News and Events for Nantucket Island
The Nantucket Film Festival has announced the opening night selection for its 2016 festival will be The Orchard/A&E IndieFilm’s LIFE, ANIMATED, directed by Roger Ross Williams. A real-life fairy tale about Owen Suskind, an autistic boy who used Disney animated films to communicate with his family, this award-winning documentary is […]
The Nantucket Dreamland Foundation brings fun for the whole family to their main stage this week and next, when Annie Kids opens this Friday, March 11. The performance features 70 talented and enthusiastic Nantucket children ages 6-14. Two (2) full casts are participating so that every child interested can be […]
The Nantucket Book Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary, June 17-19, with an outstanding line-up of award-winning authors. For three days, book lovers will gather in various Nantucket venues for a series of author readings, panel discussions, and social events that provide opportunities for casual conversations between writers and readers. Most […]
Continuing a tradition launched 40 years ago, this month Nantucket Arts Council brings notable musical performances to Nantucket during the island’s quieter months, when live professional entertainment might otherwise be scarce. This year’s program of three concerts begins Sunday afternoon, March 13 at 4 pm with baritone Robert Honeysucker, who […]
Mercy Moyo will give an artist talk, exhibit recent work and teach two painting workshops at the Visual Arts Center, 24 Amelia Drive Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) has announced that will be their second 2016 Artist-in-Residence at the Visual Arts Center (VAC), 24 Amelia Drive. Hailing from Zimbabwe, Moyo […]
• by Sarah Teach • Editor’s Note: All of Nantucket watched The Grammy Awards show on February 15, rooting for our home-town talent. We’re very proud of you, Meghan: congratulations … all your hard work and sacrifice paid off! We knew you had it in you, and in tribute, here […]
E. Vernon Laux: Nantucket’s Bird Man • by Sarah Teach • Editors Note: We were saddened today to hear of the passing of Vern Laux this morning in Nantucket Cottage Hospital. To honor his contributions to life on the island, we are reprinting an interview from 2012. Fly high, Vern! […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to announce the return of Winter Discovery Days, a free after-school program for children and their families this winter. This program features different crafts and activities every weekday Monday through Friday from February 1 through April 1, 2016, from 3 to 5 P.M. […]
Marlon James, winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, widely considered to be the world’s most important literary award, will make a featured appearance at the 2016 Nantucket Book Festival to discuss his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. When asked about the significance of a Jamaican winning the […]
