News and Events for Nantucket Island
by Dr. Sarah T. Bois, Director of Research & Education for the Linda Loring Nature Foundation Picture it: Squam Swamp in summer. We are bushwhacking off-trail among the mosquitoes are deer flies. We are trying to locate an old campsite among deer trails, but keep getting turned around. It’s especially […]
Thanks to the Nantucket Dreamland Film & Cultural Center’s incoming program director Laura Gallagher Byrne, we have a new answer to the question summer visitors often ask: “What do you do out here all winter?” Six major productions are planned that will give Nantucket youth the opportunity to advance their […]
by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits Life is full of choices these days, including the selection of exciting, tasty canned beers currently available on the market. With the rise of numerous micro-brews across the United States in every region, along with […]
Which Beach Is Best? When first coming to Nantucket, it can be a challenge to know the best places to go and the best sites to see. Nantucket.net helps make these decisions easier by giving visitors a preview of our island: events, lodging, dining, museums, theatre, art, shopping, festivals, and […]
Michael Melford will bring the world to Nantucket this Saturday, July 8, when he gives a free illustrated talk on the island about his adventures. A photographer for National Geographic. He’ll show slides of his famous photographs and discuss his assignments 5 to 6 pm in the First Congregational Church […]
by Sanibel Chai The seventh annual Nantucket Comedy Festival (NCF) boasts an excellent line-up of talent, which includes Jeff Foxworthy, Brian Regan, and The Farrelly Brothers. You can see traditional stand-up, an exclusive television premiere, a ladies only lunch, an interview with comedy heavyweights, and much more this year. The […]
