Month: August 2013

Nantucket Events

Globe Foxtrotter

• by Sarah Teach • Some people just have “it,” and Bulgarian National Dance Champion Andrey Stanev is one of them.  Stanev, owner of Nantucket Ballroom, the island’s only ballroom dancing instruction studio, has been summering on Nantucket since he got sand in his dance shoes a decade ago. After […]

Featured Articles

Two Special Anniversaries

In 1963, Trinity Collection, the exclusive Main Street shop known for classic Rolex, rare antique watches, and sought-after Patek Philippe designs, started out as a small case in a surf shop in Maryland owned by E. Townsend Wright II, legendary in surfing circles as “Spyder” Wright. Though the focus of […]

Nantucket Events

The Magic Returns

TWN is thrilled to be reprising their hit production, The Wizard of Oz, this summer. With sold-out houses last year, Oz grabbed hearts and imaginations, carrying audiences on a fantastical journey with music, dancing, and special effects. One of America’s greatest and best-loved tales, The Wizard of Oz promises to […]

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Cibani at Serenella

This weekend,  August 9 to 11, Serenella-Nantucket is hosting a trunkshow for Tia Cibani’s eponymous luxury womenswear line.  The designer will make a personal appearance at Serenella-Nantucket on Saturday. Tia Cibani is a luxury womenswear brand that debuted with its Spring Summer 2013 Collection at New York Fashion Week.  It […]

Nantucket Style

Eye on Style, Murray’s Toggery Shop

While the retail scene in downtown Nantucket seems to change from year to year, Murray’s Toggery Shop has been a Main Street fixture for the past sixty-eight years and has become a Nantucket institution. Established in  1945, Murray’s has been keeping the whole family well dressed year-round, offering a department […]

Boston Pops
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Pops on the Beach This Saturday

One of the island’s favorite outdoor summer events—the Boston Pops Concert on Jetties Beach—will be held this Saturday, August 10, with guest host Katie Couric and guest performer Matthew Morrison, known for his roles on Broadway and on the television show Glee. Nearly 6,000 concert goers are expected to attend […]

Antiques
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August Antique Show Through Saturday

The 36th Annual Nantucket Antiques Show to benefit the Nantucket Fireman’s Association is being held this week at Nantucket High School, 10 Surfside Road.  Through Saturday, August 10, the show is featuring exhibitors from throughout the United States and Europe, with antiques from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The […]

Island Cooking

Backyard Weddings

• by Chef Jenn Farmer • Nantucket is a perfect location to have an outdoor wedding.  Recently my editor mentioned that two members of her family had outdoor weddings this year, and what a good idea.  I was instantly interested.   The timing was oddly excellent; I was going to be […]

Nantucket Essays

Billion Year Beach

• by Robert P. Barsanti • I was thinking about how strange it is. My two boys and I have spent much of the summer at Cisco this year.  Freed from the predictable pattern of the pond, they run through the dunes, spray themselves with sun screen and plunge into […]