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MBL Friday Evening Lecture: Forbes Lecture - “Personal, National, and World Crises” - Jared Diamond
2020-07-10 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | Virtual Lecture, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Nations experience crises, whose solution requires adopting selective changes, and which some nations are more successful at solving than are other nations. We as individuals also experience personal crises, either associated with certain ages (e.g., teen-age or midlife crises) or else triggered by external shocks (e.g., relationship problems or break-ups, the death of a loved one, or a health or job or financial blow). The solution of a personal crisis also requires adopting selective changes, which some of us are more successful at accomplishing than are others of us. Counselors and psychotherapists have identified many factors that make it more or less likely that an individual will overcome a personal crisis. In this lecture, Dr. Diamond will examine the extent to which similar considerations help understand the outcomes of recent and impending national crises, and the impending world crisis.
Jared Diamond is a Pulitzer-prize-winning author of five best-selling books, translated into 38 languages, about human societies and human evolution: Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, Why Is Sex Fun?, The Third Chimpanzee, and The World until Yesterday. As a Professor of Geography at the University of California at Los Angeles, he is known for his breadth of interests, which involves conducting research and teaching in three other fields: the biology of New Guinea birds, digestive physiology, and conservation biology. Dr. Diamond’s prizes and honors include the U.S. National Medal of Science, the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Science, and election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He is a director of World Wildlife Fund/U.S. and of Conservation International. As a biological explorer, his most widely publicized finding was his rediscovery, at the top of New Guinea’s remote Foja Mountains, of the long-lost Golden-fronted Bowerbird, previously known only from four specimens found in a Paris feather shop in 1895.

MBL Falmouth Forum: “Cape Symphony: Composing a New Future in a Changing World" Jung-Ho Pak, Artistic Director & Conductor, Cape Symphony
2020-09-16 09:00 - 2020-10-01 10:00 UTC | Virtual Lecture, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Falmouth Forum series hits the airwaves this fall in collaboration with WCAI, the Cape, Coast, and Islands NPR station. Forum speakers will join host Mindy Todd on “The Point” at 9:00 AM on the first Thursday of each month for discussion and listener Q&A.
Tune in to WCAI 90.1, WNAN 91.1, WZAI 94.3 or online at capeandislands.org.
Sponsored in part by The Falmouth Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation.
Described by the New York Times as a conductor who “radiates enthusiasm” and the Los Angeles Times as “a real grabber”, Jung-Ho Pak is known for his unique vision of the role of classical music. Since 2007 he has been Artistic Director and Conductor of the Cape Symphony in Massachusetts, one of the largest orchestras in the New England region. Previously, he has been Artistic Director and Conductor of Orchestra Nova, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and the San Diego Symphony, which Mr. Pak guided from bankruptcy to unprecedented financial success. As a nationally recognized educator, he served as Music Director with the University of Southern California (USC) Symphony and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra, as well as Director of Orchestras and Music Director of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Principal Conductor of the Emmy-nominated Disney Young Musicians Symphony, Music Director of the Debut Orchestra, Colburn Chamber Orchestra, and Diablo Ballet. Guest conducting has taken him to Europe, Russia, South America and Asia. Mr. Pak is also a frequent speaker on television and radio including TED Talks and NPR appearances, as well as a clinician and conductor at national music festivals.

Woods Hole Library Perennial Plant Sale
2020-10-10 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Woods Hole Library, 581 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543
Just like the Library’s time-honored Spring Plant Sale (which was not held this year for the first time in decades) all the plants will be donated by local gardeners, so the plants are perfectly attuned to the local conditions (although the drought is taking a great toll). Both perennials and house plants will be available. Obviously since this is a Fall Sale, annuals or vegetable plant starts will not be offered, but the perennials should have plenty of time to settle into their new spots in Cape Cod’s long mellow autumn weather.
As always, the Library asks people to donate their plants. Because of COVID restrictions the Library does not have the usual army of helpers to collect and pot up donated plants. Instead, Master Gardener Kate Eldred, of the Library’s Board and Plant Sale committee, recommends that gardeners water their plants generously for a few days before they dig them, and continue watering after they are potted to stabilize them. Pots are available at the Library’s lower level for pick-up any time.
Unlike previous sales, there are only two days for people to deliver plants to the Library. All donations, already potted and labeled, must be brought to the Woods Hole Library when it is open on either Thursday, October 8 or Friday, October 9 from 10 AM
to 2 PM. (Donations cannot be accepted Saturday morning.)
On the day of the sale, due to COVID restrictions, shoppers must wear masks. The plants will be spread out more widely over a much larger area of the Library property so shoppers can stay 6 feet away from each other. As always, but with even more reason now because of COVID, it is suggested that shoppers do not arrive early for the sale. Library volunteers will ensure that people stay spaced out and will be available to help people carry their purchases to their cars.

Ocean Encounters Virtual Series — Sea Change: Solutions for an Ocean Planet
2020-10-21 20:00 - 21:00 UTC
Speakers: Peter de Menocal, WHOI President and Director and Jeffrey Sachs, University Professor, Columbia University and Senior UN Advisor
Host: Dr. Véronique LaCapra, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Humanity is at a crossroads and the choices we make today will resonate for generations to come. Fortunately, we have many tools and resources at our disposal and a growing body of science-based knowledge about our ocean and our planet to help us make the best decisions possible. Join us for an exhilarating exploration of the paths ahead for humanity and for all life on Earth at a time of widespread environmental change.

