News and Events for Nantucket Island
Quiet beaches, crimson moors, crisp evenings, colorful bittersweet, festive pumpkins depicted in oil paintings, watercolors, ceramics, wood carvings, photographs… and you get to choose your favorites! Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is showcasing the 2020 People’s Choice Exhibition, with the doors opening on Friday, September 25 in the Cecelia Joyce […]
Part of the large gray building that dominates the top of Main Street where it meets Fair was once the shop of Nantucketer Rowland Hussey Macy… yes, that Macy, the man who started New York’s first modern department store.
The show will go on! This year’s Boston Pops on for Nantucket to benefit Nantucket Cottage Hospital has been reimagined to safely carry on this wonderful island tradition. For the past 23 years the island community has come together on Jetties Beach to support Nantucket Cottage Hospital. This year it will […]
As we approach Mother’s Day this Sunday, we want to extend our sincere appreciation to all the moms out there, and also take this opportunity to highlight the mothers and daughters who work together as colleagues here at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. We are lucky to have 5 such pairs of […]
by Dr. Sarah Treanor BoisDirector of Research & Education at theLinda Loring Nature Foundation There has been a meme circulating that says “Nature is not closed.” Despite all the closures, postponements, and cancellations, spring on Nantucket is still arriving. Birds are migrating back, the daffodils are blooming, and the peepers […]
UPDATE from the Dreamland ON APRIL 28…“We are simply blown away. In less than four days our community has raised more than $100,000 toward The Dreamland Drive-In at Bartlett’s Farm, AND we have JUST received a challenge gift of $25,000 from long-time friend and generous donor of The Dreamland, Seth […]
by Robert P. Barsanti On Easter morning, I woke up late. The boys remained under their covers, illuminated by their phones. The jelly bean trails had led them to their late adolescent Easter baskets, then back to bed. Some traditions continue just for the sake of the parents. We’re too […]
THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM NANTUCKET…UPDATED SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 For decades, Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket (now celebrating our 50th year!) has challenged readers to add to the original Nantucket Limericks. The ORIGINAL limericks, not the ones that make us blush. You can read them here https://yesterdaysisland.com/limerick-challenge/ along with more recent additions. While […]
UPDATED ON APRIL 20, 2020 Nantucket is an island of small businesses, all using their ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit to keep going during social distancing and the current climate of uncertainty. Merchants are relying on online sales and curbside delivery until their shops open, service companies are selling gift cards […]
