News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Dr. Sarah Oktay, Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • Spring has sprung and summer is almost upon us. Everywhere you look on island flowers are blooming, turtles are crossing the road, and insects are waking up to enjoy the warm sunny days. Several notable natural occurrences, […]
The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is delighted to announce that the Editors’ of Yankee Magazine have named the Artists Association of Nantucket’s Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery as the Best Art Gallery in New England for 2014. “We are quite delighted with this unexpected honor and are thrilled […]
• by Sarah Teach • It’s pollen season on Nantucket, and Hay Fever is just what you need. Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (TWN) kicks off summer with the comedy that helped British actor-turned-playwright Noël Coward (1899-1973) get his foot in the writing door. Penned in 1924, Hay Fever is 90 […]
• by Robert P. Barsanti • Spring has arrived with a truck. It stopped by at noon, got its invoice signed, and then dumped everything it had in the yard. So the grass has become overgrown, the shrubs crawl up the house, and the mulch is eye high. The world […]
• by Carri Wroblewski | BRIX Wine Shop • The other day Mike, the “wine guy” from Nantucket Vineyards, got me thinking. He popped by with a selection of wines. It’s been years since I’ve tasted them. Not knowing what to expect or not expecting much, he poured me a […]
Expanded Class Offerings Need more art in your life? Check out the expanded class offerings at Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN). The amount of program offerings for both kids and adults has been doubled, which eliminates the wait list frustrations of years past. The children’s program has blossomed into a […]
• by Sarah Teach • Times are a’changing. The CEO of a Japanese Fortune 500 company and the lady who delivers your mail will both tell you so. Is change less pronounced out here on “yesterday’s island” than in the rest of the world? Eighty-nine-year-old Karl Lindquist, who grew up […]
Are you ready for the “time of your life?” Jetties Beach will transform into a dance floor this summer when Nantucket Cottage Hospital and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra welcome ARRIVAL From Sweden as their special guest for the 18th annual Boston Pops on Nantucket concert. ARRIVAL From Sweden is […]
Bartlett’s Farm is widely known for their freshly harvested produce, quality groceries, tasty take-out, and a garden center chock full of colorful flowers and plants for both indoors and out. My window boxes are full of bright and cheery flowers and fragrant herbs from the farm. Bartlett’s is also a […]
