News and Events for Nantucket Island
On Monday evening, February 2, the week of events planned around our island community reading Sonia Nazario’s Enrique’s Journey began with a film and panel discussion in the Nantucket Whaling Museum. Events continue tonight with an evening of Global Poetry and Music at 5:30 pm in the African Meeting House, […]
Cayden Keith Moore, the son of Danielle Smith and Corrigan Moore, was delivered at 3:35 a.m. on Tuesday, January 27 by Dr. Margaret “Mimi” Koehm and the Nantucket Cottage Hospital labor and delivery nursing team. Cayden was born at the height of the blizzard just after the island had lost […]
Join the migration of vintners, sommeliers, chefs and wine lovers from around the world who flock to Nantucket Island for a collection of more than 50 events that make up the annual Nantucket Wine Festival. Over the course of five days, the island comes alive with tastings, seminars, lunches, dinners […]
ReMain Ventures is excited to announce that Greg and Joy Margolis have been selected to operate the new Culinary Center at 22 Federal Street once construction is completed later this year. Proposals were received from many qualified entrepreneurs and the selection process was completed just prior to the end of […]
Warner Bros. Pictures announced late on March 14, 2015, that the release of the film In the Heart of the Sea, Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard’s adaptation of Nantucket author Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling book, has been rescheduled for December 2015, replacing the original release date of March 13, 2015. Now […]
It didn’t take long for the island’s first baby of the New Year to arrive! Alan Eduardo Tejada, a healthy baby boy, was born at 6:17 a.m. on Thursday, January 1st, 2015 at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. He weighed seven pounds, eight ounces, and measured 20 inches. Baby Alan is the […]
• by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier and Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits • I am going to lose 30 pounds. I am going to quit smoking. I am going to work out every day. You hear them every year. New Year’s Resolutions that are sure to go bust. They […]
Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is hosting a festive free workshop for kids on New Year’s Eve day upstairs at 11 Centre St, Sherburne Hall (Preservation Institute: Nantucket — their temporary winter location), from 11 am to 12 noon. “Ring in the noon year with AAN. Join us for this […]
The Holiday Season is upon us and Nantucket residents can take a tour of the beautifully illuminated homes across our island. Nantucket Visitor Services is sponsoring the 9th annual Island Tour of Lights. Nominate your house or vote for a favorite house lit up and decorated for holiday season! Starting […]
