Nantucket Coffee Roasters greets the season with new rum and whiskey barrel coffees. This past winter, owner Wes van Cott was hanging out at Cisco Brewery when he noticed an old rum barrel sitting around. When he found out that the barrels are often discarded after their life as a […]
Today’s Nantucket
Memorial Day on Nantucket
Nantucket’s 2014 Memorial Day parade took place on Sunday, May 25. It began at 1 p.m. at the American Legion Hall on Washington Street; continued to the Civil War Monument on upper Main St., and on to Prospect Hill Cemetery, and finally, back to the Legion for a reception. Here […]
5 Things to Love About Wine Fest
1. Meeting winemakers. Unlike many wine festivals, the Nantucket Wine Festival welcomes mostly winemakers rather than distributors. And it only takes an instant to tell the difference. A winemaker’s aura may be larger than life like Roberto Damonte of Malvirà, or subdued yet earnest like Joe Donelan of Donelan Family […]
We Asked Nantucketers What They Appreciate about Their Mothers
What do you appreciate most about your mom? “Her sensitivity and the way she taught me that it’s okay to be different.” -Jim Sulzer, author of The Voice at the Door and teacher at Nantucket New School “My mom is still with us at 91, and just as sweet and […]
A Honey of a Hobby
Giddily we break out our picnic baskets, yellow hats and antique cars. We hug friends we haven’t seen in months, and the sun offers its first bashful smiles to us. But we aren’t the only ones dizzy over daffodil season. Our least obtrusive and most important island neighbors rely on […]
Music Legends, New Performers Lead Nantucket Music Festival
With summer skies and salt spray on ocean breezes serving as a backdrop, the Nantucket Music Festival is set for Saturday, August 2, and Sunday, August 3, featuring a still evolving lineup of legendary bands and leading, new artists. Boston bred, four-piece rock outfit Guster and singer/keyboardist Bruce Hornsby […]
Nantucket Winter
by Robert P. Barsanti This winter remains in the shadows and in the base of the bushes. It squats, cold and frozen, in the darkness, until the rain and the sun finally drive the dirty ice underground. The crocuses remain hidden under the frozen turf, as do the daffodils. […]