6 pm -- a shorter show for families with young children
8 pm.—a full show for older children and adults
Free Admission
Ray Legere is the 2003 ECMA (East Coast Music Award) Winner for 'Bluegrass Artist Of The Year, an award he also won in 1996.
 The Amherst, Nova Scotia native is becoming known as one of Canada's premiere fiddle/mandolin players. Ray is a five-time winner of the Eastern Division Bluegrass Awards in the categories of Mandolin and Fiddle ' Player of the Year', honors which have distinguished him with a 'Masters Award' for each.
His love for Bluegrass has found him playing alongside his heroes, David Grisman, Sam Bush, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, Tony Trischka, Doc Watson, and Bela Fleck.

Instructor Bob Carew walks participants through the basics of graphic design and will show how to create eye-catching ads, flyers, post cards and web pages. Carew is a graphic design teacher at Curry College and owner of the firm Design By Design. He will cover the elements of a design project, how to choose fonts, how to artfully use white space and successful ways to use photos and graphics. Registration is required, please sign up by calling 508-228-1110 ext 118. Free admission.

NHA Lecture Series: Mark Avery, "The Building of a Village"
FREE, bring your lunch.

With offhand wit, vibrant lyrics and an infectious passion for performing, Katherine Wheatley has been captivating audience's everywhere she performs. Prior to her Atheneum concert, Katherine will have spent a week on Nantucket creating music with students at the Nantucket New School. Her Atheneum concert will feature original songs written with New School students and inspired by Nantucket. Free admission.

NHA Lecture Series: Erik Ingmundson and Manny Sylvia, "The Old Mill"
FREE, bring your lunch.

A monthly get together for creative people. Bring a project to work on and extra materials to swap with others.  Free admission.

Gregory Said An influential literary critic (culture and Imperialism, etc.), writes movingly and honestly about his life of dislocation and exile. Prompted by a diagnosis of leukemia in 1991, Said's new book is infused with a desire to document not only a life, but a time and place -- Palestine in the 1930s and '40s -- that has since vanished. Free admission.

Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth wrote and directed this portrayal of contemporary nomads in Mongolia. With its sparse, dreamy narrative, contrast of bucolic and industrial settings, and a haunting score, this film weaves a sobering spell, its rough-hewn resonance hard to shake off.

New works by gallery artists, wine and appetizers   

Premier opening.  Principal artist, Judith Brust introduces the new core artists of Galleryblue: Joanna Kane, Dale Bradley and Stephen Pitliuk. 

Opening Reception featuring Randy Hudson and Chris Bourbeau.

Opening Reception

Levis Fine Art is pleased to announce the opening of its new gallery on 44 Main Street with an inaugural reception.  Presenting Pre and Post-War Modernism.

Mill Hill Press launches its latest work, “The Nantucket Reader,” a collection of lectures, essays and writings about Nantucket over the years. Free tickets available online beginning May 10. Visit www.nantucketatheneum.org. Free admission with Ticket.

Fine Contemporary Paintings

Sidewalk Art Show, #1 - An all day outdoor art show in the garden of the Nantucket Atheneum.

A Voyage Long and Strange is a history-fueled, self-imposed mission of rediscovery, a travelogue that sets out to explore the surprisingly long list of explorers who discovered America, and what discovered means anyway, starting with the Vikings in A.D. 1000, and ending up on the Mayflower. Horwitz is also the author of Blue Latitudes and Confederates in the Attic. Free Admission.

Nantucket filmmaker John Stanton presents a monthly series of short films designed to facilitate an open dialogue that helps us discuss where the island might heading by remembering its past.May's film, about 10 minutes long, centers on downtown businesses and the sense of place that had been lost as they have changed. Discussion to follow Free Admission.

The Sound of Music, auditions

Jess Clemons considers herself new to songwriting. But you wouldn't guess it after hearing just a few of her soul-filled songs delivered with her gutsy, smokey voice. At 22, this Vermont native has self-released two independent records, toured across Canada and New England, travelled through South America, and completed a bachelor's degree in Canada. She plays everything from livingrooms to festivals, and recently filled Nova Scotia's Al Whittle Theater for her CD release show in February, 2007. Free Admission.

The Sound of Music, auditions- by appointment only