Author David O. Dowling will present his latest book Surviving the Essex: The Afterlife of America’s Most Storied Shipwreck on Monday, June 20 at 6 pm in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. In this book, Dowling explores the survivors’ accounts of the ill-fated voyage of the whaleship Essex and […]
Nantucket Events
Hearing Authors, Watching Art – Festivals this Week
Artistic endeavors are being celebrated across our island this week as one festival honoring writing and another that salutes the visual arts share the venue of Nantucket. Plein Air Nantucket The Artists Association of Nantucket’s Plein Air Festival began Tuesday and continues through Sunday, June 19. The public is invited […]
An Evening of Contagious Fun
Love, marriage and friendship abound as the fastidious Florence and the slovenly Olive decide to share an apartment together after their lives have been turned upside down in Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s production of The Odd Couple. This gender swapped remix of Neil Simon’s Tony Award winning classic comedy is […]
Art by Island Kids & Across the Isle
The Artists Association of Nantucket has been dedicated to art education since the organization was founded, and this includes a mission to nurture artists of all ages. This week, AAN will host a Kids’ Art Show featuring art created during the past year in classes and workshops at their Visual […]
The Daggers at Cisco Brewery
The Daggers, Cape Cod’s aural architects of the indefatigable dance party, come to Nantucket on June 8th to get you up on your feet at Cisco Brewery. With a combination of styles incorporating the best of R&B, rock, funk and punk, The Daggers can play as exquisitely as the light […]
Delightful Remix of a Neil Simon Classic – The Odd Couple
We all have that one friend. She’s single. She’s messy. And when you go over to her house the only thing in her fridge are condiments. And we all have that other friend. She’s married. She’s a neat freak. And she thinks she’s Martha Stewart or at least pretends to […]
AAN’s June Artist in Residence – Frank Costantino
Last year, the Artists Association of Nantucket opened the much anticipated Visual Arts Center, and just one of their many expanded art education offerings is an Artist in Residence program from November-June, which gives island artists a chance to learn from and interact with a broader range of experienced artists. […]
New Writers Program Launched on Nantucket
The Screenwriters Colony and Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) are thrilled to announce the launch of a new writers’ program, the Screenwriters Colony: Episodic Comedy, running June 10-23, 2016. This inaugural collaboration will provide four emerging episodic comedy writers with an all-expense paid trip to Nantucket for an immersive residency and […]
Exhibit Includes Art by the Community
The Artists Association annual Artists Open Exhibition begins this Friday, May 27 and continues through Monday, June 6. A festive opening reception will be held on Friday from 6 to 8 pm in the Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington Street. The exhibition features work by the community-at-large—from […]
Bookends at the Nantucket Book Festival
The 5th annual Nantucket Book Festival, held this year from June 17 to 19, is offering a new “Bookends Package” featuring an opening night Authors Dinner with a cocktail hour, buffet, and what promises to be stimulating conversation, in a ticket that includes a closing morning Breakfast with U.S. Poet […]