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International Book Group – The Green Road by Anne Enright
2026-01-07 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
The International Book Group at West Falmouth Library is a volunteer-led group that meets on the first Wednesday of each month 3:45-5 p.m. Selections have either foreign settings or foreign authors, usually both. New members are always welcome! Annual registration is requested to receive important communications about schedule or location changes; register below. Meetings are both in-person and on Zoom.
From internationally acclaimed author Anne Enright comes a shattering novel set in a small town on Ireland’s Atlantic coast. The Green Road is a tale of family and fracture, compassion and selfishness―a book about the gaps in the human heart and how we strive to fill them.
“A rich, capacious story, buoyed by tender humor…. The Green Road…offers a survey of Enright’s magnificent dexterity…. There’s nothing she can’t do with perspective, tone and time.” – Ron Charles, Washington Post
“The story of an Irish family, [The Green Road] is the kind of book that refuses quick characterization: it is sprawling and intimate, anguished and hopeful, elliptical and intensely observed.” – Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker

Date Night Dance Lessons with Glen Carliss
2026-01-09 18:00 - 20:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
Have a wedding or event coming up? Dazzle them on the dance floor!
Starting January 9, the West Falmouth Library will offer dance lessons on for five weeks (no class on January 30) on Fridays from 6 to 8 PM. Glen Carlis will teach the skills to enable attendees to gain the confidence to hit the dance floor.
In this easygoing and a unique workshop for two, you’ll have fun learning to dance with a partner. Glen will proceed slowly and will not leave anyone behind. $250 per couple.
Dress to impress in your favorite formal wear for our last lesson on February 13 where we will debut and celebrate your new-found skills and confidence with a live band!
“Glen doesn’t just teach steps; he teaches confidence, connection and most importantly, how to have fun!”

Falmouth Chamber Players’ Olenellus String Quartet in Concert
2026-01-11 16:00 - 18:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
West Falmouth Library and The Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra present a concert by the Players’ Olenellus String Quartet, Sunday, Jan. 11 at 4 p.m. They will be playing Mozart’s Quartet No. 4 in C Major, Haydn’s “Emperor Quartet” Op 76 No. 3, and an assortment of Scandinavian folk tunes. Admission by donation; suggested donation of $20.
The Olenellus quartet is made up of violinists Anna Fernandez-Buehrens and Liz Maloney, violist Stephanie Burns, and cellist Paul Hall. They hail from as nearby as Falmouth and as far away as Dorchester, and have played together for about 10 years. They love playing pieces from the traditional quartet repertoire, as well as exploring modern music and non-classical arrangements.

WFL Book Club – The Art Thief
2026-01-13 13:30 - 15:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
WFL’s volunteer led book club’s January selection is The Art Thief by Michael Finkel. All are welcome to join on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 1:30 p.m. Annual registration is requested to receive important communications about schedule or location changes. In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, Michael Finkel gives us one of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of our times, a riveting story of art, theft, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
“Exhilarating…Finkel’s narrative thrills and electrifies, until it all barrels toward inevitable capture, two shocking betrayals, and an astonishing conclusion.”
—Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire
“Thrilling…Finkel deftly unspools the story of Breitwieser’s improbable years-long adventure.”
—Geoffrey Gagnon, GQ

Tea Time Book Club -
2026-01-15 18:00 - 20:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
Tea Time Book Club meets once a month on the third Thursday at 6 p.m. Each time we meet, we’ll enjoy tea and take some time to catch up and get to know each other. We’ll discuss the book of the month and everyone will have an opportunity to recommend a book for the group to vote on for upcoming months. The Tea Time Book Club is not meeting in December.
The selection for the January 15th meeting is The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett. A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush—bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death—by the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely Animals.
“A miraculous novel—an actual and spiritual road trip you won’t forget.”—John Irving
An NPR And Lit Hub Best Book of the Year

International Book Group – Midaq Alley by Najīb Maḥfūẓ
2026-02-04 15:30 - 17:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
The International Book Group at West Falmouth Library is a volunteer-led group that meets on the first Wednesday of each month 3:45-5 p.m. Selections have either foreign settings or foreign authors, usually both. New members are always welcome! Annual registration is requested to receive important communications about schedule or location changes. Meetings are both in-person and on Zoom.
Considered by many to be Mahfouz’s best novel, Midaq Alley centers around the residents of one of the hustling, teeming back alleys of Cairo. No other novel so vividly evokes the sights and sounds of the city. The universality and timelessness of this book cannot be denied.
“Naguib Mahfouz virtually invented the novel as an Arab form. He excels at fusing deep emotion and soap opera.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Mahfouz’s work is freshly nuanced and hauntingly lyrical. The Nobel Prize acknowledges the universal significance of his fiction.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review

