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Vol. 52 No. 1 • YesterdaysIsland.com

April 21-May 18, 2022

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Vol. 52 No. 1 • YesterdaysIsland.com

April 21-May 18, 2022

Daffy Is Back on ACK

A variety of activities in several locations are planned for an in-person 2022 Nantucket Daffodil Festival that is sure to be particularly festive after two years of pandemic cancellations.

On Daffy Saturday, April 23, the festival fun organized by the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce begins at 9:15 am, when dozens of antiques cars and some antique motorcycles, vehicles and drivers all decorated for Daffy, line up on Main Street in advance of the Antique Car Parade. The staging remains in place until noon, giving people 2.5 hours to view the vehicles, visit with friends, and slip out to Children’s Beach for activities the Chamber has planned at that venue.

At 10 am on Saturday, Daffy fun at Children's Beach starts with the Daffodil Hat Pageant followed by the Daffodil Children's Parade showcasing bicycles, wagons, and strollers that kids and their families have decorated for Daffy. After these Chamber signature events, there will be more family fun at Children’s Beach that includes a NanPuppets Performance, a visit from Barnaby Bear, and giveaways.

At 12:30 pm, the Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals (NiSHA) will hold their Daffy Dog parade. There are so many events on Daffodil Saturday, that you'll want to plan an itinerary that enables you to see them all!

At 12 noon, the vehicles on Main Street parade to Siasconet for the Tailgate Picnic. With parking at a premium in ‘Sconset and spots reserved for parade participants, be prepared to park a few blocks away and walk to ‘Sconset’s Main Street to stroll along the picnic route. Most of the picnics have entertaining themes and many participants don creative costumes. A few will share their picnic treats with passersby, but that is not a given and there is typically no food for sale during the picnic in Siasconset, so bring your own basket if you want to enjoy a picnic lunch.

Live music often livens up the Daffodil Tailgate Picnic.

The Nantucket Garden Club's famous Daffodil Show—which started this festive fun 46 years ago—opens to the public on Saturday, April 23 at 2 pm. Held in the greenhouses of Bartlett's Farm, this display of more than 700 daffodils plus daffodil flower arrangements and photographs of daffodils is truly a sight to behold! The show continues on Saturday until 5pm, with a free NRTA shuttle from the Greenhound Building downtown to and from Bartlett’s Farm on Saturday during the show. On Sunday, April 24, the Daffodil Show is open from 10am to 4 pm.

The Daffodil Show is free to all, with donations to the Garden Club welcomed.

The Nantucket Daffodil Show is approved by the American Daffodil Society.

To see photos and videos of past Nantucket Daffodil Festivals and events, visit DaffodilFestival.com.

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April 21-May 18, 2022

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Access to quality medical care is key to keeping a community healthy, particularly on an island where, without a hospital, inclement weather could prevent a patient from getting urgently needed care.

Nantucket’s first hospital was founded in 1912 in a homestead on West Chester Street. In 1957, the hospital’s facilities were moved to its current location on Prospect Street. As the island population grew and more sophisticated medical services were required, it became clear a new hospital was needed.

A capital campaign to build an upgraded medical facility on Nantucket was launched in 2013, and by the time the new hospital opened to patients in February of 2019, $120 million had been raised. The new Nantucket Cottage Hospital was debt-free and financed entirely through private donations—not a penny of taxpayer dollars was used. It was an achievement unprecedented on Nantucket Island. Among the many donors, small and large, one couple stands out as having led the charge: Bruce and Elisabeth Percelay.

Bruce Percelay is known by many on Nantucket for his expertise in real estate and marketing. Founder and chairman of The Mount Vernon Company, on Nantucket, he publishes N Magazine and owns two top-rated boutique hotels downtown. He enjoys boating, tennis, and cars and promises his team will bring their “best game” to the 2022 Nantucket Daffodil Festival Antique Car Parade. The Percelays divide their time between Nantucket and Boston, but it’s Nantucket that has captured their hearts. He and Elisabeth spend a good bit of their time here in philanthropic endeavors.

His parents introduced Bruce to Nantucket when he was just five years old: “my parents took us here frequently on vacation. I started spending a lot of time on the island in the 1990s, and I was smitten,” he explained. “Something about the intimacy of Nantucket was appealing to me. The scale of it was the perfect antidote to living in Boston—a city I love, but still a city. Nantucket is a throwback in time. There’s a simplicity here: you can ride your bike everywhere…you can leave your keys in your car…you still have a lot of trust in your neighbors. You don’t worry about crime as you do in urban areas…And I love boating!” continued on page 16

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Sounds of Spring

by Robert P. Barsanti

Spring is loud.

Winter has its silence. Snow, of course, when it falls, hushes the landscape in a cascade of white noise. The winds will howl, the wires will moan, and in the distance the waves will crash. But as the storm passes, the silence rises out of the ice and frost.

I have spent the last two years in an extended winter. Oh, we would go to the beach or work on a roof or buy some hamburger at the store, but every trip outside of the bubble required protection and a pass. We masked up, separated ourselves, and returned to the warm support of the sofa. Out here, in the winter, the isolation vacation slipped over us easily. Sliding a pane or two of glass between the world wasn’t difficult.

But Spring comes.

It arrives with noise and song. At night, as Orion slips over the Vineyard, Connecticut, and points west, the frogs bark out lusty peeps. The deer, hungry for the new shoots of hedge and garden, step out of the froggy dark. The bunnies follow with suicidal lunges into the headlights.

By dawn, the birds take up their own lusty ballads, while the peepers slip into silence in the rising brightness. The crows, the cardinals, the red wing blackbirds, the chickadees, and the swifts all set about their romantic calls, as if each one was singing his species’ version of the “Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.” On the new Nantucket, some restaurants have opened long before Daffy days.

Our weekends are full of visitors: they wish to walk the beach, poke about in the moors, or beat remorseless into the wind on a bike. Others are coming for one of the few weekends when they can actually stay in their own house before the rental season, now poking into April and May, sends them off-island with checks and shopping lists.

The neighbors have come. I would say that they are early, but they don’t see the same schedule. The prep for the summer once began around Memorial Day. But, as the great engines of commerce have been engaged on God’s Favorite Sandbar, the old schedules have faded into the old newspapers. They are cleaning for the spring, eliminating the spiders, hiding the mouse turds, and blowing the leaves away with a hundred decibel hose and backpack. Guests and renters will follow shortly, followed by Instagram followers and TikTok dancers.

For an old man, April is the cruelest month. The dark of winter forces you back into the familiar warmth of your eternal and unchanging indoor life. But Spring calls you to a world that has evolved past you, waved, and turned into Cisco Brewers. The old vistas and views have been interrupted by plywood and cedar shingles.

In between storms, the workers come off the Cape and pick up the saws and nail guns. Houses are lifted, spun, then expanded, just as they have always been.

For an old man, each new construction is a landmark obscured. The winter calls back to us, promising to unwind the changes of money and time.

Nonetheless, Spring announces itself, over and over again, note after note.

Every sunset comes later and later, every dawn comes earlier and earlier. The daffodils and crocuses have pushed their way out of the familiar dark and have opened onto a gray world of mud, clouds, and delicious puddles.

The great engine of spring has lit the green fuse once again. The multiplicacontinued on page 18

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Vol. 52 No. 1 • YesterdaysIsland.com

April 21-May 18, 2022

Today’s Nantucket

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THURSDAY, APRIL 21 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum. Tickets $23 at the door and NHA is offering FREE crafts kits for pickup at the Museum for all students today. 13 Broad Street.

4 to 6 PM - Go Green Earth Day Complimentary Wine Tasting Feel good about your sustainably smart wine tasting choices at this gratis sampling of Earth friendly wines that are easy on the wallet. Epernay Wine & Spirits, 1 N Beach St, corner of Easton St between White Elephant & Nantucket Hotel 5:30 to 6:30 PM - Book Club: Disturber of Tradition: A Portrait of Anna Gardner Discuss Barbara Ann White’s Disturber of Tradition: A Portrait of Anna Gardener a Nantucket Book Partner’s Book Club. Nantucket Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St. 6 to 7 PM - ELL Beginner & Intermediate Drop-In Free English Classes Classes are conducted in English at Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India St. 7 PM - Parlor Concert Series Nantucket Community Music Center guitar faculty Aidan Sherry and Jason Sullivan will be joined by island jazz musicians Nigel Goss and Ecliff Graves for an evening of jazz favorites. Nantucket Community Music Center, 56 Centre St.. Tickets $15.

7 PM - The Original Nantucket Ghost Walk A 3/4-mi, 80 min stroll in the historic district to 5 of the most hautend spots. $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Cash Only. No reservations necessary. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 mins early. 774-325-8972

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Flowering Festivals Are Blooming Early

April 21-May 18, 2022

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Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation When the Nantucket Daffodil Festival began in 1975, organizers were looking for a way to celebrate spring and bring some life into the island’s shoulder seasons. That first festival was held on May 2nd. In 1980, the Nantucket Daffodil Festival moved to the last weekend in April, where it has remained ever since.

