News and Events for Nantucket Island
This Saturday, August 20, the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is hosting their second annual Donn Russell Print Collaborative at their Visual Arts Center, 24 Amelia Drive. Free and open to all, this day of events will be held from 10 am to 3 pm. The print collaborative provides printmakers […]
~ by Robert P. Barsanti ~ I am trying to get my son to shave. Ever since he was in seventh grade, he has grown a phenomenal beard; a dense thicket of wiry red bristles. After eight hours, a shadow appears. In two days, a low growth spreads across his […]
by Amy Jenness Despite its reputation as a 19th century antislavery stronghold, Nantucket’s first generations of European settlers owned slaves and the process of integrating the island has at times been a difficult one. In 1659, nine English families purchased large portions of the island and came here to establish […]
by Corinne Muffly, Educator A series of articles dedicated to helping parents find places and activities on Nantucket to enjoy with their children. I’m going to let you in on a little island treasure. The Nantucket Field Station just may be one of the best-kept secrets on island. The sprawling […]
There are not many left. Certainly, not many left on an acre of oceanfront in Squam. It isn’t much. It had been a shack for fishermen to spend the weekend, then it became something you could bring the wife and kids to, then it became a place for the grandchildren […]
~ by Corinne Muffly, Educator ~ A series of articles dedicated to helping parents find places and activities on Nantucket to enjoy with their children. The Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association has so much to offer our small community. MMA utilizes Nantucket as a natural laboratory by providing others with experiences […]
The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is pleased to invite the public to its second Sidewalk Art Show of the season, Saturday, August 13 from 10 am to 3 pm in the dappled summer sun of the Nantucket Atheneum garden on India Street. More than twenty Artists Association of Nantucket […]
Commonly asked questions and misunderstandings about antiques… and the odd or end fascinating bit! One of the most common questions we are asked, almost on a daily basis, is what are these intricate lattice-work devices? When I press them to guess, people most often say a device to hang laundry […]
~ by Amy Jenness ~ Siasconset’s new Marconi Wireless Station received its first signal from the Nantucket lightship on August 12 in 1901. The two crews established a connection and then the ‘Sconset station asked the lightship crew: “How are you all? What’s doing?” The lightship crew responded with the […]
