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Events for Friday (4/11) through Thursday (4/17):

BENEFITS

A unique fundraiser this weekend called 4. Four non-profits with common missions have joined together to raise money for their respective organizations: The Nantucket Lighthouse School, Sustainable Nantucket, Nantucket Preservation Trust, and The Nantucket Land Council. Each non-profit will have their own silent auction. The raffle grand prize is a 2007 Jeep patriot. Food and drink from the Nantucket Catering Company and Cisco Brewery.

Cary Hazlegrove will be debuting her “30 Years of Island Faces” slide show, some you’ve seen and some you haven’t. Cary first two jobs on the island were with me at The Camera Shop and the Roadhouse, and her first slide show (with Noel Berry) at the Roadhouse, so if I look like a proud father that night, you’ll know why. Live music by The Shingles (Andy Bullington, Cary Hazlegrove, Michael Kopko, Dave Provost and Chris Westerlund) and Molly Glazer with friends from the faculty of NCMC.

Additional details.
Independent Story

The Nantucket Arts Council presents Casino Royale, with proceeds benefitting the NAC Scholarship Fund. Black tie or bad guy attire suggested. Tickets at Bookworks, Rose & Crown, or call 508-325-8588. Saturday, April 12, beginning at 7:30 at the Rose & Crown. Details.

The Annual Charity Brunch at the Brant Point Grill is this Sunday, April 13, from 11 to 2. Your donations go to either the Nantucket Arts Council, Nantucket Education Trust, or the Habitat for Humanity. Details.

CONCERTS AND NIGHTLIFE

The repertoire of the eclectic Canadian based Quartetto Gelato includes classical masterworks, operatic arias and tangos, gypsy and folk songs. And they’re quite entertaining too. Sunday, April 13, at 4 at the Coffin School. Details.
Indy article.

It’s the Jeff Tuohy Band at the Box this weekend. Details.

At the Rose & Crown, it’s Poker Night on Monday’s, Trivia Quiz Night every Tuesday (at 7 pm), Karaoke on Thursday (9 pm), and DJ Bri Guy on Fridays and Saturdays (except this Saturday).

THEATER AND PERFORMANCE

It’s the opening week for Doubt, A Parable, at the Methodist Church, a play by John Patrick Shanley. The performance is directed by Michael Feeney, and features Ciaran Byrne, Pam Murphy, Callahan Keever, and Tina Hoskins. Showtime is 7 pm. Thursday April 17th - Sunday April 19th; Thursday April 24th - Saturday April 26th; Thursday May 1st - Saturday May 3rd. Details.
Indy article.

Magic by Scott Jameson, with juggling, music, mime, storytelling, and audience participation. High School Auditorium, Friday, April 11, 7 to 8. Details.

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

Liz Morcone’s talk is called Stop and Smell the Roses - what you need to know about growing roses on the island. Saturday, April 12, at 10. Bartlett’s Farm. Details.

The Lightship Basket Museum presents a Floral Design Workshop, Wednesday, April 16, from 5:30 to 7. Details.

Lee Rand Burne talks about Newspapers on Nantucket, the cataloging and preserving of as many Nantucket newspapers as possible. Wednesday, April 16, 7 to 8:30 at the Atheneum. Details.

POETRY

Two choices for poetry on a Saturday afternoon:

The Whaling Museum presents an Afternoon of Poetry and Music with Frank Cunningham and Len Germinara, and Andy Bullington on guitar. Len is pictured here. Saturday, April 12, 1 to 3.

Details.

Bring a poem to share or an idea to work on in The Second Saturday Poetry Workshop. Landmark House Meeting Room. Saturday, April 12, 1 to 2. Details.

MOVIES AT THE STARLIGHT

Superhero Movie: Friday and Saturday at 7 and 9; Sunday at 7:30
The Other Boleyn Girl: Monday - Thursday at 7:30

See the Arts & Social Calendar for additional details on the events listed above.

For a more comprehensive listing of ALL Nantucket events, pick up the Nantucket Independent for my Community Calendar, or click here.

Events for Friday (3/4) through Thursday (3/10):

Don’t forget that Town Meeting begins on Monday night at 7 p.m.

BENEFITS

What’s Your Sign? Zodiac Fundraiser benefits the Maria Mitchell Association. Saturday, April 5, 8 pm at the Rose & Crown.

The Nantucket S.T.A.R.S. Fashion Show & Auction is this Sunday, April 6, 2 pm at Faregrounds.