What better symbol of the resiliency of the Nantucket people after a long, cold winter, than a daffodil blossom? Beautiful and delicate on the outside, it can weather any sudden storm Mother Nature can dish out. Daffodils are resilient enough that as temperatures warm with global climate change, they change too, many varieties blooming earlier than ever before.

Research from around the world has shown that many spring blossoms are experiencing peak flowering dates earlier on average than historic norms. The flowering times are also somewhat unpredictable given the erratic nature of warming and increased storm events. These factors combined make predicting peak blossom of your favorite flowering plant more difficult. And if predicting peak flowering determines when to hold a particular flower festival, then there’s a lot riding on accuracy. Who wants to show up to a daffodil festival when the lilacs are blooming? Flower festivals around the globe are responding in unique ways.

The oldest known flower festivals occur in Japan, where cherry blossoms are celebrated as a symbol of spring, but are also culturally significant. The tradition of cherry blossom viewing, known as Hanami, goes back thousands of years.

Records of peak cherry blossom timing began around AD 800. These records show that after being a static calendar fixture for centuries, Hanami started to change at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. According to researchers at Osaka University, last year cherry blossoms peaked earlier than they had for more than continued on page 35

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April 21-May 18, 2022

As the Garden Grows, So Does the Gardener

by Greyson Keller Spring moves fast, But gardens are forever.

Summer is the show, But the night is clever.

Autumn exhales, And the sun gives ovation.

Winter is dormant, And together they are creation.

When I was little, I was surrounded by gardeners. My mother learned from her mother, and my grandmother from her mother. My grandfather would drive an old Kubota and forever maintain the rock walls on a small farm the family had in Westport, MA. We spent all our holidays on the farm. Thanksgiving was definitely a favorite of mine growing up. All the cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, friends and acquaintances took treks with the pack of dogs down the long winding driveway to the pond, just so we could traverse the rickety-rackety bridge. We kids would hop the stone walls, dodge cow pies, and race to the water’s edge in search of treasure that had washed up. I remember my cousin Milicent once found a sea horse completely intact. What a day! On the way back up to the house, there were often ripe pears dangling from the trees. I was just big enough to climb up and collect a few each time. My first tooth was lost whilst blissfully biting into one of those pears. Thinking about it today, it was an idyllic setting to lose a tooth: sun low in the sky, pears dangling in the dimming light, and me, perched on a boulder below, bleeding from my mouth, pear in hand smiling from ear to ear.

As I grew older, the sheer ecstasy of romping round the farm began to wear off. The more dignified years of my early teens enabled me to ponder the surroundings from a different perspective, as really, a different person. The whole property, although a farm, was beautifully landscaped. The immediate surroundings of the main home was divided into outdoor rooms. There was a room for morning coffee, an area for lunch, a seated space for afternoon tea and biscuits and, of course, there was a hidden garden. I was immersed in gardening and landscape design without even realizing. My great grandmother would spend hours in the hidden garden, which was really a large potager, complete with a koi pond, teak benches, and obelisks to give height and structure. There were pea stone paths leading to openings in hedges—the odd window in the hedges giving way to a view borrowed from the broader landscape. I can still remember the mystery of what might lie beyond those hedges.

There were hard lines and soft plantings. The sound of trickling water floating along to the faint wind chime in the distance. There were strategically placed statuaries that brought life to the theatre of the landscape. All senses were on high alert. Rock walls outlined the rolling fields and created borders and backdrops in the garden, and perennials with a beautiful rhythm of heights, textures, and bloom time.

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felt at home: there was a sense of place. I began to understand that the tractor rides weren’t just for the pure pleasure of riding on a tractor with the wind in your face and the sun on your neck, but rather a necessity, to complete a job. That didn’t subdue the magic of the moment or the whimsy of my wandering. If anything, it ignited it. All of a sudden, I realized that it wasn’t just God or Mother Nature that created the overwhelming sense of place that I experienced on the farm. It was us. It was the people who tended it.

That meant that even at home, in our tiny, rented apartment on Nantucket, we too, could create a beautiful sense of place. We could create meaning in the mundane. We could develop the drab, invigorate the environment. We could design our gardens, no matter how small. From that moment on, I tried to turn balconies into botanical wonders, porches into paradise, and apartments into arboretums. This was my way of making the Nantucket shuffle feel a little more like home. It's the classic tale of while in search of my grandmother's garden, I found my own.

To me, sense of place is the feeling of not only being exactly where you are, but wanting to be nowhere else in the world. There are moments that, much like a butterfly, flutter by, so when they happen, pause and soak them in. They can catch you off guard and may be as little as seeing the green of a seedling first pop through the soil in the morning, hearing the birds sing, sway and dance in the wind, or watching all the laughing daffodils as the antique cars drive by honking their horns. This weekend, when you are sowing seeds or picking weeds, try to take notice of the sense of place you can create. Maybe it’s a nook that could use a bench for contemplation or a spot in the sun that might benefit from a birdbath.

Do you possibly have space for a small pond to encourage wildlife to come and frolic? Add a sculpture by your favorite artist or create a sculpture of your own.

Try to develop a space or outdoor area that provides opportunity for theatre. Excite your senses with the smell and taste of fresh herbs, hear the mellow tones of a wind chime or the trickle of water as it flows. Plant trees, shrubs and perennials with different textures to feel.

We’re still early enough in the spring to take the time to plan some of this out. Take a few quick measurements, grab a ruler and pencil, and scribe the outline of the space on some graph paper. Make a list of what it is you want in and from your garden. Do you want your garden to be productive with veggies or flowers? Do you want it to just be a tranquil place to sit and unwind? Do you want to have a shaded area to give shelter from the summer sun? Possibly the opposite, a place to worship the sun? Whatever it is you want from your garden, make the time to plan it out, you’ll thank yourself later.

Spring moves fast, but gardens are forever. Not every task needs to be completed: much better to do half of the tasks well, than all tasks with half a heart.

If you think about it, each of us only has maybe 80 or 90 springtimes in our lives.

Some of which are swallowed up by childhood and during others we may not be as active as we once were. Use your time and watch the seasons melt into each other as you develop your space. Notice where the sun is during winter, then again in summer. Notice the microclimates from season to season and plant accordingly. As you are doing all this, time passes, and as the garden grows so does the gardener.

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Portraits from the Past

Most visitors expect to see portraits of stiffly-posed sea captains or stuffy businessmen in a museum. However, Nantucket’s history is more than white whaling captains and wealthy merchant families. Nantucket Historical Association’s collection contains thousands of painted portraits and studio photographs of people from many parts of the island’s diverse past.

Opening Daffodil Weekend is Island People: Portraits and Stories from Nantucket, an exhibition of more than 100 images of islanders from the past in the Whaling Museum’s Williams Forsyth Gallery. This exhibit will draw from the NHA’s collection of painted, photographic, and silhouette portraits to highlight both famous and lesserknown Nantucketers whose life stories intersect with the themes and currents of the island’s history.

Exhibit highlights will include the earliest known painted portrait of a Nantucketer; an exceptional tintype of a leader of the island’s 19th-century Black community; portraits of children with their pets; likenesses of millers, innkeepers, tailors, mothers, sailors, and sweethearts in the NHA’s collection.

Michael R. Harrison, NHA’s chief curator & Obed Macy Research Chair said, “Individuals presented in this exhibition represent as broad and diverse a range of island people as possible...We hope the human face of the island’s past will inspire visitors to remember their family stories and how they relate to Nantucket.”

Opening Memorial Day Weekend is the much-anticipated exhibition of paintings, textiles, bronzes, jade items, ceramics, porcelain and more from the collection that Nantucket residents and world travelers David Billings and Beverly Hall Billings have gathered over 50 years. Most pieces included in the show are being shown publicly for the first time, and the NHA is thrilled to host this exhibit.

Included will be some of the earliest known pieces of earthenware from 5,000 BCE and porcelain that dates from the Qing Dynasty. Among the many captivating objects is a pair of exquisite gold finials inlaid with rare kingfisher feathers, a selection of Chinese snuff bottles, Tibetan and tea ceremony objects, a large Butsudan shrine, a Jin Rickshaw, and an articulated diorama of a Peking opera. A Jade body suit burial cleverly concealed will round out this exceptional exhibition.

"This exhibition offers an extraordinary and rare opportunity to examine works of art that reveal Asian culture right here on Nantucket. It...can broaden all of our perspectives," states NHA Board President Chip Carver.

