Palmer, an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, her mother, portrayed by Angela Bassett, schoolmates, and also her coach, portrayed by Laurence Fishburne. It also explores issues of education in the black community.

The film was developed over a period of 10 years by Doug Atchison, the germ of the idea having started after his watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee of 1994 and combined with his experiences spent tutoring disadvantaged students in the area around the University of Southern California, where he attended film school.

After four years of trying to secure funding for the film, the documentary film Spellbound came out in 2002 and perhaps, according to one producer, Sid Ganis, facilitated funding. Spellbound features a black girl, Ashley White, from Washington, D.C., in rough parallel to the independent idea developed in Akeelah and the Bee.

Story Time for NES Preschool groups, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for Pollock's Polliwogs, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for Val's group, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for Lighthouse School, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for Wee Whalers, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Ursula Austin, of Nantucket’s Hai Tien school, teaches the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi.

Tai chi chuan is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for a variety of health and personal reasons. Consequently, a multitude of training forms exist, both traditional and modern, which correspond to those aims. Most modern styles of tai chi trace their development to at least one of the five traditional schools: Chen, Yang, Wu/Hao, Wu and Sun.

The fee is $10, the first class is free.

Monthly meeting of the Atheneum Teen Advisory Board

Story time for toddlers ages 18-36 months. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 30 attendees.

Storytime for children 3 years and older. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 40 attendees.

Winner of three Academy Awards in 1989, 'Glory' is based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw.

Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.

One Book One Island 2010 has selected 'Coal Black Horse,' a 2007 novel about a 14 year-old boy searching the Civil War-torn South for his soldier father. The OBOI film series continues with 'Cold Mountain' Feb. 10 and 'Outlaw Josey Wales' Feb 17.

All films will be screened at the Coffin School and are free of charge.

A theme-based music program with Lucretia Voigt, for children ages 2-5. No reservation necessary, but program is limited to the first 20 attendees.

Teen cafe every week on Thursday, from 3-5PM! Hang out with your friends, enjoy warm drinks, snacks, and relaxation. Play games, do homework, whatever - just come! Donations accepted to help pay for refreshments. For 8th - 12th graders.

Beginner’s English class for those seeking to improve their English skills. The Nantucket Atheneum Literacy Volunteers offer a drop-in beginner’s English class every Thursday evening. Taught by Les Ottinger, the class is free, open to all, conducted in English and no pre-registration is required. For more information please call 508-228-8710.

Intermediate/Advanced English class for those seeking to improve their English skills. The Nantucket Atheneum Literacy Volunteers offer a drop-in English class every Thursday evening. Taught by Les Ottinger, the class is free, open to all, conducted in English and no pre-registration is required. For more information please call 508-228-8710.

A club for home schooling families and those interested in home schooling to: share ideas and information, offer support to each other, work on projects together, use library space and resources. Join us every Friday!

Pizza, pajamas and stories for families with children five years and younger. Co-sponsored with the Community Network for Children, which is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care. Free admission. Please call the CNC at 508-228-7285 x1576 to register.

Four round Swiss style blitz chess tournament (15 minutes per side), with three categories of entry: 13 & under, 14-19, Open. Anyone age may register in the Open category, but players may not register in more than one category.

Register here online by clicking the 'sign up' button, or call 508-228-1110 x103. Give your name and age, and the category in which you wish to play.

Awards will be given for first place and runner-up in each category. Admission as a player or spectator is FREE. Refreshments will be served.

Story Time for Small Friends baby group, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for Small Friends toddler group, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for Small Friends preschool group, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for New School 3 yr old group, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for New School 4 yr old group, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for two toddler groups, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for Children's House, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for NES Extended Day group, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Book discussion group for middle school students. For a copy of this month's selection, please call 508-228-1110 x103, or visit the NHS Library. New members welcome. Pizza and drinks served.

Book Bingo at the Boys & Girls Club.

Story time for toddlers ages 18-36 months. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 30 attendees.

Storytime for children 3 years and older. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 40 attendees.

'Cold Mountain' tells the story of a wounded Confederate soldier named Inman who struggles on a perilous journey to get back home to Cold Mountain, N.C. as well as to Ada, the woman he left behind before going off to fight in the Civil War. Along the way, he meets a long line of interesting and colorful characters, while back at home, Ada is learning the ropes of managing her deceased father's farm with Ruby, a scrappy drifter who assists and teaches Ada along the way.

One Book One Island 2010 has selected 'Coal Black Horse,' a 2007 novel about a 14 year-old boy searching the Civil War-torn South for his soldier father. The OBOI film series concludes with 'Outlaw Josey Wales' on Feb 17.

All films will be screened at the Coffin School and are free of charge.

A theme-based music program with Lucretia Voigt, for children ages 2-5. No reservation necessary, but program is limited to the first 20 attendees.

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One Book One Ilsand, an island-wide reading project, has selected Robert Olmstead's 2007 novel 'Coal Black Horse' for 2010.

