News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits • Welcome Wine-oh’s and Wine-ette’s to the greatest wine show on Earth! The Nantucket Wine Festival will soon be in full-effect, and if this isn’t the reason you came to Nantucket for this special […]
• by Leah Mojer • The Nantucket Wine Festival on the island is something truly special. The third weekend in May the festivities begin, with thousands in attendance. A wine enthusiasts wildest dream come true, it lasts four days with intriguing seminars, tastings, incredible wine dinners, and parties. So much […]
The 4th Annual Nantucket Book Festival is bringing a stellar roster of authors to Nantucket on June 19-21. For three days, booklovers will gather in historic Nantucket venues for a series of author readings, panel discussions, and social events that provide opportunities for casual conversations between writers and readers. Most […]
Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is pleased to announce the opening of a special exhibition entitled Brush Fires/Paper Chases, with a reception on Friday, May 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery at 19 Washington Street. “This spring exhibition has two facets, one […]
On August 14, 1819, the whaleship Essex sailed out of Nantucket Harbor— Captain George Pollard, one of the youngest ever to command a whaling ship, anticipated a successful two-and-a-half year voyage; its crew of twenty hoped for greasy luck. Their experience was anything but lucky. Fifteen months after the start […]
• by Leah Mojer • Daffodils are precious to islanders and seasonal residents. For the former, they signify the awakening of an otherwise harsh and beaten winter landscape. Their arrival seems to say, “we are out of the woods of winter and into the shining sun that is spring, summer, […]
