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Woods Hole Holiday Stroll
2022-12-17 | Woods Hole
Community support powered by Martha’s Vineyard Bank
Schedule of events
WOODS HOLE SCIENCE AQUARIUM
11 am Santa arrives!
11 am-2 pm Meet Santa (Aquarium hours: 10-3pm)
MARTHA’S VINEYARD BANK
11 am-1 pm Hot drinks and treats with Mrs. Claus in front of the bank
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
1-5:30 pm Library & book sale and craft supplies available in children’s room
MASTERSON MADE
3-4 pm Wine tasting and charcuterie board. Cutting board raffle
CAPTAIN KIDD
4-6 pm $1 oysters/$1 wings
COMMUNITY HALL
The Solstice Singers presentation of “The Holly and the Ivy”. Showings at 4 pm and 7 pm
WOODS HOLE MARKET & PROVISIONS
Holiday treats and gift card raffle
SOFT AS A GRAPE
20% off sweatshirts, sweatpants, blankets, ponchos & winter accessories
WOODS HOLE INN
Tasty treats & tour of decorative Woods Hole Inn
INLET
Refreshments and pop up with LilWolfGoods
PIE IN THE SKY
Hot apple cider & gift card raffle

WHFF presents EXPOSING MUYBRIDGE
2022-12-10 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Redfield Auditorium, Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
On Saturday, December 10th at 7 pm at Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water Street Woods Hole, the Woods Hole Film Festival presents a screening of the feature documentary film EXPOSING MUYBRIDGE by Mark Shaffer.
ABOUT THE FILM
The story of trailblazing 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who changed the world with his camera. Muybridge set the course for the development of cinema when he became the first photographer to capture something moving faster than the human eye can see–Leland Stanford’s galloping horses. He also produced a sprawling and spectacular landscape catalog, ranging from Alaska to Central America, Utah to California. Artful, resilient, selfish, naive, eccentric, deceitful–Muybridge was a complicated, imperfect man and his story drips with ambition and success, loss and betrayal, near death experiences and even murder. More than a century after his death, Muybridge’s photographs have never ceased to seduce cutting-edge artists, scientists, innovators, and general viewers alike. 88 minutes, 2021.
For information call 508-495-3456

MBL Falmouth Forum: “The Changing Face of Whale Trauma: What We Know and Have to Do” - Michael Moore
2022-12-09 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | MA
Large whales have suffered at the hand of man for millennia: by intent with harpoons, and recently by mistake through vessel collisions, and fishing gear entanglements. This has affected both the status of populations, and the welfare of individuals. The latter most especially, where larger species, such as North Atlantic right whales, have the power to swim off with entangling gear, whose deleterious effects can take months to be lethal. In this talk Moore will discuss how he, as a veterinarian and a scientist, and his colleagues have used diagnostics, energetics, therapeutics, and photogrammetric health assessment to gain this understanding. He will also lay out the steps they are taking, collaboratively with the fishing industry, to enable both the industry and the animals to prosper.
Michael J. Moore is a veterinary scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He has studied the effects of trauma from the shipping and fishing industries on North Atlantic right whale (NARW) survival and welfare. He is currently assessing NARW health using aerial photogrammetry and working with a group of stakeholders to establish ‘On-Demand’ fishing systems as a viable tool to remove entangling line from the water column.

WHFF presents A CAPE COD CHRISTMAS
2022-12-02 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Cornelia Clapp Auditorium, MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Back by popular demand! On Friday, December 2, at 7 pm, the Woods Hole Film Festival presents a special event screening of A CAPE COD CHRISTMAS by John Stimpson at Clapp Auditorium, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole.
ABOUT THE FILM
When a children’s author comes down to the Cape to host one last Christmas dinner with her disagreeable siblings before they sell the family house, she reunites with her childhood sweetheart, a local artist, who helps her find a way to keep the house she loves so dearly. Filmed entirely in Falmouth, MA. Starring Katie Leclerc and Brent Bailey, 90 mins, 2021.
Q&A with writer/director John Stimpson following the film.
Tickets $20, $16 for members. For more information call 508-495-3456.

Caroling in Woods Hole Village
2022-12-02 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Woods Hole Waterfront Park, 112-138 Water Street, Woods Hole, 02543, United States
Join us as we herald in the Christmas Season with Caroling at Woods Hole Waterfront Park
The Solstice Singers will lead us in a festive seasonal sing-a-long of Holiday classics
Hot cocoa and cookies will be provided by the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce

Small Business Saturday
2022-11-27 | MA
Shop Small and Dine Local in Woods Hole on Small Business Saturday, November 26, 2022
Shopping
Inlet: 20% off
Soft as a Grape: 20% off Sweatshirts
Handworks: 10% off
Masterson Made: 20% off
MBL Gift Shop: 25% off
Dining
Landfall: 10% off Gift Cards & Happy Hour (4-6 pm)
Captain Kidd: $1 Oysters/Wings (4-6 pm) & Fall Formal (8 pm)
Woods Hole Market & Provisions: Gift Certificate Giveaway & Seasonal Tasting
Accommodations
Woods Hole Inn: 20% off Gift Certificates

