• by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay, Managing Director UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station • I just got back from the Nantucket Film Festival’s (NFF) showing of “Blackfish”, an excellent and provocative documentary describing in excruciating detail the many issues of keeping Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) in captivity. The majority of […]
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NFF Turns 18
In 1996, brother and sister team Jonathan and Jill Burkhart founded the Nantucket Film Festival to promote the awareness and appreciation of screenwriting. This week through June 30, screenwriters, actors, producers, agents, and fans will gather on Nantucket for the 18th year of NFF. Mystelle Brabbée, who has been the […]
Plein Air Painting Festival June 29-30
Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is hosting the second annual Plein Air Nantucket, open to all outdoor painters on Saturday and Sunday, June 29 and 30. The two-day painting festival will conclude with an exhibition of the art and the presentation of the Frank Swift Chase Awards at 6 pm […]
Plein Air Painter Reception
Dianne Panarelli Miller is an award winning Boston based “Plein Air Painter” of color and light and is a signature member of the New England Plein Air Painters and a “Copley Master.” Her approach combines the classic atelier training of the “Boston School,” a mastery of technique with her own […]
Eye on Style – Jeanne van Etten
• by Sarah McNamara • Head up Main Street and take a left onto Fair Street, just past Murray’s Toggery Shop, and you’ll find a fun and whimsical boutique featuring the artwork of Nantucket artist Jeanne van Etten. Also known as “the mermaid lady”, Jeanne’s creations are great conversation pieces […]
Big Fish Story
• by Chef Jenn Farmer • My son and I were doing our usual stroll around town last weekend, when we came across an impressive catch of bluefish and striped bass on the docks by a charter boat. My son was fixated with the fish. They were lovely, anyone would […]
The Eternal Circle
• by Robert P. Barsanti • Thirty-five weddings went off this weekend. Thirty-five brides in big white dresses, thirty-five nervous grooms. Thirty-five wedding parties heading off to town, then to the Box, and then finally to a boat. All of those friends and family, along with their Greek brothers and […]
Art in the Garden: Sidewalk Art Show
The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is holding its annual Sidewalk Art Show this Wednesday, July 3, 10 am to 3 pm in the garden of the Nantucket Atheneum, downtown on India Street. Paintings, sketches, textiles, and sculpture will be among the varied art on display. More than twenty of […]
Veteran of Film Fest Teen View Program Makes First Film
• by Sarah Teach • A youth spent on Nantucket sounds divine, doesn’t it? But living on this island is not an everlasting vacation, free of the existential issues faced by people everywhere else in the world. Nantucket native Andrew Cromartie spent the first 18 years of his life absorbing […]
