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Each winter for twelve years, the Nantucket Island community has shared a book, reading together, sharing their impressions, celebrating literature, and attending films, lectures, and crafts centered around the chosen book, the topic and the author. During the first few years of this community-reading event, three books with the same […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) has aquired two significant paintings that capture iconic Nantucket landscapes—Sankaty Light by William Ferdinand Macy and Siasconset Beach by George Inness. These acquisitions were made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association. Sankaty Light, by William Ferdinand Macy (1845-1913), […]
Thanks to a generous donation from Bari Lipp Foundation, Nantucket’s Dreamland will provide all live broadcast programming from New York’s Metropolitan Opera, London’s National Theatre, and Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, free of charge to Nantucket’s senior and student populations, beginning in January of 2019. “We are so thankful for this generous […]
Nantucket Island gets quiet at Christmastime. Stroll Weekend, the annual craft fairs, holiday shows are over. Those who go Off for the holiday often depart before the Solstice. It’s time for those who stay to settle in with loved ones and enjoy the peace that off-season brings. One of our […]
Whether you’re a procrastinator by nature or you just remembered that you need a small gift for your cousin’s new spouse who’s coming to the holiday gift exchange, don’t panic! Even though there are just days left for Christmas shopping, Nantucket shops are still open, and many are having special […]
Tired of giving the same old holiday gifts and stocking stuffers? Nantucket Island is the perfect place to shop for one-of-a-kind gifts. Many who come to Nantucket never venture beyond the “town square”’ of Main, Center, Broad, and South Water and the side streets between. But if you venture a […]
For the first time in the history of Nantucket’s Christmas Stroll, crowds will gather at 11:30am in the Harborview Stop-n-Shop parking lot amidst the Chamber’s Christmas Marketplace to watch as our esteemed sheriff gets shorn. Sheriff Jim Perelman, in a “personal fundraising act” has volunteered to have his magnificent mustache shaved […]