News and Events for Nantucket Island
Artistic endeavors are being celebrated across our island this week as one festival honoring writing and another that salutes the visual arts share the venue of Nantucket. Plein Air Nantucket The Artists Association of Nantucket’s Plein Air Festival began Tuesday and continues through Sunday, June 19. The public is invited […]
by Richard Trust Herman Raucher has spent only two weeks on Nantucket, but those 14 days have created a lifetime of bittersweet memories – and then some. Don’t dismiss the “then some”—it has paid a lot of bills. Raucher’s fortnight on Nantucket 74 years ago was captured in the 1971 […]
Through fall, winter, and spring, we waited and we dreamed. We waited for the days to grow longer and for the cold winds to change to soft sea breezes. We dreamed of spending afternoons at the beach, basking in the summer sunshine and listing to the soothing rhythm of the […]
~ by Amy Jenness ~ In 1778 Captain James Cook and his crew were the first westerners to visit the islands of Hawaii, and they found there a rich Polynesian culture built over many centuries. But things did not go well for Cook, who was killed by the locals after […]
~ by Robert P. Barsanti ~ In the last week, we have had our share of rain out here on the outermost dune. Those tropical downpours that usually spend themselves in North Carolina or, at least, on the mainland, have slipped up a stalled front and dumped inches of rain. […]
Love, marriage and friendship abound as the fastidious Florence and the slovenly Olive decide to share an apartment together after their lives have been turned upside down in Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s production of The Odd Couple. This gender swapped remix of Neil Simon’s Tony Award winning classic comedy is […]
~ by Sarah Moreau ~ Who’s your farmer? Have you ever wondered where those juicy, beautiful Bartlett’s Farm hot house tomatoes are grown? Or how the pots of flowers, herbs, and veggie seedlings that you plant in your garden and window boxes year after year get their start? I honestly […]
The Artists Association of Nantucket has been dedicated to art education since the organization was founded, and this includes a mission to nurture artists of all ages. This week, AAN will host a Kids’ Art Show featuring art created during the past year in classes and workshops at their Visual […]