Metamorphoses at Cotuit Center for the Arts
2026-02-06 19:30 - 2026-02-22 16:00 | Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Cotuit, MA, 02635, United States
Cotuit Center for the Arts invites audiences to immerse themselves in the breathtaking world of Metamorphoses, a spellbinding theatrical masterpiece inspired by Ovid’s ancient myths. Directed by Jason R. Mellin, this evocative production runs February 6 through February 22 and brings stories of love, loss, transformation, and redemption vividly to life.
Written by Tony Award–winning playwright Mary Zimmerman, Metamorphoses masterfully blends classical mythology with contemporary themes, using poetic language and striking visual storytelling to explore what it means to change, to grieve, and to love. Set within a fluid, dreamlike world where gods and mortals collide, the production blurs the boundary between myth and reality—creating an unforgettable theatrical experience that resonates long after the final moment.
“Metamorphoses reminds us that change is inevitable—and often beautiful, even when it’s painful,” said director Jason R. Mellin. “This play speaks to the heart in a way few stories can. It’s visually stunning, emotionally raw, and deeply human. We’ve assembled an incredible ensemble, and I truly believe this is a production audiences will feel in their bones.”
Performances will take place Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 5:00 PM, and Sundays at 2:00 PM.
The cast includes: Lily Anderson, Amelia Burbine, Bill Farrell, Emma Fitzpatrick, Drew Frayre, Janet Geist Moore, Maeve Moriarty, Erica Morris, Avila Rudd, Sam Sewell, Pete Steedman, Rachel Walman, and Shelley West.
Generous support for Cotuit Center for the Arts’ main stage theater productions is graciously provided in tribute to John McGraw.
With its powerful performances, immersive design, and timeless themes, Metamorphoses offers audiences an opportunity to experience theater at its most transformative.
Tickets are on sale now, and early reservations are strongly encouraged.
For tickets and more information, visit cotuit.org.

Painting With Tea
2026-02-07 10:30 - 12:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
Saturday, February 7 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, join Becky for this unique and free activity, inspired by the artwork of Charlie Mackesy in his book The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse. A great multigenerational activity (if bringing a child, best for ages 7+).

Fabric & Fiber Sale
2026-02-08 10:00 - 14:00 | Woods Hole Public Library, 581 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Woods Hole Public Library volunteers will be holding their eagerly awaited Fabric & Fiber Sale on Sunday, February 8, from 10 AM to 2 PM. People come from far and wide, first to donate, and later to buy fabric, yarn, notions, and much more. This one day event is a major source of fundraising for the Library’s operating budget, and the generosity of both donors and shoppers are crucial to its success.
After Falmouth’s only fabric store, Fabric Corner, burned down in 2014 leaving the town without a local place to buy material for sewing projects, Woods Hole Public Library community members hatched a plan to hold a fundraiser sale on Super Bowl Sunday at the Library. The first sale in February 2015 was a great success, and the tradition has continued and grown every year, with only a one year interruption due to Covid, making this year’s sale the 11th anniversary of this community event.
The Woods Hole Library is accepting donations for both the Fabric & Fiber Sale until February 5. If you are doing some end of the year cleaning of fabric, yarn, craft supplies, jewelry, and accessories, bring your unwanted treasures to the Library! Donating helps to keep items out of the waste stream and into the hands of eager crafters while also benefiting our community-supported village Library.
Donations for the sale have been pouring in since the beginning of January. Among this year’s treasures are a large collection of trimmings for upholstery projects, many sewing machines, tabletop looms, rug hooking materials, quilting and knitting books, vintage textiles, luxury yarns, and much more. As usual, there is an abundance of quilting cotton, decorator fabrics, and fleece of all colors and patterns. Along with notions, knitting needles, and a veritable rainbow of workhorse acrylic yarns, there is truly something to delight every crafter.
Many volunteer hours go into making this sale a well-organized, fun, community shopping experience. The Woods Hole Public Library is happy to offer this sale both as an important source of fundraising and as a way to further its mission of sharing community resources. For more information, please visit woodsholepubliclibrary.org or call 508-548-8961. Please note, free parking for this event is available just down the street from the Library in WHOI’s Challenger Lot.

