• by Sarah Teach • After decades spent traveling the globe, serigraph master, satire sculptor and painter Donn Russell chose to make his home on Nantucket. Long-time island art enthusiasts may recognize Russell’s work from his eponymous gallery on Old South Wharf, which was active from 1978 to 2001. The […]
Nantucket History & People
Practical & Exquisite: Baskets by a Master – Paul Willer
Blue eyes sparkling, with a mischievous grin, Paul Willer explained how he fell in love with Nantucket: “Oh, it was right away…I fell in love with the island as the boat was coming into the harbor…the next day, Peter said ‘Let’s go to the beach,’ and I said ‘No, let’s […]
Local Bookstores Preserve Isle Magic
• by Julianne Adams • Mitchell’s Book Corner, with its classic structure, heralds your arrival on Main. Across town, Nantucket Bookworks’ homey front lures you in like a warm cup of cocoa. Mainstays of island life since 1968 and 1972, the two stores continue to differentiate themselves from each other, […]
Father-Son Duo Invigorates Island Music Scene
• by Julianne Adams • “It’s nothing that’s been done here before,” says Nick Ferrantella. “It’s deeply rooted in the community.” Nick is speaking about Island Vibes: The Nantucket Music Collection, the latest musical project born in the underground studio he built ten years ago. Island Vibes, as Nick’s son […]
Family Days Offered this Week at Two Museums
Visiting a museum with young children can be a challenge. That’s why the Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) and the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum have set aside special days for families to visit and enjoy their properties in a way that works for those with little ones. The NHA will host […]
Lifting Emily’s Veil
Island author Jim Sulzer landed on Nantucket the same way many of us did. It was 1986 when the Yale graduate and his wife decided to come live on the island for “just one year.” Almost 30 “just one years” later, when Sulzer isn’t busy teaching writing to grades 5-8 […]
Exploring the Island’s North Shore
• by Julianne Adams • It is fitting that Frances Ruley Karttunen has taken on the project of recording the history of Nantucket’s North Shore. A 12th-generation Nantucket native, Karttunen’s own history is wrapped up in the island’s. Her family reaches back to the English families who settled into Madaket Harbor […]
Growing Up on Nantucket
• by Sarah Teach • Times are a’changing. The CEO of a Japanese Fortune 500 company and the lady who delivers your mail will both tell you so. Is change less pronounced out here on “yesterday’s island” than in the rest of the world? Eighty-nine-year-old Karl Lindquist, who grew up […]