MBL Falmouth Forum: “Dare to be Naive” - Greg Watson, Director of Policy and Systems Design, Schumacher Center for a New Economics
2022-11-18 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | The Cornelia Clapp Auditorium, MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Greg Watson and his family moved to Cape Cod in 1980 when he was hired as education director at the New Alchemy Institute. New Alchemy was a revolutionary “think-do tank” located on 12 acres in Falmouth, MA that became world renowned for its systems approach to the development environmentally sound and socially just approaches to meeting basic human needs. Watson’s lecture will focus on the lessons he learned during his four years there and how he has applied New Alchemy’s problem-solving approach throughout his professional career in the areas of agriculture, renewable energy, community organizing, and new economics. He will conclude with a discussion of his current work on an approach to addressing the climate crisis inspired by Buckminster Fuller – considered by many to be the “father of whole systems thinking.”
Greg Watson is Director of Policy and Systems Design at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. His work focuses on community food systems and an initiative to improve global systems literacy informed by a reimagining of Bucky Fuller’s World Game Workshop. Watson has spent nearly 50 years studying systems thinking as inspired by Buckminster Fuller and to apply that understanding to achieve a just and sustainable world. He has served on the board of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and as a juror for the Buckminster Fuller Challenge. In 1978 he organized a network of urban farmers’ markets in the Greater Boston Metropolitan Area. He served as Commissioner of Agriculture in Massachusetts from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2012 to 2014 when he launched a statewide urban agriculture grants program.
Watson gained hands-on experience in organic farming, aquaculture, wind-energy technology, and passive solar design at the New Alchemy Institute on Cape Cod, first as Education Director and later as Executive Director. There he led the effort to create the Cape & Islands Self Reliance energy cooperative. He served four years as Executive Director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, a multicultural grassroots organizing and planning organization where he initiated one of the nation’s first urban agriculture projects. Watson was the first Executive Director of the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust and was part of the team that landed the National Wind Technology Testing Center in Massachusetts. He served on President-elect Barack Obama’s U.S. Department of Energy transition team in 2008. In 2015 he founded the Cuba-U.S. Agroecology Network which links small farmers and sustainable farm organizations in both countries to share information and provide mutual support.

Book event: Lethal Tides with author Dr. Catherine Musemeche
2022-11-09 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Redfield Auditorium, Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
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presented by the WHOI Women’s Committee
When Mary Sears entered marine science, women were few in number, but she wasn’t deterred. During WWII she got her chance to excel as a naval oceanographer and performed at a level very few could imagine for a woman of her time. She helped change the course of the war. Mary Sears represents the generations of women who came before us in science, and paved the path we walk now.
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
2 p.m. Discussion and Q&A
3 p.m. Refreshments and book signing Redfield Auditorium
45 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543
This event is FREE and open to the public
MBL WHOI Library will have Mary Sears materials from the archives on view!

Captain Kidd Best Costume Halloween Party
2022-10-29 20:00 - 23:00 UTC | Captain Kidd, 77 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States

Halloween in the Hole
2022-10-29 | MA
See full detail here.

MBL Friday Evening Lecture Series: "Pocket Doctors: Diagnosing Diseases with Mobile Phones" - Dan Fletcher
2022-08-12 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Cornelia Clapp Auditorium, MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Lecture Abstract:
Light microscopy remains a central tool for disease diagnosis. Direct imaging of pathogens in blood, sputum, and stool can enable rapid screening and diagnosis of multiple diseases and has been in use since the earliest days of the microscope. However, modern microscopy requires advanced equipment and skilled users typically not available outside of well-equipped laboratories and hospitals. In recent years, mobile phones have emerged as powerful tools for capturing clinically useful data. This talk will describe ongoing work using mobile phones as light microscopes for disease diagnosis. By combining mobile phone cameras with optical attachments and automated image processing, we aim to expand access to basic diagnostic testing for diseases that range from blood-borne pathogens to viral infections. These mobile phone microscopes also open up new possibilities for biological discovery outside of the laboratory.
Daniel A. Fletcher is the Chatterjee Professor of Bioengineering & Biophysics at the University of California, Berkeley. He and his laboratory develop new technologies to study the role of mechanics in biology and detect diseases in low resource settings. Their cell biological work is identifying how molecular-scale forces drive spatial organization of membranes and the actin cytoskeleton and movement of immune cells and pathogens. Their diagnostic work is introducing new mobile tools to fight infectious diseases with collaborators around the world. Fletcher is a faculty member in the Bioengineering and Molecular and Cell Biology Departments, a Visiting Investigator of the Gladstone Institutes at University of California, San Francisco, and is currently Director of the Blum Center for Technology and Development. He is also a Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and co-Director of the Physiology Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Dan received a DPhil from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, a Ph.D. from Stanford University, where he was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, and a B.S. from Princeton University. His research has received an NSF CAREER Award, a National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Award, and was designated “Best of What’s New” by Popular Science magazine among other awards. He has been a Miller Professor, a Bakar Fellow, a Hellman Fellow, and served as a White House Fellow during the Obama administration.

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.
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and check our website for more details and updates.
We look forward to welcoming everyone to the 31st Woods Hole Film Festival.

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.

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.

COVID-19 and Health Inequality - The Strained Alchemy of Two Pandemics
2022-02-28 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | MA
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.

What Lies Beneath: Unearthing Not-So-Subtle Roadblocks to Wellness
2022-02-24 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | MA
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.

Who Inherits the Waves?, in partnership with the WHOI Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2022-02-17 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | MA
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.

Yoga 4 All with Linda Wells
2022-02-16 19:30 UTC | MA
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.

Woods Hole Film Festival Virtual Screening of Human Nature Film
2022-02-10 08:00 - 2022-02-13 23:59 UTC | MA
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.

Meet Jacki Hartman, Falmouth Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
2022-02-09 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | MA
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.

Virtual Book Reading in partnership with Footprints Café
2022-02-03 18:00 - 2022-02-28 18:00 UTC | MA
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.

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.

ResilientWoodsHole Symposium
2021-11-18 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | MA
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.
RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW!
Register for either online or in-person
Contact us at info@resilientwoodshole.org

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.

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 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.

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.

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: 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: 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.