Online Pre-Release Listening Session: "Ba-Da-Bu Ba" by WAMPTRONICA
2026-02-09 20:00 - 20:30 | Online, 12 Constance Street, London, E16 2DQ
Poly-Groove Records invites you to an online listening party on Bandcamp celebrating Ba-Da-Bu-Ba, a project rooted in groove, improvisation, and collective listening.
The event takes place Tuesday, February 10, from 8 to 8:30 PM at Bandcamp Listening Party.
This is not a performance or livestreamed set. It is a shared listening experience: the music played front to back, in real time, with space for reflection, conversation, and presence. Listeners are invited to tune in from wherever they are and experience the project as a continuous work, rather than as isolated tracks.
Ba-Da-Bu-Ba sits at the intersection of deep rhythm, jazz sensibility, and Afro-diasporic musical traditions. The listening party creates a space outside of algorithms and playlists, returning to a slower, more intentional way of engaging with music—together.
Date: February 10, 2026
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Online — Bandcamp Listening Party
https://polygrooverecords.bandcamp.com/…/ba-da-bu-ba…
Host: Poly-Groove Records
Artist: WAMPTRONICA
Headphones encouraged.
Conversation welcome.
There is no charge to attend.
This event is open to longtime listeners, collaborators, and anyone interested in music that values musicianship, groove, and communal experience.

WFL Book Club – Crossing to Safety
2026-02-10 13:30 - 15:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
WFL’s volunteer led book club’s February selection is Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. All are welcome to join on Tuesday, February 10 at 1:30 p.m. Annual registration is requested to receive important communications about schedule or location changes. Called a “magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom” by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.
“A superb book. . . . Nothing in these lives is lost or wasted, suffering becomes an enriching benediction, and life itself a luminous experience.”–Doris Grumbach

Felted Valentines with Cheryl Flett
2026-02-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Highfield Hall and Gardens, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA, 02541, United States
Highfield Hall & Gardens will hold a Valentine’s Day felting class for adults, tweens, and teens with Cheryl Flett of FabFunFiber! The event takes place Saturday, February 14, from 10 AM to noon.
Discover the joy of needle felting as you create beautiful, felted sweetheart cookies. Imagine iced sugar cookies that keep forever! This is the perfect way to relax and create at the same time. Needle felting is a fun and easy pastime that’s hooking craft lovers all over the country. Instructor Cheryl Flett of FabFunFiber provides step-by-step instructions and everything you need to create charming projects to cherish or give as gifts. Whether you are an experienced felter or just starting, you can work at your own pace. Get some friends together or come with your tween/teen for a little escape to the beautiful rooms at Highfield where you can experience the fun of completing this delightful project!
All materials are provided. The fee is $35 members or $45 for non-members. Registration is required. Register online today or call 508-495-1878 ext. 2.

Woods Hole Film Festival presents "Sorry, Baby"
2026-02-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival’s Dinner & A Movie series presents a screening of Sorry, Baby, on Saturday, February 14 at 7PM, at Redfield Auditorium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole
Doors open at 6:30 PM
Sorry, Baby is the acclaimed narrative feature written and directed by Eva Victor (USA, 2025, 103 minutes, Rated R), starring Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch, Louis Cancelmi, and Kelly McCormack.
This feature comedy-drama is an acerbically funny and quietly powerful story about learning how to move forward when bad things happen.
Tickets: $18 general admission | $14 members | $10 students & military
ABOUT THE FILM
Synopsis:
Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on—for everyone around her, at least. When a beloved friend visits on the brink of a major milestone, Agnes begins to realize just how stuck she’s been, and starts to find a way forward.
Shot in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Sorry, Baby is a quietly triumphant story about reclaiming one’s footing after the ground has been yanked out from under you. Unabashedly frank and unexpectedly funny, the film offers a fresh and deeply human take on living with an experience you can’t simply “get over.”
In an auspicious triple-threat debut, writer-director-star Eva Victor upends traditional narratives of trauma by focusing not on spectacle, but on the interior, often unseen act of mending oneself. As Agnes—a smart, sensitive, and wry young professor in an overcast New England college town where she was once a graduate student—Victor captures the absurdities, pleasures, confusions, and possibilities of a life just beginning, even as it is shaped by profound disruption.
With friends drifting away into distant futures, Agnes remains in the town where she once thrived and later hit rock bottom after a shocking betrayal. Eschewing formulaic postmortems of violence, Sorry, Baby unfolds as a vibrant comedy-drama that embraces complexity, resilience, and humor without turning away from the trauma at its core.
Produced by Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, and Mark Ceryak of Pastel (Moonlight, Aftersun), Sorry, Baby won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and marks the arrival of a bold and unforgettable new voice in American cinema.
ABOUT DINNER & A MOVIE
Dinner & A Movie is part of the Woods Hole Film Festival’s Winter/Spring Film Series, featuring twice-monthly in-person screenings of independent films from September 2025 through June 2026. Screenings are held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Redfield Auditorium, located at 45 Water Street in Woods Hole.
Tickets are available in advance at www.woodsholefilmfestival.org and at the door if not sold out.
Before the screening, ticket holders may receive a discount on the meal portion of dinner at Quahog Republic Leeside Pub, 29 Railroad Avenue, Woods Hole.
UPCOMING SCREENING
MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN, Saturday, February 28, 2026
Feature documentary directed by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin, Redfield Auditorium, Nominated for a 2026 Academy Award®
The Woods Hole Film Festival is supported in part by grants from the Woods Hole Foundation, the Falmouth Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation, the Cape Cod Foundation, the Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation, and Cape Cod 5. The Festival is sponsored by Liam Maguire’s Irish Pub.
For more information, email info@woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.

