Month: June 2014

Water Defense
Island Science

Water Defense to the Rescue

• by Dr. Sarah Oktay, Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • A few months ago I attended a water quality presentation up at the Massachusetts State House at the invitation of my friend and our most excellent Cape and island House Representative Tim Madden and island buddy Bob […]

Island Cooking

Eat With Your Eyes!

• by Leah Mojer • Since the invention of film making, food and film have been a natural pairing. Food has such a deeply entrenched emotional connection, it only seems right to document the intimate relationship on film. From the excrutiating love story in Like water for Chocolate or the […]

Vivi G Shoes | Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Style

ViVi G. Shoes – Eye on Style

Marilyn Monroe once said, “Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.” The mother and daughter team of Sherri Guggenheim and Jennifer Rubinstein are currently conquering the world of shoes in the shopping district of fashionable downtown Nantucket. Their chic boutique on Centre Street, ViVi G. […]

Nantucket Events

Comedy to Inspire on Nantucket

Spiritual Heritage Nantucket is celebrating its 10th anniversary of hosting events on the island that build and encourage the Christian community.  The 2014 evening event headlines New York Times bestselling author, popular speaker and executive SQuire Rushnell and his wife, Louise DuArt, who is known as one of the world’s […]

Steve James | Life Itself
Featured Articles, Nantucket Events

Steve James: Capturing Life Itself

• by Sarah Teach • Chicago-based documentarian Steve James, director of Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) selection Life Itself, will receive NFF’s fourth annual Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling at this year’s festival. Since Life Itself—the film based on Roger Ebert’s eponymous memoir—celebrated its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film […]

Donick Cary | Nantucket Film Festival
Nantucket Events

Getting Weird with Donick Cary

• by Sarah Teach • Not many Hollywood comedy writers have spent 18 consecutive years on a tiny island flung nearly 30 miles into the North Atlantic. But come the annual Nantucket Film Festival (NFF), many from that small group make like The Beatles and get back to where they […]

Nantucket Essays

June Weddings

• by Robert P. Barsanti • On Saturday, I parked on Main Street near the Hub. June has many dress rehearsal pleasures. The lines are short (for everything besides the ferry), the strawberries weigh down their branches, and you can get an ice cream in under five minutes. On any […]

Summer Wines
Island Cooking

5 Surefire Ways to Have One Crazy Summer

• by Jenny Benzie – Advanced Sommelier and Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits • School’s out, summer is here, and it’s time to have some fun. This is the time when you say Goodbye to All That and make your way to your favorite island destination. There are numerous […]