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White Heron Theatre Company of Nantucket has an exciting schedule of shows to celebrate its 10th anniversary season, including Dial M for Murder, a killer comedy that preceded the classic Hitchcock film and features Tony Awardwinner Celia Keenan-Bolger. The season will also include two highly anticipated new works that were canceled last summer due to a COVID-19 surge as well as a modern masterwork about an American icon. Additionally, White Heron is partnering with Nantucket Comedy Festival to offer “The White Heron Comedy Club” on Friday and Saturday nights in season. Later in the year, A Nantucket Christmas Carol, White Heron’s popular adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, will return for its last revival until 2024.

“We have a blockbuster lineup to celebrate our 10th Anniversary season on Nantucket,” said White Heron Artistic Director Lynne Bolton. “We continue our commitment to new work with the world premiere of See Monsters of the Deep and a North American premiere of The Half written by “Game of Thrones” actor, Richard Dormer. Tony winner Celia Keenan-Bolger returns to star in the classic play Dial M for Murder. We will wrap up with a tour-de-force performance of Thurgood, the story of Thurgood Marshall, America’s first Black Justice of the Supreme Court.”

The Half, directed by Michael Kopko, premiers June 26. This enjoyable piece about life in the theatre follows an actor during his preparation in the 30 minutes before curtain, also called “the half.” In his attempts to coax himself into the performance of a lifetime, the actor relives the highs and lows of his life and relationships. One of the hits of the 2012 Edinburgh International Festival, The Half is humorous and enormously entertaining. “The Half is a brilliant, funny work that we have been working to bring to its North American premiere for 10 years,” said White Heron Producing Director and Co-Artistic Director Michael Kopko. “I'm grateful to be working on this wonderful piece with such a gifted and accomplished actor.” Performances will continue in repertory through July 17.

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2 PM - Great Writers on Nantucket Hear how Melville, Hemingway, Steinbeck and others were inspired by this magical island on this 1/2 mi, 80 min stroll. $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Cash Only. No reservations necessary. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 mins early. 774-325-8972 2 PM - Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout This property in Polpis shares elements of maritime or coastal heathlands habitat: native tree species, meadows, & wetlands. You’ll feel you’re exploring Yoda’s home swamp planet of Dagobah from Star Wars. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 3 to 5 PM - Flower Power Preview Party Cocktail Tasting Enjoy a sample of a delicious springtime craft cocktails to celebrate Daffy Fest weekend. You’ll find all you need for a beach picnic or tailgate party. Epernay Wine & Spirits, 1 N Beach St, between White Elephant & Nantucket Hotel 7 PM - The Original Nantucket Ghost Walk A 3/4-mi, 80 min stroll in the historic district to 5 of the most hautend spots. $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Cash Only. No reservations necessary. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 mins early. 774-325-8972

SATURDAY, APRIL 23 StoryWalk: We Are Water Protectors Stop by the Atheneum Garden & read the StoryWalk picture book by Carole Lindstron. We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s water from harm. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street.

8 AM - Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A mashup of island terrain; forest, upland meadows, small ponds, a former cranberry bog, & one of the island’s true flowing streams. A 90-120 min. dual property hike, depending on group interest. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 8:15 to 9 AM - Antique Car Gather for the Parade More than 100 antique vehicles gather in the Stop & Shop parking lot to line up for the parade. A Daffodil Festival Event: Nantucket Chamber of Commerce.

8:30 AM - Historic Mansions of Main Street & America’s Oldest Windmill A 1.8mi, 45-min., exercise walk with historic commentary past whaling era mansions and back to downtown. Cash only: $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12.

Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 min early. 774-325-8972 9:15 AM to 12 PM - Antique Parade Viewing on Main Street Antique cars and motorcycles will be staged on Main Street to be judged & viewed by the public. The vehicles stay downtown until noon, when they will be driven to Siasconset for the tailgate picnic. A Nantucket Chamber of Commerce event.

9:30 AM to 12 PM - A Safe Place’s 23rd Annual Clothesline Project An emotionally moving art display consisting of t-shirts decorated by local survivors of domestic & sexual violence to honor survivors & raise awareness to the issues of domestic & sexual violence .Free materials available for participants to make their own t-shirts to add to the display in the Atheneum Garden, 1 India St. 9:30 AM to 4 PM - Free STEM Grab & Go Bag: Butterfly Life Cycle Craft Stop by Weezie Desk today for a cute Butterfly Life Cycle craft while supplies last.

Most supplies & instructions included. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street.

10 AM - Daffodil Hat Parade Wear your most festive & daffy hats & parade around Children’s Beach. Children’s Beach, Harbor View Way. A Nantucket Chamber of Commerce event.

10 AM - Historic Walking Tour of Downtown Nantucket A 1/2 mi, 90-min. stroll let by 3x runner-up in Nantucket History Quiz Bowl. Cash only: $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 min early. 774-325-8972 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 10:30 AM to 12 PM - Book Signing with Yeshe Palmo Book signing with Yeshe Palmo, author of Trees, Shrubs, & Lianas of Nantucket Volumes 1 & 2 Mitchell’s Book Corner, 54 Main St. 508-228-1080 10:45 AM - Daffodil Children’s Parade Children and their parents dress daffy and decorate their bicycles, wagons, and strollers and parade around Children’s Beach. Children’s Beach, Harbor View Way. A Nantucket Chamber of Commerce event.

11 AM to 1 PM - Daffodil Made Easy Complimentary Tailgating Tasting Sample ready-to-drink, single-serve beverages, made easy to bring to your next event & simple to recycle—perfect for Daffodil Festival! Epernay Wine & Spirits, 1 N Beach St, corner of Easton between White Elephant & Nantucket Hotel

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11 AM to 4 PM - AAN Big Gallery Show: The Long Way Home Artists Association of Nantucket opens a new in-person show featuring gems from their Permanent Collection in the Big Gallery, upstairs at 12 Straight Wharf.

11:15 AM to 12:30 PM - Entertainment at Children’s Beach Visits with Barnaby Bear, giveaways, and watch a Nanpuppets performance at Children’s Beach Harbor View Way. A Nantucket Chamber of Commerce event.

12 PM - Daffy Fest Antique Car Parade Heads to ‘Sconset The cars & motorcycles staged on Main Street Nantucket will begin their parade out to ‘Sconset to the Tailgate Picnic.

12 to 5 PM - Best of Show “Welcome to Nantucket” Daffy Prize Giveaway Enter to win an award-winning Daffy Prize Giveaway. Drawing held @ 5 pm, no purchase necessary, need not be present to win, rules + regulations online. Epernay Wine & Spirits, 1 N Beach St, between White Elephant & Nantucket Hotel 12:30 PM - Daffodil Festival Dog Parade A Daffy Dog Parade by Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals (NiSHA). Children’s Beach, Harbor View Way. A Nantucket Chamber of Commerce event.

12:30 to 3 PM - Daffodil Festival Tailgate Picnic The public is invited to a fun and festive picnic in ‘Sconset where there will be music and viewing of the antique cars and costumed parade participants. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy. Parking is limited, so carpool to this event. A Nantucket Chamber of Commerce event.

2 PM - Notorious Nantucket Walking Tour (ages 13+) Discover the real history of Old Nantucket on a 1/2- mile, 80-90 min. walking tour. featuring opium dens, bordello, hippies, & more. $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Cash Only. No reservations necessary. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 mins early. 774-325-8972 2 PM - Sankaty Bluff Hike with Nantucket Walkabout On this hike, walk south down the beach from the Hoicks Hollow Road public way to see examples of & learn about Nantucket’s geological past. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 2 to 5 PM - 46th Annual Nantucket Daffodil Show The 46th Annual Daffodil Show, presented by the Nantucket Garden Club, will be held in the greenhouses at Bartlett’s Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. See hundreds of gorgeous varieties of daffodils: single stem, arrangements, and photographs. Show is free, but donations are accepted. Free shuttle from 10 Washington St. 3 to 5 PM - Blooms + Brews Complimentary Craft Beer Tasting Discover how different hops used in beer production create the floral essences found in your craft brew at this mini-beer fest Epernay Wine & Spirits, 1 N Beach St, corner of Easton between White Elephant & Nantucket Hotel 6 PM - Shawkemo Hills Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A hiking experience thru an area dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of N. America. See & learn about formation of Coatue, Great Point, Haulover, Nantucket Harbor & inner harbor shores. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 7 PM - The Original Nantucket Ghost Walk A 3/4-mi, 80 min stroll in the historic district to 5 of the most hautend spots. $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Cash Only. No reservations necessary. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 mins early. 774-325-8972

SUNDAY, APRIL 24 8 AM - Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout This property in Polpis shares elements of maritime or coastal heathlands habitat: native tree species, meadows, & wetlands. You’ll feel you’re exploring Yoda’s home swamp planet of Dagobah from Star Wars. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 9:30 AM to 7:30 PM - Peeps Diorama Contest Voting Stop by the Atheneum to vote for your favorite Peeps in their Annual Peeps Diorama Contest. Winners announced on April 26. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India St. 10 AM - Fabulous Mansions of the Cliff & Brant Point A 2-1/2 mi, 1 hr., exercise walk with historic commentary past spectacular homes.