Ocean Encounters Virtual Series — Our Enchanted Ocean: A night of art, performances, and science
2020-10-28 19:30 - 20:30 UTC
Featuring: “High Tide” Harold playing a myriad of giant Conch shells, a live performance by the Boston Dance Theater, a special collaboration with Keith Lockhart, a short film premier with Megan Lubetkin, live spoken word by Victoria Bautista, live music by Zach Deputy, and WHOI Scientists Dr. Daniel Fornari and Dr. Larry Pratt
Host: Dr. Véronique LaCapra, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

WHFF Virtual: Spooky Shorts
2020-10-29 - 2020-11-01 | Virtual Film Festival, 89 Water Street Second Floor, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival’s virtual season series WHFF Virtual continues with a collection of scary, spooky, weird, and sometimes just a little twisted short films from the past four festivals. The program will be available beginning at 8am ET Thursday, October 29 until midnight Sunday November 1. Films in the program include:
Knock Knock (2019) by Alex Mancuso
A young woman attempts to find the source of a mysterious knocking in her room at night.
In The Mirrors (2020) by Merlin Camozzi
Clara discovers she has much bigger problems than a nerve-wracking meeting when her airbnb turns out to be haunted by invisible creatures.
Motel (2020) by Eric Ogden
Caitlin holes up in a secluded motel with her distressed younger sister.
motherhood (2020) by David Tyson Lam
When a woman desperate to connect with her husband is hindered by their unwanted child, dire consequences unfold.
Flesh & Blood (2017) by Merlin Camozzi
When a sweeping pandemic threatens to turn her father into a violent monster, 18 year-old Max must lead both him and her younger sister through a rugged wilderness in search of a cure.
Tomorrow (2019) by Karis Campbell
How will we think of yesterday when it becomes our tomorrow?
The Keeper (2020) by Bob Celli
A lonely widow and a lover of art meet at a speed dating event.
More TBA…
Ticket purchasers will receive an activation link via e-mail on Thursday morning, October 29. Once you start playing the films you will have 48 hours to finish watching, or until midnight on Sunday, November 1, whichever comes first.
The series is supported in part by grants from the Cape Cod 5 Foundation, the Mass Cultural Council and the Falmouth Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation.
Tickets are $14 per person and $12, for Woods Hole Film Festival members and are on sale in advance at:
https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFilmFest/e/WHFFVirtualSpookyShorts
For more information email info@woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.

MBL Falmouth Forum on WCAI: “The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution” - Susan Hockfield
2020-11-05 09:00 - 10:00 UTC | Virtual Lecture, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Falmouth Forum series hits the airwaves this fall in collaboration with WCAI, the Cape, Coast, and Islands NPR station. Forum speakers will join host Mindy Todd on “The Point” at 9:00 AM on the first Thursday of each month for discussion and listener Q&A.
Tune in to WCAI 90.1, WNAN 91.1, WZAI 94.3 or online at capeandislands.org.
Susan Hockfield is President Emerita, Professor of Neuroscience, and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2004 to 2012 she served as the sixteenth President of MIT, the first life scientist and first woman in that role. As President, Hockfield strengthened the foundations of MIT’s finances and campus planning while advancing Institute-wide programs in sustainable energy and the convergence of the life, physical and engineering sciences, with impact across the region, the nation and around the world. She helped shape national policy for energy and next-generation manufacturing, appointed by President Obama in 2011 to co-chair the steering committee of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership and by serving as a member of a Congressional Commission evaluating the Department of Energy laboratories in 2015. As a biologist, she pioneered the use of monoclonal antibody technology in brain research, identifying proteins through which neural activity early in life effect brain development. Before joining MIT as its president, she was the William Edward Gilbert Professor of Neurobiology, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1998-2002), and Provost (2003-2004) at Yale University. In all her roles she has advanced opportunities for women and minorities. She studied at the University of Rochester and Georgetown University and carried out research at the NIH and UCSF before joining the faculty at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and then Yale. She is the past president and chairman of AAAS and currently is a director of the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Partners HealthCare System, and Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation. She is a life member of the MIT Corporation and a board member of the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School.

MBL Falmouth Forum - “Refugees and Migrants, A Test for Civilization” - James Purcell
2020-12-03 09:00 - 10:00 UTC
The Falmouth Forum series hits the airwaves this fall in collaboration with WCAI, the Cape, Coast, and Islands NPR station. Forum speakers will join host Mindy Todd on “The Point” at 9:00 AM on the first Thursday of each month for discussion and listener Q&A. Tune in to WCAI 90.1, WNAN 91.1, WZAI 94.3 or online at capeandislands.org.
After graduating from Syracuse University’s Maxwell Graduate School in 1962, James Purcell was appointed as a Kennedy Administration management intern and served the next fifteen years in the Atomic Energy Commission, the Agency for International Development, and the Bureau of the Budget/Office of Management and Budget.
In 1977, he moved to the State Department, where the deputy secretary of state asked him to oversee the creation of a new rescue organization for Vietnam War refugees in 1979. As “acting” and then “permanent” director of the new bureau for refugee programs (RP) from 1979 to 1987, Mr. Purcell directed his team’s implementation of initiatives passed by Congress in the Refugee Act of 1980, including consultations with state and local governments and other partners. Many of the original implementation measures were maintained and further refined by successor administrations. More than 1.1 refugees were resettled in the United States during his administration and many millions more (up to 10 million annually) were aided overseas.
Mr. Purcell was subsequently elected to two five-year terms as director general of the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration, serving from 1988 to 1998.
He is presently board chair for USA for IOM, a U.S. private sector advocacy and fund-raising organization. His book We’re in Danger! Who Will Help Us? Refugees and Migrants: A Test of Civilization was published in 2019.

