News and Events for Nantucket Island
A horror show about a sociopath who demands stories be rewritten to her satisfaction is, I daresay, opportune. Onstage now at the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, this new production of Misery is bad to the bone, subtly campy, & crazy good all at once. Indeed, Misery loves company—get your tickets now!
Staff of Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket and of The Insiders Guide to Nantucket: Nantucket.net are delighted to dedicate this issue to the winners of our annual Nantucket Photo Contest and to the many entries we received that deserve honorable mention. This year’s contest drew an impressive field of more than 975 […]
by Sarah Wright Ten years ago playwright A. R. Gurney told an interviewer his favorite line from his play Sylvia was “Read the Odyssey some time.” Part of Sylvia’s monologue in the second act, when the dog-woman fears being sent to the suburbs, it is a memorable line. The Greek mythology reference […]
There just 2 more weeks to win fame and glory in our annual Photo Contest — September 12 is the deadline to enter for the 2025 judging. For more than 30 years, this popular contest has been a terrific way for residents and visitors to share their images of Nantucket […]
September 12 is the deadline to enter the 2025 Yesterday’s Island Photo Contest. For more than 30 years, this popular contest has been a terrific way for residents and visitors to share their images of Nantucket Island. Any season, any view, any time period (we love the old photos) are […]
by Anna Popnikolova Without art, we are not Nantucket. But how could we understand that without poetry? Poetry shows us there is beauty in the mundane. We are making poetry, even if we aren’t writing anything. Poetry tells us there is so much more than what is in front of […]
Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) has announced a transformational lead gift by the Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Foundation, the Atlantic Foundation, and the India Blake Johnson Foundation towards the purchase and renovation of AAN’s new gallery at 8 Federal Street. In recognition of this generous support, the gallery will […]
This Friday, August 22 from 6 to 8 pm, Nantucket artists Rose Gonnella and John Devaney will greet guests and discuss their art and their processes at an opening reception for their show in Robert Foster Fine Art, 8 India Street. This is the fifth of a half-dozen dual exhibitions […]
