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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 […]
For the past decade on Nantucket, a few more than 100 babies have been born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital (NCH) each year. In 2006, the total was 119; last year, the total was 125. Names and birthdates of many of these babies, as well as those born earlier at NCH, […]
The Nantucket Science Festival is back for another exciting year. On March 16, 2019, join the Maria Mitchell Association and the Nantucket Community School, along with many community partners, for hands-on, interactive activities for all ages from preschool to adult. The Nantucket Science Festival is all about connecting people with […]