News and Events for Nantucket Island
The Nantucket Historical Association will launch a Community Quilt project corresponding with their 2025 featured exhibition, Behind the Seams: Clothing and Textiles on Nantucket. The project invites Nantucket community members to contribute a panel to a conceptual quilt. A celebratory display of works of art will be revealed at the […]
Since 1956, the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (TWN) has pursued its mission to entertain, enrich, educate, challenge, and inspire performing artists and audiences of all ages. Working with members of the community and visiting artists, and collaborating with other cultural organizations, TWN produces a variety of theatrical works that reflect […]
More than 50 years ago, the originators of the first Nantucket Christmas Stroll were trying to encourage island residents to do their holiday shopping locally instead of traveling across Nantucket Sound to shop at malls on Cape Cod. That first year—1973—island merchants kept their shops open late the first Friday […]
More than two decades ago, the Nantucket Atheneum was chosen as beneficiary of a fundraising effort that has become such beloved island tradition. Even during the pandemic, participants continued to do it from homes around the world. This November 28, more than 1,000 people will again gather on Children’s Beach, […]
On Tuesday, November 26, the curtain goes up on the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s encore presentation of the stage adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s Winter Street series. Back by popular demand, this heartwarming production by TWN’s Justin Cerne is faithful to Hilderbrand’s vision and writing. “Justin has done a brilliant job […]
Art takes center stage at three Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) locations this holiday season. Happening now through December 13 is the AAN Holiday Expo in the Champion Gallery at the Visual Arts Center at 24 Amelia Drive. “This special faculty and student holiday exhibition features works by a wide […]
Through the weekend leading up to Indigenous Peoples Day, artists will be sketching and painting around the island—affording the public opportunities to watch them work—as part of AAN’s annual art-filled Wet Paint Weekend. Fun begins on Friday, October 11 at 5 pm, when the Artists Association will host an opening […]
On Saturday, September 7, Children’s Beach will transform into a haven for young book lovers and aspiring readers. This first ever Children’s Book Day promises to be filled with joy, creativity, and discovery for children aged 2 to 9. Positioned strategically between National Read a Book Day and International Literacy Day, the event aims to ignite a lifelong love of reading and learning in our island’s youngest residents.
Evening air is growing crisper, and days are filled with sunshine and the water is still warm enough for swimming. The busy season is winding down, but there are still plenty of events to attend. September gives us all time to breathe and reconnect. The Nantucket Island Fair, an ideal event to gather with friends and family and remember the simple pleasures of island living, returns on Saturday and Sunday, September 21 and 22, from 10 am to 4 pm.
