The week leading up to the long Columbus Day weekend, artists will paint around the island—affording the public the opportunity to watch them work at their easels—and during a festive evening on Sunday, October 8, those works will be auctioned off at the Nantucket Yacht Club, 1 South Beach Street. …
On Saturday, October 7, the White Heron Theatre Company will present two staged readings that are the culmination of Next Step Fest, a development program for promising new plays for the American stage. Next Step Fest continues White Heron’s commitment to new work. Will Arbery play Evanston Salt Costs Climbing …
The Artists Association of Nantucket and the Nantucket Atheneum kick off a one year community-based stitching and textile project at the Atheneum’s Great Hall at 1 pm on Sunday, October 1. During this “socially-engaged embroidery” project, participants are asked to create a work that celebrates their experience of Nantucket. It …
A festive autumn reception from 6 to 8 pm on Friday September 29 opens the popular Artists Association of Nantucket’s (AAN) People’s Choice Exhibition in the Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington Street. “Having just celebrated the 20th season in our 19 Washington Street gallery location, we are …
Dozens of arts and cultural groups and hundreds of individual artists, will exhibit their “Imagination at Sea” from Saturday, September 30 through Sunday, October 8 during Nantucket Arts Festival 2017. Events include an art exhibit featuring more than 100 professional and amateur artists; concerts of classical, folk, and popular music; …
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is hosting two special presentations this weekend in their Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. This Friday, September 15, at 7 pm, The world-famous Walden Chamber Players returns for a Nantucket performance. Founded in 1997, the Walden Chamber Players are considered one of the most exciting …
by Rebecca Nimerfroh Talk to any arm-chair theorist and they’ll tell you that anything can happen, anywhere, and it does. What does that mean, really? Well, for short, it means that when you were five and narrowly avoided being hit by that neighbor’s car, in another version of reality you …
by Cara Godlesky For some, an occupation can defines their life, requiring all their energy and inspiration, leaving nothing for pursing their dreams. Islander Jim Sulzer proves that if one’s passion for something is strong enough, success can be attained. James Sulzer, also known as Jim, taught on Nantucket for …
The majority of Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) exhibitions feature work solely by AAN artist members, however the annual 10 x 10 Open Exhibition that will be unveiled this Friday, September 8 with a reception from 6 to 8 pm includes participants from the entire island community. Now in its …
by Sanibel Chai Steve Sheppard was attending a book club meeting on the south shore of Massachusetts when he realized one of the characters had an uncanny resemblance to someone he knew: himself. The Marshfield book club was discussing Sheppard’s first novel Tourist Town and asked him pointedly if the …