Tea Time Book Club – Anxious People: a Novel by Fredrik Backman
2026-02-19 18:00 - 20:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
The Tea Time Book Club meets once a month on the third Thursday at 6 p.m. Each time we meet, we’ll enjoy tea and take some time to catch up and get to know each other. We’ll discuss the book of the month and everyone will have an opportunity to recommend a book for the group to vote on for upcoming months.
The selection for the February 19 meeting is Anxious People: a Novel by Fredrik Backman. Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers—including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian—discover their unexpected common traits.
“A deeply funny and warm examination of how individual experiences can bring a random group of people together. Backman reveals each character’s many imperfections with tremendous empathy, reminding us that people are always more than the sum of their flaws.” —BookPage
“The perfect balance of heartwarming and heart-wrenching, and Fredrik Backman has a way of simply yet elegantly describing relationships. We can all be idiots, but we’re still all human beings worthy of connection and love.” –NPR

Cape Symphony: Ragtime, Blues, & All That Jazz
2026-02-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-02-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Barnstable Performing Arts Center, 744 West Main Street, Hyannis, 02601
Step into a world of toe-tapping rhythms as Byron Stripling returns to the Cape Symphony stage to take you on a high-spirited journey through these iconic American genres in signature style, with plenty of entertaining and humorous vignettes along the way. The program showcases ragtime master Scott Joplin, blues legend Muddy Waters, and more, with a rousing finale you won’t soon forget. Byron is joined by Bobby Floyd of the Ray Charles, Dr. John, and Count Basie Bands.
For tickets, visit www.capesymphony.org, call the Cape Symphony Box Office at 508.362.1111, email tickets@capesymphony.org, or visit the Box Office at 2235 Iyannough Road in West Barnstable, Monday – Friday from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Tickets are discounted 20% for veterans and active military and 50% for students aged 6 – 22. Only tickets purchased on Cape Symphony’s secure website or through the Cape Symphony Box Office are legitimate and guaranteed.

Afternoon Page Turners Book Club – Heartwood by Amity Gaige
2026-02-25 13:00 - 14:30 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
A new monthly book club at West Falmouth Library starts in February! The Afternoon Page Turners will meet the last Wednesday of each month at 1 PM at the Library. All are welcome to join! Our first selection, for the February 25 meeting, is Heartwood: A Novel by Amity Gaige.
“The best thriller of 2025.” —The Boston Globe * “Genius.” —The Washington Post
“A literary thriller of the highest order” (Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Couple), Heartwood takes you on a gripping journey as a search and rescue team race against time after a woman mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail.

The African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard
2026-02-28 11:00 - 12:00 | MA
Highfield Hall & Gardens celebrates Black History Month with a talk by Elaine Weintraub on the African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard (AAHTMV) on Saturday, February 28, from 11 AM to 12 PM.
The African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard (AAHTMV) is a pathway dedicated to the contributions of the people of African descent to the Island. Established in 1998, the AAHTMV celebrates the community, encourages student involvement, and advocates for inclusive history.
Co-founders Carrie Camillo Tankard and Elaine Cawley Weintraub met in 1989 and recognized a common mission to introduce the history of people of color into the Vineyard schools. Beginning with just four sites, the trail has grown to more than 42 plaques today, and the expansion to Falmouth began last fall, with a commemoration of an African American scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory.
The talk is free to the public. Preregistration is requested. Please register at:https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/event/talk-with-elaine-weintraub/
Highfield Hall & Gardens is at 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA 02540

