The Nantucket Historical Association and Nantucket Dreamland will co-host a program featuring a unique preview highlight sampling of The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025 production of Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer’s MOBY-DICK on Tuesday, July 30, in the Dreamland Theater on Nantucket Island. This one-night-only prelude will feature the inside story of the opera’s […]
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Stop & Smell the Roses in the Village of ‘Sconset on Nantucket Island
The village of Siasconset is unlike any other part of Nantucket. Smaller than Nantucket Town, it has a sort of fairytale poetry that can’t be found anywhere else on this island. And in early July, it’s all about the roses. Draped across fences and over roofs, the bright blossoms nod […]
Ideas for Local Giving this Holiday Season on Nantucket
Christmas is about giving, and this year, more than ever, Nantucket non-profits need some extra help. The organizations that enhance our island experience with classes, workshops, theatre, music, art, and education are struggling to keep offering their programs. Here are six island organizations who give back to our community and […]
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY from Nantucket and Nantucket.net
As with all celebrations this summer, July 4th 2020 will be a very different holiday than the Independence Day festivities Nantucket usually hosts. With games, face-painting, the famous water fight canceled and the fireworks postponed to New Year’s Eve, we have decided to share memories of the Fourth of July […]
Take a Morning Walk on Nantucket
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 […]
Casting Call on Nantucket Island
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 […]
Art, Music, and Fun on Nantucket Island for Valentines Day
Valentine’s Day festivities on Nantucket Island begin on Thursday evening, February 7, when the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) hosts an opening reception for their special February exhibition, Valentine’s Small Works in the Visual Arts Center (VAC)at 24 Amelia Drive. This winter exhibition will focus on cheerful and witty small […]