From the end of June through August, Bartlett’s offers guided tours of this warm and welcoming part of Nantucket history.
Fun for Families
All Daffodil Growers on Nantucket Can Enter the 47th Annual Daffodil Show
The entire Nantucket Island community is encouraged to enter the 47th Annual Nantucket Daffodil Show.
Take a Morning Walk on Nantucket
I’m lucky to live close enough to Fisherman’s Beach on Nantucket that I can wake up to the calming, rhythmic sounds of the surf. This morning the music of waves crashing on the sand beckoned, and so I brewed a cup of coffee and headed over to the Western Avenue […]
“We Are Nantucket” Returns to the Dreamland Main Stage
The island’s past and present meet its future when “We Are Nantucket,” a community engagement program aimed at handing down and continuing the oral histories of Nantucket and its population, will once again be presented as a filmed series of interviews at The Dreamland between Cyrus Peirce Middle School students […]
It Was A Daffy Weekend on Nantucket Island
Fondly known as “Daffy Weekend,” the annual Nantucket Daffodil Festival, put on by the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, is one of our favorite island festivals. Even if you don’t have an antique car for the parade, don’t want to don an elaborate hat for the Hat Pageant, or have […]
“This Boat Goes to the Vineyard, Right?”
For better or worse, taking a wrong turn is sometimes a part of the journey. We’ve all gotten off using the wrong exit or gone the wrong direction on the highway, missed a left or a right, or taken the wrong bus. If we’re lucky, we notice the mistake before […]
10 Tips on Planning for the Boston Pops Concert on Nantucket
This Saturday, August 12, thousands will gather at Jetties Beach for the annual Boston Pops on Nantucket concert, a benefit for Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Tickets have been sold out for days, but if you have yours then you are probably in the midst of planning transportation, food & beverages, and […]