News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Leah Mojer • Decorating soldiers’ graves with flowers is an ancient custom. The first Memorial Day observance went by another name: Decoration Day. In the south, people would gather on the designated day and put flowers on graves and renew contacts with relatives, neighborsm and friends. There was […]
• by Frances Ruley Karttunen • Nantucket’s Main Street exists in three distinct segments. The wide part from the head of Straight Wharf uphill between storefronts is known as Main Street Square. The square resulted from widening the street after the Great Fire of 1846. At the foot of the […]
• by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits Every year has a new season, as they say in baseball, and the same can be found true for every vineyard and wine region in the world. You might wonder how to demystify wine […]
• by Robert P. Barsanti • This year, Boxed Water is the new thing. On Sunday morning, the beautiful ones drifted down to the ferries wearing Vineyard Vines, loafers, sunglasses, and carrying white and black boxes of Boxed Water. They swirled it, sipped it, set it back on the tables, […]
Nantucket Arts Council kicks off Memorial Day Weekend on Nantucket with a free concert by Five O’Clock Shadow, the Boston-based rock a cappella vocal group with Nantucket native Caleb Whelden, who is the group’s musical director and arranger. The six vocalists, noted for their rock-solid leads and harmonies, will appear […]
The Nantucket Film Festival announced today that acclaimed Academy® & Emmy®-Award nominated House of Cards creator and screenwriter Beau Willimon will be honored with Variety’s Creative Impact in Television Writing Award. The award will celebrate Willimon’s extraordinary career, whose achievements include projects in television, film and stage. Variety’s Managing Editor […]
• by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits • Welcome Wine-oh’s and Wine-ette’s to the greatest wine show on Earth! The Nantucket Wine Festival will soon be in full-effect, and if this isn’t the reason you came to Nantucket for this special […]
• by Leah Mojer • The Nantucket Wine Festival on the island is something truly special. The third weekend in May the festivities begin, with thousands in attendance. A wine enthusiasts wildest dream come true, it lasts four days with intriguing seminars, tastings, incredible wine dinners, and parties. So much […]
• by Hilary Newell – Hilary Newell came around the point 28 years ago and has been learning island-style gardening ever since. • Window boxes are everywhere on Nantucket. The muted grey of weathered shingles lends itself to the addition of all sorts of colors to underline the windows. There’s […]
