News and Events for Nantucket Island
The Nantucket Historical Association’s 17th annual Festival of Wreaths Preview Party and Silent Auction Kickoff will be held on Tuesday, November 24, 2015, from 5 to 7 PM, providing attendees with the first opportunity to view this year’s wreath designs and bid on their favorites. Tickets to the preview party […]
~ by Carl Oscar Olson ~ Everyone recognizes the holiday season as a time of giving. Families and friends come together to exchange gifts, good food, and fond memories. All too often, though, it seems that the act of giving comes with an expectation of reciprocation. Fortunately for the residents […]
~ by Richard Trust ~ An old saying that applies to many professions can be lightly tied to those who are captains of ferry boats sailing between Hyannis and Nantucket. “There’s an old-timer who once said, ‘The job is hours and hours of boredom intermingled with moments of sheer terror,’ […]
by Amy Jenness On November 24, 1927, Anthony Frederick Sarg, self-described as “America’s Puppet Master, ” debuted his giant, inflatable float of Felix The Cat during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City and began a holiday tradition that continues today. A German-American, born in Guatamala to a […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA), in collaboration with the Dreamland Theater and Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, is thrilled to announce that a free, one-time advanced community screening of Academy Award- winning director Ron Howard’s film In the Heart of the Sea, an adaptation of Nantucket author Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling […]
The Run for Robin 5K will take place on Sunday, November 8 at 9am. This new race event will honor and celebrate the life of Robin Harvey, who died tragically when out for a run training for her second Boston Marathon this past winter. The funds raised from the 5K […]
~ by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits ~ As Columbus Day soon approaches, this is an opportune time for many of us to go off-island and experience a vacation of our own. Nantucket is host to the world-renowned Nantucket Wine Festival […]
photos by Alice Breed The International One-Design Class was conceived to build, maintain and race a fleet of “One-Design Yachts, distinctive in appearance and performance, using one-design racing, and especially to develop the competitive capacities of both helmsmen and crews under the fairest and most equal conditions.” Through Friday, September […]
Don’t miss out on 5 chances to win your own seat plaque in the Dreamland’s main theater with their Take A Seat raffle, to be held on September 8, 2015. All raffle proceeds benefit the non-profit film and performing arts theater’s year-round programming. Tickets are $20 each, or 6 for […]