CONCERTS AND NIGHTLIFE

Jake Vohs and Two Days Notice, with Joel, Andy, Tom, and Tommy D. play the Box Friday and Saturday, April 4th and 5th, starting at 10.

The Nantucket School of Music Faculty and Students perform the music of The Beatles. Atheneum Great Hall, Sunday, April 6, 3 pm. Details.

At the Rose & Crown, it’s Poker Night on Monday’s, Trivia Quiz Night every Tuesday (at 7 pm), Karaoke on Thursday (9 pm), and DJ Bri Guy on Fridays and Saturdays.

THEATER

Susan McGinnis directs Neil Simon’s ‘Rumors’ at this week’s Theatre Workshop Armchair Theatre and potluck dinner. Sunday, April 6, 6 pm.

SPEAKERS AND POETRY

Lori Kunz speaks on her favorite perennials at this week’s Bartlett’s Spring Farm Talks. Saturday, April 5, 10 am. Details.

An Evening of Frost: Lecture, Discussion and Recitation with actor Stephen Collins. Atheneum Great Hall, Saturday, April 5, 7 to 8:30 pm.

Spoken Word Nantucket takes place in a new location this week - Sunday, April 6, 2 to 4 pm at the Artists Association. Open mic: Ekphrastic Poetry; Featured Poet: Jack McCarthy; Special Event: Ekphrastic Poetry Competition for Nantucket students.

The NHA’s Food for Thought series wraps for the season with the Tuckernuck Gam. Thursday, April 10, noon at the Whaling Museum.

FILM
The Next Industrial Revolution explores how businesses are transforming themselves to work with nature and enhance profitability. Co-sponsored by Sustainable Nantucket, Nantucket Green, and the Nantucket Atheneum. Free. Wednesday, April 9, 7 pm at the Atheneum.

GALLERIES

Students in Artists Association classes and the faculty who teach them display their work in the upcoming show at the AAN gallery, running through April 19. Opening reception: Friday, April 4, 5 to 7. Details.

See the Arts & Social Calendar for additional details on the events listed above.

For a more comprehensive listing of ALL Nantucket events, pick up the Nantucket Independent for my Community Calendar, or click here.

Events for Friday (21st) through Thursday (27th):

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK

The Cast of Beatlemania, Saturday, March 22, 7:30 pm, High School Auditorium. Featuring the music of the Beatles. Website for Beatlemania. Sweetmeat and the Silverfish open.

Miss Fairchild’s Homemade Superstar Weekend. Friday and Saturday, March 21 and 22, about 9:30 til closing at the Box. $5 cover. Self described as “a five-piece modern pop and soul band”, Miss Fairchild is the hometown band with the buzz, with islanders Travis Richard, Schuyler Whelden, and Todd Richard. The Undergraduates open.

CONCERTS AND NIGHTLIFE
At the Rose & Crown, it’s Poker Night on Monday’s, Trivia Quiz Night every Tuesday (at 7 pm), Karaoke on Thursday (9pm), and DJ Bri Guy on Friday’s and Saturdays.

THEATER

The Theatre Workshop presents Richard Dresser’s comedy “Rounding Third“, starring Chuck Gifford and Chris Witte, and directed by Laura Gallagher Byrne. Runs Thursdays through Saturdays until March 29th. Photo on right supplied by TWN.

SPEAKERS
Spring Planters and Psanky at Bartlett’s Spring Farm Talks. Saturday, March 22, 10:00 am, Bartlett’s Farm.

Pat Butler: Sea Captains’ Houses and Rose-Covered Cottages. Thursday, March 27, 12:00 pm, Whaling Museum.

See the Arts & Social Calendar for additional details on the events listed above.

For a more comprehensive listing of ALL Nantucket events, pick up the Nantucket Independent for my Community Calendar, or click here.

Events for Friday (14th) through Thursday (20th):

BENEFITS
Black jack, roulette, texas hold’em, silent auction, buffet and Bri-Guy, all at the Kathi Ring Casino Night. $15 tickets at the door. Benefits Visiting Nurses, Family and Children Services, A Safe Place, Nantucket AIDS Network, and other health organizations. Saturday, March 15, starting at 7:00 pm at the Rose & Crown.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Kitty’s is making a weekend of it, with Irish specialties like Corned Beef & Cabbage all weekend. Live music every afternoon from 2 to 5, Saturday through Monday, with PJ Moody, Joel Finn, and 4 Easy Payments. Saturday and Sunday night it’s The ShepCats from 9 to close. Monday night showcases Frank Hunter & Aaron Castellano as Bonafide playing the hot sof the 80’s and 90’s with an Irish accent.