Ends at White Elephant Hotel. Cash only: $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12.

Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 min early. 774-325-8972 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - 46th Annual Nantucket Daffodil Show The 46th Annual Daffodil Show, presented by the Nantucket Garden Club, will be held in the greenhouses at Bartlett’s Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. See hundreds of gorgeous varieties of daffodils: single stem, arrangements, and photographs.

Show is free, but donations to the Nantucket Garden Club are accepted.

10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11 AM to 12:30 PM - Winter Walk: Squam Swamp Be prepared for some adventurous, mucky, uneven trails while you hear about the ecological bounty tucked in the vernal pools and Red Maple swamps of this striking forest. Uniquely shaped trees and vibrant seasonal sights await in the forests of Squam. register at NantucketConservation.org continued on page 12

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12 to 2 PM - Rosé for the Win(e) Complimentary Tasting Pink wine is our pouring pleasure at this wine tasting where we will raise a glass to celebrate the final day of the Chamber’s 46th Daffodil Festival. Epernay Wine & Spirits, 1 N Beach St, between White Elephant & Nantucket Hotel 1 to 4 PM - Greatest “Greetings from Nantucket” Daffy Gift Giveaway Enter to win a great Daffy Gift Giveaway. Drawing held @ 5 pm, no purchase necessary, need not be present to win, rules + regulations online. Epernay Wine & Spirits, 1 N Beach St, between White Elephant & Nantucket Hotel 2 PM - Historic Mansions of Main Street & America’s Oldest Windmill A 1.8mi, 45-min., exercise walk with historic commentary past whaling era mansions and back to downtown. Cash only: $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12.

Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 min early. 774-325-8972 5:45 PM - Smith’s Point Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout See an amazing sunset at the westernmost extremity of Nantucket in sight of Tuckernuck Island. Walk back on the beach under the rising moon & stars, and maybe take a dip in the ocean if you’re game. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 7 PM - The Original Nantucket Ghost Walk A 3/4-mi, 80 min stroll in the historic district to 5 of the most hautend spots. $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Cash Only. No reservations necessary. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 mins early. 774-325-8972

MONDAY, APRIL 25 StoryWalk: We Are Water Protectors Stop by the Atheneum Garden & read the StoryWalk picture book by Carole Lindstron. We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s water from harm. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street.

8 AM - Shawkemo Hills Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A hiking experience thru an area dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of N. America. See & learn about formation of Coatue, Great Point, Haulover, Nantucket Harbor & inner harbor shores. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 9:30 AM to 7:30 PM - Peeps Diorama Contest Voting Stop by the Atheneum to vote for your favorite Peeps in their Annual Peeps Diorama Contest. Winners announced on April 26. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India St. 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 2 PM - Gardner Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout This hike is within Nantucket’s oldest outwash plain of sandplain grasslands and contains pitch pine forests with a walkway over a cattail-choked inlet. This hike is close to Cisco Beach & Cisco Brewery. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

TUESDAY, APRIL 26 8 AM - Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout See 6 habitats—tidal pond, beach, cedar forest & dune, maritime oak forest, salt marsh & harbor—on this 3-mile hike mostly over sand in an area of the island many people never get to explore. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 9:45 to 10:30 AM - Music in the Morning Fun songs and singing games for kids. Space is limited. Tickets at the Weezie desk on a first-come-first-serve basis when libraty opens at 9:30 AM. If the weather is nice, we may move the class outside. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street.

10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Jamaican Day Enjoy jerk chicken with rice & peas with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 2 PM - Smooth Hummocks Hike with Nantucket Walkabout Smooth Hummocks is Nantucket’s version of the Midwest’s prairies, with rare wildflowers & grasses: a fascinating island ecosystem with many things to teach. 508422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 5:30 to 6:30 PM - Food For Thought: Nantucket’s Portuguese Heritage Whaling brought men from the Cape Verde Islands & the Azores to Nantucket.

8 AM - Smith’s Point Hike with Nantucket Walkabout Nantucket’s weasternmost sand extremity is a great hike to see island birds and catch a glimpse of Tuckernuck Island. One of the longer Nantucket Walkabout hikes. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11 AM to 2 PM - Drop-In Decorative Arts Classes Basket Weaving Gam, a Chair Clinic, and a Stitching Gam in the 1800 House at 4 Mill Street. Presented by Nantucket Historical Assn.

11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Fish Fry Enjoy cod, yellowfin, & chowder with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 2 PM - Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A mashup of island terrain; forest, upland meadows, small ponds, a former cranberry bog, & one of the island’s true flowing streams. A 90-120 min. dual property hike, depending on group interest. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 6 PM - Shawkemo Hills Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A hiking experience thru an area dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of N. America. See & learn about formation of Coatue, Great Point, Haulover, Nantucket Harbor & inner harbor shores. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 6:30 to 8:30 PM - Free Atheneum Knitting Group A fun, relaxed place to share your projects or learn new techniques. Attendees will be required to wear a mask at all times. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street.

THURSDAY, APRIL 28 8 AM - Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout This property in Polpis shares elements of maritime or coastal heathlands habitat: native tree species, meadows, & wetlands. You’ll feel you’re exploring Yoda’s home swamp planet of Dagobah from Star Wars. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM - Free “Arbor Day” Tree Tour with Maria Zodda Learn about the beautiful and historic species of trees that line our downtown streets. Group size is very limited, so preregistration required. Call 508-228-2818 or email nlc@nantucketlandcouncil.org for details.

10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Mexican Day Taco Bar Enjoy beef, chicken, pork, refried beans tacos with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 6 to 7 PM - ELL Beginner & Intermediate Drop-In Free English Classes Classes are conducted in English at Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India St. 7 to 9 PM - Free Open Mic Night at NCMC All are welcome to participate: seasoned musician or newcomers in this casual environment. Donations welcome. Nantucket Community Music Center, 56 Centre St..

FRIDAY, APRIL 29 StoryWalk: We Are Water Protectors Stop by the Atheneum Garden & read the StoryWalk picture book by Carole Lindstron. We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s water from harm. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street.

10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11 AM - Historic Walking Tour of Downtown Nantucket A 1/2 mi, 90-min. stroll let by 3x runner-up in Nantucket History Quiz Bowl. Cash only: $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 min early. 774-325-8972 continued on page 32

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Running concurrently on the second floor of the gallery is Works on Paper, an exhibition open to all island artists that will feature collages, fine prints, mixed media, watercolors, pastels, anything produced on paper. “We truly do not know what people will bring in for the Works on Paper show, but the possibilities are endless,” said AAN artistic director & curator Robert Frazier.

“We are delighted to offer this early spring exhibition with two distinctly different shows on each floor, providing a wonderful opportunity for both our artist members, island artists, and the viewing public,” added Frazier.

Both exibits in the Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery will be open through May 23. Located in the heart of Nantucket’s Cultural District, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday,11 am to 5 pm, closed Sundays & Mondays.

Opening on April 23 in AAN’s Big Gallery upstairs at 12 Straight Wharf is a exhibition of gems from the association’s Permanent Collection entitled The Long Way Home. The Permanent Collection began with the AAN founders, who saw the need for documenting Nantucket’s art colony history. They also imagined the collection providing a visual context for the association’s history while offering a precious heritage for the future.

April 25, the AAN’s newest online exhibition Float Your Boat will go live at nantucketarts.org/art. “The title Float Your Boat was chosen given the season for boating is fast approaching...we thought it a clever spring play on words,” commented Robert Frazier. “These curated online shows have been so well received we are delighted to offer this opportunity to both our valued artists, as well as giving those in far reaching places the chance to purchase some wonderful local art,” added Frazier.

Works will be added throughout the exhibition, and with nearly 300 artist members, the range of work will be impressive. Online work will include oils, watercolor, pastels, mixed media, ceramics, photographs, textiles, and some jewelry.

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Bruce and Elisabeth have two sons, William and Charlie, both born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital.

“My wife is Dutch: in Holland a lot of people have their children at home, even today. When we discussed where to have our kids, we looked at the maternity ward [on Nantucket], and my wife said ‘this looks really nice.’ There was more personal attention than if we had our kids at a major hospital in Boston, and the infection rate is much lower photo by Kit Noble Photography here than in a big city medical center. It played out exactly as we hoped… in fact, I wanted to stay an extra night: they were serving salmon and the food was so good and we were so

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The Percelays take active roles in supporting the communities where they live. “We try to roll up our sleeves,” as he puts it. From 2003 to 2005, Bruce was a driving force when the Nantucket Historical Association reconstructed their Whaling Museum. “The Whaling Museum has a real special place in my heart because I had a chance to help build it.” When it came time to launch the capital campaign to build a new hospital here, Bruce and Elisabeth were at the forefront, chairing the campaign, participating on the Board of Trustees, and encouraging donors.

“It was an intense involvement for y e a r s . . .T h e number [to be raised] was daunting. This was the largest capital campaign for a community hospital in the United States.

