News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Sarah Teach • Twenty-thirteen marks the first year that the effervescent Nantucket Wine Festival is under the ownership of seasonal island resident and Boston real estate magnate Mark Goldweitz. Since its 1997 inception, the festival has been owned and operated by its founder, Denis Toner, a long-time Nantucket […]
We all love Daffodil Weekend on Nantucket for the wonderful memories it has given us over the years. This year, there’s even more to love! Break out the magnifying glasses and fingerprint dust, and gather your favorite people for a daffy-themed scavenger hunt with prizes that will rock your summer! […]
Fall is festival season on Nantucket, and fall 2012 is gearing up to be quite a memorable season! This year brings brand new additions to the Arts Festival, along with good old Nantucket fun at our beloved Cranberry Festival, and many exciting autumn happenings to anticipate. Countless creative people have […]
by Sarah Teach The gentle string-pickings of bluegrass will drift across Children’s Beach this Thursday August 9 and Friday August 10 from 4-7 p.m. on both days. Come on over: it’s free, and no matter who you are, you’re invited to Hardly Strictly Eelgrass, an outdoor grassroots music festival happening […]
by Sarah Teach If you’ve been into Broad Street’s cozy Bookworks any time since the 1970s, you may very well have encountered Richard “Dick” Burns. A clerk at the local bookshop, Burns doesn’t consider himself to be one of the big minds behind this week’s inaugural Nantucket Book Festival, but […]