When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable. She instructs her only child to retrieve his father from the battlefield and bring him home. At fourteen, Robey is ill-prepared for such a journey, but with a sense of adventure he sets off wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety: blue on one side, gray on the other. However, it is the gift of an uncommon horse that changes Robey's destiny --- a coal black horse that becomes his only companion, guide, and protector.

Fifi Greenberg will moderate this book discussion, which free and open to all.

You’ve never seen bubbles like this before...
As big as a rainbow colored bathtub wobbling 10-feet off the ground with a liquid-skin thinner than the wavelength of light. Bubbles will bounce, divide and sometimes even swallow you whole if you give them the chance. Even ordinary bubbles are extraordinary.
Yes we can learn a lot from a bubble. That's exactly what this program is all about. Good Science & Amazing Art.
Keith Michael Johnson is from Rhode Island, and has worked for over twenty years producing educational programs for kids. Come enjoy a science-based program by a master! FREE admission, held at the Nantucket Elementary School gymnasium. No tickets, doors open at 6:30PM.
This program sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sherlund and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L. Swain.

Story and craft program for children 4-10 years of age. This month's program features a valentine craft. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to the first 20 children.

Nantucket's own 'Earth Got the Blues.' Tom Stoddart on harmonica and vocals, Jake Vohs on Drums, Andy Bullington on guitar and and Eric Wendelken on stand up bass.

Earth Got the Blues performs all genres of Blues from the late 40's to the early 50's. Influences include T-Bone Walker, Grant Green, Lee Morgan, Stanley Turrentine, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Little Walter, Big Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rogers, BB King, Freddie King, Johnny Guitar Watson, Lowell Fulson, Jackie Brenston and many others.

This is a golden era of music that is rarely heard these days except in it's influence on all modern music. It is Earth Got the Blues' mission to perform this truly American music in an authentic fashion.

One Book One Island, an island-wide reading project, has selected 'Coal Black Horse' by Robert Olmstead as its 2010 title. Olmstead's 2007 novel about a fourteen year-old boy who is sent to retrieve his father, a Civil War soldier, in the war-torn south.

One Book One Island will pay tribute to the Nantucketers who served in the Civil War with a short ceremony at the Civil War monument, located at the intersection of Main, Gardner and Milk Streets. Refreshments will then be served at 99 Main Streeet.

Free copies of the book are available at the Atheneum, Annye's Whole Foods, Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Nantucket Historical Association and the Saltmarsh Center.

The Nantucket Atheneum presents a film series with the theme: 'Messing With Time.' February is that month where calendar-keepers make their adjustments to keep time on track. With that in mind we present three films based on the notion of manipulating time.

Run Lola Run is a 1998 German thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer, and starring Franka Potente as Lola and Moritz Bleibtreu as Manni. The story follows a woman who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutsche Mark in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend's life.

Set against the gritty urban scenescape of Berlin and a pounding techno soundtrack, Run Lola Run is a frenetic, inventive existential thriller that explores the life-altering impact of seemingly inconsequential actions. A pulse-raising race against time, the film employs a startling array of innovative techniques to present three separate scenarios, all departing from a single split-second decision Lola makes.

Franka Potente, who also sings on the soundtrack, is mesmerizing as Lola. Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival; Best Film, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director at the German Film Awards; 1998 Bambi Award; and the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film at the Seattle International Film Festival.

In German with English subtitles.

The series concludes Feb. 22 with 'The Time Traveler's Wife'

Story Time for NES Preschool groups, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for Pollock's Polliwogs, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for Val's group, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for Lighthouse School, with stories, songs and rhymes.

Story Time for Wee Whalers, with stories, songs and rhymes.

One Book One Ilsand, an island-wide reading project, has selected Robert Olmstead's 2007 novel 'Coal Black Horse' for 2010.

When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable. She instructs her only child to retrieve his father from the battlefield and bring him home. At fourteen, Robey is ill-prepared for such a journey, but with a sense of adventure he sets off wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety: blue on one side, gray on the other. However, it is the gift of an uncommon horse that changes Robey's destiny --- a coal black horse that becomes his only companion, guide, and protector.

Molly Anderson will moderate this book discussion, which free and open to all.

Story time for toddlers ages 18-36 months. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 30 attendees.

Storytime for children 3 years and older. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 40 attendees.

From Publishers Weekly
Loss of innocence for a young girl, her family and her nation is the theme of Messud's resonant second novel.Plangent with the memories of a pivotal two-year period in the life of teenage narrator Sagesse LaBasse, the novel flashes back to three generations of the LaBasse family, pieds noirs who fled Algeria during the 1960s. Messud (When the World Was Steady) sustains an elegiac tone in describing a seemingly ordered world that in reality is precarious; the LaBasses erect futile defenses against tragedies they are unable to prevent. In striking scenes, Messud recreates the last days of French rule in Algeria and the anomie of the ex-colonials, exiles from the land they love and strangers in their mother country. Sometimes these frequent flashbacks are awkward and not well integrated into the narrative. Yet some scenes of Sagesse acting out her adolescent insecurity during a summer with her relatives in New England, for example are small gems. Questions of morality and mortality, of choice or fate or historical destiny, permeate the chronicle, adding coherence to a moving and insightful story.

