Month: September 2013

Island Cooking

Cranberries and Scallops

• by Chef Jenn Farmer • Autumn is my favorite time of year, especially on Nantucket.  I cannot think of anything I dislike about this time of year, except maybe the fact that winter is on the way.  The leaves changing color and the smell of nature on the crisp […]

Nantucket Style

Art is Life

Art is life to Kathleen A. Duncombe, and for 20 years she has been sharing this sensibility with all who come to her gallery Made on Nantucket. Duncombe can’t remember a time when she wasn’t interested in art. “I was very fortunate to have parents who supported my creative aspects,” […]

Nantucket Style

Susan Lister Locke – Eye on Style

While walking down Easy Street, a glint of something sparkly caught my eye from the window of a new building near the harbor.  Upon further inspection, I noticed it was the newly-opened gallery and store of accomplished island artist and metalsmith Susan Lister Locke.  Her location is bright and airy, the […]

Nantucket Style

Ten Not to Miss

There’s so much to see and do on Nantucket Island that it’s all too easy to miss artists and shops that offer things you’ll not find anywhere else.  Here is a list of ten places you don’t want to miss during your island visit: GS Hill Gallery & Nantucket Pearl […]

Featured Articles

2013 Photo Contest Winners!

To see many more photo contest entries, go to www.Nantucket.net/photocontest Thank you! to the hundreds of photographers who entered the 2013 Yesterday’s Island Photo Contest! And remember to keep your photos ready for next year or start sending them in now! Make sure to include your name, address, subject, & […]

Nantucket Events

Celebrating A New England Tradition – Cranberries

The Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s 11th Annual Cranberry Festival will have approximately 880 million guests of honor. On Saturday October 12, 2013 from 11 am to 4 pm, the little red honorees will be on full display as they are harvested in the traditional way out at Milestone Cranberry Bog. Festival […]

Nantucket Events

Broiled Warfare for Dinner

• by Sarah Teach • Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (TWN) cordially invites you to Dinner, the North American premiere of British playwright Moira Buffini’s dark comedy. Dinner kickstarted Buffini’s career when it found a place setting in the 2002 repertoire of London’s National Theatre. Like many playwrights who also direct, […]

Nantucket Essays

Autumn Entry

• by Robert P. Barsanti • The light remains in September.  The air clears, the fog settles, and sky glows throughout the afternoon into an operatic sunset.  To own a summer home on Nantucket is to also own the bankrupting irony of island living; the best weather comes after you […]

Island Science

Denizens of the Night

• by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay, Managing Director UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station • Last June I wrote about moths here on Nantucket in preparation for a “moth party” and a public education effort to teach people more about moths and get folks excited about photographing them.  Since then I […]