News and Events for Nantucket Island
The Community Foundation for Nantucket is holding a Community Raffle to raise funds for the Foundation’s Community Grants Fund. This is the seventh year that CFN will be offering Community Grants. In the first six years, more than $200,000 was given to local nonprofits. This year, Marsha Kotalac, chair of […]
Appreciating the sea around us and all it gives to Nantucket is part of living on our island. This marks the third year in a row that the Egan Maritime Institute has invited all islanders to enjoy a full day of activities dedicated to celebrating the best parts of island […]
• by Sarah Teach • Those three little words can mean the world if you say them to the right person: Nantucket bay scallops. Islanders know that the tender mollusk muscles taste distinctively sweet and are only found in one place in the entire world: Nantucket. More specifically, Nantucket’s two […]
This Friday, September 20, the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) invites the public to an opening reception for the Emerging Artist Exhibition and Silent Auction starting at 6 pm in the new downtown AAN Gallery at 28B Easy Street. The show will continue for only three days: Friday–Sunday, September 20 […]
Inspired by Nantucket history, the Nantucket Historical Association’s 1800 House program is dedicated to celebrating and reviving Nantucket’s rich tradition of historic decorative arts and crafts. To continue that mission, the NHA offers historic arts and crafts courses taught by artisans from Nantucket and around the world in the restored […]
There are just four days left to send in your entry to the 2013 Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Photo Contest. Nearing its 30th year, this popular contest is a fun way for you to share your images of Nantucket Island. Any season, any view, any time period—we love the old photos—are […]
• by Sarah Teach • After the ultimate blissful summer day on Nantucket – fishing with family, basking in the sunshine, and then cooling off with a brew and relaxing to the live music at Cisco Brewery – long-time summer resident Tom McCann thought he had one of the best […]
As we breathe a collective sigh of relief from the nonstop duties of the summer season, we remember one of the rewards of all our hard work: Island Fair! On Saturday, September 14 and Sunday, September 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., come wind down and reconnect with friends […]
access nantucket, formerly Nantucket AIDS Network (NAN), is celebrating their new mission and new name this weekend at an open house and at their first fundraising event. Friday, September 6, from 4 to 6 pm in their offices at 35 Old South Road, access nantucket will host an open house […]