Faregrounds is putting on a Pre-St. Patrick’s Day all you can eat Buffet Sunday night from 5 to 9, with PJ Moody beginning at 6. PJ will also play Monday night from 6 to 9.

CONCERTS AND NIGHTLIFE
Canadian singer songwriter Katherine Wheatley is a member of the band ‘Betty’ and ‘The Bobs’, and plays guitar in ‘The Smoking Section’. She will perform with New School students she taught this past week. More on the concert. Friday, March 14, 6:00 pm, Nantucket New School.

The Shingles are back - with Dave Provost, Andy Bullington, Michael Kopko, Chris Westerlund and Cary Hazlegrove playing bluegrass, folk standards, and original compositions. Saturday, March 15, 7:00 pm, Great Hall. Free.

The Box continues their salute to local bands this week. First its Jake Vos with Two Days Notice - Joel on bass, Jake keys, Andy C. guitar, and Tommy D. drums. Friday, March 14, 9:00 pm, Chicken Box.

Then on Saturday night, The Undergraduates are up first, followed by 2 Days Notice. Cover charge just $2 dollars (a buck a band). More info.

The Nantucket School of Music Student Recital takes place this Thursday, March 20, 6:00 pm at the Bartlett’s Farm Hayloft. Free.

At the Rose & Crown, it’s Poker Night on Monday’s, Trivia Quiz Night every Tuesday (at 7 pm), karaoke on Thursday (9pm).

THEATER

The Theatre Workshop presents Richard Dresser’s comedy “Rounding Third“, starring Chuck Gifford and Chris Witte, and directed by Laura Gallagher Byrne. Runs Thursdays through Saturdays until March 29th.

FOOD
The topic is Easter Baking at the Bartlett’s Spring Farm Talk. Learn how to make Morning Glory muffins, sticky buns, lemon curd, lemon curd tartlets and shortbread cookies. Free. Saturday, March 15, 10:00 am.

POLITICS
Town officials and citizen sponsors will explain key articles on this year’s Warrant for Annual Town Meeting. Refreshments served. Hosted by the Nantucket Civic League. Saturday, March 15, 11:00 am, Great Hall.

LECTURE

Bill Tramposch will speak on “New Zealand and Nantucket“. Thursday, March 20, noon til 1 pm at the Whaling Museum. Details.

POETRY
Spoken Word Nantucket, the Poetry Reading Series, this week features Poet Eric ‘Zork’ Alan, and the theme of the day is ‘Poets Against War’. Sunday, March 16, 2 to 4 pm at the Umass Boston Field Station. Free. Details.

FILM

Peter’s Vietnam is a documentary by island filmmaker John Stanton, a short film about islander Peter Sylvia and his experience serving in the military during the war in Vietnam. Following the screening Stanton and Sylvia will discuss the film and take questions from the audience. Wednesday, March 19, 7:00 pm at the Great Hall; free.

See the Arts & Social Calendar for additional details on the events listed above.

For a more comprehensive listing of ALL Nantucket events, pick up the Nantucket Independent for my Community Calendar, or click here.

The Western Wind is an eclectic a cappella vocal sextet, singing Renaissance motets, Fifties rock ‘n roll, medieval carols, Duke Ellington, complex works by avant garde composers, and the simplest folk melodies. They have appeared in Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, ArtPark, Ordway Theater, the Metropolitan Museum, the Frick Museum, the Jewish Museum, Folger Shakespeare Library, Library of Congress, and Cleveland Museum of Art. In Europe the sextet has performed at the Geneva Opera, the Rome Opera and the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.

This concert is produced by the Nantucket Arts Council, through Council board member Dr. Gerry Mack. Tickets are available through the Arts Council office (508-325-8588, info@nantucketartscouncil.org), at Bookworks, Michell’s Book Corner, Dan’s Pharmacy, and at the door if not sold out. Tickets are $20 for Arts Council members and $25 for non-members. Students in high school and under are admitted free. Sunday, March 2 at 4:00 pm at the Coffin School, 4 Winter Street. Last month’s concert did sell out, so buy your tickets in advance.

CABLE TV

The Jamie Ranney Show is on Channel 17 at 2 and 9 pm every day, with new shows on Fridays at 9 pm. There’s Jamie over there on the right when he interviewed me about my low carb diet. You can still find that interview here.