The discussion is facilitated by Maureen Beck and Molly Anderson and open to all.

Josey Wales is a peaceful farmer in the days near the end of the Civil War. After his home is burned and his family murdered, he hardens into a human bullet - dedicated to destroying the renegades who took his 'life.' He joins a band of unreconstructed rebel guerilla fighters who continue to fight the Union - even after the official surrender of the Confederacy - an action which makes them, legally, outlaws. Josey is driven by vengeance, but after a while, that's not enough. Back before his own personal Holocaust, he had been a builder - of home, family, farm, and life. And no matter how much ice he's wrapped himself in, down inside there's still the soul of a living man. While Wales exists, he's pulled by this hidden yearning to Live. Each day offers him chances to remember, to assuage his yearning, to begin again. And the movie shows us how Josey Wales - a mere seeker of vengeance - learns to live again, rededicated to the values he chose so long ago.

One Book One Island 2010 has selected 'Coal Black Horse,' a 2007 novel about a 14 year-old boy searching the Civil War-torn South for his soldier father.

All films will be screened at the Coffin School and are free of charge.

A theme-based music program with Lucretia Voigt, for children ages 2-5. No reservation necessary, but program is limited to the first 20 attendees.

INTERESTED IN OUR LVA PROGRAM? JOIN US FOR AN INFORMATION SESSION The Literacy Volunteers of the Atheneum program offers free, individualized, instruction in English to adults. We provide training and materials to new tutors and then match them with students. No prior experience or training is needed – only the willingness to commit 1-2 hours a week to the effort. Now, with the program’s rapid growth, additional volunteers are needed. Pre-registration is not necessary. For more information, please call 508-228-8710 or 508-228-1382.

Stories and music from the Civil War era will be featured during this year's One Book One Island grand finale.

One Book One Island, an island-wide reading project, has chosen 'Coal Black Horse' as the 2010 selection. Written by Robert Olmstead, it is the story of a fourteen year-old boy sent by his other to find his soldier father somewhere in the war-torn South.

Free copies of the book are available at the Atheneum, Annye's Whole Foods, The Nantucket Cottage Hospital, the Nantucket Historical Association and the Saltmarsh Center.

Join us for a night of fun playing on our Wii and PS2 on the big screen. We've got Guitar Hero World Tour (with drums, guitar & microphone), Dance Dance Revolution, Wii Sports and many other games to choose from. We'll have stations for board and card games too. Bring a game from home that you'd like to share. We'll have refreshments too. **FREE**

The Nantucket Atheneum presents a film series with the theme: 'Messing With Time.' February is that month where calendar-keepers make their adjustments to keep time on track. With that in mind we present three films based on the notion of manipulating time.

in 'The Time Traveler's Wife,' a Chicago librarian suffers from a rare genetic disorder that sends him hurtling through time whenever he is under extreme duress; despite the fact that he vanishes at inordinately frequent and lengthy intervals, he attempts to build a stable future with the beautiful young heiress he loves.

Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams star in this dramatic fantasy, which is directed by Robert Schwentke and based on the best-selling book by author Audrey Niffenegger.

Imagine a world without fish. It’s a frightening premise, and it’s happening right now.

A Sea Change follows the journey of retired history teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happening to the world’s oceans. After reading Elizabeth Kolbert’s “The Darkening Sea,” Sven becomes obsessed with the rising acidity of the oceans and what this “sea change” bodes for mankind.

His quest takes him to Alaska, California, Washington, and Norway as he uncovers a worldwide crisis that most people are unaware of. Speaking with oceanographers, marine biologists, climatologists, and artists, Sven discovers that global warming is only half the story of the environmental catastrophe that awaits us. Excess carbon dioxide is dissolving in our oceans, changing sea water chemistry.

The more acidic water makes it difficult for tiny creatures at the bottom of the food web to form their shells. The effects could work their way up to the fish 1 billion people depend upon for their source of protein.

