News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Robert P. Barsanti • We don’t accept the reality of spring too easily on this island. The calendar, the stars, and even the Red Sox suggest that winter has slipped away. However, the wind shifts to the east, the clouds wash back in, and February rolls over in […]
In the 1960s, Nantucket Island experienced a influx of artists and artisans who rejuvenated the art colony born on here fifty years earlier. Collectors Andrew Oates and Bill Euler were at the heart of this transformative period. In honor of these two men and their influence on Nantucket, the Nantucket […]
by Robert P. Barsanti This winter remains in the shadows and in the base of the bushes. It squats, cold and frozen, in the darkness, until the rain and the sun finally drive the dirty ice underground. The crocuses remain hidden under the frozen turf, as do the daffodils. Sometime […]
Once a year for 11 years, up to a dozen men on Nantucket Island have volunteered their time and their talents to display their “inner beauty,” their flamboyance, and their senses of humor participate in the annual Ms. Mantucket Pageant to raise money for island causes. Now organized by the […]
The Distinguished Young Women’s organization is presenting a “Midnight Rodeo” – featuring Dalton & the Sheriffs, opening acts Jeff Ross and Jamie Howarth, door prizes, a silent auction, a Chinese raffle and 50/50 – to garner community support and ensure the success of the 2015 DYW season. The fundraiser will […]
Applicants are now being sought for the Walden Chamber Players Young Artist Competition. Held annually to promote and encourage young musicians from Massachusetts interested in the performance and study of chamber music, the winner will perform in a public concert with the Walden Chamber Players and receive a cash prize. […]
LECTURE HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE SPRING STORM ON NANTUCKET. WATCH FOR NEW DATE AND TIME. The Nantucket Coastal Conservancy and the UMass Boston School For The Environment will host a free lecture with coastal erosion experts Cornelia Dean and Dr. Robert Young on Tuesday, March 25 at 5 […]
For the past four years, Nantucket Island has had an honorary mayor. At the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce Red Ticket Drawing on Christmas Eve, Town Crier Eric Goddard announced that Jason Bridges had been appointed the new Honorary Mayor of Nantucket for 2014-15. Bridges succeeds Patty Rottmeier, who had […]
Join The Nantucket Safe Harbor for Animals for their 3rd Annual ShamRock Run on Saturday, March 15 beginning at Cisco Brewery, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Race begins with a Little Leprechaun Leap for kids at 10:30 am, followed by a scenic 4 mile Run / Walk at 11:00am that follows […]
