News and Events for Nantucket Island
Parents of kids aged eight and under, are you looking for a fun, free and educational activity on Nantucket? Nantucket Community School has you covered. From now until June 8, you can enjoy the StoryWalk, a casual stroll through downtown Nantucket that allows kids to read the book My Garden, […]
• by Leah Mojer • I don’t know what has possessed me this spring to delve so deep in the DIY methods of food preparation. Maybe it’s the damp cold spring we are having that is keeping me plenty busy indoors or the recent excursion to western mass for the […]
• Sarah Morneau • Murray’s Toggery Shop, an island institution since 1945, is a store that proves year after year that they know Nantucket style and what our islanders and visitors are looking for when it comes to clothing and accessories for the whole family. Located at the top of […]
“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll fetch paper towels,” promise national headline comics Karen Morgan and Jim Colliton about their “Laughing Over Spilt Milk” performance set for Saturday, May 31, 7:30 p.m., at the Dreamland Film and Performing Arts Center. Admission to the performance is $20, with tickets available at the […]
• by Robert P. Barsanti • When they finally flashed I175 on the screen at the Department of Motor Vehicles, I wandered up to a pleasant fleshy woman who wore glasses on a chain of plastic pearls, a green vest, and a big orange button with two children and the […]
• by Jenny Benzie | Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, | Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits • Nantucket is a special place, and sometimes we have our own rules that do not apply to other locales. No, you still can’t drink and drive here. You still have to […]
In an effort to foster and enhance the arts and cultural community on Nantucket, representatives from the Artists Association of Nantucket, the Nantucket Arts Council, and ReMain Nantucket are hosting arts leader Kate D. Levin in a public presentation and have invited her to informally meet people interested in contributing […]
• by Dr. Sarah Oktay | Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • Maybe I am hungry every time I write this column? This week I wanted to remind everyone of the incredible variety of natural foods on Nantucket. There are many fine restaurants on island, and this is […]
• by Sarah Teach • In 2001, Nantucket’s Sidney and Robert Henderson VFW Post 8608 was forced out of its former Tom Nevers location due to erosion. But the wind and seas couldn’t destroy island veterans’ spirits. A new facility at 22 New South Road was 12 years in the […]