WHFF Virtual: The Race to Alaska
2020-12-10 - 2020-12-13 | Virtual Film Festival, 89 Water Street Second Floor, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival season series WHFF Virtual presents the documentary THE RACE TO ALASKA, including a live online Q&A with the the film’s director Zach Carver on Saturday, December 12 at 7pm EST. Presented in partnership with the Woods Hole Yacht Club.
ABOUT THE FILM:
The Race to Alaska is an adrenaline-fueled, 750-mile boat race through the dangerous and spectacular wilderness of the Inside Passage to Alaska.
Described as “the Iditarod, on a boat, with a chance of drowning or being eaten by a grizzly bear,” it’s amazing anyone enters at all. This epic endurance race attracts the intrepid and unhinged who find their edge along a coastline that is as punishing as it is beautiful.
For the best community viewing experience, we recommend starting the film at 5:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, December 12 and then join WHFF Executive Director Judy Laster and The Race to Alaska director Zach Carver for the Q&A on Zoom at 7:00 p.m. EST.
The film will be available to watch between Thursday, December 10 at 8am and Sunday, December 13 at midnight EST. If you purchase a ticket in advance you will receive an activation link to view the film via e-mail on Thursday morning, December 10. If you purchase a ticket on or after December 13 you will receive a watch link immediately after your order confirmation. A free ticket to the virtual Q&A will be made available when you purchase your ticket. A separate access link for the Q&A will be e-mailed to you approximately one hour before the start of the event. Once you start playing the film you will have 48 hours to finish watching, or until midnight on Sunday, December 13, whichever comes first.
Tickets are $14 per person and $12, for Woods Hole Film Festival members and are on sale in now at: https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFilmFest/e/WHFFVirtualTheRaceToAlaska
The series is supported in part by grants from the Cape Cod 5 Foundation, the Mass Cultural Council and the Falmouth Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation.
For more information email info@woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.

MBL Ecosystems Center Webinar: "Will Land Feedbacks to the Climate System Accelerate Global Warming?" - Jerry Melillo, Gus Shaver, Ed Rastetter
2020-12-15 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Virtual Lecture, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Introduction – Human disruption of the global carbon cycle is the primary driver of climate change. Scientist at The Ecosystems Center have been studying the role of land ecosystems in the global carbon cycle using field experiments and simulation modeling for four decades. Today, three Center scientists will present examples of their work on the carbon cycle. Jerry Melillo and Gus Shaver will summarize long-standing field experiments and Ed Rastetter will report on a set of modeling experiments.
Jerry Melillo – Climate change over the 21st century is projected to lead to soil warming and trigger a complex self-reinforcing feedback to the climate system. Through this feedback, warming begets warming by acclerating the decay of soil organic matter that releases carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, which leads to more warming. For the past three decades we have been warming soils 5oC above ambient in a forest stand at the Harvard Forest in central Massachusetts. We found that soil warming results in a four-phase pattern of soil organic matter decay and carbon dioxide fluxes to the atmosphere, with phases of substantial soil carbon loss alternating with phases of no detectable loss. Several factors combine to affect the timing, magnitude, and thermal acclimation of soil carbon loss. These include depletion of microbially accessible carbon pools, reductions in microbial biomass, a shift in microbial carbon use efficiency, and changes in microbial community composition. Our results support projections of a long-term, self-reinforcing carbon feedback from mid-latitude forests to the climate system as the world warms.
Gus Shaver will now talk about controls on self-reinforcing carbon feedbacks from Arctic tundra ecosystems.
Gus Shaver – The cold, wet soils of Arctic and boreal regions contain over twice as much carbon as is currently held in the global atmosphere. For over 40 years Ecosystems Center ecologists have studied how these very large terrestrial carbon stocks are controlled, with a focus on the balance of plant inputs of organic matter and losses by decomposition. Our initial focus was on direct controls by climate factors such as temperature and length of the growing season, but it very quickly became apparent that interactions between the carbon cycle and the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles were of overriding importance. This led to a series of long-term experiments in which we manipulated temperature, nutrient availability, and light in contrasting tundra types dominated by different kinds of plants. Insights from these experiments have contributed significantly to our current “stoichiometric” perspective on local and global regulation of terrestrial feedbacks, as discussed by Ed Rastetter in the following talk.
Ed Rastetter – The amount of carbon stored in ecosystems depends on the amount of nitrogen in the ecosystem and the distribution of nitrogen between vegetation and soil organic matter. We examine ways that the amount and distribution of nitrogen might change with climate change and the consequences for the amount of carbon stored in ecosystems.
Join the MBL Ecosystems Center scientists as they explore critical problems in environmental science. Inspired by their research, seminars will touch on topics covered as part of the Semester in Environmental Science at the MBL, and span diverse ecosystems ranging from Arctic tundra to temperate forests, coastal marshes and wetlands to the open ocean, deserts to Cape Cod’s salt ponds. Deepen your knowledge about global change, and unexpected consequences of human activity on our planet.
Participants will have an opportunity to submit questions during the webinar. Please contact ses@mbl.edu if you have any questions or issues with the registration process.

