News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay, Managing Director UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station • We pulled up a common resident of our harbors the other day while doing a dredge for our Marine Ecology class off Pocomo Point. Scattered amongst the spider crabs and scallops and loose eelgrass and algae […]
The Nantucket Theatre Institute and the White Heron Theatre Company today announce a summer season of professional theatre in rotating repertory in a tent at their new permanent home at 5 N Water Street. The season will include the plays “God of Carnage” on Wednesdays and Saturdays, “Boston Marriage” on […]
The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) will be hosting a Think BIG Exhibition, with a kick-off opening reception on Friday August 2, from 6-8 pm. This exhibition of large works for sale will be on display through Saturday, August 17 at 33 Washington Street, just down the road from the […]
• by Chef Jenn Farmer • Unless you have been in a coma or cast away somewhere other than Nantucket, you probably know about the birth of the Royal Baby George. It has become a news item that was difficult to miss. I am a bit of a negative nelly […]
• by Sarah Teach • Every summer, the Nantucket Garden Club crafts a tour of some of the island’s most spectacular houses and gardens. Throughout the tour’s previous 58 years, visitors have ambled up Baxter Road and moseyed down Orange Street. “This year, we chose Main Street,” says House Tour […]
All this week and through next Friday, August 9, you can get fit with fitness expert Tom Holland in the fresh morning air of Jetties Beach. Each morning (Monday through Friday) from 8 to 9 am, this accomplished exercise physiologist leads participants through 60 minutes of cardiovascular drills, strength exercises, […]
Hostetler Gallery presents the unique work of Art Werger, leading American master of mezzotint and aquatint, which are old world techniques used to create modern images. Subjects are drawn in a realistic manner but are often observed from an unusual angle, placing the viewer into an active relationship with the […]
Katherine Hooker London, favored designer for the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, will be showing her fabulous new designs for Autumn and Winter 2013 at Johnstons Cashmere, 4 Federal Street this weekend from Friday, August 2 to Sunday, August 4 from 10 am to 6 pm (some private mid-week appointments […]
The 36th Annual Nantucket Antiques Show to benefit the Nantucket Fireman’s Association will be held this summer at Nantucket High School, 10 Surfside Road starting this Wednesday, August 7. This year, the show features exhibitors from throughout the United States and Europe, with antiques from the 18th, 19th, and 20th […]
