It’s exhilarating…it’s engaging…it’s enchanting, energizing, exciting, and yes, it’s even educational! “SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!, JR” is The Dreamland’s fourth annual children’s theater winter production, and the show features more than 50 of Nantucket’s young actors ranging in age from 6 to 14. The children and the production team led by […]
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The Holiday Season at AAN
Mulled cider, softly falling snow, cozy fires; winterberries, pinecones, sleigh bells, quiet streets; festive art and unique gifts–all begin to herald in the island holidays… In the spirit of the season, Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is hosting the opening of their annual Holiday Small Works exhibition with a festive […]
Whirligigs – Antiques Snippets
Commonly asked questions and misunderstandings about antiques…and the odd or end fascinating bit! Visitors to New England have long been fascinated by the whimsical and colorful spinning ornaments and weathervanes often seen busy on porch railings or fences. In tourist areas one will often find whole yards populated by these […]
Four More Chances to See TWN Play
There are just four more chances to see Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s current production of Love, Loss, and What I Wore. The play was written by sisters Nora and Delia Ephron, who are responsible for some of America’s most beloved films. Based on Ilene Beckerman’s book of the same name, […]
AAN’s Wet Paint Extended to a Ten-Day Event
The Artists Association of Nantucket annual Wet Paint Weekend has been expanded this year and coincides with the Nantucket Arts Festival. Wet Paint events get started with an opening reception for an Art Without Borders exhibition on Friday, September 30 from 6 to 8 pm in the Cecelia Joyce & […]
A Tribute to “Mac”
The Nantucket Historical Association and The House that Mac Built will present four staged readings during the Nantucket Arts Festival to honor the life of Joseph ‘Mac’ Dixon, the co-founder and forty-year Artistic Director of The Theatre Workshop of Nantucket. This tribute will include many of Mac’s former students and […]
Celebrate the Arts at Nantucket Arts Festival
Music, film, visual arts, crafts, design, and theatre all take center stage from Friday, September 30 through Sunday, October 9 during the annual Nantucket Arts Festival, produced by the Nantucket Arts Council. This year’s festival theme, “Expect the Unexpected,” is meant to be interpreted literally, figuratively, or playfully by artists […]
Hilarious Peek into the Oval Office-Theatre Review
by Rebecca Nimerfroh Think Mad Men’s Donald Draper and Roger Sterling, hashing it out with loosened ties and wrinkled suits, bouncing ideas off each other in rapid-fire succession. But instead of advertising, their banter is rip-roaringly funny, and pertaining to a whole different ballgame, albeit not too different: American politics. […]
All Artists Welcome at “Open Exhibition”
The majority of Artist Association of Nantucket exhibitions feature work solely by AAN artist members, but every year they invite artists from across the island community to enter work in their annual “10 x 10 Open Exhibition.” Now in its twelfth year, the “10 x 10 Open” (formally called Collaboration) […]