A Grilled Cheese Social
2026-02-28 12:00 - 13:30 | Falmouth Public Library, 300 Main Street, Falmouth, MA, 02540, United States
A grilled cheese may seem like a simple meal! Butter on the griddle, two pieces of bread and some cheese. It is certainly a delicious choice, but that can get boring after a while! Many have found their own special remedy for the “normal” grilled cheese…but bringing it up in conversation can bring out the fire in the eye. Some folks don’t use butter at all! Why not some mayonnaise! I hear it gives an extra crunch. Or maybe an obscure mustard, bacon, or even bananas. It’s sort of like your parent’s meatloaf. That meatloaf is the only meatloaf you’ll eat!
At the Falmouth Public Library – Main Branch on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM we will be making the grilled cheese sandwiches on flattop burners. We will be providing a variety of bread and cheeses. Don’t forget to bring your secret ingredient(s) and share it with your friends and other library patrons!
The event is appropriate for patrons ages 11+ unless accompanied by an adult. There will be library staff enjoying and overseeing the event. Adults and parents are more than welcome to join in on the fun! We will be having games and activities all about the Hermann Room while we cook up our glorious melted cheese and bread. The games may be a little “cheesy” (without the mess). The event is from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM. We hope to see you there!
Signing up is very much appreciated. You can access the registration page HERE on our Falmouth Public Library events page or give us a call at 508-457-2555 x 7. Please reach out if you have any questions or problems with registering!

International Book Group – Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
2026-03-04 15:30 - 17:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
The International Book Group at West Falmouth Library is a volunteer-led group that meets on the first Wednesday of each month 3:45-5 p.m. Selections have either foreign settings or foreign authors, usually both. New members are always welcome! Annual registration is requested to receive important communications about schedule or location changes. Meetings are both in-person and on Zoom.
The Booker Prize–winning author of The Luminaries brings us Birnam Wood, a gripping thriller of high drama and kaleidoscopic insight into what drives us to survive.
“Birnam Wood is terrific. As a multilayered, character-driven thriller, it’s as good as it gets. Ruth Rendell would have loved it. A beautifully textured work―what a treat.”―Stephen King
“Whooshingly enjoyable . . . A witty literary thriller about the collision between eco-idealism and staggering wealth.”―John Powers, NPR’s Fresh Air

WFL Book Club – Becoming Madam Secretary
2026-03-10 13:30 - 15:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
WFL’s volunteer led book club’s March selection is Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray. All are welcome to join on Tuesday, March 10 at 1:30 p.m. Annual registration is requested to receive important communications about schedule or location changes.
“Stephanie Dray brings Frances Perkins, and everyone around her, so alive you feel she will walk off the page. With an indomitable heroine for our times, Becoming Madam Secretary is destined to be a classic of historical fiction.”—Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea,

Christine Fawson Quartet in Concert
2026-03-15 16:00 - 18:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
Vocalist and trumpet player Christine Fawson brings her all-star trio featuring Tim Ray (piano), Marshall Wood (bass), and Casey Scheuerell (drums) to historic West Falmouth Library on Sunday, March 15 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $45 at www.FalmouthJazz.org. Co-sponsored by Falmouth Jazz and West Falmouth Library.
A two-time Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition finalist and former Berklee College of Music professor, Fawson has released four acclaimed albums blending the Great American Songbook with a fresh, contemporary voice. Don’t miss this intimate evening of swinging, soulful jazz with musicians at the very top of their game. Bring a friend.

Tea Time Book Club – Commonwealth: A Novel by Ann Patchett
2026-03-19 18:00 - 19:30 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
The Tea Time Book Club meets once a month on the third Thursday at 6 p.m. Each time we meet, we’ll enjoy tea and take some time to catch up and get to know each other. We’ll discuss the book of the month and everyone will have an opportunity to recommend a book for the group to vote on for upcoming months.
The selection for the March 19 meeting is Commonwealth by Ann Patchett. The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives.
“Patchett brings humanity, humor, and a disarming affection to lovable, struggling characters… Irresistible.” – Library Journal
“Commonwealth is an all-American family saga, but her touching and even-handed approach to themes such as family politics, love, the role of literature and the acidic nature of lies is buoyed by a generous sprinkling of matter-of-fact humor” – BookPage

Chant, Drum, & Dance
2026-03-21 19:00 | Woods Hole Community Hall, 68 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Songwriter, song leader, and music teacher Dawna Hammers presents Chant, Drum, & Dance on Saturday, March 21, at Woods Hole Community Hall. All ages are welcome. Admission is $10, $20 for couples or families.
The event celebrates the Spring Equinox. Dawna will leach simple healing chants and rhythms from various traditions, as well as her own original chants for the Earth, Air, Water, and Fire. There will be dancing to Dawna’s playlist.
Additional events are planned for April 10, May 23, and June 10,

