News and Events for Nantucket Island
• 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 […]
The award-winning acapella group North Shore Acapella returns to Nantucket for Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10 at 4 p.m., in the Dreamland Film & Performing Arts Center, presented with Nantucket Arts Council as part of the spring 2015 Downtown Celebrity Concerts. Performing nationally for over 30 years, the group won […]
• by Amy Jenness, author of On This Day in Nantucket History • William Rotch, a prominent Nantucket shipowner and devout island Quaker died at age 94 on May 16, 1828. He was a businessman who owned a large 18th Century whaling and shipping business and helped make Nantucket the […]
The 4th Annual Nantucket Book Festival is bringing a stellar roster of authors to Nantucket on June 19-21. For three days, booklovers will gather in historic Nantucket venues for a series of author readings, panel discussions, and social events that provide opportunities for casual conversations between writers and readers. Most […]
Improved Pre-Movie Experience Nantucket Dreamland Theater patrons will soon be zipping through ticketing and concessions in record time. The Nantucket Dreamland Foundation received an donation to upgrade the current layout to create a more efficient system. When the work is complete, ticketing will be available at both the sidewalk window […]
by Robert P. Barsanti One of the pleasures of attending a baseball game at Nantucket High School comes from watching the sea fog slowly creep down the harbor. From the sunny comforts of the first base stands, the runner takes his lead off first, the right fielder looks in for […]
• by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay – Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • As tourists and summer residents start streaming back to the island, Nantucketers are emerging from our hobbit holes to bask in the sunnier and warmer days like a pack of painted turtles and all this […]
Nantucket Arts Council scholarship applications are open now for all year-round Nantucket residents who are students from middle school grades through graduation. Graduating seniors who are majoring in the arts may apply now for college scholarships to continue their studies at an accredited university. Awards typically range up to $2,000. […]
Organizers of the first Nantucket Music Festival last summer knew their idea of a two-day, live music celebration for visitors and residents of the historic resort destination had enormous potential. But, nothing could prepare them for the overwhelmingly positive response they received from sponsors and the performing arts community. The […]
