Nantucket Arts Council scholarship applications are open now for all year-round Nantucket residents who are students from middle school grades through graduation. Graduating seniors who are majoring in the arts may apply now for college scholarships to continue their studies at an accredited university. Awards typically range up to $2,000. […]
Month: April 2015
Nantucket Music Festival To Return to the Island in 2016
Organizers of the first Nantucket Music Festival last summer knew their idea of a two-day, live music celebration for visitors and residents of the historic resort destination had enormous potential. But, nothing could prepare them for the overwhelmingly positive response they received from sponsors and the performing arts community. The […]
Brush Fires, Paper Chases at AAN Gallery
Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is pleased to announce the opening of a special exhibition entitled Brush Fires/Paper Chases, with a reception on Friday, May 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery at 19 Washington Street. “This spring exhibition has two facets, one […]
This Week in Nantucket History – Steaming Home
• by Amy Jenness, author of On This Day in Nantucket History • The first commercial steam-powered boat service to Nantucket was provided by the Eagle in 1818. Submarine inventor Robert Fulton had proven the viability of steam-powered boats in 1807 when he made a successful run between New York […]
Yards of Spring
• by Robert P. Barsanti • Winter leaves like a tenant. One morning you wake up, and he is gone. The trash remains, as well as the broken windows, punch holes in the walls, and a plumbing challenge in the upstairs bathroom. The miscreants themselves have slipped away at dawn […]
Whaleship Essex Exhibit at NHA
On August 14, 1819, the whaleship Essex sailed out of Nantucket Harbor— Captain George Pollard, one of the youngest ever to command a whaling ship, anticipated a successful two-and-a-half year voyage; its crew of twenty hoped for greasy luck. Their experience was anything but lucky. Fifteen months after the start […]
Daffodil Festival Picnicking 101
• by Leah Mojer • Daffodils are precious to islanders and seasonal residents. For the former, they signify the awakening of an otherwise harsh and beaten winter landscape. Their arrival seems to say, “we are out of the woods of winter and into the shining sun that is spring, summer, […]
Breaking Out of Hibernation
• by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Épernay Wine & Spirits • There is a saying that “Doubling the inches of winter snow equals the number of wonderfully warm summer days on Nantucket.” Thank you Mother Nature! We are due for one heck of a summer! Think […]
Balloons Away
• by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay – Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • On April 22nd we will celebrate the 45th Earth Day. It is hard to believe that 45 years have passed since the first Earth Day. As citizens of the planet, we have come a long […]
