News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits • It doesn’t matter what kind of party you are hosting on Nantucket, there is always sincere thought and consideration thrown into the mix of your planning and preparation for the event. There are […]
With her mantra of “live long, be strong, laugh a lot,” Annye Camara has a style that’s all her own. Since 1999 Annye’s Whole Foods has been stocking the shelves and providing the island with organic and natural groceries, vitamins, supplements, skin care products, and items for the home…everything you […]
• by Robert P. Barsanti • So, I was cold. May fools and frustrates the best of us. On a bright and cloudless Saturday afternoon, when the Red Sox were hitting home runs out of Fenway and the Figawi sailboats zipped before the wind on their way over from Hyannis, […]
• by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay, Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • Spring has sprung, the island is filling up with people and warm sunny weather is erasing memories of a long hard winter. This is a perfect time to become aware of how your actions can effect […]
• by Leah Mojer • It’s been far too long since we have done more than just dream of the garden and of the smell of thyme and rosemary on our hands. Too long have we waited to plunge our trowels into the dirt and see lime green buds stretching […]
The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is inviting the public to submit their artwork, including cell phone photos, for its annual Artists Open Exhibition, which will be on display beginning May 29 through June 8 in the Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington Street. “While the bulk of […]
• by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay, Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • Two photos accompany this article and they may look like an elaborate gimmick or hoax but they are photos taken by Tyler Bradbury and Mike Strazzula of a giant oar fish that washed up on Nantucket […]
• by Amy Jenness, author of On This Day in Nantucket History • In May of 1942, the German Navy sent 8 submarines to prowl Atlantic waters and destroy ships belonging to their enemies. The grouping, one of the Germans’ famous “wolf packs,” was called Pfadfinder and the impact of […]
As someone who very often finds herself making her own fashion accessories, the idea behind Jan Jaeger’s new bead store, Akimbo, really intrigued me. Jan was inspired to open the shop after traveling with some creative friends to New York City and visiting with bead wholesalers. The wide variety of […]
