News and Events for Nantucket Island
After long sharing his own world with the friends and family around him, Jerry Daub has traveled ’round the Point into the next realm. Jerry was born in eastern Pennsylvania where, under the watchful eyes of his eternally patient mother and encouraged by his entrepreneurial father, he learned to spin […]
For 10 days from Friday, April 27 through Sunday, May 6, Nantucket will celebrate its abundant visual and performing arts with performances and demonstrations in most creative disciplines. Spring ArtWeek Nantucket, the island’s newest, early-in-the-year celebration, coincides with and is coordinated with the statewide ArtWeek Massachusetts. Now in its sixth […]
The Dreamland Film & Cultural Center is pleased to present Nantucket’s Got Talent, a one-night performance program to include the myriad talents of those living on Nantucket year-round. This special event, will be held Friday, March 23 at 6 p.m. in The Dreamland’s main theater. Nantucketers of all ages are […]
Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by Flora Crockett (1892-1979), on display at the Visual Arts Center (VAC), 24 Amelia Drive, along with a special talk on Tuesday, December 5. Mary Emery Lacoursiere, AAN’s Adult Education Director, is Crockett’s great-niece and she took […]
~ by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits ~ The holiday season is here (hooray!), and that means a plethora of social gatherings and gift giving. The challenge of this time of year is how to make holiday parties a little more […]
Continue your Thanksgiving festivities with a visit to the Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery at 19 Washington Street on Friday, November 24 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm for a fun opening reception for the Artists Association annual Holiday Small Works Exhibition. Showcasing gifts of oil paintings, watercolors, ceramics, photographs, […]
Commonly asked questions and misunderstandings about antiques… and the odd or end fascinating bit! There is no written history of the origins of Christmas Stockings… but there are legends. Long ago in northern Europe children would place their boots near the chimney filled with carrots, straw, or sugar for Odin’s […]
~by Cara Godlesky~ Even before you set up your Christmas tree or decorate your home for the holidays, getting the family together to make decorations can be fun for all ages. Family scallop season started October 1 with the commercial season ramping up from November 1. Whether you harvest and […]
Nantucket has become widely known for its festivals: we celebrate daffodils in April, wine and food in May, books and screenwriters in June, comedy, gardens, yoga, and dance in July. Autumn brings the Cranberry Festival and the Maritime Festival. Just when we think the season is over, the Nantucket Historical […]