NIGHTLIFE
Also at the Rose & Crown, it’s Poker Night on Monday’s, Trivia Quiz Night every Tuesday (at 7 pm), karaoke on Thursday (9pm), and DJ Bri Guy Friday and Saturday night.

See the Arts & Social Calendar for additional details on the events listed above.

For a more comprehensive listing of ALL Nantucket events, pick up the Nantucket Independent for my Community Calendar, or click here.

NIGHTLIFE
The Un-Valentine Cabaret: A cross between cabaret of 1930’s Berlin, an oddball talent show, and a community party in deep winter, presented by Seaside Shakespeare Company. Chicken Box, Saturday the 16th. Doors open at 6 pm for cocktails and complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Performance at 7.

Beat the Winter Blues Party: Cash prizes for the belly flop contest and bikini contest. DJ Bri Guy. Rose & Crown. Saturday the 16th.

Also at the Rose & Crown, it’s Poker Night on Monday’s, Trivia Quiz Night every Tuesday (at 7 pm), karaoke on Thursday (9pm), and DJ Bri Guy Friday and Saturday nights, except for this week’s special events listed above.

CONCERTS
Aiofe Clancy: Traditional Irish songs, ballads and contemporary folk. Great Hall. Saturday the 16th at 7. Chuck Colley and Erik Wendelken open for Aiofe.

THEATER AND POETRY

Nantucket Theatrical Productions and the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket present “Cupid’s Nightmare”, four short plays from the Short Play Festival. February 16, 22, 23 at 7 p.m., upstairs at the Methodist Church on Centre St. Admission is $10.

Poetry Reading: Spoken Word Nantucket. Open mic for poetry and music. Featured poet - Nicole Terez. Free. Umass Boston Field Station. Sunday the 17th at 2.

SPEAKERS
Nat Philbrick: “Quakerism on Nantucket” in the 18th and 19th centuries. Thursday the 21st at noon. Whaling Museum.

FILM
Winged Migration: Author and local bird expert Ken Blackshaw will introduce the film answer questions. Great Hall, Sunday the 18th at 3.

See the Arts & Social Calendar for more details on all events listed above.

For a more comprehensive listing of ALL Nantucket events, pick up the Nantucket Independent for my Community Calendar, or click here.

CONCERT

Violinist Arman Ghazaryan and pianist Robert Behrman open the Nantucket Arts Council Winter Series this Sunday, 4:00 pm at the Coffin School. The duo will perform a concert in three sonatas, by Handel, Beethoven and Franck. Details.

BENEFIT:
The annual Spelling Bee is this Saturday night, beginning at 6 pm at the High School. The Culinary Arts Program will serve dinner from 5 to 7:30 pm.

Family Sea Fair is part of the One Book One Island week, with hands-on activities presented by the Maria Mitchell Association, U.S. Coast Guard, artist Katie Trinkle Legge, Nantucket Community Sailing, scrimshanders, scallopers and fishermen. Free. Saturday, February 2nd from noon to 3:00 pm at the Cyrus Peirce School Gym.

NIGHTLIFE
At the Rose & Crown, it’s Trivia Quiz Night every Tuesday (at 7 pm), karaoke on Thursday (9pm), and DJ Bri Guy Friday and Saturday nights.

SPEAKERS AND DISCUSSIONS

Library director Molly Anderson and NHS teacher Page Martineau will facilitate a book discussion on Ernest Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man and The Sea.’ Free copies of the book are available at the Atheneum, Town Building, Saltmarsh, NHA, Hospital, Annye’s Whole Foods, and schools. Tuesday, February 5th from 5:00 to 6:30 pm at the Atheneum.

EXHIBITION

In Search of the Giant Squid opens Friday, February 1st at the Peter Foulger Gallery, with giant squid specimens, myths and legends, how they hunt, move, and defend themselves, and their anatomy and behavior. Open Fridays and Saturdays, 11 am to 4 pm; Sundays, noon to 4 pm through April 20.

FILM
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea will be shown at the Whaling Museum Friday night (1st) at 7:00 pm.

Last summer, MaT subscribers were invited to a small, intimate house concert in ‘Sconset featuring Ingrid Michaelson. If you were there, you know how beautiful were her songs and was her pitch perfect signing, and that Ingrid is on the way up.

On December 18, the New York Times profiled Ingrid and her ascendent career. Entitled “Singing Her Way From Obscurity to Fame on the Internet”, here are some excerpts.

