News and Events for Nantucket Island
After a winter that seemed colder and longer and darker than any we had experienced in a decade, Nantucket’s celebration of spring this week promises to be particularly joyful. One of our favorite traditions for welcoming the change of season is a visit to American Seasons. There’s a comforting, homey […]
Once a year for 11 years, up to a dozen men on Nantucket Island have volunteered their time and their talents to display their “inner beauty,” their flamboyance, and their senses of humor participate in the annual Ms. Mantucket Pageant to raise money for island causes. Now organized by the […]
For the past four years, Nantucket Island has had an honorary mayor. At the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce Red Ticket Drawing on Christmas Eve, Town Crier Eric Goddard announced that Jason Bridges had been appointed the new Honorary Mayor of Nantucket for 2014-15. Bridges succeeds Patty Rottmeier, who had […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to announce that the 5th Annual NHA History Quiz Bowl will take place on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at 6 P.M. at the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. This light-hearted competition and community program, now in its fifth year, features teams going head-to-head […]
The Nantucket Preservation Trust 2014 Preservation Awards: call for nominations will run now through Friday, March 21st at 5:00 PM. The Preservation Awards honor projects, individuals and organizations that have made a positive impact in preserving Nantucket’s historic character. NPT hopes that the awards will continue to encourage proper preservation work, […]
The Nantucket Historical Association’s (NHA) noontime Food for Thought lecture series continues on Thursday, October 31, with a fascinating talk by Nantucket art collector and history enthusiast David Billings. David Billings is a Nantucket-based art collector whose vast collection includes museum-quality artifacts and ancient objects from Asia that he has […]
• by Sarah Teach • Help, help! Two tiny little seahorses are in desperate need of names, and you might be the only one who can save the day! The seahorses, a Mrs. and Mr., have recently moved into their summer home at the Maria Mitchell Association’s (MMA) harborfront aquarium […]
The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is pleased to host its annual Artists Open Exhibition from May 31 through June 10. An opening reception will be held on Friday May 31, 6-8 p.m. in the Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington St. This exhibition is open to the community-at-large […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to present Nantucket Legends: Foggy Facts and Fictions, the major 2013 exhibition examining some of the most curious stories of Nantucket’s past. Legends such as the first Nantucket Tea Party, R. H. Macy’s red star tattoo, Tony Sarg’s sea serpent hoax, the origin […]