Monday, February 01 7:00PM-9:00PM Great Hall	Moving Pictures Film Series: Akeelah and The Bee The Atheneum concludes its series of Spelling Bee movies, just in time for the Nantucket Spelling Bee, scheduled for Sat. Feb 6 at the Nantucket High School. Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American dramedy film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson, portrayed by Keke Palmer, an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, her mother, portrayed by Angela Bassett, schoolmates, and also her coach, portrayed by Laurence Fishburne. It also explores issues of education in the black community. The film was developed over a period of 10 years by Doug Atchison, the germ of the idea having started after his watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee of 1994 and combined with his experiences spent tutoring disadvantaged students in the area around the University of Southern California, where he attended film school. After four years of trying to secure funding for the film, the documentary film Spellbound came out in 2002 and perhaps, according to one producer, Sid Ganis, facilitated funding. Spellbound features a black girl, Ashley White, from Washington, D.C., in rough parallel to the independent idea developed in Akeelah and the Bee.
Tuesday, February 02 8:15AM-8:45AM NES	Outreach Story Time: NES Preschool Story Time for NES Preschool groups, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 02 9:30AM-9:45AM Rhonda's House	Outreach Story Time: Pollock's Polliwogs Story Time for Pollock's Polliwogs, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 02 10:15AM-10:45AM Val's House	Outreach Story Time: Val's Group Story Time for Val's group, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 02 11:00AM-11:30AM Nantucket Lighthouse School	Outreach Story Time: Lighthouse School - Small School Story Time for Lighthouse School, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 02 1:30PM-2:00PM Wee Whalers	Outreach Story Time: Wee Whalers Story Time for Wee Whalers, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 02 5:00PM-6:00PM Gallery	Tai Chi Class Ursula Austin, of Nantucket’s Hai Tien school, teaches the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi. Tai chi chuan is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for a variety of health and personal reasons. Consequently, a multitude of training forms exist, both traditional and modern, which correspond to those aims. Most modern styles of tai chi trace their development to at least one of the five traditional schools: Chen, Yang, Wu/Hao, Wu and Sun. The fee is $10, the first class is free.
Tuesday, February 02 5:30PM-6:30PM Young Adult Area	Teen Advisory Board Meeting Monthly meeting of the Atheneum Teen Advisory Board
Wednesday, February 03 10:30AM-11:00AM Gallery	Toddler Time Story time for toddlers ages 18-36 months. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 30 attendees.
Wednesday, February 03 11:00AM-11:30AM Gallery	Story Time Storytime for children 3 years and older. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 40 attendees.
Wednesday, February 03 7:00PM-9:00PM Coffin School, 4 Winter Street	One Book One Island Film Series: 'Glory' Winner of three Academy Awards in 1989, 'Glory' is based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers. One Book One Island 2010 has selected 'Coal Black Horse,' a 2007 novel about a 14 year-old boy searching the Civil War-torn South for his soldier father. The OBOI film series continues with 'Cold Mountain' Feb. 10 and 'Outlaw Josey Wales' Feb 17. All films will be screened at the Coffin School and are free of charge.
Thursday, February 04 10:30AM-11:00AM Gallery	Music in the Morning A theme-based music program with Lucretia Voigt, for children ages 2-5. No reservation necessary, but program is limited to the first 20 attendees.
Thursday, February 04 3:00PM-5:00PM Gallery	Teen Cafe Teen cafe every week on Thursday, from 3-5PM! Hang out with your friends, enjoy warm drinks, snacks, and relaxation. Play games, do homework, whatever - just come! Donations accepted to help pay for refreshments. For 8th - 12th graders.
Thursday, February 04 6:00PM-7:00PM Gallery	LVA - Free Beginner's English Class Beginner’s English class for those seeking to improve their English skills. The Nantucket Atheneum Literacy Volunteers offer a drop-in beginner’s English class every Thursday evening. Taught by Les Ottinger, the class is free, open to all, conducted in English and no pre-registration is required. For more information please call 508-228-8710.
Thursday, February 04 6:00PM-7:30PM Kynett Room	LVA - Intermediate/Advanced English Class Intermediate/Advanced English class for those seeking to improve their English skills. The Nantucket Atheneum Literacy Volunteers offer a drop-in English class every Thursday evening. Taught by Les Ottinger, the class is free, open to all, conducted in English and no pre-registration is required. For more information please call 508-228-8710.
Friday, February 05 12:30PM-2:00PM Gallery	Home Schooling Club A club for home schooling families and those interested in home schooling to: share ideas and information, offer support to each other, work on projects together, use library space and resources. Join us every Friday!
Friday, February 05 6:00PM-7:00PM Gallery	Pajamas & Pizza Storytime Pizza, pajamas and stories for families with children five years and younger. Co-sponsored with the Community Network for Children, which is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care. Free admission. Please call the CNC at 508-228-7285 x1576 to register.
