News and Events for Nantucket Island
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 […]
Music, film, visual arts, crafts, design, and theatre all take center stage from Friday, October 2 through Sunday, October 11 during the 2015 Nantucket Arts Festival. Produced by Nantucket Arts Council, the festival includes amateur and professional artists from Nantucket and beyond. This year’s festival theme, Art of the See, […]
1st Place Winner in the Yesterday’s Island Photo Contest: Ward Vogt 2nd Place, 2015 Yesterday’s Island Photo Contest: David Policansky To see a gallery of our Winners and Honorable mentions and other great shots from the 2015 Annual Yesterday’s Island Photo Contest, visit Nantucket.Net. THANK YOU! to the hundreds of […]
The bonds of friendship between six brassy Southern women are explored in Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s current production of Steel Magnolias. Expertly staged so that the audience is “behind the mirror,” this play that is part comedy, part tragedy is superbly acted by Karen Lee, Jessica Jensen, Jackie Freeman, Cynthia […]
