News and Events for Nantucket Island
~ by Robert P. Barsanti ~ Summer takes a while to settle into the island. For most of New England, Memorial Day weekend means finding the cooler, a swimsuit that still fits, and a lake. The Red Sox are still in first place, the grill just got its gas tank […]
~ by Amy Jenness ~ In June of 1916 the Inquirer & Mirror ran an item in its “Waterfront” column recounting the story of a recent Nantucket visitor looking to hire a car. The man, who had never been here before, asked a group of local men for information about […]
Last year, the Artists Association of Nantucket opened the much anticipated Visual Arts Center, and just one of their many expanded art education offerings is an Artist in Residence program from November-June, which gives island artists a chance to learn from and interact with a broader range of experienced artists. […]
If you’re on the island long enough you will eventually hear the joke “What do you call a Nantucketer with two jobs?” “Retired.” The work schedules most island residents have leads us to rely on Nantucket take-out food options on a regular basis. Lucky for us, Nantucket “fast food” choices […]
The Screenwriters Colony and Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) are thrilled to announce the launch of a new writers’ program, the Screenwriters Colony: Episodic Comedy, running June 10-23, 2016. This inaugural collaboration will provide four emerging episodic comedy writers with an all-expense paid trip to Nantucket for an immersive residency and […]
~ by Chef Jessica Taryn Daub ~ After a long day of fishing, or after a long day at work and then a quick trip to the seafood market, the last thing you want is a complicated recipe to prepare your fresh codfish. Here is a trio of tried-and-true recipes for […]
The Artists Association annual Artists Open Exhibition begins this Friday, May 27 and continues through Monday, June 6. A festive opening reception will be held on Friday from 6 to 8 pm in the Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington Street. The exhibition features work by the community-at-large—from […]
The 5th annual Nantucket Book Festival, held this year from June 17 to 19, is offering a new “Bookends Package” featuring an opening night Authors Dinner with a cocktail hour, buffet, and what promises to be stimulating conversation, in a ticket that includes a closing morning Breakfast with U.S. Poet […]
The Dreamland Film & Performing Arts Center is hosting Page to Stage, An Author Series this season to give Nantucket authors a new platform to discuss new work, read select passages, and have a brief Q & A with the audience. The first in the series will be held at […]