The first issue was to overcome doubts that it could be done. Early on it was very conceptual: getting peocontinued on page 17

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ple to feel the sense of immediacy and reality early on was difficult,” Bruce explained.

In 2016, the Percelays further demonstrated their dedication to the cause with a substantial gift of $10 million dollars to the NCH capital campaign—then hospital president and CEO Margot Hartmann called “a game-changer.”

“When we decided to make a commitment to the hospital, it was a turning point. When you become a donor yourself, it is a lot easier to ask people to give.

Once it started to build momentum, it did not stop.”

Not only did the NCH capital campaign raise enough for the new medical facility, there is money remaining for new staff housing units to help address the island’s affordable housing crisis. The new hospital meets hurricane design specifications to withstand winds in excess of 185 mph and is certified as a LEED Gold v4 building.

In recognition of their generous gift and their key roles in the endeavor to build the new hospital, a major portion of the building—the part that includes the emergency room, surgical suite, and inpatient rooms—has been named the Percelay Pavilion. Bruce and Elisabeth are modest when asked about the naming, saying that they agreed it would be a wonderful statement to their children: “We are very fortunate in life, and we’ve worked very hard. It’s important to us to show our children that you don’t just work for ourselves: you work to leave the planet better than you found it…We want to show them by example.”

“To be involved in building a new hospital that will help people and perhaps save someone’s life…it has left an indelible mark on me and on Elisabeth…We supported the hospital in a significant way, but what we got back is immeasurable.”

The Percelays continue their involvement with Nantucket Cottage Hospital: “we feel vested in the hospital, and we feel vested in the community. We want the hospital to be as good as it can be.” This year they are event chairs of the 25th Annual Boston Pops on Nantucket fundraiser. August 13, 2022 will be the first time since the pandemic began that this iconic island event can again be held in-person. “We’re going to pull out all the stops: it will be quite a night,” commented Bruce. Recording artist and actress Skyler Wright, who was raised on-island, will open the evening with our National Anthem, and guest vocalist Marc Martel will bring the music of Queen to the stage on Jetties Beach. Tickets to the 2022 Boston Pops on Nantucket will be available in May at nantuckethospital.org.

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Sounds of Spring from page 5

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tion of the years and the buds bursts forth with twice as many daffodils this year, but only half as many as next year. They shove through the gray hedge, pop up in the dark puddles, and overwhelm the careful beds that they had been placed and arranged in. In our backyard, one tossed daffodil from ten years ago, has multiplied into a small yellow troop blooming underneath the blackberry hedge and scrub oaks. Beyond the careful landscaping and over the piles of waste grass and leaves, Spring pushes out yellow and green.

They have engulfed us and their weekend: we might as well have a Daffodil month now. They line the roads, flood the yards, and punctuate the spring in one long fertile ellipsis. The only salvation from the burgeoning yellow life come from the daffodils’ only natural predator on Nantucket, the road crew.

Life beguiles us and draws out of out pandemic sealed homes and personalities. In a warm southern wind, the rooster tails sail across the sky, and the daffodils nod. After long isolation and silence, the croaking and singing push of life nudges us on, without our masks, our social distance, and our doubts and suspicions. The world melts and we stand in the fecund mud, watching another yellow bud burst.

On the Sunday boat, I looked up from a book and beyond my earphones to a swelling bloom of young lacrosse players. They clumped together, stared at pictures, drank seltzer water, then burped and laughed and burped again. In sneakers and socks and tights and hats and yellow tank tops with a picture of the island and a lacrosse stick, they nudge, poke, and wiggle into tight corners. Eight of them circle the end of one table, then a three-inch high stack of UNO cards comes out and the game commences. They bark, they shout, they laugh, and the bubbling sap of noise spills along the floor of the boat until we are stuck in it. Amid the noisy slapping, we watch another clump of flowers bloom in the spring.

In the end, we make way. Spring will shove us aside, no matter what rules we make or what careful gardens we shape. It stands before us, with a laughing, triumphant, yawp of “Uno!”

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2022 Book Festival Schedule Announced

The Nantucket Book Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a stellar schedule of in-person talks, forums, gatherings and celebrations of writers and readers from June 16-19. Most of their events are free, with a few special events requiring paid tickets. The schedule is now online and tickets are selling fast at NantucketBookFestival.org.

The festival’s more than 30 events begin at 5 pm on Thursday, June 16 witha “Funny Business” cocktail party featuring author Michael Hill. “Before Stephen continued on page 22

Summer Schedule starts May 16th!

FACE COVERINGS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL OF OUR BUSSES

MID ISLAND ROUTE

Buses will leave town every 30 minutes (on the hour and half hour) from 7am to 9pm. The last bus leaves town at 9pm.

MIACOMET ROUTE

Buses will leave town every 30 minutes (on the hour and half hour) from 7am to 9:20pm. The last bus leaves town at 9:20pm.

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Daily from 7:15am to 9:15pm. The last bus leaves town at 9:15pm.

PARK & RIDE LOTS ARE AVAILABLE ALONG THE ROUTES: The Muse 44 Surfside Rd • Faregrounds (7a 5p) 27 Fairgrounds Rd • 2 Fairgrounds Rd Half fares: 65+, individuals with disabilities, veterans & active military personnel. Children 6 and under ride free.

Change is given in the form of a voucher for future rides only, drivers do not make change.

1,3, & 7 day passes may be purchased aboard all buses, long term passes are available at the NRTA office.

Passes provide unlimited rides for the duration of the pass.

Downtown Bus Stops: Madaket and Jetties – Broad Street (in front of the Whaling Museum); Mid Island, Miacomet, Sconset via Old South Rd and Milestone Road – Washington Street, Greenhound Site; Airport, Surfside and Sconset via Polpis Road – Washington Street.

Designated stops are conveniently located along the routes look for grey posts with blue stripes.

All buses carry 2 bikes and are handicap accessible. For complementary paratransit service and TDD call (508) 325 7516.

Bus Information (508) 325 7516, 508 325 9571. Riders Guides are available at NRTA Office 20R South Water St, Visitor Services 25 Federal Street, Chamber of Commerce 0 Main St., the Greenhound Building at the downtown bus stop on Washington Street, on all buses and at downtown stops. Information and amenities are available at the Greenhound Building on Washington Street open daily. Hours are subject to change. Covid 19 may impact the opening of the building.

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written and directed by Mark Shanahan from a concept by Mark Shanahan and Steve Pacek. See Monsters... tells the story of Morton Plank, who ventures out in his small boat named Courage to confront a mysterious sea monster lurking in the Nantucket Harbor. He soon becomes part of an infamous prank pulled by the eccentric Tony Sarg. This delightful fantasy harkens back to the innocence of a simpler time. Performances will begin on June 29 and will run through July 20.

“Nantucket in the 1920's and '30s was a very different place from the island of today,” said Bolton. “See Monsters... takes a journey back in time to the Nantucket we knew as kids. It’s a wildly entertaining story with the mystery and romance of The Summer of '42 as well as a coming-of-age tale that explores the innocence of a forgotten time."

At the heart of the season will be Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott and directed by Mark Shanahan. This classic comedic thriller follows Tony and Margot Wendice. Tony has discovered Margot’s affair with a crime-fiction writer, so he sets out to take his revenge and inherit her vast fortune. In true Hitchcockian fashion, plans go awry to comedic and thrilling consequences. White Heron’s production will feature Celia Keenan-Bolger (2019 Tony Award for To Kill A Mocking Bird and currently in The Gilded Age) as Margot Wendice. Performances will run from July 26 through August 11.

“One of our favorite actors to grace the White Heron stage is Celia KeenanBolger,” said Bolton. “Celia is back this year to lead the company in Dial M for Murder,” said Bolton. “Celia is one of those magical actors who creates a special world where we can all live with her for a few hours. Our intimate venue allows for a unique experience to see this stellar company close-up. If you couldn’t get tickets to see Celia’s Tony winning performance on Broadway as Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird, now is your chance to experience her extraordinary talent. Dial M is a must-see for this season.”

For the close of the summer, White Heron will present Thurgood by George Stevens, Jr. This masterpiece tells the story of American icon Thurgood Marshall, continued on page 21

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who successfully argued Brown vs. the Board of Education before the Supreme Court and later became that body’s first African-American justice. Audiences will find Thurgood’s success story to be a riveting celebration of all that is best about our country. Performances will run August 22 through September 1. “This tourde force will leave you breathless, moved and inspired by an incredible performance and the story of a great American,” said Bolton In addition to theatrical productions, White Heron has partnered with the Nantucket Comedy Festival to present “the White Heron Comedy Club,” a destination for great comedy on Friday and Saturday evenings at 9 p.m. throughout the summer. Gary Marino will open the Comedy Club season on July 1 & 2. On July 8 & 9, audiences will laugh along with Steve Sweeney; August 12 & 13 Jack Gallagher will be on stage. The program ends with Tom Cotter on August 26 and 27 and Don Gavin on September 2 and 3.

