News and Events for Nantucket Island
~ by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits ~ Visitors and summer residents coming to the island for a weekend getaway are jubilant to the prospects of warm sunshine and calm winds. The 42nd Annual Daffodil Weekend, sponsored by the Nantucket Island […]
Charles Arthur Schaefer always knew he was born to be a gardener, even when the only space he had was in a pair of windows facing west in his old Greenwich Village apartment in New York. He filled them with a jungle of exotic plants that thrived to the point […]
The Nantucket Book Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary, June 17-19, with an outstanding line-up of award-winning authors. For three days, book lovers will gather in various Nantucket venues for a series of author readings, panel discussions, and social events that provide opportunities for casual conversations between writers and readers. Most […]
• by Sarah Teach • Editor’s Note: All of Nantucket watched The Grammy Awards show on February 15, rooting for our home-town talent. We’re very proud of you, Meghan: congratulations … all your hard work and sacrifice paid off! We knew you had it in you, and in tribute, here […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to announce the return of Winter Discovery Days, a free after-school program for children and their families this winter. This program features different crafts and activities every weekday Monday through Friday from February 1 through April 1, 2016, from 3 to 5 P.M. […]
Marlon James, winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, widely considered to be the world’s most important literary award, will make a featured appearance at the 2016 Nantucket Book Festival to discuss his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. When asked about the significance of a Jamaican winning the […]
For the sixth year in a row, A Night of Holiday Magic will capture the essence of the season for Nantucket families and friends among the Festival of Trees in the Whaling Museum, and offer an array of family-fun activities for all to enjoy. Held this year on Saturday, December […]
Sunday, November 15, the Nantucket Historical Association is inviting the community to the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street, from 11 am to 4 pm to celebrate the diversity of our island population. The NHA Diversity Festival, first held in 2010, brings together the island’s cultural communities in a free day […]
Nantucket residents have cultivated cranberries since 1857. In celebration of this beautiful autumn harvest, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation is hosting their 13th Annual Cranberry Festival on Saturday, October 10 from 11 am to 4 pm. The event is held at the 195-acre Milestone Cranberry Bog on Milestone Road, rain or […]
