News and Events for Nantucket Island
by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier of Épernay August has arrived and with that is one of the most anticipated Nantucket events of the summer. Boston Pops on Nantucket has celebrated over two decades as the major fundraising event to support the general operations of Nantucket Cottage Hospital. This year’s special […]
by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits Boston Pops on Nantucket is an annual fundraiser, and the largest of its kind, to benefit the Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Funds generated during the event stay on Nantucket and help to sustain the hospital’s year-round […]
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Beach Boys will join the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra as the special musical guest for the annual Boston Pops on Nantucket concert on August 12 to benefit Nantucket Cottage Hospital. For five decades, The Beach Boys has recorded and performed the music that […]
Twenty years ago a small group of volunteers came together to try to do something big for Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Led by an ardent hospital supporter, the late Kathryn Clauss, they imagined what seemed impossible: what if we could get the world-famous Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra to come to Nantucket? […]
• by Robert P. Barsanti • It comes sweeping up the coast on the margin of a stalled front, drapes the island in shadow, and then releases onto the sand and seagrass. Should the rain last long enough and come down hard enough, streams will form on both sides of […]
• by Sarah Teach • This Saturday, August 9, Nantucket welcomes the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and conductor Keith Lockhart back to Jetties Beach for the Pops’ 18th annual concert to benefit Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Though many of us know the back of Lockhart’s head better than we know his […]
Are you ready for the “time of your life?” Jetties Beach will transform into a dance floor this summer when Nantucket Cottage Hospital and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra welcome ARRIVAL From Sweden as their special guest for the 18th annual Boston Pops on Nantucket concert. ARRIVAL From Sweden is […]
One of the island’s favorite outdoor summer events—the Boston Pops Concert on Jetties Beach—will be held this Saturday, August 10, with guest host Katie Couric and guest performer Matthew Morrison, known for his roles on Broadway and on the television show Glee. Nearly 6,000 concert goers are expected to attend […]