Nature’s Engineers: Partnering with Beavers to Restore Landscapes
2026-03-23 18:00 | Woods Hole Public Library, 581 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Public Library will welcome scientist, engineer, and experimentalist Jordan R. M. Kennedy to speak on Monday, March 23, at 6 PM.
Kennedy’s Ph.D thesis in materials science and mechanical engineering, as well as her recent work, focuses on how partnering with beavers can help restore North American landscapes. She is passionate about bridging science, traditional knowledge, and engineering to restore landscapes and reconnect with tradition and land. A member of the Blackfeet tribe, Kennedy has worked as the Tribal Partnerships Liaison and Beaver Behaviorist at the Beaver Institute, promoting the incorporation of tribal knowledge and Indigenous representation in the dissemination of knowledge about best practices concerning beavers in North American waterways. She is currently a ​​Traditional Ecological Knowledge Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and in partnership with the Tlingit Tribe of southeast Alaska, her research is focused on clam gardens, a highly productive Indigenous aquaculture technology engineered and stewarded for millennia by many Tribes across the Pacific Northwest.
,For her talk at the Woods Hole Public Library, Kennedy will share her expertise on beaver ingenuity. Beavers are some of the best engineers in North America; they build dams, dig canals, and can completely transform a valley. Kennedy has helped to build a new computer tool to simulate that process, starting with real landscape data (like maps of elevation and water flow) and then adding realistic beaver behavior. The result is a simulation where “virtual beavers” move around, make choices about where to build, and slowly reshape the landscape as they go. The goal is to use this tool to support restoration planning, especially projects designed to work with beavers rather than against them.
With her work connecting science and technology with Indigenous knowledge and practices, Kennedy’s research ties in perfectly with the 2026 Falmouth Reads Together selection – Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. In the book, Kimmerer strives to blend scientific knowledge with Indigenous wisdom, particularly from her Potawatomi heritage, to explore humanity’s reciprocal relationship with the natural world.
This talk will be held in the Library’s lower level Community Room and is free and open to the public.

Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra Spring Concerts
2026-03-28 15:00 - 2026-03-29 17:00 | Morse Pond School, 323 Jones Road, Falmouth, MA, 02540, United States
The Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra, under the direction of conductor Thomas Kociela, will present “Nordic Legends & Mozart’s Masterpiece” on Saturday, March 28, at 3 PM, and Sunday, March 29, at 3 PM, at Morse Pond School Auditorium, 323 Jones Road, in Falmouth.
Thomas G. Kociela, FCPO conductor for the 2025-2026 season, is also music director of the Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra and the Parkway Concert Orchestra (Norwood, MA), as well as the Resident Multi-Camera Video Director at Symphony Hall in Boston. For more information visit: thomaskociela.com
The program includes Sibelius’s Karelia Overture, Grieg’s Symphonic Dances, and Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, performed by soloist Sangwon Lee.
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) was commissioned by the Viithat Students’ Association to compose incidental music for an historical pageant celebrating the history and culture of the Karelia region, the source of much of Finland’s mythology and folk music tradition. Karelia sought to retain its own culture at a time when the Russification of Finland aimed to abolish its cultural heritage.
In Karelia Music (1893), one of Sibelius’s early compositions, he incorporates the character of local folk music to portray events in the area’s history. The Overture includes elements of its eight tableaus, including energetic marches, moments of quiet reflection, concluding with an exhilarating march. As one reviewer wrote, the music has “an appealing dignified feel, as of an army marching joyfully from the fields of victory, accompanied by birdsong and sunlight.”
Like Sibelius, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is known for his nationalistic music, music which bolstered the national identity of his country, Norway. Sibelius based his Symphonic Dances on folk tunes collected by Ludvig M. Lindemann (1812-1887) and composed them for piano four hands, a popular genre at the time. They were orchestrated by Hans Sitt.
The first and second dances are hallings: vigorous, acrobatic Norwegian mountain dances that begin quietly and gradually build to a hypnotic intensity. The first is quite spirited, the second more relaxed, with a gentle theme provided by oboe, harp, and pizzicato strings. The third dance is a lively spring dance melody. The finale draws from an old mountain ballad, a wedding song, and a dramatic heroic march.
“The Symphonic Dances are truly delightful to perform,” said Melanie Hayn, FCPO president and principal oboe, “with melodies passed between woodwind players and with the strings. The oboe part in this work is particularly fun—I feel as if I’m dancing among the sections of the orchestra during some passages.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) composed his Clarinet Concerto for virtuoso clarinetist Anton Stadler to be performed on basset clarinet, completing it just a few months before his death. The basset clarinet, co-invented by Stadler, could play a few notes lower than the standard clarinet. After Mozart’s death, the low notes were transposed to be played on the standard clarinet, and the original basset clarinet score was lost.
The concerto is considered one of Mozart’s greatest works. It is a piece of great emotional depth, conveying peace, simplicity, and contentment, making good use of the full range of the clarinet and the virtuosity of the player. The second movement Adagio, in particular, has been described as “achingly beautiful,” lyrical, and serene, with a melancholic thoughtfulness, while the third movement offers a cheerful and delightful rondo.
Soloist Sangwon Lee notes that the concerto was written at a difficult point in Mozart’s life. He was beset by poor health and growing debt. “The music, however, is uplifting,” Lee said, with hints of somber tone.”
“Like many clarinetists,” Lee said, “I have a complicated relationship with the concerto. It’s a piece we have been exposed to as young, inexperienced players. It’s a piece that has been on virtually every audition we have taken. It’s the piece in the clarinet repertoire. There are times I cherished practicing it. There are times I loathed practicing it. But we always come back to it, a lot of times not by choice, and it ‘hits different’ as time goes on, and we discover something new every time. We love it!”
Sangwon Lee joined the Hartford Symphony as Principal Clarinet in 2023. He has performed with orchestras all over New England, appearing as guest principal clarinetist in the Boston Pops Orchestra, New Bedford Symphony, Dartmouth Symphony, and others. As a chamber musician, Sangwon has shared the stage with the late Peter Serkin—performing the Beethoven and the Mozart Quintets for Piano with Winds in multiple performances in 2018.
In addition to performing, Sangwon is passionate about music education. He has coached woodwind sectionals at Yale University, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Boston Latin School, and elsewhere. He taught clarinet and saxophone at the summer Bard Music Camp and at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, MA.
A donation at the door of $20 for adults and $5 for young professionals is suggested, with free admission for students. Tickets are available only at the door. For more information, visit falmouthchamberplayers.org.
The FCPO is funded in part by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, the Falmouth Cultural Council, the Mass Cultural Council, the Falmouth Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation, Cape Cod Melody Tent, and the Woods Hole Foundation.

Woods Hole Film Festival: The Shepherd and the Bear
2026-03-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival’s Dinner & A Movie series presents the feature documentary, The Shepherd and the Bear, on Saturday, March 28, at 7 PM, in Redfield Auditorium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Doors open at 6:30 PM.
The film is by Max Keegan, UK/US/France, 2025, 101 minutes, French with English subtitles.
Tickets: $18 general admission | $14 members | $10 students & military
Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, The Shepherd and the Bear explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears amid a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an aging shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears. Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, The Shepherd and the Bear is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world.
The film was nominated for Cinema Eye Award and British Independent Film Award.
Director’s Statement:
The French state started releasing Slovenian brown bears into the Pyrénées in 1996 as part of an EU-wide program called LIFE. At this point there were just five Pyrenean brown bears left. The decision to release apex predators into a region whose primary industry is traditional open range sheep farming was immediately controversial. Not just because of the potential dangers this posed, but also because of who was perceived to have taken this decision–farming communities across Europe have faced increasing economic hardship and political marginalization for decades, and there was little local consultation for this project legislated for a world away in urban Paris and Brussels.
On both sides of the debate, the bear represents different fears. For the ecological lobby, it’s the fear that humanity has overreached itself. The bear is a manifestation of mother nature – it’s a powerful figure that can take back the reins from us and manage the environment outside of our corrupting influence. For the anti-bear farmers, the bear is an aberration foisted on them by distant powers. Something that represents the state’s irreverence of their industry and their culture at a time when both these things are already facing extreme pressures.
I didn’t want to make an activist film, a call to arms, or an exposé. These are complicated issues, and the truth is, on some level both sides are right. I wanted to make a film that captured the complexity of this story, and that humanized both sides of the debate.
Although this film takes place in the Pyrénées, it speaks to issues that affect rural communities everywhere. We are living through an era of radical and rapid change, not just environmentally, but also culturally. Urban spaces account for less than one percent of land use but now house more than half of the global population. Across the world young people are migrating, leaving villages and towns and moving to cities. The economic stresses of modern life atomize communities, sever generational relationships to the land, and threaten the perpetuation of local traditions. Hard won knowledge developed over hundreds of years is lost in the space of one absent generation.
I chose to take a cinema verité approach to the storytelling, because I felt that a character driven narrative would be more emotionally engaging and effective in bringing an audience round to understand both perspectives. By eschewing standard documentary techniques, I hope to present our subjects as sympathetic characters rather than simply as voices ‘for’ and ‘against’. We spent two years living in the Pyrénées to experience and understand this issue first-hand and deliver a human story that transcends its direct subject matter.
I don’t think that the themes this film deals with could be more urgent. We need to protect and preserve wild species where they are threatened, but we can only do so in concert with local people. Equally, we must strive to valorize and defend traditional lifestyles, which in many cases hold the keys to understanding how to live in better harmony with the natural world.
ABOUT DINNER & A MOVIE
Dinner & A Movie is part of the Woods Hole Film Festival’s Winter/Spring Film Series, featuring twice-monthly in-person screenings of independent films from September 2025 through June 2026. Screenings are held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Redfield Auditorium, located at 45 Water Street in Woods Hole.
Tickets are available in advance at www.woodsholefilmfestival.org and at the door if not sold out.
Before the screening, ticket holders may receive a discount on the meal portion of dinner at Quahog Republic Leeside Pub, 29 Railroad Avenue, Woods Hole.
For more information, email info@woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.