Sunday, February 07 1:00PM-4:00PM Great Hall	Blitz Chess Tournament Four round Swiss style blitz chess tournament (15 minutes per side), with three categories of entry: 13 & under, 14-19, Open. Anyone age may register in the Open category, but players may not register in more than one category. Register here online by clicking the 'sign up' button, or call 508-228-1110 x103. Give your name and age, and the category in which you wish to play. Awards will be given for first place and runner-up in each category. Admission as a player or spectator is FREE. Refreshments will be served.
Monday, February 08 7:00PM-9:00PM Great Hall	Moving Pictures Film Series: 'Ground Hog Day' The Nantucket Atheneum presents a film series with the theme: 'Messing With Time.' February is that month where calendar-keepers make their adjustments to keep time on track. With that in mind we present three films based on the notion of manipulating time. Groundhog Day is a 1993 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. It was written by Ramis and Danny Rubin, and based on a story by Rubin. In the film, Murray plays Phil Connors, an egocentric Pittsburgh TV weatherman who, during a hated assignment covering the annual Groundhog Day event (February 2) in Punxsutawney, finds himself repeating the same day over and over again. After indulging in all manner of hedonistic pursuits, then going through a suicidal streak, he begins to reexamine his life and priorities. Other films in the series: Feb. 15, 7 p.m. 'Run Lola Run' (German with English subtitles) Feb. 22, 7 p.m. 'The Time Traveler's Wife'
Tuesday, February 09 9:00AM-9:30AM Small Friends	Outreach Story Time: Small Friends Babies Story Time for Small Friends baby group, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 09 9:30AM-10:00AM Small Friends	Outreach Story Time: Small Friends Toddlers Story Time for Small Friends toddler group, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 09 10:00AM-10:30AM Small Friends	Outreach Story Time: Small Friends Preschool Story Time for Small Friends preschool group, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 09 10:30AM-11:00AM Nantucket New School	Outreach Story Time: Nantucket New School 3 yr olds Story Time for New School 3 yr old group, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 09 11:00AM-11:30AM Nantucket New School	Outreach Story Time: Nantucket New School 4 yr olds Story Time for New School 4 yr old group, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 09 1:00PM-1:30PM La's House	Outreach Story Time: La's & Linda's Story Time for two toddler groups, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 09 2:00PM-2:30PM Children's House	Outreach Story Time: Children's House Story Time for Children's House, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 09 2:45PM-3:15PM NES	Outreach Story Time: NES Extended Day Story Time for NES Extended Day group, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 09 3:30PM-4:30PM Gallery	Middle School Book Club Book discussion group for middle school students. For a copy of this month's selection, please call 508-228-1110 x103, or visit the NHS Library. New members welcome. Pizza and drinks served.
Tuesday, February 09 3:30PM-4:15PM Nantucket Boys & Girls Club	Outreach: Boys & Girls Club Book Bingo at the Boys & Girls Club.
Tuesday, February 09 5:00PM-6:00PM Gallery	Tai Chi Class Ursula Austin, of Nantucket’s Hai Tien school, teaches the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi. Tai chi chuan is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for a variety of health and personal reasons. Consequently, a multitude of training forms exist, both traditional and modern, which correspond to those aims. Most modern styles of tai chi trace their development to at least one of the five traditional schools: Chen, Yang, Wu/Hao, Wu and Sun. The fee is $10, the first class is free.
Wednesday, February 10 10:30AM-11:00AM Gallery	Toddler Time Story time for toddlers ages 18-36 months. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 30 attendees.
Wednesday, February 10 11:00AM-11:30AM Gallery	Story Time Storytime for children 3 years and older. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 40 attendees.
Wednesday, February 10 7:00PM-9:00PM Coffin School, 4 Winter Street	One Book One Island Film Series: 'Cold Mountain' 'Cold Mountain' tells the story of a wounded Confederate soldier named Inman who struggles on a perilous journey to get back home to Cold Mountain, N.C. as well as to Ada, the woman he left behind before going off to fight in the Civil War. Along the way, he meets a long line of interesting and colorful characters, while back at home, Ada is learning the ropes of managing her deceased father's farm with Ruby, a scrappy drifter who assists and teaches Ada along the way. One Book One Island 2010 has selected 'Coal Black Horse,' a 2007 novel about a 14 year-old boy searching the Civil War-torn South for his soldier father. The OBOI film series concludes with 'Outlaw Josey Wales' on Feb 17. All films will be screened at the Coffin School and are free of charge.
Thursday, February 11 10:30AM-11:00AM Gallery	Music in the Morning A theme-based music program with Lucretia Voigt, for children ages 2-5. No reservation necessary, but program is limited to the first 20 attendees.
Thursday, February 11 1:30PM-2:30PM Saltmarsh Senior Center, Washington St. Ext.	One Book One Island: 'Coal Black Horse' Book Discussion One Book One Ilsand, an island-wide reading project, has selected Robert Olmstead's 2007 novel 'Coal Black Horse' for 2010. When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable. She instructs her only child to retrieve his father from the battlefield and bring him home. At fourteen, Robey is ill-prepared for such a journey, but with a sense of adventure he sets off wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety: blue on one side, gray on the other. However, it is the gift of an uncommon horse that changes Robey's destiny --- a coal black horse that becomes his only companion, guide, and protector. Fifi Greenberg will moderate this book discussion, which free and open to all.
