News and Events for Nantucket Island
This September, as they have done on the same September weekend for 37 years, a group of women will board the ferry to Nantucket carrying decades of shared history and friendships that have lasted nearly four decades. What began in 1989 as a casual girls’ weekend has developed into an annual pilgrimage for this group of friends who have become sisters.
(Location Update: due to rain, this event is being held in the Nantucket Boys & Girls Club) This Saturday, August 22, youngsters and their families are encouraged to walk to Children’s Beach for the Nantucket Book Foundation’s annual Children’s Book Day. In partnership with the Nantucket Cultural District, NBF has […]
With more than a thousand works of art, artifacts, and treasures on display in nine premium galleries plus films, daily programs, and a fully accessible rooftop deck offering stunning views, the Nantucket Whaling Museum on Broad Street is the best way to discover our island’s fascinating maritime history and to gain a deeper appreciation for the people and events that helped define Nantucket.
For the tenth year running, Cape Cod Life has named Susan Lister Locke the Best Jeweler on Nantucket, a milestone that, even after a decade, still catches her by surprise. “I was astounded,” she says of the moment she learned the news. “I kept thinking it cannot happen again, and then it did… I am astounded, delighted, and humbled. It’s a real honor considering all the other skilled jewelers on the island.”
The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) continues its Spotlight Series at the Champion Gallery in the Visual Arts Center (VAC), 24 Amelia Drive, with an exhibition featuring island artist G.S. Hill alongside Rose Gonnella, and Jennifer Rosenthal. Hill’s portion of the show offers a look at an artist whose career on Nantucket spans more than four decades and four distinct mediums.
By all outward measures, Richard Russo has had the kind of literary career many writers only dream about — a Pulitzer Prize, an Oprah’s Book Club selection, beloved novels adapted for film and television, and a body of work spanning four decades that has made him one of the defining voices of working- class American fiction. But spend time with the author and you understand that none of it came easily, and none of it was guaranteed.
