News and Events for Nantucket Island
This weekend, one of Nantucket’s best-known painters will be featured at a special demonstration, artist reception, and exhibition in Sosebee Studio & Fine Art Gallery at 8 Washington Street, just a few steps off Main Street, across from the Artists Association Gallery and The Handlebar Café. Member of the Nantucket […]
Jane’s Vanity is bringing the latest seasonal collections of hand-crafted European lingerie, loungewear, and accessories to Hostetler Gallery at 42 Centre Street for an exclusive two-day trunk show. Be surrounded by David Hostetler paintings that incorporate actual women’s lingerie and prints of lingerie images, while shopping for the newest romantic […]
Darth Vader posing in front of a Chanel logo and C-3PO bathed in Louis Vuitton are just two of the characters featured in the series LEGO Wars, where Star Wars figurines fuse with the world of fashion. The artist behind the camera is Dale May, an award-winning advertising, entertainment, and […]
The Antiques Depot is hosting its fourth annual writing competition, encouraging young people and teens to explore the world of rare and special antique objects, and learn about our culture and history, while encouraging their creative imagination. The competition involves writing a fictional piece about an object they find in […]
The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is pleased to invite the public to its annual Sidewalk Art Show on Thursday, July 2, 10 am to 3 pm in the garden of the Nantucket Atheneum, India Street. More than twenty of AAN’s artist members will be available to discuss art and […]
It is very rare that a group of working actors like the cast of the take time away from their very complicated schedules to come together to work on a new play. But this is a very special play. Samuel Hunter, the playwright, is only 34 years old and his […]
-by Ira Kantor- White Heron Theatre’s dream of establishing the first Equity theatre on the island of Nantucket began with a large tent planted on North Water Street. The tent, which reached dimensions of 30 feet by 50 feet, had a capacity to seat 75 and remained up from mid-May […]
Todd Sanders, emotion evoking, metal working wizard will be the featured artist this weekend at the Samuel Owen Gallery. Sanders will exhibit six of his uplifting, vintage pop art pieces. A native of Houston, Texas, Sanders is pictured above in his studio surrounded by bright lights and signs; constructed with […]
Twenty years ago, Jonathan and Jill Burkhart founded the Nantucket Film Festival to promote the awareness and appreciation of screenwriting. This week through June 29, screenwriters, actors, producers, agents, and fans will gather on Nantucket for the 20th year of NFF. Throughout this year’s festival, NFF will commemorate the late […]
