Keith Lockhart & the Boston Pops on Tour will be joined at Jetties Beach on August 10, 2024, by special guest Super Diamond. Best-selling author and island resident Elin Hilderbrand will host the event.
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The Hive to Open This Summer on Nantucket Island
The Hive, located at 5 Amelia Drive, Nantucket, will be a state-of-the-art facility for food innovation with 2 production kitchens and 4 innovation kitchens.
When Snow Falls on Nantucket
A heavy snow on Nantucket Island transforms us.
Special Delivery to Nantucket Hospital by Island Girl Scout Troup 64889
The Nantucket Girl Scouts Troop 64889 paid a visit to the Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s Labor & Deliver Department to drop off 16 baby blankets they created.
Nantucket’s 2024 One Book One Island Selection Announced
Each year the Nantucket Atheneum invites organizations, book clubs, individuals, and businesses to submit their team’s candidate for the annual community read. Participants were asked to consider books based on quality, accessibility, and relevance to our richly diverse island. Thanks to all who wrote in suggesting titles for One Book, […]
OBOI Organizers Are Seeking Suggestions for the 2024 Book Selection
During the first part of January, until January 23, the Nantucket Atheneum is soliciting book choices from our island community.
Gifts for Nantucket Seniors
This December The Friends of Our Island Home (FOOIH) will present gifts to every resident of Our Island Home.
When Mr. Albert Shows Up
How old am I? Man, I’m so old that I’ve attended about a dozen Jimmy Buffett concerts. Brother Jimmy has a particular appeal to those of us who spend a lot of time on islands. He gets us. A great example of Mr. Buffett’s understanding of island life is his song “Coconut Telegraph,” a song that accurately describes the speed at which news spreads around an island community. Yes indeed, island gossip is faster than, well, a false albacore. And there’s not much out there that’s faster than Mr. Albert.
