Stay in touch with Nantucket Island, the place you love!
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 […]
Nantucket is facing damp and windy days this week, but most of the activities for the ongoing 2019 Nantucket Arts Festival are indoors. Weather is expected to clear for the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s Annual Cranberry Festival — now scheduled for SUNDAY — and the new Chamber of Commerce event Cranberries […]
Nantucket 2019 Photo Contest Winners After twenty-five years of holding a Nantucket Photo Contest, 2019 was the first year that only one photographer brought us prints, all other entries were electronic. Our 2019 photographers live in fourteen states across the USA and Brazil, with most residing in the northeast, and […]
by Catherine Macallister You won’t have to wait until Stroll for the next big shopping event on Nantucket. Take advantage of the warm Fall weather to head downtown on Columbus Day weekend to shop amazing deals and win maybe even win a prize! Support local businesses by shopping locally at […]
by Catherine Macallister “It is our collective and individual responsibility… to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.”-Dalai Lama Every year more than 10 million tons of plastics enter the ocean and 89% of those plastics are used only one time. Think about how many coffees, […]
by Catherine Macallister The Nantucket Island Fair is just around the corner, this Saturday and Sunday, September 14 and 15, 2019, and the theme for this year’s baking contest is a traditional Tarred Roof (or Tar Roof) Cake. Having never heard of such a delicacy, I took it upon myself […]