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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 […]
David Lazarus first mastered the art of scrimshaw during the 1970s, and this artistic endeavor led him to printmaking and eventually to painting. This Saturday, December 7, the Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) will open an exhibit featuring works by artist Lazarus in the Sherlund Conference Room in the Whaling Museum. The […]
Dozens of Christmas trees now line downtown streets on Nantucket, waiting for schoolchildren and other island groups and individuals to adorn them with holiday ornaments and lights before the Illumination on Friday, November 29. The Illumination is the official start of Nantucket Noel (as the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, […]
“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.” “It is not down on any map; true places never are.” “Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.” If you’ve never read Herman Melville’s great novel Moby-Dick, […]
Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is pleased to announce a new series of evening classes called “Try It Out Tuesdays.” These evenings are single mini-workshops that invite Nantucketers to come to AAN’s Visual Arts Center on 24 Amelia Drive and sample various classes. “Having an opportunity to see whether you […]
Nantucket has a long, rich history, and naturally much of it is tied to the ocean. Being 30 miles off the coast, the island was one of the sailing capitals of the world. Whether it was whaling, shipbuilding, travel, or trade, our tiny island played an essential part in life […]