News and Events for Nantucket Island
by Carl Oscar Olson Way up on the north end of the Island of Nantucket there lies an out-of-the-way paradise known as The Wauwinet. The luxurious lodging and breathtaking views are some of the best on the island, but for most visitors the dining at TOPPER’s is the reason for […]
Award-winning author Dava Sobel is applauded for her ability to take complex scientific information, present it in a form understandable to most, and to humanize it by depicting the people who researched or observed or discovered it. This Wednesday, July 25, Nantucket audiences will get to hear Sobel speak about […]
by Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation It’s lightning bug season on Nantucket, and the evening sky is now even more exciting. Lighting bugs, or fireflies, have been lighting up the evening skies since around the fourth of July (perhaps a […]
by Robert P. Barsanti I found a one hundred dollar bill. The fates pushed it up through the sand at Nobadeer at seven o’clock in the morning while my Boon Companion was out chasing a water bottle and the seagulls were waiting for me to leave an open bag of […]
by Advanced Sommelier Jenny Benzie Now is a great time to be an adventurous beer drinker in the United States. While Americans are drinking less beer than even a few years ago, we are drinking better products that quench our thirst in more ways than one. A craft (or micro) […]
Performances of the Drama Desk-nominated musical Daddy Long Legs continue into mid-August. Daddy Long Legs is the story of an orphan who goes to college in 1908 financed by an unexpected benefactor. The show is fun for the whole family, and stars Brian Krinsky (The Underpants, Constellations, It’s a Wonderful […]
