For many people across the country and beyond, the holidays mean warm houses filled with the ones we love, festive music, and of course fabulous food. The latter, of course, means some of us will be spending a lot of our time in the kitchen. It’s important for those of […]
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Huge Gift in Time for the Holidays on Nantucket
The Hospital Thrift Shop presented its annual gift to Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Monday, continuing its 89-year tradition of generous giving with a $386,000 contribution that will be used to purchase new medical equipment and other capital items, as well as handmade furniture for the new hospital. The members […]
Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association Natural Science Museum Will be Open This Winter
The Maria Mitchell Association’s Natural Science Museum will be open on Saturdays this winter from 10 am to 2pm. While open, the Museum will run a feeding program, “Very Hungry Vertebrates,” in the mornings. “We are delighted to offer year round families and winter visitors an opportunity to enjoy our […]
Fun Nantucket Events & Festivals This Weekend, October 12-14, 2018
Four fun annual fall festivals and events are happening this weekend on Nantucket Island. For the third year on Nantucket Island, Sustainable Nantucket is hosting it’s popular NantucketGrown™ Food Festival. Four days of food, fun and education surrounding what is fresh, local and sustainable, the festival began Thursday with a four-course NantucketGrown™ Dinner prepared […]
“Diary of Anne Frank” on Dreamland Stage
As part of The Dreamland Stage Company’s 2018-2019 season, director Laura Gallagher Byrne will present The Diary of Anne Frank on the main stage, with eight performances October 4 through October 14. Focused on offering productions suitable for children of all ages, both on a participation and an audience level, […]
The Team that Keeps Nantucket Clean
by Suzanne Daub I looked out over Nantucket’s Madaket Beach one recent sunny Saturday morning and saw two people moving purposefully up and down the beach. I thought these early risers might be vacationers staking out a prime plot of sand for the day or perhaps beachcombing for shells and […]
Peter Yarrow Performs Live on Nantucket This Sunday, September 9
Many of us were raised on the many tunes of Peter, Paul, and Mary: Hush-a-Bye, Puff the Magic Dragon, Blowin’ in the Wind, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, and later in the 1960s The Great Mandella, The Marvelous Toy, When the Ship Comes In, Day Is Done, and Leaving on a […]