• by Chef Jenn Farmer • Unless you have been in a coma or cast away somewhere other than Nantucket, you probably know about the birth of the Royal Baby George. It has become a news item that was difficult to miss. I am a bit of a negative nelly […]
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A “Main Event”
• by Sarah Teach • Every summer, the Nantucket Garden Club crafts a tour of some of the island’s most spectacular houses and gardens. Throughout the tour’s previous 58 years, visitors have ambled up Baxter Road and moseyed down Orange Street. “This year, we chose Main Street,” says House Tour […]
Get Fit on Jetties Beach
All this week and through next Friday, August 9, you can get fit with fitness expert Tom Holland in the fresh morning air of Jetties Beach. Each morning (Monday through Friday) from 8 to 9 am, this accomplished exercise physiologist leads participants through 60 minutes of cardiovascular drills, strength exercises, […]
Art Werger Show Opens Aug. 2
Hostetler Gallery presents the unique work of Art Werger, leading American master of mezzotint and aquatint, which are old world techniques used to create modern images. Subjects are drawn in a realistic manner but are often observed from an unusual angle, placing the viewer into an active relationship with the […]
Duchess of Cambridge’s Designer on Nantucket
Katherine Hooker London, favored designer for the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, will be showing her fabulous new designs for Autumn and Winter 2013 at Johnstons Cashmere, 4 Federal Street this weekend from Friday, August 2 to Sunday, August 4 from 10 am to 6 pm (some private mid-week appointments […]
Antiques in August
The 36th Annual Nantucket Antiques Show to benefit the Nantucket Fireman’s Association will be held this summer at Nantucket High School, 10 Surfside Road starting this Wednesday, August 7. This year, the show features exhibitors from throughout the United States and Europe, with antiques from the 18th, 19th, and 20th […]
Sustainable Nantucket: An Easily Acquired Taste
• by Sarah Teach • These days, it’s hard to go a full day, whether in Nantucket or Manhattan, without catching at least one reference to the “buy local” movement. Arguably the most important time to heed this advice is when you’re putting your purchases into your mouth! We’ve all […]
Threading the Past into the Present
This week, from Thursday, August 1 through Monday, August 5, the new Antiques & Design Show of Nantucket, formerly the August Antiques Show, will offer a celebration of antiques and design under the tent at Bartlett’s Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road, Nantucket, MA. An exciting new approach to a treasured […]
Missing Blueberries
• by Robert P. Barsanti • I missed the blueberries this season. On a day in the middle of the week, I walked to a spot in the middle of the island and found the branches bare. Rather, they only held small BB’s which could have been blueberries in a […]
