by Robert P. Barsanti The ocean, they say, is a great bluffer. I am a person who checks the weather. I fell to bed last night to the threat of a great storm that would scour the land, lash the water, and shatter the bluffs. I woke in the early […]
Author: Taryn McBryde
Holiday Highlights
by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier of Épernay Nantucket is the most magical island for celebrating the holidays in a quintessential New England style. From joyful strolling on the cobblestone streets and festive holiday shopping in warm, welcoming shoppes, to ringing in the New Year with a nautical theme, there are […]
Paintings, Pearls, & Christmas Cheer
For four decades, Greg and Judi Hill have been an integral part of the Nantucket community. Greg’s paintings grace many homes on- and offisland and the gifts Judi has designed are always popular holiday and hostess gifts. They’ve devoted their time and donated their works to more island causes than […]
Island Arts Festival
by Catherine Macallister From Friday October 4 to Sunday October 13, Nantucket will celebrate the ample artistic, music, and cultural talents that are part of our island during the 25th annual Nantucket Arts Festival. The Nantucket Arts Council produces the event every year and is the island’s leading arts advocacy […]
Always in the Back of Our Minds: Run for Robin
by Catherine Macallister What first caught my eye when I began to learn about the Harvey Foundation was an ad: A woman running on a foggy day, her race number pinned to the front of her shirt, making the sign of a heart as she ran by the camera. In […]
Celebrating the Cranberry Harvest
by Catherine Macallister One of the most highly anticipated events of the Fall is just around the corner. The Nantucket Cranberry Festival is celebrating its 16th year at Milestone Cranberry Bog, where you can learn all about organic cranberries and how they’re harvested. “People come to Nantucket specifically for the […]
To Be a Nantucketer
by Robert P. Barsanti The land forgets. It will forget the children that ran on it. It will forget the builders who put up the summer house. It will forget the golfers driving over the rise and watching their balls roll down the fifth fairway. Eventually, even, it will forget […]
Fresh Festivities with Sustainable Nantucket
by Catherine Macallister How important is it to know where your food comes from and who made it? Sustainable Nantucket is a local non-profit organization dedicated to growing sustainable foods on Nantucket through a number of community programs. They operate under the mission: “To preserve the community character of Nantucket […]
Best Bites of 2019
by Carl Oscar Olson Though I’ve never been much of a sports fan, there are plenty of things in life that I am passionate about. That being said, eating has always come naturally to me, and if there was one fantasy list I could compile it certainly wouldn’t be an […]
