News and Events for Nantucket Island
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket brings the magic of the holidays to life with their production of A Christmas Story, on stage Nov. 25 -Dec. 14. Based on Jean Shepherd’s stories and the 1983 film, this heartwarming play follows young Ralphie Parker’s quest for the ultimate Christmas gift: an official Red […]
Wrapping up its 96th year, the Hospital Thrift Shop presented a check this November to Nantucket Cottage Hospital totaling $660,000. The Hospital Thrift Shop has donated more than $8 million to the hospital since its founding in 1929, when a group of dedicated volunteers came together to provide affordable clothes […]
Now you can page through Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket to read each issue on your phone, tablet, or computer. See the photos, ads, and maps, as well as the editorial. READ YESTERDAY’S ISLAND/TODAY’S NANTUCKET PAGE BY PAGE! Read Past Issues Online
This series of limericks first appeared in a June 14, 1924 edition of a Nantucket newspaper. It all began when the Princeton Tiger revived the then well-known limerick printed first below and the Chicago Tribune answered with the second limerick. The New York Exchange went one step further with the […]
Artists Association of Nantucket has organized a special island event to benefit the Nantucket Food Pantry and our island neighbors in need: the Full Cup Scavenger Hunt. Running until Friday, November 21, watch AAN’s social media — @ackartists — each Friday to see each new handmade ceramic cup that will […]
As autumn hues settle over Nantucket, our island transforms into an eerie haven for Halloween. From ghostly decorations downtown to lively parades, trick-or-treating, and spooky science adventures, Nantucket offers something for everyone—young and old, silly and scary, ghoul and ghost. Here are some of our favorite decorated homes and yards… […]
Most of us who live on Nantucket year-round think of Autumn as “our time”— the weather is glorious, the waters are still warm enough for swimming, restaurant reservations are easier to come by, and we can find parking downtown. It’s time to exhale after a busy summer season, but there’s […]
A horror show about a sociopath who demands stories be rewritten to her satisfaction is, I daresay, opportune. Onstage now at the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, this new production of Misery is bad to the bone, subtly campy, & crazy good all at once. Indeed, Misery loves company—get your tickets now!
