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A Magical Tale for All Ages Revisit the story of Cinderella this Saturday, June 1 or Sunday, June 2, when Nantucket Ballet presents their annual show in White Heron Theatre, 5 N. Water Street. The family-friendly performance is directed and choreographed by Michelle Birmingham and features Nantucket Ballet youth dancers. […]
The Ashley Sanford Music Therapy Program at NCH The new Nantucket Cottage Hospital will be filled with the healing sounds of music thanks to a remarkable gift from Bruce and Marilou Sanford and their friends in memory of their late daughter, Ashley. The lobby of the new hospital now features […]
The Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum presents its 19 year of exhibiting antique and contemporary baskets. Their 2019 exhibit, which opens Friday, May 17, charts the change of the Nantucket lightship basket from a utilitarian object to a fashion icon and beyond. We explore how José Reyes’ invention of the “Friendship […]
The Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) announced its feature film lineup for June 19-24, 2019. The opening night selection for this year’s festival is Universal Pictures’ YESTERDAY, written by Oscar nominee Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, and Notting Hill) from a story by Jack Barth and Richard […]
Our ASK NANTUCKET column tries to answer your specific questions about Nantucket Island, vacationing here, and island life. If we cannot answer your question, we reach out to island experts. Here is the most recent question a reader has submitted: Hi there, my son Chase Starbucks L. was born at […]
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 […]
Since Nantucket already looks like a picture-perfect movie backdrop, why not make it a real one? An open casting call has been issued for extras of ages to be a part of a movie adaptation for Jack London’s Martin Eden. Set in the early 1900s, London tells the story of […]