Funny Business: Finding Your Comedic Voice On the Page & In the Room
2021-02-19 18:00 - 2021-02-21 17:00 UTC | Virtual Writing Workshop
The Woods Hole Film Festival Writers Symposium presents three days of comedy writing, observations, and war stories with veteran TV comedy writer Steve Young. Friday, February 19 – Sunday, February 21, 2021.
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
So, you’re funny. Now what? Could writing and creating comedy be your hobby, or even your career? In this multi-day workshop with former Letterman and Simpsons writer Steve Young, you’ll get an insider’s glimpse of what it’s like to be a professional television comedy writer, and a chance to help develop your own comedy writing chops via exercises and discussion. You’ll team up with fellow participants as a taste of a collaborative writers room and learn about the skills needed to work in that environment. Don’t miss this chance to up your comedy game!
SCHEDULE
Friday, February 19 • 6pm-9pm
Saturday, February 20 • 10am-5pm
Sunday, February 21 • 10am-5pm
All times EST.
ABOUT STEVE YOUNG
For 25 years, Steve Young wrote for David Letterman’s Late Night and Late Show programs. He also wrote for The Simpsons and wrote the Matt Groening-produced animated Christmas special, Olive the Other Reindeer. Most recent credits: NBC’s Maya & Marty variety show, Harry Connick Jr.’s show Harry, and HBO’s Night of Too Many Stars. A Harvard graduate, Steve teaches television history at New York University. He is the co-author of “Everything’s Coming Up Profits: The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals,” and is the main subject of the acclaimed comedy music documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway.
More information at www.steveyoungworld.com.
COST
$150 ($125 for WHFF members)
REGISTER:
https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFilmFest/e/FunnyBusinesswithSteveYoung

WHFF Virtual: Never Too Late - The Doc Severinsen Story
2021-02-25 08:00 - 2021-02-28 23:59 UTC | Virtual Film Festival, 89 Water Street Second Floor, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival season series WHFF Virtual presents the documentary NEVER TOO LATE: THE DOC SEVERINSEN STORY, including an online Q&A with Doc Severinsen himself, along with the filmmakers on Saturday, February 27 at 7pm EST.
ABOUT THE FILM:
After three decades as the colorful bandleader to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, master trumpeter Doc Severinsen defies nature with a relentless schedule of touring, teaching and performing into his nineties. A beloved musical icon traces his groundbreaking career and personal trials underscoring a life of inspiration and obsession.
(Available to watch in the USA only)
Watch the trailer:
https://vimeo.com/399995725
For the best community viewing experience, we recommend starting the film at 5:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, February 27 and then joining WHFF Executive Director Judy Laster and Doc Severinsen for the Q&A on Zoom at 9:00 p.m. EST.
The film will be available to watch between Thursday, February 25 at 8am and Sunday, February 28 at midnight EST. If you purchase a ticket in advance you will receive an activation link to view the film via e-mail on Thursday morning, February 25. If you purchase a ticket on or after February 25 you will receive a watch link immediately after your order confirmation. A free ticket to the virtual Q&A will be made available when you purchase your ticket. A separate access link for the Q&A will be e-mailed to you approximately one hour before the start of the event. Once you start playing the film you will have 48 hours to finish watching, or until midnight on Sunday, February 28, whichever comes first.
Tickets are $14 per person and $12, for Woods Hole Film Festival members and are on sale in now at https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFilmFest/e/WHFFVirtualNeverTooLate-TheDocSeverinsenStory
The series is supported in part by grants from the Cape Cod 5 Foundation, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, the Mass Cultural Council and the Falmouth Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation.
For more information email info@woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.

WHFF Virtual: Toprak
2021-04-08 08:00 - 2021-04-11 23:30 UTC | Virtual Film Festival, 89 Water Street Second Floor, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival season series WHFF Virtual presents the award winning narrative feature, TOPRAK, including an online Q&A with the filmmakers on Saturday, April 10 at 7pm EST.
ABOUT THE FILM:
TOPRAK is the dramatic story of a simple family in rural Turkey dealing with poverty, family traditions, and religious heritage. Since the death of his parents, the teenage Burak has lived with his uncle Cemil and grandmother in a remote Turkish village. The small family unit has been trying to make a living by selling fruits. While the religious Cemil is satisfied to live his life in poverty, Burak struggles to leave for the city and attend university. When grandmother falls sick, both Burak and Cemil have to make tough decisions that will change their lives forever. (Available to watch in the USA only.)
Toprak won four awards at the 2020 Woods Hole Film Festival:
• Best Narrative Feature
• Emerging Narrative Director: Sevgi Hirschhäuser
• Best Cinematography: Chris Hirschhäuser
• Best Perfomance: Numan Çakir
Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/399995725
For the best community viewing experience, we recommend starting the film at 5:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, April 10 and then joining WHFF Executive Director Judy Laster and the filmmakers for the Q&A on Zoom at 7:00 p.m. EST.
The film will be available to watch between Thursday, April 8 at 8am and Sunday, April 11 at midnight EST. If you purchase a ticket in advance you will receive an activation link to view the film via e-mail on Thursday morning, April 8. If you purchase a ticket on or after April 8 you will receive a watch link immediately after your order confirmation. A free ticket to the virtual Q&A will be made available when you purchase your ticket. A separate access link for the Q&A will be e-mailed to you approximately one hour before the start of the event. Once you start playing the film you will have 48 hours to finish watching, or until midnight on Sunday, April 11, whichever comes first.
Tickets are $14 per person, $20 per household ($12/17 respectively for Woods Hole Film Festival members) and are on sale in advance at https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFi…/e/WHFFVirtualToprak
The series is supported in part by grants from the Cape Cod 5 Foundation, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, the Mass Cultural Council and the Falmouth Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation. For more information email info@woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.

