E. Vernon Laux: Nantucket’s Bird Man • by Sarah Teach • Editors Note: We were saddened today to hear of the passing of Vern Laux this morning in Nantucket Cottage Hospital. To honor his contributions to life on the island, we are reprinting an interview from 2012. Fly high, Vern! […]
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Discovery Days Youth Program on Nantucket
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to announce the return of Winter Discovery Days, a free after-school program for children and their families this winter. This program features different crafts and activities every weekday Monday through Friday from February 1 through April 1, 2016, from 3 to 5 P.M. […]
Nantucket Book Festival Announces Initial Slate of Authors for 2016
Marlon James, winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, widely considered to be the world’s most important literary award, will make a featured appearance at the 2016 Nantucket Book Festival to discuss his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. When asked about the significance of a Jamaican winning the […]
Nantucket New Year’s Baby
Nantucket Cottage Hospital welcomed the first island baby of 2016 early on the morning of January 2. Maria Raquel Pineda, a healthy baby girl, was born at 4:51 a.m. the morning of January 2, weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces, and measuring 20 inches long. She is the daughter of Noé […]
Nantucket Film Festival & Screenwriters Colony Announce New Writers Program
The Screenwriters Colony and Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) are thrilled to announce the launch of a new writers program, the Screenwriters Colony: Episodic Comedy, running June 10-23, 2016. This inaugural collaboration will provide four emerging episodic comedy writers with an all-expense paid trip to Nantucket for an immersive residency and […]
Night of Holiday Magic
For the sixth year in a row, A Night of Holiday Magic will capture the essence of the season for Nantucket families and friends among the Festival of Trees in the Whaling Museum, and offer an array of family-fun activities for all to enjoy. Held this year on Saturday, December […]
The Shops on Old South Wharf
An Old-Fashioned Holiday Our island’s Nantucket Noel celebration—Thanksgiving, Christmas Stroll Weekend, Home for the Holidays Weekend, and beyond—is all about enjoying our small town beautifully decorated for the winter holiday season. As you stroll, make sure you don’t miss the enclave of nearly a dozen galleries, studios, and shops that […]