“Cinderella is alive and well and living on Staten Island. Ingrid Michaelson, a 28-year-old singer-songwriter whose self-produced album “Girls and Boys” reached No. 2 on the iTunes pop chart, is enjoying an enchanted transformation as a recording artist.

“Ms. Michaelson’s climb out of obscurity started, as is so often the case these days, on the Internet. Now she is known to many “Grey’s Anatomy” fans for her quirky, heartfelt songs that were featured over the past year on the ABC television series. After a cross-country music tour, she is performing on Wednesday at the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan, and she pointed out that the concert sold out a month ago without any advertising.”

Read the full article here.

On November 7, 2007, VH1 named Ingrid the Next Artist ‘You Oughta Know’, the first unsigned artist to be featured in the high-profile program. Her single “The Way I Am” has sold over 180,000 copies on iTunes and peaked as the #4 most downloaded single. Her appearance on “Last Call With Carson Daly” was one of YouTube’s most watched music videos. Her name and song lyrics to “The Way I Am” and “Keep Breathing” have several times been among the top 50 searches on Google.

The people who brought Ingrid and Josh Ritter to the island last summer plan to bring other artists here this summer, and I expect to be able to offer you an opportunity to be there on one of these very special nights.

Ingrid Michaelson’s MySpace Page

You can also hear a NPR World Cafe Live full concert set here.

Sliding into the Christmas holidays, and the number of things to do is dwindling. But the highlight of the week is certainly the Annual Christmas Pageant, this year with Greta Feeney singing Gabriel, Bob Gardner and Joe Zito as the prophets, Barry Rector as Herod and Sara Jones and Mike Kopko narrating. And dozens more. Greta has the voice of an angel, and is worth shivering through no matter what the temperature. Bundle up. Performances at 4 pm and 7 pm on Sunday (16th) at the First Congregational Church.

NIGHTLIFE
You’ve never seen this band before, and nor have I, but it should be fun. It’s the debut of I’m with Stupid, self described as “original, catchy, off beat, stick in you head rock music, with a dose of stupidity.” Floyd Kellogg is on bass and vocals, Omer Shemesh on keyboard and toy piano, and Audrey Sterk on “Per rum pa pa pum”. Floyd Kellogg is of course the bass player from Spookie Daly Pride. I’m with Stupid is opening for the Undergraduates, and the music starts about 10 pm. All of this at the Rose & Crown tonight, Friday the 14th.

For the rest of the week at the R&C, it’s DJ Bri Guy on Saturday night. And every Tuesday is Trivia Night. $5 entry fee. Cash prizes. Team sign up begins at 7 pm. Also 2 for 1 dinners and $2 Cisco drafts. Quiz begins about 7:45 pm.

It’s Bingo at the Starlight every Monday night.

THEATER, STORYTELLING, AND A GAM

It’s the final weekend for “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever“: Synopsis: The Christmas pageant is the same year after year until Mrs. Armstrong breaks her leg, and Beth Bradley’s mother is reluctantly recruited to direct. Then the dreaded Herdman’s show up for the free deserts, and take over the church pageant, intimidating and bulling their way to the major rolls. Everyone’s traditional notions of Christmas are challenged, and the town is horrified. Runs at the Methodist Church through December 16th: Friday and Saturday at 7 pm; Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm. A Theatre Workshop production.

FILM
How The Grinch Stole Christmas will play in the Great Hall of the Atheneum, Sunday (16th) at 2 pm. This 26 minute animated film was made in 1966 and narrated by Boris Karlov. Cindy Lou Who birthday cake served.

At the Starlight:
No Country For Old Men: This Friday through Sunday
Dan In Real Life: Tuesday through Thursday
Hitman: Next Friday through Sunday

See the Arts & Social Calendar for exact times of films, and details on all events listed above.

I stopped by a holiday party last weekend for the staff and associates of Espresso To Go and the Nantucket Building Company. I was without camera, so no photos to show you, but a great party with great people. The band was Baby Macaroni made up of members of NRBQ and the Incredible Casuals, a flashback to earlier and simpler times on this island. I hope to see Baby Macaroni here again soon, and will let you know when and if they do come again. I’ve heard rumblings of a spring show.

Our children are perplexed and hurting. How can you explain why any child would take his or her own life? Are we failing them in some way, failing to instill in them a zest for life as an adventure with both ups and downs, triumphs and failures? Do we make the most estranged feel as if they’re a part of something, a part of us? Do they know we can help them if they would just ask?