WHFF Virtual: Olympia
2021-04-22 08:00 - 2021-04-25 23:30 UTC | Virtual Film Festival, 89 Water Street Second Floor, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival season series WHFF Virtual presents the award winning narrative feature, OLYMPIA, including an online Q&A with the filmmakers on Saturday, April 24 at 7pm EST.
ABOUT THE FILM:
In the same vein as Albert Maysles’ “Iris,” this sublimely intimate fly-on-the-wall verité documentary tells the poignant story of a woman finding her own voice on her own terms to assert a gigantic creative force into the world. Rebelling against her old world, panty-sniffing, suspicious Greek mother to assert her strong sexual drive, fighting the feeling she was “too ethnic” amid the Boston Brahmin at BU, and starting her own theatre company in New Jersey instead of waiting for the phone to ring, Olympia Dukakis models how to live life with blazing courage.
Throughout an engrossing story that seamlessly blends past and present, she opens her heart and exposes her truest self to the audience. The raw honesty with which Olympia leads us into the core of her self is what makes this film luminary. As fellow actors with whom she has shared the limelight Laura Linney, Diane Ladd, Whoopi Goldberg, and Austin Pendleton all testify, Olympia is “totally open and crazy”, which is what turns out to be the marker of her absolute sanity.
This intimate portrait of a working-class professional, a scholar actor of intense intuitive power, and a woman beloved around the world, culminates on the steps of the Dukakis’ humble ancestral home in Lesbos, Greece. Here we see Olympia’s life come full circle, both personally and professionally.
Incandescent and unforgettable, Olympia is a must-see documentary for anyone seeking to reignite their love of drama and their love of life. (Available to watch in the USA only)
Watch the trailer:

For the best community viewing experience, we recommend starting the film at 5:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, April 24 and then joining WHFF Executive Director Judy Laster and the filmmakers for the Q&A on Zoom at 7:00 p.m. EST.
The film will be available to watch between Thursday, April 22 at 8am and Sunday, April 25 at midnight EST. If you purchase a ticket in advance you will receive an activation link to view the film via e-mail on Thursday morning, April 22. If you purchase a ticket on or after April 22 you will receive a watch link immediately after your order confirmation. A free ticket to the virtual Q&A will be made available when you purchase your ticket. A separate access link for the Q&A will be e-mailed to you approximately one hour before the start of the event. Once you start playing the film you will have 48 hours to finish watching, or until midnight on Sunday, April 25, whichever comes first.
Tickets are $14 per person, $20 per household ($12/17 respectively for Woods Hole Film Festival members) and are on sale in advance at https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleF…/e/WHFFVirtualOlympia
The series is supported in part by grants from the Cape Cod 5 Foundation, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, the Mass Cultural Council and the Falmouth Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation. For more information email info@woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.

WHFF Virtual • Jim Allison: Breakthrough
2021-05-06 08:00 - 2021-05-09 08:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Film Festival, 89 Water Street Second Floor, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival season series WHFF Virtual presents the documentary feature, JIM ALLISON: BREAKTHROUGH, from Thursday, May 6 through Sunday, May 9, including an online Q&A with the director Bill Haney on Saturday, May 8 at 7:00 pm ET.
ABOUT THE FILM:
Jim Allison received the 2018 Nobel Prize for discovering the immune system’s role in defeating cancer, but his story does not begin there. For decades he waged a lonely struggle against the skepticism of the medical establishment and the resistance of Big Pharma. BREAKTHROUGH follows the emotionally compelling story of a man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer.
Watch the trailer:

And… May is Members month at WHFF, too! All screening events are FREE to WHFF Members for the entire month of May. You can become a member at:
https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFilmFest/Membership/Sale
For the best community viewing experience, we recommend starting the film at 5:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, May 8 and then joining WHFF Executive Director Judy Laster and director Bill Haney for the Q&A on Zoom at 7:00 p.m. ET.
The film will be available to watch between Thursday, May 6 at 8am and Sunday, May 9 at midnight ET. If you purchase a ticket in advance you will receive an activation link to view the film via e-mail on Thursday morning, May 6th. If you purchase a ticket on or after May 6th you will receive a watch link immediately after your order confirmation. A free ticket to the virtual Q&A will be made available when you purchase your ticket. A separate access link for the Q&A will be e-mailed to you approximately one hour before the start of the event. Once you start playing the film you will have 48 hours to finish watching, or until midnight on Sunday, May 9th, whichever comes first.
Note: Tickets will go off sale promptly at 8pm ET on Sunday, May 9.
Tickets are $14 per person, $20 per household ($12/17 respectively for Woods Hole Film Festival members) and are on sale in advance at https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFilmFest/e/WHFFVirtualJimAllisonBreakthrough
The series is supported in part by grants from the Cape Cod 5 Foundation, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, the Mass Cultural Council and the Falmouth Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation. For more information email info@woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.

