News and Events for Nantucket Island
Throughout the month of December, the Nantucket Historical Association transforms their Nantucket Whaling Museum into a museum filled with magical holiday sights. Starting on Friday, December 5 and continuing through December 31, the 21st Annual Festival of Trees will be held at the museum at 13 Broad Street. This highly […]
The Nantucket Cottage Hospital Thrift Shop has donated $250,000 to Nantucket Cottage Hospital (NCH), the largest gift in its 85-year history on the island. The generosity of the island community and the dedication of the Hospital Thrift Shop’s board, staff and volunteers combined in 2014 to generate this extraordinary, record-setting […]
The Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum’s annual Yard Sale will be held on Saturday, November 22 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and Sunday, November 23 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at Bartlett’s Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. The Annual Yard Sale is like no other yard sale on Nantucket. […]
• by Sarah Teach • Michelle Perkins and Scott Leonard are animal people, though they’d probably prefer to add a distinction: “non-human” animals. The past 16 years of their 25 as a couple have been spent in their home on bucolic Millbrook Road. Leonard is a handyman who can build […]
For the second consecutive year, the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) and the Nantucket Atheneum are collaborating to present the concert Chasing Light: An Evening of Art and Music on Saturday, November 15, 7 p.m., at the Nantucket Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India Street. Admission is free. Three AAN artist […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to announce that the 2014 NHA Diversity Festival, presented by ReMain Nantucket, will take place on Sunday, November 16, 2014 from 11 A.M. to 4 P.M. at the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. The NHA Diversity Festival, first held in 2010, brings together […]
THANK YOU! to the hundreds of photograpers who entered the 2014 Yesterday’s Island Photo Contest! And remember to keep your photos ready for next year or start sending them in now! Make sure to include your name, address, subject, & date taken. Email to yi@ nantucket.net. Digital images emailed or […]
• by Sarah Teach • “All I’ve ever wanted to do is make people laugh.” Stand-up comedian Brian Glowacki, a 6’1” cue ball, is an elm of a man. He takes the stage like your dad does the barbecue: ready to crack a brew and hang, but also itching to […]