Our weekend comedy club nights will be a treat,” said Kopko. “Collaborating with our friend Kevin Flynn and the Nantucket Comedy Festival, we’ll be bringing in some top comics. With our lobby bar, this will be a great evening, and Nantucket will at last have a destination for weekend comedy all summer long.

For the winter holidays, White Heron will revive its popular production of A Nantucket Christmas Carol, adapted by Mark Shanahan from the Charles Dickens classic. This version of the fabled holiday story is set on Nantucket in 1840, making it both a holiday tradition and a celebration of the island’s local history. This will be the last opportunity to see A Nantucket Christmas Carol until 2024.

In reflecting on the artists who have made White Heron a success over the last decade, Bolton said, “Our acting company is diverse and extensive—with more than 112 actors who have performed on the White Heron stage over the past 10 years. They run the gamut of Academy Award winners, Tony Award winners and nominees, journeyman actors, students and acclaimed actors from stage and television all working together as members of a company. We celebrate and thank those actors who have worked shoulder to shoulder to build our White Heron legacy.” Tickets for the White Heron’s season are now available for members: $100 memberships include early access to tickets, discounted tickets, and access to exclusive behind-the-scenes events. Additional benefits are offered to patrons who join the Heron Society.

Ticket sales for the general public begin on April 29. For additional details, visit whiteherontheatre.org or call 508-825-5268.

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A Nantucket Tradition for 87 Years

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Colbert, Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, and even before Doonesbury, there was Art Buchwald,” writes Hill. His book, a mix of biography, correspondence, comic capers and poignant scenes, gives us insight into Buchwald’s “sense of good old American humor and decency.”

Friday and Saturday, June 17 and 18, are chock-full of back-to-back events featuring well-known authors, including Tiya Miles, Dave Barry, Alice Hoffman, Mitchell S. Jackson, Louise Penny, Ben Shattuck, Azar Nafisi, Mitch Albom, Imbolo Mbue, and more, along with Nantucket’s own Nat Philbrick, James Sulzer, Nancy Thayer, and Steve Sheppard.

The Nantucket Book Festival’s Opening Celebration on Friday evening extols the bond of literature and community to which the Festival is dedicated. This year it features authors Qian Julie Wang, Mitchell Jackson, and Azar Nafisi, who will share how books connect us to each other. Also at the festival opening, the Nantucket Book Foundation will recognize island youth who show great promise as writers with the Young Writer Awards, a cornerstone of the Festival.

After the Opening Celebration, the annual Author Dinner at the White Elephant will offer the chance to dine and chat with many of the festival authors.

This is the only fundraising event of the festival, and tickets are now available.

Another highlight of the weekend is a rare appearance by the Rock Bottom Remainders at 8pm on Saturday, June 18. This “garage band” of authors includes some of today’s shining literary lights. Between them, they’ve published more than 150 titles, sold more than 350 million books, and their words have been translated into more than 25 languages. But on this night, they’re rock stars.

Four ringers help them out: drummer Josh Kelly, Erasmo Paolo on saxophone, Sam Barry on harmonica, and Janine Sabino on vocals. Hailed by critics as having “one of the world highest ratios of noise to talent,” the Remainders have no music videos, no record contract, no Grammy® nominations—but they do have more than 159,000 hits on Google.

Buy your tickets now at NantucketBookFestival.org before they sell out, and use the posted schedule to create your festival itinerary.

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Island Fun & Shopping Adventure / Eco-Tours

Nantucket Walkabout

Explore Nantucket’s wilderness with “Walking Nantucket” and “Nantucket: A Natural History” author and naturalist Peter Brace, and learn how the last glacier formed the island. Experience wildlife and rare plants. Learn about Nantucket’s conservation efforts, ecology and the Native Americans that lived here. $50 adults, $25 age 12 & younger. Private hikes available. Apple Pay, Android Pay, MC, Visa, Amex, &Discover accepted. Get more information & reservations at nantucketwalkabout.com

Blue Beetle

Apparel & Accessories

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Located at 12 Main Street, BLUE BEETLE reflects the playfulness and elegance of island living.

We strive to provide a collection of carefully curated clothing, jewelry, gifts and accessories that portray the summer lifestyle on Nantucket. The boutique is filled with modern, chic, and contemporary fashions to suit every occasion. We proudly sell Joules, Jude Connally, Captiva Cashmere, Lilla P and MZ Wallace. Known for our Nantucket Jewelry, there is something for everyone; beads to fit Pandora, rings, bracelets and of course our charm bar, where you can create your own unique island necklace. Shop year round in store or visit us online at BlueBeetleNantucket.com

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Fabulous Resale. Fresh Finds.

508.680.1399 12 Oak Street

COMMONWEALTH is a unique resale boutique where we believe even clothes deserve a second chance. This eclectic little shop on Oak Street specializes in curating quality gently used pieces from your favorite designers. Come in to find preloved gems or bring in your gently used items to turn your closet into cash!

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Current Vintage Open daily Wine • Clothing • Home • Gifts • Provisions

508-228-5073 4 Easy Street

CURRENT VINTAGE is a fun and original concept store with a carefully edited mix of vintage clothing & accessories, wines, cheeses, and home goods. Everything here is thoughtfully chosen, including exclusive Nantucket gifts and a selection of nearly 400 wines. CV is a beloved island institution, celebrating 15 years in the heart of Nantucket. currentvintage.com

Murray’s Toggery Shop Open Monday-Saturday 10 am to 5 pm Classic & Up-to-Date Clothing for Men, Women, & Children

508-228-0437 62 Main Street

Stroll up Main Street, just a few steps from the wharves and marina, to find MURRAY`S TOGGERY SHOP, home of the original Nantucket Reds collections. Nantucket Reds are made from their 100% cotton that fades to pink and becomes softer with repeated washing. For decades these pants have been the mark of the “in-the-know” island lovers. Their Nantucket Reds collection features items made exclusively in the USA. Stop by and see their expansive ladies department and experience multilevel recreational shopping. Their buyers comb the markets for the tasteful assortment of clothes, shoes, and accessories they carry, all with a traditional, upbeat, and long lasting flair. MURRAY’S is here for all of your retail needs!

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Sara Campbell Opening for the 2022 Season on May 13 Celebrating Made in the USA every day!

508-680-1626 5 South Beach St.

All year long SARA CAMPBELL offers color and detail to a woman’s wardrobe with her beautiful silhouettes of dresses and sportswear, but when summer arrives – it’s time to play! Fun beachwear, accessories, jewelry, and other seaside essentials are available in her chic shop.

Our apparel is proudly made in the USA! Visit SARA CAMPBELL at 5 South Beach to find the perfect look … see you soon! Opening on May 13: Thursday-Saturday & Monday from 10 am to 5 pm & Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm. shop.saracampbell.com

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Artists Association of Nantucket

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508-228-0294 19 Washington St.

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legacy of Nantucket artists. Stay in touch at nantucketarts.org for our schedule of downtown Gallery Exhibits as well as classes and workshops at our Visual Arts Center (VAC) at 24 Amelia Drive. Visit our online gallery at sales.nantucketarts.org to view regularly changing exhibitions of fresh, original artwork from our iconic Nantucket artists. nantucketarts.org

G. S. Hill Gallery Open daily Oils, watercolors, prints, and note cards by G. S. Hill

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G. S. HILL’s one-man gallery is open daily online. For over three decades, Greg’s original oil and watercolor paintings have captured the image and spirit of Nantucket. The gallery also offers exclusive American-made gifts designed by Greg and Judi Hill. Stunning porcelain china dinnerware, hand-pressed glass and ornaments are only a few of treasures you will find. gshill.com

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We at CAPE COD FIVE are deeply committed to the communities we serve. Our dedication to serving our neighbors and local businesses and earning our customers’ trust every day has remained the same since our founding in 1855. We focus on continuously evolving to be our customers’ trusted financial partner in a rapidly changing world, offering digital tools, accessibility and sound guidance and insight to help our customers navigate their unique journeys. capecodfive.com

Beach Fun

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508-228-5646 Visit Nantucket’s best beaches!

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Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge Open Daily 9am to sunset. Permits Required Year-Round

Visit the best beaches on the island at the Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge. The greater coastscape, which includes the federally owned Great Point Lighthouse and Nantucket Conservation Foundation land, is a double-fingered peninsula jutting northward between the Atlantic Ocean and Nantucket Sounds is so much more: a blend of sandy beach, rolling dunes, and forest uplands both rugged and serene. The refuge provides multiple habitats for an array of coastal plant and animal species, including heather and beach plum, a maritime oak forest & savannah of red cedar – the largest of its kind in New England – which offer shelter to deer.