MBL Friday Evening Lecture - “How I Have Scientific Fun: Discoveries, Mechanisms, Therapeutics, and Learning” - Timothy Springer
2021-06-25 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | Virtual Lecture, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Scientists can have fun and adventure. Dr. Springer’s lecture will provide four insights into how.
Making discoveries: How do the white cells in our blood recognize other cells or exit the bloodstream to fight cancer or infection? The discovery of adhesion molecules, including integrins, using antibodies unveiled the answer.
Unraveling mechanisms: How do integrins transduce chemical signals into cell locomotion and other vital cell functions? The mechanisms hinge on integrins adopting three “conformational states” and transmitting forces across cell membranes between extracellular footholds and the cytoskeleton, thereby stabilizing integrins’ active state.
Engaging in entrepreneurship: New targets in cell-cell recognition and trafficking and new molecular mechanisms have enabled the development of new therapeutics and the launch of companies to develop and provide them to patients. Here lies the origin of biomedical success stories including, LeukoSite, Morphic Therapeutic, and the Institute for Protein Innovation.
Learning how to learn: Scientists are privileged because their domain requires them to perpetually learn and develop new skills, ideas, and even disciplines. Research shows that those who challenge themselves and deliberately practice new skills succeed more than those who possess a high IQ.
Timothy Springer is an award-winning scientist, eight-time entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is currently Latham Family Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Springer has more than 500 publications and 30 patents. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and was awarded the Cancer Research Institute Coley Award, the Crafoord Prize, and the prestigious Canada International Gairdner Prize among others. After earning his Ph.D. in molecular biology and biochemistry from Harvard, Dr. Springer began his post-graduate career in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Cesar Milstein in Cambridge, England. The research with monoclonal antibodies launched his extensive and award-winning work on adhesion receptors in the immune system. His discoveries allowed him to launch LeukoSite in 1993, the first of seven successful companies that he founded or invested in, including the COVID vaccine-creator, Moderna Therapeutics. His discovery work and entrepreneurship led to the development and approval of seven therapeutics that have treated hundreds of thousands of patients. As a philanthropist, Dr. Springer leveraged his entrepreneurial success to launch the Institute for Protein Innovation in 2017, a unique nonprofit research institution providing synthetic antibodies and deep protein expertise to accelerate biological research and therapeutics. He has also endowed Chairs and Professorships at Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, and the University of California. Dr. Springer is a former MBL Whitman Scientist and Director of the Physiology course. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees.

MBL Friday Evening Lecture Series: “Big, Diverse, and Standardized: The Use of NEON Data in Scientific Discovery” - Paula Mabee
2021-08-13 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Cornelia Clapp Auditorium, MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The collection and open release of the most highly standardized and diverse environmental data in the U.S. by the NSF National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) are facilitating new pathways of discovery across the sciences. These big data and massive samples, acquired at sites across the U.S. through the coordinated efforts of humans and technology, provision the opportunity for innovative research across biological scales and across multiple areas of science, including ecology, computer science, biodiversity, genetics, and engineering. Though only in its second of 30 years of planned operations, the use of these open data and infrastructure assets by researchers and educators have already resulted in unique insights, approaches and findings, which Dr. Mabee will describe in her lecture. NEON will advance the understanding of ecological processes, inform the sustainable management of U.S. ecosystems, and inspire an expanding global scientific landscape of environmental monitoring infrastructure.
Paula Mabee became the Chief Scientist and Observatory Director for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) in early 2020. She was most recently a Nolop Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of South Dakota, serving in that capacity since 1997. Dr. Mabee joined the National Science Foundation in 2015, serving until 2017 as Division Director for the Division of Environmental Biology in the Directorate of Biological Sciences. Prior to 1997, she held assistant and associate professorships at San Diego State University. Dr. Mabee holds a B.A. in both biology and religion from St. Olaf College in Minnesota, a Ph.D. in zoology from Duke University. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in the Division of Fishes and an NSF postdoc in developmental biology at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. During her career,Dr. Mabee has authored more than 60 research publications, received 12 NSF and NIH research grant awards totaling close to $7 million, and held numerous editorial and advisory board positions. She was named an AAAS Fellow in 2004 for her fundamental studies in evolutionary and developmental biology.

MBL Falmouth Forum: "From the MacArthur Fellows to Investing in Climate Solutions" - John Palfrey, President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
2021-10-01 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | The Cornelia Clapp Auditorium, MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Join us in-person in the Cornelia Clapp (formerly Lillie) Auditorium or attend virtually. Social distancing and masking will be required for in-person attendance. Limited seating available.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation does many things for which it is well-known around the world, including the MacArthur Fellows program and support for public media. Some of these fellows make their professional home at the MBL and NPR reaches listeners in Woods Hole every day. The president of MacArthur Foundation, John Palfrey, will join the Falmouth Forum to discuss these legacy programs as well as its largest current program area targeted at the climate crisis. In this session of the Falmouth Forum, Palfrey will describe the grantmaking the foundation is doing in the US, India, Nigeria, and elsewhere around the world as well as changes it is making to how the foundation invests its $8 billion endowment.
All those attending this lecture in-person must be compliant with the requirement to wear a mask inside MBL buildings whether vaccinated or unvaccinated. It is important to note that public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19, particularly for those who are unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow the appropriate risk mitigation measures.

