News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Leah Mojer • The sun sets early, and kids are back to school, the ocean is cooling back down to chilly temps, and the streets swirl with copper-tinged leaves – it’s a harsh realization that the cold temps are not far away. There is always about a week […]
The Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum’s annual Yard Sale will be held on Saturday, November 22 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and Sunday, November 23 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at Bartlett’s Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. The Annual Yard Sale is like no other yard sale on Nantucket. […]
• by Sarah Teach • Michelle Perkins and Scott Leonard are animal people, though they’d probably prefer to add a distinction: “non-human” animals. The past 16 years of their 25 as a couple have been spent in their home on bucolic Millbrook Road. Leonard is a handyman who can build […]
• by Dr. Sarah Oktay, Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • 2014 has been an interesting and eventful year for the world of Nantucket nature. Winter Storms on Nantucket In March we had a serious winter storm similar to the doozies we endured in February and March of […]
• by Robert P. Barsanti • On Friday at four, A contractor and I stood on the rear deck of the Gray Lady Two as it popped into its high gear, sprouted a rooster tail, and zipped over the swells. The long swells marched slowly in from the northeast. We […]
For the second consecutive year, the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) and the Nantucket Atheneum are collaborating to present the concert Chasing Light: An Evening of Art and Music on Saturday, November 15, 7 p.m., at the Nantucket Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India Street. Admission is free. Three AAN artist […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to announce that the 2014 NHA Diversity Festival, presented by ReMain Nantucket, will take place on Sunday, November 16, 2014 from 11 A.M. to 4 P.M. at the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. The NHA Diversity Festival, first held in 2010, brings together […]
