News and Events for Nantucket Island
~ by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Epernay Wine & Spirits ~ The leaves are starting to fall, the kids are back in school, and it’s time to enjoy the next couple of weeks on Nantucket that will lead us into an Indian Summer. This […]
by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Epernay Wine & Spirits Sometimes in life rules are meant to be broken (or at least adjusted to the situation at hand). You probably wouldn’t even be noticed if you didn’t at least try to bend them every once […]
by Amy Jenness, author of On This Day in Nantucket History, available at Mitchell’s Book Corner Published by the island newspaper Mirror on September 3, 1849, Jethro C. Brock’s list of Nantucket people who went to California was printed as a broadside called A Correct List of Persons Belonging to […]
September 12 is the deadline to enter the 2015 Yesterday’s Island Photo Contest. For more than 20 years, this popular contest has been a terrific way for you to share your images of Nantucket Island. Any season, any view, any time period (we love the old photos) are accepted, as […]
In the riveting drama, Secrets Laid Bare, by award-winning playwright Jon Robin Baitz, Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother, and her aunt. Announcing that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic […]
You have just three more days to catch White Heron Theatre’s production of the “deliriously funny” Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, directed by Tony Award winner Martin Platt. Performed in The Dreamland Theatre, the play is a masterful, utterly hilarious comedy about grown siblings and the complications of […]
We’ve discovered a new treat for island celebrations that pairs deliciously with champagne: chocolate oysters handmade by Nantucket Chocolatiers at the aptly named Sweet Inspirations. John and Kathy West and their team love to design unique confections and have become known for recreating island icons and Nantucket favorites in fine […]