ResilientWoodsHole Symposium
2021-11-18 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
The second in a series to plan for climate change resiliency in Woods Hole, MA
Join us for an in-depth discussion of how the ResilientWoodsHole initiative is planning to ensure the future of our vibrant seaside community. Woods Hole is a productive blue economy and residential village facing major climate impacts—including sea-level rise and coastal storms. Learn how Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Biological Laboratory, and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center have partnered with the Town of Falmouth and local stakeholders to develop a comprehensive phased strategy for Woods Hole village that integrates resilient design concepts and community visioning.
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Register for either online or in-person
Contact us at info@resilientwoodshole.org

WHFF Virtual presents: Jack London's Martin Eden
2021-12-16 08:00 - 2021-12-19 23:59 UTC | Virtual Film Festival, 89 Water Street Second Floor, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival season series WHFF Virtual kicks off with the return of WHFF alum Jay Craven’s new feature film, JACK LONDON’S MARTIN EDEN, including an online Q&A with Jay on Saturday, December 18 at 7pm EST.
ABOUT THE FILM:
Set in 1909 and produced on Nantucket, ”Jack London’s Martin Eden” tells the story of a poor and unschooled sailor, Martin Eden, who unexpectedly meets Ruth Morse, a magnetic young woman of means and education. Their unconventional attraction upends – and changes – both lives.
For the best community viewing experience, we recommend starting the film at 5:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, December 18 and then joining WHFF Executive Director Judy Laster and director Jay Craven for the Q&A on Zoom at 7:00 p.m. EST.
The film will be available to watch between Thursday, December 16 at 8am and Sunday, December 19 at midnight EST. If you purchase a ticket in advance you will receive an activation link to view the film via e-mail on Thursday morning, December 16th. If you purchase a ticket on or after December 16th you will receive a watch link immediately after your order confirmation. A free ticket to the virtual Q&A will be made available when you purchase your ticket. A separate access link for the Q&A will be e-mailed to you approximately one hour before the start of the event. Once you start playing the film you will have 48 hours to finish watching, or until midnight on Sunday, December 19, whichever comes first.
Note: Tickets will go off sale promptly at 9pm EST on Sunday, December 19.
Tickets are $14 per person, $20 per household ($12/17 respectively for Woods Hole Film Festival members) and are on sale in advance at https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFilmFest/e/WHFFVirtualJackLondonsMartinEden
And remember, WHFF Members get a discount to all screenings. You can become a member at:
https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFilmFest/Membership/Sale
The series is supported in part by grants from the Cape Cod 5 Foundation, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, the Mass Cultural Council and the Falmouth Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation.
For more information email info@woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.

Virtual Book Reading in partnership with Footprints Café
2022-02-03 18:00 - 2022-02-28 18:00 UTC
Virtual book reading of I AM EVERY GOOD THING and The Me I Choose to Be, in partnership with Footprints Café
Read by Stefanie Corbin, owner of Footprints Café. The books are appropriate for ages ~4-8.
Footprints Cafe is a black, woman-owned, bookstore. A place where inclusivity and diversity is celebrated and honored. A bookstore where people and authors of color voices are amplified and represented in their fullness.

Meet Jacki Hartman, Falmouth Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
2022-02-09 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Introducing Jacqueline Hartman, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for the town of Falmouth. Ms. Hartman will be interviewed by George Liles (NOAA Fisheries’ Director of Academic Programs and co-founder and director of the Partnership in Education Program (PEP) and will answer questions from the audience at our February 9th conversation.
Register for this (zoom) event here.

Woods Hole Film Festival Virtual Screening of Human Nature Film
2022-02-10 08:00 - 2022-02-13 23:59 UTC
Human Nature Film screening, in partnership with the Woods Hole Film Festival
Film trailer: https://vimeo.com/321559059
Film access is free through this link. It is available from Thursday, February 10th at 8 am through Sunday, February 13th at 11:59 pm: https://www.goelevent.com/WoodsHoleFilmFest/e/WHFFVirtualHumanNature
Synopsis: A breakthrough called CRISPR has given us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life. It opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. Human Nature is a provocative exploration of CRISPR’s far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it, the families it’s affecting, and the bioengineers who are testing its limits. How will this new power change our relationship with nature? What will it mean for human evolution? To begin to answer these questions we must look back billions of years and peer into an uncertain future.

Yoga 4 All with Linda Wells
2022-02-16 19:30 UTC
Linda Wells, M. Ed., CYT-500, is Linda Wellness Warrior, Yoga Instructor specializing in Resiliency and Stress Management. Linda is an African American cis-gendered, plus-sized woman residing on the land of the Massachuett (Cambridge, MA). She is a social disruptor of unhealthy societal ideals. Linda offers classes that make the yoga practice inclusive through variations, language, and location.
Linda wants to give people the skills to mitigate the challenging circumstances of their lives. Linda Wellness Warrior exists to teach that wellness is your birthright.
Workshop description: This workshop will help dispel the mythology that you have to be thin, white, young, and flexible to get the benefits of a practice of Yoga. Yoga is a powerful tool that everyone has access to, to relieve stress and improve health. The practice of yoga is beneficial to all bodies, all shapes, and all abilities. Join Linda Wells, for Yoga for All which encourages you to show up as you are and experience the kind of practice that you need on any given day. This class explores how using props can make yoga accessible and adaptable for everyone regardless of age, size, or ability. Practice how you’re comfortable with options to stay seated on your mat, standing, or moving between the two.

