News and Events for Nantucket Island
Susan and Howard Bloom have announced the Adam Bloom Scholarship Fund for children interested in attending the Maria Mitchell Association’s winter and spring vacation camp programs running in December and April. Applications, available at mariamitchell.org, are being accepted for the MMA’s Winter Discovery Camp from December 27 to 30. During […]
The Yesterday’s Island 2016 Photo Contest Winners have been announced! To view many photos from this year’s contest, visit Nantucket.net THANK YOU! to the hundreds of photographers who entered the 2016 Yesterday’s Island Photo Contest! And remember to keep your photos ready for next year or start sending them in […]
On Saturday, October 15, the Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) invites children and their families to their 17th Annual Harvest Fair at the Old Mill, 50 Prospect Street, from noon to 2 pm.. The NHA Harvest Fair offers an array of family-friendly activities and a glimpse into the island’s agricultural past. […]
~ by Sarah Morneau ~ When my husband and I adopted our rambunctious dog from the Nantucket Safe Harbor for Animals, we started walking through the woods and hidden trails of Nantucket’s many acres of protected land so Macy could burn off some of her endless energy. Every time we […]
~ by Robert P. Barsanti ~ As you get older, your life becomes a lab experiment for doctors and nurses and a math problem for bureaucrats and insurance executives. I go off-island, from time to time, to confer with the young people who pick at me like a frog transfixed […]
~ by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits ~ You remember your father having a blended Scotch Whiskey (or Whisky: countries with an “e” in their names tend to spell it with an “e”; countries without leave it out) on the rocks as […]
~ by Amy Jenness ~ After surviving the gruesome loss of the Nantucket whaleship Essex in 1820, George Pollard, the ship’s captain, and Owen Chase, its first mate, returned home in June of 1821. Pollard immediately returned to the sea in command of a another whaleship. But Chase stayed home […]
The Artists Association of Nantucket annual Wet Paint Weekend has been expanded this year and coincides with the Nantucket Arts Festival. Wet Paint events get started with an opening reception for an Art Without Borders exhibition on Friday, September 30 from 6 to 8 pm in the Cecelia Joyce & […]
