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Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (TWN) announced today its theatre season for 2020. TWN’s 64th summer season begins on May 29 with Neil Simon’s comedy LONDON SUITE. America’s premier comic playwright crosses the Atlantic for a collection of four one-act plays with different characters set in the same suite of a […]
Though a person needs no reason to sing, there are certainly lots of reasons to do so. This timeless form of self-expression not only gets us out into the community, but it also has a number of health benefits. With fears of the flu coming closer to home, now is […]
by Leah MojerWine, Cheese, M & P, Bartlett’s Farm In my January world, there is nothing more satisfying than a steaming bowl of noodles in broth. The combination of warm spices mingling with aromas of earthy seaweed & fragrant herbs. The tender, springy chew of the noodles & satisfying crunch of […]
Most people are familiar with the Nantucket Book Foundation thanks to its signature event, the Nantucket Book Festival, held every June since 2012. Plans are already underway for the 9th annual Festival June 18-21, 2020, with an exceptional lineup of award-winning authors signed up for events, most of which are […]
One year ago, the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce launched the Center for Entrepreneurship (NICE). In 2019, organizers met with more than 35 locals aspiring to start a new company. While some residents were not quite ready to take the plunge, several were and did, resulting in some great new […]
Three significant items–a painting, a memoir, and a scrimshawed whale’s tooth–have been added to the Nantucket Historical Association‘s (NHA’s) Permanent Collection. The Trustees of the NHA announce the acquisition of Milo Calkin’s memoir documenting his time aboard the Nantucket whaleship Independence, an Albert C. Gardner tooth, and the painting Northern […]
The organizers of the original Nantucket Christmas Stroll were merely trying to prevent islanders from escaping to Cape Cod across the Sound to do their holiday shopping. Rewind to 1973, a year when local merchants, in an effort to boost the island’s holiday purse, kept shops open late the first […]