News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Sarah Teach • Playwright Sarah Ruhl’s offbeat humor returns to the island’s limelight, as rife with existential ponderings as it was in 2011 when Theatre Workshop of Nantucket staged Ruhl’s In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play. The 2007 world premiere of Dead Man’s Cell Phone took […]
A series of watercolor workshops for the whole family is being held every Wednesday morning by the Nantucket Historical Association at its Greater Light historic property, 8 Howard Street. This morning drop-in program will from 9 am to 12 noon on Wednesdays through August 21. Originally a working livestock barn, […]
• by Sarah Teach • Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (TWN) whisks us back to childhood this summer with composer Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical comedy You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Based on cartoonist Charles Schulz’s beloved comic strip “Peanuts,” the show has been twice nominated for a Grammy, first in […]
For four days in July, the country’s top comedians visit Nantucket Island, bringing a boatload of laughs to the six-year-old Nantucket Comedy Festival. This year’s festival, directed by festival founder and comedian Kevin Flynn, delivers celebrity wit and fun, peeks behind the scenes with award-winning creators of comedy, and inspiring […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA), in partnership with Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (TWN) will present the dramatic staged reading of Moby Dick Rehearsed this week in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. Moby-Dick Rehearsed, starring renowned TWN actor John Shea as Captain Ahab with an illustrious cast of community actors, […]
In addition to surfing and sailing lessons, fashion camp, theater performances and harbor cruises, the Nantucket Autism Speaks Resource Center has partnered with the Egan Maritime Institute this summer to offer two opportunities at the Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum for families of individuals with any special need. Sunday, July 14 […]
Beloved for their live performances, Rusted Root hits the ground running with a new slew of live dates to support their brand new release The Movement. They’ll play The Chicken Box on Nantucket on Tuesday, July 16 and Wednesday, July 17. The Movement. commemorates their 20th year as a band […]
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket brings us Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical comedy based on Charles Schultz’s beloved comic strip “Peanuts,” You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. The show has been twice nominated for a Grammy, first in 1968 in its original form, and again in 2000 for the Broadway revival. The […]
Nantucket’s famous July 4th festivities are a full day of old-fashioned fun. If this is your first time enjoying our island celebration, it helps to keep a few things in mind: Leave your car at home. With Main Street and some side streets closed to traffic, parking will be difficult. […]