Dungeons and Dragons: Sculpt a Glass Dragon Eye
2026-03-31 16:00 - 17:30 | Falmouth Public Library, 300 Main Street, Falmouth, MA, 02540, United States
A dragon’s eye shines through a crack in the mountain side. With a glare of the eye, the dragon warns any thieves that may try to steal their treasure from beneath their feet. It is also said that a dragon’s eye sees far more than the human eye making it an essential piece of any adventurer’s pack. Some dragon’s eyes are stronger than others…Ones made of cloth and metal are helpful but to truly use the power of the dragon eye, it must be made of glass and the earth of a dragon’s mountain. The painting of the dragon’s eye gives it special strengths that vary due to the design, colors, and look. If done correctly, it may lead an adventurer to a priceless dragon’s egg. A dragon to be born of the adventurer…
Are you heading out on an adventure anytime soon? Well, a glass dragon’s eye is a necessity for success! Don’t have one? Falmouth Public Library has you covered. At the Falmouth Public Library – Main Branch on Tuesday, March 31st, 2026, we will be hosting a Dragon Eye Creation Workshop to bring on your adventures in real life or in the land of imagination during your Dungeons and Dragons campaigns. The event is 100% free and all materials are provided free of charge. The event will run from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM in the Young Adult Room.
Registration is required! You can register by visiting our online calendar located on our webpage or give us a call at 508-457-2555 x2931. If you’re at the library and really excited, we’ll do it in person!
The program is intended for ages 11+ and due to limited materials, requires registration and fills up fast, so grab your seat now! You’ll bring your whole creation home for your next adventure! The workshop is taught by our friends at Pop-Up Art School who brought our very successful Dungeons and Dragons Dice Box Making Workshop to FPL.

Falmouth Reads Together Book Discussion
2026-04-09 18:00 - 19:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
The 2026 Falmouth Reads Together town wide read is Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. West Falmouth Library will host a book discussion Thursday, April 9 from 6-7 p.m. All are welcome! For a full list of Falmouth Reads Together events, visit the website.
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.

“Amelia Earhart: Pioneer in Innovation” by Sheryl Faye
2026-04-12 13:00 - 14:00 | West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA, 02574, United States
Sherly Faye, who performs one-woman shows around the world, will portray Amelia Earhart! “Amelia Earhart: Pioneer in Innovation” on Sunday, April 12, at 1 PM.
Registration is required. A donation of $20 is suggested donation. This event is intended for adult patrons but the entire family is welcome to join.
Amelia Earhart’s fearless, adventuresome spirit leads to hair-raising rides down her homemade roller coaster, and she is enthralled with the wonders of the new “flying machines” during a family vacation to the Iowa State Fair. As she matures, she is fulfilled by her work as a nurse’s aide and begins to consider a career in medicine. This idea “flies out the window,” however, when she pays a pilot $1.00 to take her up for a short “hop” in his plane. From then on, the science of aviation becomes her passion as flying becomes her career.
She follows her dreams with an indomitable spirit, and her story will inspire everyone to pursue their own budding interests, whatever they may be, and will also reinforce the importance of family, respect for others and individuality.
