News and Events for Nantucket Island
Imagine standing on the steps of the Pacific National Bank of Nantucket at the top of Main Street early in the morning on July 14. You look toward the Harbor and see nothing before you but smoking ashes and the brickwork of the Pacific Club Building. To the left, the […]
• by Chef Jenn Farmer • One of the things I look the most forward to in the summer is working in the garden. My son and I were at his grandparent’s house yesterday. They have a huge garden, and we had the best time. As a parent I enjoy […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA), in partnership with Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (TWN) will present the dramatic staged reading of Moby Dick Rehearsed this week in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. Moby-Dick Rehearsed, starring renowned TWN actor John Shea as Captain Ahab with an illustrious cast of community actors, […]
In addition to surfing and sailing lessons, fashion camp, theater performances and harbor cruises, the Nantucket Autism Speaks Resource Center has partnered with the Egan Maritime Institute this summer to offer two opportunities at the Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum for families of individuals with any special need. Sunday, July 14 […]
Beloved for their live performances, Rusted Root hits the ground running with a new slew of live dates to support their brand new release The Movement. They’ll play The Chicken Box on Nantucket on Tuesday, July 16 and Wednesday, July 17. The Movement. commemorates their 20th year as a band […]
As we finish celebrating our country’s birth as a nation, everyone is in a patriotic mood and what could be more patriotic than, the American Eel. Okay, I am sure you can think of something more patriotic, but this is a nature column. We have an adorable baby eel swimming […]
• by Robert P. Barsanti • His father and I sat in the wicker chairs and considered Sunday afternoon from the living room of the family summer house. We sat in fifty-year-old bamboo chairs, with cold drinks, and the ticking of the afternoon soft in our ears. Sometime soon, he […]
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket brings us Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical comedy based on Charles Schultz’s beloved comic strip “Peanuts,” You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. The show has been twice nominated for a Grammy, first in 1968 in its original form, and again in 2000 for the Broadway revival. The […]
• by Chef Jenn Farmer • A few days ago I was in Boston. Before I got anywhere near Boylston Street, I began to feel a little overwhelmed by emotions. I began to think about all the everyday heroes that I know and look up to. The first to come […]