Thursday, February 11 3:00PM-5:00PM Gallery	Teen Cafe Teen cafe every week on Thursday, from 3-5PM! Hang out with your friends, enjoy warm drinks, snacks, and relaxation. Play games, do homework, whatever - just come! Donations accepted to help pay for refreshments. For 8th - 12th graders.
Thursday, February 11 6:00PM-7:00PM Gallery	LVA - Free Beginner's English Class Beginner’s English class for those seeking to improve their English skills. The Nantucket Atheneum Literacy Volunteers offer a drop-in beginner’s English class every Thursday evening. Taught by Les Ottinger, the class is free, open to all, conducted in English and no pre-registration is required. For more information please call 508-228-8710.
Thursday, February 11 6:00PM-7:30PM Kynett Room	LVA - Intermediate/Advanced English Class Intermediate/Advanced English class for those seeking to improve their English skills. The Nantucket Atheneum Literacy Volunteers offer a drop-in English class every Thursday evening. Taught by Les Ottinger, the class is free, open to all, conducted in English and no pre-registration is required. For more information please call 508-228-8710.
Friday, February 12 12:30PM-2:00PM Gallery	Home Schooling Club A club for home schooling families and those interested in home schooling to: share ideas and information, offer support to each other, work on projects together, use library space and resources. Join us every Friday!
Friday, February 12 7:00PM-8:00PM Nantucket Elementary School Gymnasium	Family Night: The Secret World of Bubbles You’ve never seen bubbles like this before... As big as a rainbow colored bathtub wobbling 10-feet off the ground with a liquid-skin thinner than the wavelength of light. Bubbles will bounce, divide and sometimes even swallow you whole if you give them the chance. Even ordinary bubbles are extraordinary. Yes we can learn a lot from a bubble. That's exactly what this program is all about. Good Science & Amazing Art. Keith Michael Johnson is from Rhode Island, and has worked for over twenty years producing educational programs for kids. Come enjoy a science-based program by a master! FREE admission, held at the Nantucket Elementary School gymnasium. No tickets, doors open at 6:30PM. This program sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sherlund and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L. Swain.
Saturday, February 13 11:00AM-1:00PM Gallery	Nantucket Democratic Town Committee - Annual Caucus
Saturday, February 13 2:00PM-2:45PM Gallery	Crafts in the Afternoon: Valentine's Day Story and craft program for children 4-10 years of age. This month's program features a valentine craft. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to the first 20 children.
Saturday, February 13 7:00PM-8:30PM Great Hall	Concert: Earth Got The Blues Nantucket's own 'Earth Got the Blues.' Tom Stoddart on harmonica and vocals, Jake Vohs on Drums, Andy Bullington on guitar and and Eric Wendelken on stand up bass. Earth Got the Blues performs all genres of Blues from the late 40's to the early 50's. Influences include T-Bone Walker, Grant Green, Lee Morgan, Stanley Turrentine, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Little Walter, Big Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rogers, BB King, Freddie King, Johnny Guitar Watson, Lowell Fulson, Jackie Brenston and many others. This is a golden era of music that is rarely heard these days except in it's influence on all modern music. It is Earth Got the Blues' mission to perform this truly American music in an authentic fashion.
Sunday, February 14 1:00PM-2:00PM Civil War Monument, Main & Gardner Streets	One Book One Island: Tribute to Nantucket's Civil War Veterans One Book One Island, an island-wide reading project, has selected 'Coal Black Horse' by Robert Olmstead as its 2010 title. Olmstead's 2007 novel about a fourteen year-old boy who is sent to retrieve his father, a Civil War soldier, in the war-torn south. One Book One Island will pay tribute to the Nantucketers who served in the Civil War with a short ceremony at the Civil War monument, located at the intersection of Main, Gardner and Milk Streets. Refreshments will then be served at 99 Main Streeet. Free copies of the book are available at the Atheneum, Annye's Whole Foods, Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Nantucket Historical Association and the Saltmarsh Center.
Monday, February 15 7:00PM-9:00PM Great Hall	Moving Pictures Film Series: 'Run Lola Run' The Nantucket Atheneum presents a film series with the theme: 'Messing With Time.' February is that month where calendar-keepers make their adjustments to keep time on track. With that in mind we present three films based on the notion of manipulating time. Run Lola Run is a 1998 German thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer, and starring Franka Potente as Lola and Moritz Bleibtreu as Manni. The story follows a woman who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutsche Mark in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend's life. Set against the gritty urban scenescape of Berlin and a pounding techno soundtrack, Run Lola Run is a frenetic, inventive existential thriller that explores the life-altering impact of seemingly inconsequential actions. A pulse-raising race against time, the film employs a startling array of innovative techniques to present three separate scenarios, all departing from a single split-second decision Lola makes. Franka Potente, who also sings on the soundtrack, is mesmerizing as Lola. Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival; Best Film, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director at the German Film Awards; 1998 Bambi Award; and the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film at the Seattle International Film Festival. In German with English subtitles. The series concludes Feb. 22 with 'The Time Traveler's Wife'
