News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier and Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits • Summertime on Nantucket means that strict rules about wine pairings and decanting wine can be left back home in the city or suburbs. Here, you can throw caution to the wind and take chances to make […]
• by Robert P. Barsanti • I missed the meteors this week. In other years, we have driven out to dark beaches and watched the lights streak across the great dome of stars. Not this year. This year the statistics of daily life with doctor’s appointments and ferry runs overwhelmed […]
This Friday, August 22, from 6 to 8 pm, Hostetler Gallery at 42 Centre Street will host the opening of an exhibition of vibrant, energetic abstract paintings by internationally known artist Xanda McCagg. McCagg’s paintings challenge the imagination and create a setting of conversation with the sculptures in the room, […]
Maria Mitchell Association (MMA) has announced the winning names of their annual critter-naming contest. This year, participants went to bat to name a rare calico lobster and an African tortoise. From 149 choices, MMA’s staff selected the name Mze (pronounced M-zay) for their Bell’s hingeback tortoise. “Mze is a Swahili […]
• by Sarah Teach • Marriages end for many reasons. Loss of connection, lack of mutual respect and support, extramarital affairs. Sometimes it is a mixture of all of those, as is seen in the saga of Cathy Hiatt and Jamie Wellerstein. Currently being shown by Theatre Workshop of Nantucket […]
• by Julianne Adams • Running a small business on top of full time work is not exactly most people’s idea of relaxing. For Janette Vohs, her eponymous photography company is where all her free time goes and she hopes to keep it that way. “It’s so relaxing and peaceful […]
• by Dr. Sarah Oktay, Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • As August winds down and the feeling that summer is slipping away creeps up on us, I try to enjoy as many quintessential elements of Nantucket as I can. Last night, while walking our dog at the […]
With a new chef at the helm turning out terrific gourmet pub fare, a variety of award-winning independent small batch brews, and energetic management bringing in live music every night, NIXS Brew Pub is fast becoming a downtown favorite. Since The Atlantic Café closed, a number of ventures have come […]
by Carri L. Wroblewski, BRIX Wine Shop There are a lot of ways to describe a wine. But sometimes more simply put, the better we understand exactly how it tastes. In wine industry speak there’s a “highly technical” term that I use often, and no matter what kind of connoisseur […]
