Friday January 25
Author Talk: Jerry Palotta, The Dory Story, at the Nantucket Elementary School for students.

Wednesday, January 30, 6 p.m.
Art Exhibit Opening: "The Art Colony And The Sea." Artists' Association of Nantucket, 19 Washington Street.

Thursday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m.
Lecture: Susan Beegel presents “Hemingway's Cuban Masterpiece,” The Coffin School, 4 Winter Street, Free admission.
More on Ernest Hemingway's Nantucket visit.

Friday, February 1, 5 p.m.
Exhibit Opening, "The Giant Squid." The Whaling Museum, 15 Broad Street, Free Admission. A Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit.

Friday, February 1, 7 p.m.
Film Presentation of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. The Whaling Museum, 15 Broad Street, Free Admission.
Walt Disney's 1954 adventure classic starring James Mason, Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre.

Saturday, Feb. 2, 12 - 3 p.m.
Family Sea Fair, Nantucket High School Gymnasium, Free Admission.
Hands-on activities for all ages presented by the Maria Mitchell Association, the U.S. Coast Guard, artist Katie Trinkle Legge, Nantucket Community Sailing, scrimshanders, scallopers and fishermen.

Sunday, Feb. 3, 8 a.m.
Shorebird Walk, Nantucket High School parking lot. Hosted by the Maria Mitchell Association.

Sunday, Feb. 3, 1 p.m.
Beach Walk, Hosted by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation. More details to be announced.

Monday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m.
Film Presentation of The Old Man And The Sea. The Coffin School, 4 Winter Street, Free Admission.
Ernest Hemingway's classic story brought to life in film in this 1958 version starring Spencer Tracy.

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 5 p.m.
Book Discussion of Old Man and the Sea at the Nantucket  Atheneum, 1 India Street. Facilitated by library director Molly Anderson and NHS teacher Page Martineau.

Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1:30 p.m.
Author Talk: Rodman Philbrick ( The Young Man and the Sea ), Cyrus Peirce Middle School for students.

Thursday, Feb. 7, 1:30 p.m.
Book Discussion of Old Man and the Sea  at the Saltmarsh Senior Center, 81 Washington Street Extension. Fifi Greenberg will facilitate.

Thursday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m.
Lecture: Exploring the Science of Literature,  at The Whaling Museum, 15 Broad Street, Free Admission.
The Maria Mitchell Association's Dr. Bob Kennedy presents, "The Marlin, The Mako, and Man."
UMass Field Station Director Dr. Sarah Oktay presents, "Sailing A River In The Ocean; Charting Santiago's Deep Blue Journey."

Friday, Feb. 8, 7 p.m.
Valentine's Day Dance, with Cuban salsa dancing. At The Whaling Museum, 15 Broad Street. There will be an entrance fee.

Saturday, Feb. 9, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Sea Gam - "Stories of the Sea," Maddequet Admiralty Assoc., 15 Tennessee Avenue, Free Admission.

Sunday, Feb. 10, 3 p.m.
One Book One Island Finale: Music and Readings, Nantucket Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India Street. Live music and readings with island artists.

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