Tuesday, February 16 8:15AM-8:45AM NES	Outreach Story Time: NES Preschool Story Time for NES Preschool groups, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 16 9:30AM-9:45AM Rhonda's House	Outreach Story Time: Pollock's Polliwogs Story Time for Pollock's Polliwogs, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 16 10:15AM-10:45AM Val's House	Outreach Story Time: Val's Group Story Time for Val's group, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 16 11:00AM-11:30AM Nantucket Lighthouse School	Outreach Story Time: Lighthouse School - Small School Story Time for Lighthouse School, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 16 1:30PM-2:00PM Wee Whalers	Outreach Story Time: Wee Whalers Story Time for Wee Whalers, with stories, songs and rhymes.
Tuesday, February 16 5:00PM-6:00PM Gallery	Tai Chi Class Ursula Austin, of Nantucket’s Hai Tien school, teaches the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi. Tai chi chuan is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for a variety of health and personal reasons. Consequently, a multitude of training forms exist, both traditional and modern, which correspond to those aims. Most modern styles of tai chi trace their development to at least one of the five traditional schools: Chen, Yang, Wu/Hao, Wu and Sun. The fee is $10, the first class is free.
Tuesday, February 16 5:30PM-6:30PM Great Hall	One Book One Island: 'Coal Black Horse' Book Discussion One Book One Ilsand, an island-wide reading project, has selected Robert Olmstead's 2007 novel 'Coal Black Horse' for 2010. When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable. She instructs her only child to retrieve his father from the battlefield and bring him home. At fourteen, Robey is ill-prepared for such a journey, but with a sense of adventure he sets off wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety: blue on one side, gray on the other. However, it is the gift of an uncommon horse that changes Robey's destiny --- a coal black horse that becomes his only companion, guide, and protector. Molly Anderson will moderate this book discussion, which free and open to all.
Wednesday, February 17 10:30AM-11:00AM Gallery	Toddler Time Story time for toddlers ages 18-36 months. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 30 attendees.
Wednesday, February 17 11:00AM-11:30AM Gallery	Story Time Storytime for children 3 years and older. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 40 attendees.
Wednesday, February 17 5:00PM-6:30PM Gallery	World Wide Voices Book Discussion Group: 'The Last Life,' by Claire Massud From Publishers Weekly Loss of innocence for a young girl, her family and her nation is the theme of Messud's resonant second novel.Plangent with the memories of a pivotal two-year period in the life of teenage narrator Sagesse LaBasse, the novel flashes back to three generations of the LaBasse family, pieds noirs who fled Algeria during the 1960s. Messud (When the World Was Steady) sustains an elegiac tone in describing a seemingly ordered world that in reality is precarious; the LaBasses erect futile defenses against tragedies they are unable to prevent. In striking scenes, Messud recreates the last days of French rule in Algeria and the anomie of the ex-colonials, exiles from the land they love and strangers in their mother country. Sometimes these frequent flashbacks are awkward and not well integrated into the narrative. Yet some scenes of Sagesse acting out her adolescent insecurity during a summer with her relatives in New England, for example are small gems. Questions of morality and mortality, of choice or fate or historical destiny, permeate the chronicle, adding coherence to a moving and insightful story. The discussion is facilitated by Maureen Beck and Molly Anderson and open to all.
Wednesday, February 17 7:00PM-9:00PM Coffin School, 4 Winter Street	One Book One Island Film Series: 'Outlaw Josey Wales' Josey Wales is a peaceful farmer in the days near the end of the Civil War. After his home is burned and his family murdered, he hardens into a human bullet - dedicated to destroying the renegades who took his 'life.' He joins a band of unreconstructed rebel guerilla fighters who continue to fight the Union - even after the official surrender of the Confederacy - an action which makes them, legally, outlaws. Josey is driven by vengeance, but after a while, that's not enough. Back before his own personal Holocaust, he had been a builder - of home, family, farm, and life. And no matter how much ice he's wrapped himself in, down inside there's still the soul of a living man. While Wales exists, he's pulled by this hidden yearning to Live. Each day offers him chances to remember, to assuage his yearning, to begin again. And the movie shows us how Josey Wales - a mere seeker of vengeance - learns to live again, rededicated to the values he chose so long ago. One Book One Island 2010 has selected 'Coal Black Horse,' a 2007 novel about a 14 year-old boy searching the Civil War-torn South for his soldier father. All films will be screened at the Coffin School and are free of charge.
Thursday, February 18 10:30AM-11:00AM Gallery	Music in the Morning A theme-based music program with Lucretia Voigt, for children ages 2-5. No reservation necessary, but program is limited to the first 20 attendees.
Thursday, February 18 3:00PM-5:00PM Gallery	Teen Cafe Teen cafe every week on Thursday, from 3-5PM! Hang out with your friends, enjoy warm drinks, snacks, and relaxation. Play games, do homework, whatever - just come! Donations accepted to help pay for refreshments. For 8th - 12th graders.
Thursday, February 18 6:00PM-7:00PM Gallery	LVA - Free Beginner's English Class Beginner’s English class for those seeking to improve their English skills. The Nantucket Atheneum Literacy Volunteers offer a drop-in beginner’s English class every Thursday evening. Taught by Les Ottinger, the class is free, open to all, conducted in English and no pre-registration is required. For more information please call 508-228-8710.