At the beachfront, watch for horseshoe crabs advancing in extremely slow motion, seals basking in the sun, and shorebirds skittering above the surf line. Over-sand vehicle permits are required: you can purchase them online at thetrustees.org/permits EARLY BIRD SPECIAL ON PERMITS UNTIL MAY 15, 2022. Rental jeep day passes available at the rental site & day passes available for personal 4x4 vehicles. thetrustees.org/ccwr

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508-228-0800 6 So. Beach Street, next to Affordable Rentals

Nantucket’s bike shop for all of your vacation needs.... here at Cook’s Cycles Nantucket we have all of the latest bikes and accessories for your beach runs, brewery tours, and beyond.

Our selection of new bikes in a convenient downtown Nantucket location (just a 2-minute walk from Steamboat Wharf) is great for a day of cycling. Nantucket is known for its many bike paths and trails. Whether you want to ride to Jetties Beach for a swim or take in the sights of the Sconset Loop, Cooks Cycles has the bikes for you and your family. Moped & Jeep rentals, too! cookscyclesnantucket.com

Easy Riders Bicycles open daily Bike Rentals, Sales, Service - NEW: Electric Bikes

508-325-2722 65 Surfside Road

EASY RIDERS BICYCLE RENTALS offers rentals, sales, and service, plus island-wide free delivery on all rentals and usually within an hour or so. With advanced on-line reservations, it’s the easiest way to experience Nantucket! Offering low prices and discounts on multi-day, weekly, monthly, and group rentals of top quality, new GT and Mongoose bicycles, as well as retrostyle Schwinn Cruisers, and accessories in a variety of styles...They have the right bicycle for all of your adventures. We have electric bikes. EASY RIDERS has a safe & convenient bike path location at 65 Surfside Road. easyridersbikerentals.com

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Tired of sitting in traffic? Gasoline prices getting you down? Try the easy, fast way to get around the island this season! SANDY PEDALS is Nantucket’s short-term, accessible, and affordable electric bike-share system. Scan the QR code in our display ad, download the app, create a profile, and find the nearest bike!

Young’s Bicycle Shop Open daily in season “The Cycle-logical Way to See Nantucket Island”

508-228-1151 6 Broad Street

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Island Fun & Shopping to his son, Roger, it became YOUNG’S BICYCLE SHOP. Now with over 90 years in business, the 4th generation is running YOUNG’S. The Young family and their staff provide you with the ideal rental bike for Nantucket. Their fleet of CANNONDALE and TREK bikes are well maintained, so you and your family can have a safe and enjoyable bike ride around the island.

YOUNG’S also rents cars and Jeeps. Check out their website, give them a call, or stop in to see their friendly, knowledgeable staff, so they can share with you “The Cycle-logical Way to See Nantucket Island”. Reservations & delivery services available. youngsbicycleshop.com

Books & Publications

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CALL NANTUCKET is the fully searchable app version of The Nantucket Directory: the island’s phone book. Know who you’re looking for? Search our White Pages for the number. Not sure who to call? Browse our Yellow Pages to choose the best company for your needs! Our CALL NANTUCKET app is FREE TO DOWNLOAD. CallNantucket@gmail.com

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508-228-9165 Box 626, Nantucket, MA 02554

Nantucket’s oldest & largest guide In print, online, on your cell phone

Visit our online publication to see more articles, more photos, enter contests, and to share your impressions of Nantucket. For more than 50 years, YESTERDAY’S ISLAND/TODAY’S NANTUCKET has been the best source for planning your leisure time on Nantucket Island.

From Daffodil Festival through Christmas Stroll, you can pick up our print editions, available everywhere, or you can visit us online at YesterdaysIsland.com. After you leave your favorite island, you can stay in touch with the happenings here — find us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram @nantucketinsider, and sign up for our free Nantucket eNewsletter — look for the link at the top of Nantucket.net Yesterdaysisland.com

Bookstores

Mitchell’s Book Corner

508-228-1080 54 Main Street

Open Daily: Support Your Local Book Store!

See the calendar for our upcoming book signings

MITCHELL’S BOOK CORNER prides itself on a long tradition of personalized attention to its customers for more than 50 years. Visit nantucketbookpartners.com for any book in print, preorders, signed copies, e-books, audio books, gift cards, staff picks, and more. If the book is “on our shelves now” we can offer next business day island home delivery for a small fee. If the book is not on-hand we can either ship it to you or order into the store and then deliver it to your home. We are also happy to ship books to anywhere in the US. Order online anytime or call to inquire about curbside pickup of books and items on our shelves now. MITCHELL’S is open daily. mitchellsbookcorner.com

Nantucket Bookworks

508-228-4000 25 Broad Street

Open Daily Books, chocolates, & unique gifts

NANTUCKET BOOKWORKS is our quirky little shop chock full of books, gifts, and goodies. Visit nantucketbookpartners.com for books and nantucketbooksworks.com for the very best of Bookworks online. We have Nantucket gifts, puzzles, games, toys, art supplies, party accessories, stuffed animals, greeting cards, kids items, and so much more. If the items are in stock we can offer next business day island home delivery for a small fee. We also are happy to ship anywhere in the US. For books, shop nantucketbookpartners.com. Order online anytime or call 6 for curbside pickup 7 days a week of books and items on our shelves now. BOOKWORKS is open daily. nantucketbookworks.com

Buses

NRTA See display ad for times & routes Summer schedule starts May 16

508-228-7025 Year-Round Bus Routes Face coverings are required on all routes

RIDE THE WAVE to/from town, mid island areas, Madaket, Sconset, and points in between.

Access real time information bus locations and estimated arrival at your stop from your computer or internet enabled cell phone at live.nrtawave.com. Service is provided year-round on select routes and thru mid-October on seasonal routes. See our schedule on nrtawave.com for complete information and fares—discounts for 65 & older, persons with disabilities, veterans, and active military personnel. Exact change is recommended or a future ride change card will be issued. Short term passes are available. Routes and schedules are subject to change without notice. See nrtawave.com for current details. nrtawave.com

Cannabis Accessories

Gray Lady Smoke Shop See AckGrayLady.com for hours Fine Cigars, Glass, & Accessories.

508-901-9399 Upstairs at 2 Union Street

Gray Lady Smoke Shop is your island destination for the largest selection of fine cigars and

April 21-May 18, 2022

handmade accessories, featuring handmade glass from the Sandwich Glass Museum. Whether you’re looking for the perfect accompaniment for your beach day or walk around town, recommendations or unique gifts, or a cigar bar to make your island celebration a little more special, we are here to meet your needs. Call or come see us upstairs at 2 Union Street, just a cobblestone’s throw from Main Street, behind Ralph Lauren.

AckGrayLady.com

Affordable Rentals

Car Rentals 508-228-3501 6 South Beach Street

Open daily Cars, jeeps, mopeds

AFFORDABLE RENTALS can help make your visit on Nantucket more complete. With their cars, 4x4s, vans, and mopeds, you will have access to all parts of the island: Great Point, Wauwinet, Coatue, Squam, ‘Sconset, Madaket, and more. Explore to your heart’s content in a vehicle from AFFORDABLE RENTALS, open daily at 6 South Beach Street. Call ahead for reservations. All major credit cards accepted. affrentals.com

Young’s Bicycle Shop

508-228-1151 6 Broad Street

Open daily in season “The Cycle-logical Way to See Nantucket Island”

Harvey A Young’s Bicycle Shop” started on Nantucket in 1931. When Harvey sold the business to his son, Roger, it became YOUNG’S BICYCLE SHOP. Now with over 90 years in business, the 4th generation is running YOUNG’S. The Young family and their staff provide you with the ideal rental bike for Nantucket AND YOUNG’S also rents cars and Jeeps. Check out their website, give them a call, or stop in to see their friendly, knowledgeable staff, so they can share with you “The Cycle-logical Way to See Nantucket Island”. Reservations & delivery services available. youngsbicycleshop.com

Charters - Sailing & Boating

Nantucket Blue Moon Charters

508-241-7245 Book your 2022 Charter now: Sunset, AM, PM, plus Custom Half -& Full Day Sails Nantucket Luxury Sailing Charters Book your sail online

Surprise your friends & family with a 2022 sail in Nantucket Harbor & Sound aboard our 70foot luxury sailing yacht. Toast the sunset in our private cockpit and see Nantucket’s historic waterfront. From our spacious and sturdy deck you will feel the wind in her sails, pass Brant Point Light, sea, and wildlife, and “all the sights and sounds come alive...” Come aboard! Captain Kent and First Mate Jacqueline welcome you to a truly “Once in a Blue Moon” experience. nantucketbluemooncharters.com

Children’s Clothing & Accessories

Murray’s Toggery Shop

508-228-0437 62 Main Street

Open Monday-Saturday 10 am to 5 pm Classic & Up-to-Date Clothing for Kids of All Ages

Stroll up Main Street, just a few steps from the wharves and marina, to find MURRAY`S TOGGERY SHOP, home of the original Nantucket Reds collections. Nantucket Reds are made from their 100% cotton that fades to pink and becomes softer with repeated washing. For children, shoppers can find overalls, shorts, jumpers, hats, baby blankets, onesies, sweaters, and more. MURRAY’S is multi-faceted and offers functional yet stylish clothing and accessories for infants and children.