Who Inherits the Waves?, in partnership with the WHOI Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2022-02-17 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
A discussion about closing the racial gap in swimming skills and water competency.
Panelists:
Dr. Jeff Wiltse – Noted historian and author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America
Dr. Nevada Winrow – Founder and President of Black Girls Dive Foundation
Carlee Jackson – Director of Communications for Minorities in Shark Sciences and a member of Black in Marine Science
Jaida Elcock – Director of Public Relations for Minorities in Shark Sciences and a PhD candidate IN in the MIT/WHOI joint program
Moderator – Gwyneth Packard, a member of the Woods Hole Black History Month Committee, and a Black/White biracial engineer, WHOI.

What Lies Beneath: Unearthing Not-So-Subtle Roadblocks to Wellness
2022-02-24 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
Presented by Dr. Misty Boachie, the Founder and CEO of Excavate Wellness.
Dr. Boachie is a Pharmacotherapy Board Certified Pharmacist, currently serving in leadership at Northside Hospital. She holds a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Georgia (’01) and Master of Business Administration from George Washington University (’17). She completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at Columbus Regional Healthcare System (’02). She resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, Kofi, and sons, August (12yo) and Alistair (10yo).
Presentation abstract: An intimate, solutions-oriented exploration of often unexamined obstacles to achieving optimal physical and emotional wellbeing namely trauma, addiction, and mental illness. This lecture will be a 30 minute presentation followed by 30 mins of Q&A.

COVID-19 and Health Inequality - The Strained Alchemy of Two Pandemics
2022-02-28 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Presented by Dr. Kathryn Hall, Deputy Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission
Dr. Kathryn Hall is the Deputy Executive Director for Population Health and Health Equity at the Boston Public Health Commission. After receiving her PhD in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from Harvard University she spent 10 years in the biotech industry tackling problems in drug discovery and development where she became an Associate Director of Drug Development. Dr. Hall returned to Harvard Medical School in 2010, joining the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2012, and receiving a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2014. Dr. Hall is also an Assistant Professor part-time in the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and serves as the Interim Director of Basic and Translational Research at Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hall also has a Masters in Documentary Film from Emerson College.
**COVID-19 protocols/requirements for Falmouth Academy**
Proof of vaccination required and masks must be worn at all times.

Outdoor Film Screening: Disneynature Oceans
2022-07-01 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Redfield Lawn, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & Woods Hole Film Festival presents Cinema & Science by the Sea featuring Disneynature, Oceans.

MBL Friday Evening Lecture Series: “Big Ideas from the “Little Brain”: Insights from the Cerebellum about Learning and Meta-Learning” Jennifer L. Raymond
2022-07-15 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Cornelia Clapp Auditorium, MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The brain is a learning machine, storing information about the statistical relationships between events in the world, and using that information to guide behavior. In this lecture, Raymond will share insights about the neural mechanisms of learning from her research on the cerebellum, or “little brain.” The cerebellum is well known for its role in motor skill learning and is increasingly implicated in cognitive functions ranging from navigation to emotion, social behavior, and reward prediction. Yet the circuit architecture of the cerebellum is highly conserved and relatively simple, creating an opportunity to understand the principles governing computation in this circuit, and the algorithm it uses to tune its own performance through experience. By leveraging the analytical advantages of the cerebellum, Raymond’s laboratory recently discovered a new property of synapses that seems to provide a mechanism for meta-learning, or learning to learn.
Jennifer L. Raymond is the Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Professor of Neurobiology
Stanford University School of Medicine. She grew up in Seekonk, Massachusetts, spending as much time as possible at and in the ocean. Raymond earned a B.A. in Mathematics from Williams College. She then became interested in how neural circuits compute and conducted her dissertation research at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston on the neural mechanisms of learning in the marine mollusk Aplysia californica. Raymond transitioned to studying learning in the mammalian cerebellum as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. She joined the faculty at Stanford as an assistant professor in 1999 and built a research program investigating the algorithms used by the brain to implement learning and memory. Her work is noted for being particularly integrative, spanning from the molecular details to the computational principles governing the changes in a neural circuit during learning. Raymond’s scientific achievements have been recognized with awards including a Sloan Fellowship, a McKnight Scholar Award, and the Albert & Ellen Grass Lectureship at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. She is also an award-winning teacher. In addition to her neuroscience research, Raymond has done research and written extensively about the practice of science and been a longtime advocate for changes to advance diversity and equity in the scientific workplace.

31st Woods Hole Film Festival
2022-07-30 - 2022-08-06 | Woods Hole Film Festival Headquarters, 89 Water Street Second Floor, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
The Woods Hole Film Festival celebrates its 31st year of bringing the best in independent film from around the world to Cape Cod. The festival dates are Saturday, July 30 through Saturday, August 6.
The film program includes 116 films selected from submissions from around the world: 17 feature narratives, 27 feature documentaries, and 72 short films.
In spite of the challenges of presenting a film festival during a pandemic, we are thrilled that this year we will be fully back in-person with live screenings at Redfield Auditorium (WHOI), Clapp Auditorium (MBL), Falmouth Academy, and the Cotuit Center for the Arts. We will also offer the festival program on the WHFF virtual platform for virtual pass and virtual ticket holders.
Ticket Packages for in-person screenings and Virtual Passes are on sale now at www.woodsholefilmfestival.org.
Individual tickets for in-person and virtual screenings on sale now.
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We look forward to welcoming everyone to the 31st Woods Hole Film Festival.
