News and Events for Nantucket Island
Early morning on Nantucket offers special pleasures: the charm of Main Street without cars, a walk along the wharves while it’s quiet enough to hear the water lapping against the yachts, coffee and croissant at Brant Point Lighthouse while the sun rises over the Harbor, beachcombing along Sconset Beach before […]
Martin Platt most recently won the Tony for producing Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. He recently celebrated his 44th year in professional theater. As a producer in New York, his work includes Treason; Here Lies Jenny starring Bebe Neuwirth; Shylock; and An Oak Tree among others. In London […]
Graphic artist, writer, musician, philanthropist, and a true art icon of Nantucket, Donn Russell arrived on-island in the early 1970s and pursued a passion for the island in gorgeous clean serigraphs with a unique perspective and often showcasing his dry wit. In 2014, Donn sold his home and studio and […]
September 12 is the deadline to enter the 2015 Yesterday’s Island Photo Contest. For more than 20 years, this popular contest has been a terrific way for you to share your images of Nantucket Island. Any season, any view, any time period (we love the old photos) are accepted, as […]
This Friday, August 21, a show of recent mixed media works by contemporary artist Peter Tunney, who will be in attendance and signing books, will open with a festive reception from 6 to 9 pm in the Samuel Owen Gallery at 46 Centre Street. It is difficult to separate the […]
Whales… If you love chocolate, you’ll love Sweet Inspirations, Nantucket’s artisan chocolatier. This spring they moved back to their original home at Zero India Street, across from the Atheneum park. In this newly renovated space, they have an open artisan kitchen with lots of natural light and better display space […]
~ by Amy Jenness, author of On This Day in Nantucket History, available at Mitchell’s Book Corner ~ On August 21, 1901 the U.S. Weather Bureau sent electrical expert Reginald A. Fessenden to Nantucket to study and conduct experiments at the new ‘Sconset Marconi wireless station. The station, which communicated […]
Building on their progressively-successful dance productions of the past four years, Mr. Andrey Stanev and Nantucket Ballroom present The Picture of Dorian Gray, their most ambitious project to date, featuring well-known Nantucket residents and professional national ballroom dancing champions. This August’s show will also feature filmed scenes with veteran actor […]
