Nantucket Cottage Hospital officials answered the many requests for an encore performance at Boston Pops on Nantucket by pop-rock vocalist Michael Cavanaugh, who last performed with the Pops on Nantucket in ’09. This year, the Grammy- and Tony Award-nominated performer brings the power-house rock-and-roll songs of Elton John and more […]
Nantucket Events
A Sconset Stroll – Nantucket Garden Club House Tour
by Sharon Lorenzo On August 8th the Nantucket Garden Club will host its 58th Annual House Tour in Sconset with a lovely stroll along Baxter Road to visit six homes and one nationally recognized prize garden at 10 Sankaty Road. Tickets for this tour may be purchased in advance at […]
Fierce, Sensuous Gypsy Music Draws a Crowd
by Sarah Teach The August evening glow sets in over the brewery’s picnic tables as the band is playing on the porch. A little girl in a pink dress with blonde curls squeals delightfully as she is joined on the dance floor by a tiny boy who shares all her […]
Great Point & Groucho
by Sarah Teach Our spit of sand will be howling with laughter this weekend when the Nantucket Comedy Festival returns to Jetties Beach for the fifth year in a row. And there won’t be a laugh track in the house, with the festival featuring national headliners who have proven over […]
A Weekend of Art
by Sarah Teach Some might say that Nantucket offers art with a simple glance outside your window. This Friday, July 27, several island galleries are bursting with creative expression from the inside. Visit Robert Foster Fine Art at 8 India Street to see the new work of Santjes Oomen, a […]
Ballet Stars Grace Nantucket Stage
The fourth annual Nantucket Atheneum Dance Festival has brought film, lectures, demonstrations, and workshops to the island, and will culminate in star-studded performances this Friday and this Saturday at 6:30 pm. Artistic director Benjamin Millepied, back for his fourth year, has put together a dance program of six duets, or […]
Festival Features Films, Demos, Dance
by Sarah Teach You’ve heard of singing for your supper, but nobody ever talks about dancing for your books. That is, except for each July on Nantucket when our local library, the Nantucket Atheneum, produces its largest fundraising event of the year, the Nantucket Dance Festival. The festival includes five […]
Lost on a Reef-The Whaleship Two Brothers
The Nantucket Historical Association announces the world premiere of Lost on a Reef: an exhibition of artifacts retrieved from the 1823 Nantucket whaleship, Two Brothers, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This exhibition is in the NHA’s Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street and may be viewed […]
Baskets and Bubbly
by Sarah TeachThe Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum will host their annual Baskets & Bubbly Champagne Brunch& Auction this Sunday, July 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Great Harbor Yacht Club. Auctioneer Rafael Osona will host a live auction featuring fabulous lightship baskets and other luxury items. From […]
