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New Vocal Group for Island Youth
Nantucket Community Music Center staff believes that “music has the power to transform individuals and our island as a whole,” and in furtherance of that mission, they offering a new free summer enrichment program for young singers. Nantucket Youth Sings! offers an enriching experience for young singers with...
Beautiful Blooms to Help Our Community
Tonight, Thursday, June 27, the 24th annual Blooming Bids event offers an evening of fun and fundraising, live music, small bites, refreshing libations, and enticing silent auction items, all to benefit Nantucket’s Behavioral Health Center. Tickets to the evening festivities are available at fairwindscenter.org and also at the door.
Biking through the Mists of Memory
I follow a boy to the beach. He pedals a brown 12-speed Univega with red panniers hanging off the rear rack, as if he were pedaling across the country and needed to bring everything he would ever need. The boy is bent over the racing handlebars, with his hands resting on the lower handles and his butt raised by a fraction of an inch off the seat. He wears a Campagnolo bicycling cap, although his bike has no rat traps for his feet nor is he wearing a helmet.
Six Days of Dance
The Nantucket Dance Festival returns on July 9 to 14 with a diverse lineup of world-class artists. For 2024, Co-Artistic Directors Lauren Lovette and Lauren King are incorporating live music and expanding the repertoire of dance styles, including tap, ballroom, and street dance as well as ballet, to create an unparalleled experience for dance enthusiasts and the Nantucket community.
Predatory Plants
Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation. It sounds like something out of a movie: predatory plants. This has me thinking zombies, Venus fly traps, body snatchers, and, possibly, giant dog-eating vines (Feed me Seymore!). However, predatory plants are not a foreign concept. In fact, there are multiple plants found around Nantucket that exhibit predatory behavior.
Beach Concert & So Much More
Tickets for the 2024 Boston Pops on Nantucket concert are on sale now. This most popular August event is a major fundraiser for Nantucket Cottage Hospital, and tickets always sell out well before the event, so don’t wait! This year conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops on Tour will be joined at Jetties Beach on August 10 by special musical guest Super Diamond. Best-selling author and island resident Elin Hilderbrand will host the event.
The Chanticleer: A tradition of culinary excellence in Sconset
(June 27, 2024) The one dining extravagance I look forward to every summer is lunch in the garden at The Chanticleer. There is nothing more relaxing than getting out of town, out of traffic and out to Sconset and sitting in the cool shade of The Chanticleer’s garden, savoring a chilled glass of wine and delectable food.
Summer Sports To-do List
(June 27, 2024) Summer is in full swing on the island, and with it brings numerous chances for amateur athletes of all skill levels to compete. From road races to sailing regattas, regular and disc golf tournaments and even a cornhole competition, there is something for everyone. Many of the...
Who’s in charge of Nantucket’s food and wine festival? That’s the subject of a federal lawsuit.
Chances are, there will be some kind of food and wine festival in Nantucket May 14-18 next year. We just don’t know which version yet. That’s because two parties are laying to claim to the annual event at the same date and venue. On one side there’s Nancy Bean, who has owned the Nantucket Wine & Food Festival since 2013. The festival, which draws about 3,000 people each year, has been a popular event on the island for over a quarter of a century. The White Elephant hotel has hosted the festival for about a decade.
Robert Michetti
Robert (B.O.B. forward and backward) Michetti, formerly of Nantucket, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2024, at his Yarmouth home with his family by his side. He was 70. Bob was born Oct. 26, 1953 on Nantucket. He graduated from Nantucket High School as valedictorian in 1971 and went to Bates College.
Seen on the Scene: Nantucket Film Festival Screenwriters Tribute
(June 27, 2024) The Nantucket Film Festival hit town last week for six days of movie screenings, panel discussions, signature programs and other events. Its Screenwriters Tribute Awards were held Friday evening at the Sconset Casino. I&M contributor Kris Kinsely Hancock took these photos.
Public television pioneer Russell Morash, gone at 88
(June 27, 2024) Russell Frederick Morash, of Nantucket and Lexington, died Wednesday, June 19, 2024 after a brief illness, surrounded by members of his family. He was 88. Morash was born to Naomi Grace Lingley and his namesake father in Belmont, and raised in nearby Lexington, a twin with David, an older brother to Ruth and a Yankee through and through.
Wine festival owner files suit over attempted takeover
(July 2, 2024) The Nantucket Wine and Food Festival, and owner Nancy Bean, have filed suit in federal court against the Gordon Companies, CEO David Gordon and the White Elephant Hotel over what Bean alleges is the attempted takeover of her event. “Most people learn by kindergarten that you don’t...
Q&A: 11th Hour Racing's Jeremy Pochman
(June 27, 2024) Jeremy Pochman has been on the water since he arrived on the island at 6 years old. The son of the longtime general manager of the Nantucket Yacht Club, Pochman sailed from the Bahamas to Nantucket at the age of 15 aboard Alfie Sanford’s 57-foot yawl Impala.
Town, Land Bank swapping playing fields, Mill Hill Park
(June 27, 2024) The town and Land Bank are nearing completion on a significant land swap that has been in the works for years. The Land Bank will be giving the town the Nobadeer playing fields in exchange for Mill Hill Park and Dead Horse Valley. The two parties were expected to sign off on the deal at Wednesday’s Select Board meeting, too late for this edition of The Inquirer and Mirror.
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