Answers don’t come easily, but no one can disagree that we must do something, it must be now, and it must be the beginning of a long term plan to better address the needs of our youth, their fears, and their insecurities. Whether you have children or not, their health mirrors the health of our community, and our community is in pain now. We are all affected by the untimely and purposeful death of any one of us.

A group of very dedicated people have come together to do what they can, and to find ways the rest of us can help. That is the subject of the Community Forum on Suicide Prevention this Wednesday, November 14th, 6:00 pm at the High School Auditorium, for adults and teens. Experts will talk about depression and the signs of suicide risk, and take your questions. The all-volunteer community working group on suicide prevention includes representatives of the clergy, parents of school-age and adult children, the Nantucket Public Schools, and local therapists. They have a plan for addressing the problem, and they need your input and support.

Childcare is available in the ECC; the Boys & Girls Club will stay open late to accommodate older children. The High School’s Culinary Arts program will offer a 5 pm dinner for $10 - $15. To reserve a spot, call 228-7285 x1162 by Nov. 13.

Please attend if you can.

I’ve just received this message from our friends over there at the Starlight:
“Ruth, Mango, and Jim would like to thank everyone for a great three years. As of this Tuesday (11/13) the Starlight Theatre & Café will be under new ownership: Mark Watson General manager/Bartender, Susan Widger (Mark’s mom) Public Relations, Deborah Weiner (Mark’s sister) Managing Partner, and Jeff Weiner (Deborah’s husband) Chef. We hope everyone will support them as you did us, and thanks again.
Ruth, Mango, Jim Warwick”

Ruth and Jim breathed new life into the Starlight when they took over three years ago. They spruced up the theater and cafe, added soundproofing to the theater, upgraded the sound system to Dolby Surround, and brought major sporting events to the big big screen for the first time on the island. The café served good food at reasonable prices, hard to find here now, with an occasional pig roast on holidays. They bore the brunt of the frustration of all those who were upset that the Dreamland was closed, when an established summer audience of 1000 people per night had to joust for seats in the less than 100 seat Starlight. With the Dreamland dark, they worked hard to persuade film distributors to supply first run movies, often on the same day they opened nationwide. When many island restaurants closed for the winter, or large chunks of the winter, the Starlight was open. They upgraded the patio and the grape arbor, added heat and weatherproofing, and introduced regular live quality music to the patio, nightly in the summer. Though they owned a home in the Keys, they spent most of their winters here in order to keep the Starlight up to their standards.

This community owes Ruth and Jim Warwick a huge debt of gratitude. Stop by to say hi and bye and thanks. They leave for Florida on Wednesday.

Inca Sun performs free the music and dance of the Andes at the High School Auditorium, Thursday (15th), 6:30 pm. Dinner available from NHS culinary students beginning at 5 p.m.

The Nantucket School of Music presents a free piano recital by students of Marcia Hempel. Unitarian Church, Thursday (15th) at 7:00 pm.

Later in the week, the Nantucket School of Music Chorus, joined at times by the NHS Honors Chorus, presents Music to Lift the Spirits, Barbara Elder conductor, with folk hymns, spirituals, and a Stephen Foster medley. NHS Honors Chorus joins for “There is a Balm in Gilead” and “Turn the World Around.” Coffin School, Saturday (17th) at 7:30 pm, and again Sunday at 2 pm.

Fran Karttunen speaks on “Law and Disorder on Old Nantucket”, which includes bawdy houses, knife fights, marauding gangs of miscreants, and buckets and buckets of rum, all on an island of plain and sober Quakers. Free. Nantucket Atheneum. Wednesday, November 14, 7:00 pm.

Bob Mooney tells stories about “Island Personalities”, and introduce a few local personalities who will reminisce. Bring your lunch. Free. Whaling Museum, Thursday, November 15, 12 noon.

The Theatre Workshop is planning for the future, and wants your input at their planning forum. The discussion will be led by TWN’s new president, Frank Morral. Meet Jordana Fleischut TWN’s Producing Director and members of the TWN Program Planning Committee. Upstairs at the Methodist Church, Thursday (15th), 5:30 pm.

One correction to last week’s Nantucket Sky section. It should have read “Times given follow Eastern Standard Time after 2 a.m. on November 4th.”

Go to the N Magazine/Mahon About Town Arts & Social Calendar for additional listings.