Month: April 2014

Nantucket Island in winter
Nantucket Essays

Winter Strips Bare Nantucket’s Fantasies

by Robert P. Barsanti This winter remains in the shadows and in the base of the bushes.  It squats, cold and frozen, in the darkness, until the rain and the sun finally drive the dirty ice underground.  The crocuses remain hidden under the frozen turf, as do the daffodils.  Sometime […]

Nantucket Events

“50 Shades of Madonna” on Nantucket Island

Once a year for 11 years, up to a dozen men on Nantucket Island have volunteered their time and their talents to display their “inner beauty,” their flamboyance, and their senses of humor participate in the annual Ms. Mantucket Pageant to raise money for island causes.  Now organized by the […]

Nantucket Events

Midnight Rodeo on Nantucket April 5

The Distinguished Young Women’s organization is presenting a “Midnight Rodeo” – featuring Dalton & the Sheriffs, opening acts Jeff Ross and Jamie Howarth, door prizes, a silent auction, a Chinese raffle and 50/50 – to garner community support and ensure the success of the 2015 DYW season. The fundraiser will […]