Thursday, February 18 6:00PM-7:30PM Kynett Room	LVA - Intermediate/Advanced English Class Intermediate/Advanced English class for those seeking to improve their English skills. The Nantucket Atheneum Literacy Volunteers offer a drop-in English class every Thursday evening. Taught by Les Ottinger, the class is free, open to all, conducted in English and no pre-registration is required. For more information please call 508-228-8710.
Friday, February 19 12:30PM-2:00PM Gallery	Home Schooling Club A club for home schooling families and those interested in home schooling to: share ideas and information, offer support to each other, work on projects together, use library space and resources. Join us every Friday!
Saturday, February 20 10:00AM-12:00PM Gallery	LVA Tutor Workshop INTERESTED IN OUR LVA PROGRAM? JOIN US FOR AN INFORMATION SESSION The Literacy Volunteers of the Atheneum program offers free, individualized, instruction in English to adults. We provide training and materials to new tutors and then match them with students. No prior experience or training is needed – only the willingness to commit 1-2 hours a week to the effort. Now, with the program’s rapid growth, additional volunteers are needed. Pre-registration is not necessary. For more information, please call 508-228-8710 or 508-228-1382.
Saturday, February 20 2:00PM-3:00PM Nantucket Whaling Museum, 15 Broad Street	One Book One Island: Program Finale Stories and music from the Civil War era will be featured during this year's One Book One Island grand finale. One Book One Island, an island-wide reading project, has chosen 'Coal Black Horse' as the 2010 selection. Written by Robert Olmstead, it is the story of a fourteen year-old boy sent by his other to find his soldier father somewhere in the war-torn South. Free copies of the book are available at the Atheneum, Annye's Whole Foods, The Nantucket Cottage Hospital, the Nantucket Historical Association and the Saltmarsh Center.
Saturday, February 20 7:00PM-9:00PM Great Hall	Teen Games Night Join us for a night of fun playing on our Wii and PS2 on the big screen. We've got Guitar Hero World Tour (with drums, guitar & microphone), Dance Dance Revolution, Wii Sports and many other games to choose from. We'll have stations for board and card games too. Bring a game from home that you'd like to share. We'll have refreshments too. FREE
Monday, February 22 7:00PM-9:00PM Great Hall	Moving Pictures Film Series: 'The Time Traveler's Wife' The Nantucket Atheneum presents a film series with the theme: 'Messing With Time.' February is that month where calendar-keepers make their adjustments to keep time on track. With that in mind we present three films based on the notion of manipulating time. in 'The Time Traveler's Wife,' a Chicago librarian suffers from a rare genetic disorder that sends him hurtling through time whenever he is under extreme duress; despite the fact that he vanishes at inordinately frequent and lengthy intervals, he attempts to build a stable future with the beautiful young heiress he loves. Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams star in this dramatic fantasy, which is directed by Robert Schwentke and based on the best-selling book by author Audrey Niffenegger.
Tuesday, February 23 4:00PM-5:00PM Gallery	Nantucket Town Association Meeting
Tuesday, February 23 5:00PM-6:00PM Gallery	Tai Chi Class Ursula Austin, of Nantucket’s Hai Tien school, teaches the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi. Tai chi chuan is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for a variety of health and personal reasons. Consequently, a multitude of training forms exist, both traditional and modern, which correspond to those aims. Most modern styles of tai chi trace their development to at least one of the five traditional schools: Chen, Yang, Wu/Hao, Wu and Sun. The fee is $10, the first class is free.
Thursday, February 25 6:00PM-7:00PM Gallery	LVA - Free Beginner's English Class Beginner’s English class for those seeking to improve their English skills. The Nantucket Atheneum Literacy Volunteers offer a drop-in beginner’s English class every Thursday evening. Taught by Les Ottinger, the class is free, open to all, conducted in English and no pre-registration is required. For more information please call 508-228-8710.
Thursday, February 25 6:00PM-7:30PM Kynett Room	LVA - Intermediate/Advanced English Class Intermediate/Advanced English class for those seeking to improve their English skills. The Nantucket Atheneum Literacy Volunteers offer a drop-in English class every Thursday evening. Taught by Les Ottinger, the class is free, open to all, conducted in English and no pre-registration is required. For more information please call 508-228-8710.
Friday, February 26 7:00PM-9:00PM Great Hall	Sustainable Nantucket Film Series:' A Sea Change' Imagine a world without fish. It’s a frightening premise, and it’s happening right now. A Sea Change follows the journey of retired history teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happening to the world’s oceans. After reading Elizabeth Kolbert’s “The Darkening Sea,” Sven becomes obsessed with the rising acidity of the oceans and what this “sea change” bodes for mankind. His quest takes him to Alaska, California, Washington, and Norway as he uncovers a worldwide crisis that most people are unaware of. Speaking with oceanographers, marine biologists, climatologists, and artists, Sven discovers that global warming is only half the story of the environmental catastrophe that awaits us. Excess carbon dioxide is dissolving in our oceans, changing sea water chemistry. The more acidic water makes it difficult for tiny creatures at the bottom of the food web to form their shells. The effects could work their way up to the fish 1 billion people depend upon for their source of protein.