Nantucketreds.com

Gray Lady Smoke Shop

Cigars

See AckGrayLady.com for hours Fine Cigars, Glass, & Accessories.

508-901-9399 Upstairs at 2 Union Street

Gray Lady Smoke Shop is your island destination for all your smoke shop needs. We carry pipes, tobacco, handmade accessories, and by far the island’s largest selection of fine cigars and quality glass. Whether you’re looking for the perfect accompaniment for your day at the beach or walk around town, Gray Lady Smoke shop has what you need. Come see us upstairs at 2 Union Street (just steps off Main Street, around the corner from Ralph Lauren). Call to arrange a Cigar Bar for your reception, celebration, wedding, or island event.

AckGrayLady.com

Classes & Workshops

Artists Association of Nantucket Open Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm Classes & Workshops for all ages

508-228-0722 Visual Arts Center, 24 Amelia Drive

The ARTISTS ASSOCIATION’s Arts Program offers year-round educational programs for adults and children. Our spacious workshop on Amelia Drive hosts a wide variety of classes and workshops in many media including oil painting, watercolor, pastel, life drawing, ceramics, printmaking, textile art and mixed media. Our instructors are resident artists, AAN artist members and a variety of visiting artists who work in a range of mediums and bring a wealth of talent and experience to the program. Classes are designed for all levels of experience, from the novice to advanced and for all ages. nantucketarts.org

Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket

Aunt Leah’s Fudge

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Nantucket Boat Basin Authentic Shop

508-228-1017 The Courtyard, 16 Straight Wharf

AUNT LEAH has been making her award-winning homemade fudge for almost 30 years on Nantucket. Her fudge has been voted “the best fudge in the world” year after year. Once you have a free sample, you’ll see why it is always rated the best! AUNT LEAH makes it daily in her shop, using the freshest and finest ingredients. She has more than 40 scrumptious flavors.

Her most popular fudge flavor is chocolate peanut butter, which has a layer of rich peanut butter fudge on the bottom, topped with a layer of decadent chocolate fudge. AUNT LEAH also has her famous Nantucket chocolate-covered cranberries for taste testing. The cranberries come in both milk and dark chocolate. Both the fudge and chocolate-covered cranberries make unique island wedding favors or gifts for special events. auntleahs.com

Consignment & Thrift

Island Treasures

508-228-0789 Mon-Fri 10am-4pm & Sat. 10am-2pm NEW LOCATION: 128 Old South Road New & Used clothes, household goods, toys, & more Looking to expand your wardrobe on a budget or need some items for your home at affordable prices? ISLAND TREASURES is the perfect place to shop! Here you’ll find a great selection of new and gently used clothing, jewelry, housewares, small furnishings, books, beach toys, kids toys, and so much more. There’s an ever-changing variety, so visit often — you never know what treasures you may find.

Contests

NANTUCKET PHOTO CONTEST

Deadline is Sept. 12, 2022 See winners & entries online at Nantucket.net

508-228-9165 Box 626, Nantucket, MA 02554

This annual photo contest is a popular way to share your photos of Nantucket with the world.

Winners of previous contests are online at The Insider’s Guide to Nantucket: nantucket.net.

The 2022 Contest has begun: DEADLINE TO ENTER IS SEPTEMBER 12, 2022. We accept copyright-free images of Nantucket present and past. Email your entries to ACKPhotoContest@gmail.com or mail us a CD or thumb drive with electronic images from your digital camera. If you send us digital images, please make sure they are high-resolution.

You can even mail in your prints of Nantucket Island. Visit Nantucket.net to see a great selection past entries and winners. nantucket.net/photos/contests.php

Furniture

Arrowhead Nursery & Furniture

Where Home & Garden Meet Outdoor & Indoor Furniture, Home Accessories, Garden Needs

508-228-1961 9 Wampanoag Way

ARROWHEAD NURSERY & FURNITURE is the largest furniture showroom on island featuring indoor furniture, outdoor, home décor and more. Stop by their location near the airport, just beyond Thai House restaurant, and browse through their wide variety of home accessories, including decorative items, table settings, indoor furniture, and unique gifts. Their garden center has a fabulous selection of plants, flowers, pottery, fountains, statues, garden structures, and garden accessories. ARROWHEAD NURSERY & SHOWROOM...where home and garden meet. arrowheadfurniture.com

ACK 4170®

Gifts

Gift Giving Made Easy! Open daily Unique, salty-good gifts & products by small makers & artists

774-325-5105 18 Federal Street

ACK 4170® gift boutique features beautiful gifts, apparel, candles, home decor, holiday decor, artwork (paintings & photography), cards & stationery and Nantucket Lightship basket jewelry made by small makers and artists. Voted “Best Nantucket Gift Shop” by Cape Cod Life magazine readers year after year. Sail with us on Instagram at: @ack4170 and Facebook: ACK 4170. Visit our online store at ACK4170.com ACK4170.com

Hill’s of Nantucket Open daily Unique & Original Nantucket Theme Gifts

508-228-1353 40 Straight Wharf

Established in 1981, HILL’S combines the best of Nantucket for the art and gift seeker. G.S. Hill Gallery and Hill’s of Nantucket offer fine art by Greg Hill and wonderful speciality gifts designed by this husband-and-wife team. Nantucket theme prints, note cards by Hill are their main focus. American made; that hard-to-find gift is here waiting for you! Treat yourself to a unique gift gallery from HILL’S. gshill.com

It’s A Shore Thing Open Daily Distinctive Nantucket Gifts

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THING that you’ll find nowhere else! In our new location on Main Street.

Confections

Open for 2022 Free sample available: just ask!

April 21-May 18, 2022

508-680-1901 30B Main Street

At IT’S A SHORE THING, we are proud to carry products made in New England. Come in and browse through our wide selection of gifts including lotion, soaps, jewelry, pottery, antiques, housewares, tote bags, art, and home decor. You can find unusual gifts at all prices in A SHORE

Open Daily - Authentic Daffodil Festival merchandise Authentic Island Merchandise with Special Nantucket Designs

508-228-5470 33 Straight Wharf

Visit the NANTUCKET BOAT BASIN AUTHENTIC SHOP and celebrate Nantucket Island with our limited edition apparel and accessories. We have a variety of island merchandise. We offer the highest quality wearables, headwear, and accessories for visitors, boaters, and islanders. Get your authentic Nantucket shirts, vests, hats, and more! Don’t miss our authentic Daffodil Festival merchandise. Special spring sale: up to 50% off. You’ll find us at 33 Straight Wharf. nantucketboatbasinshop.com

Health Care

Nantucket Cottage Hospital

24-hr emergency services, hospital care, lab, rehab MD ACKcess Line: 508-825-1000

508-825-8100 57 Prospect St

NANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL has been caring for our island community. In addition to excellent physicians and nursing staff, the hospital has a 24-hour Emergency Department, full laboratory, physical therapy, cardiac rehab, chemotherapy, surgical services, imaging services, maternity services, and much more.

Nantuckethospital.org

Home Decor

ACK 4170®

Open daily Unique, salty-good gifts & products by small makers & artists

774-325-5105 18 Federal Street

ACK 4170® gift boutique features beautiful gifts, apparel, candles, home decor, holiday decor, artwork (paintings & photography), cards & stationery and Nantucket Lightship basket jewelry made by small makers and artists. Voted “Best Nantucket Gift Shop” by Cape Cod Life magazine readers year after year. Sail with us on Instagram at: @ack4170 and Facebook: ACK 4170. Visit our online store at ACK4170.com

Arrowhead Nursery & Furniture Where Home & Garden Meet Outdoor & Indoor Furniture, Home Accessories, Garden Needs

508-228-1961 9 Wampanoag Way

ARROWHEAD NURSERY & FURNITURE is the largest furniture showroom on island featuring indoor furniture, outdoor, home décor and more. Stop by their location near the airport, just beyond A.K. Diamond’s restaurant, and browse through their wide variety of home accessories, including decorative items, table settings, indoor furniture, and unique gifts. Their garden center has a fabulous selection of plants, flowers, pottery, fountains, statues, garden structures, and garden accessories. ARROWHEAD NURSERY & SHOWROOM...where home and garden meet. www.arrowheadnursery.com arrowheadfurniture.com

Icarus & Co Open online or by appointment for spring Jewelry and Home Decor

19 Old South Wharf

Take home your own piece of Nantucket with our exclusive collection of Nantucket beach stone jewelry. We transform local beach stones into stunning pieces of wearable art. You’ll also find other incredible handmade jewelry, unique ceramics, and local artwork. Follow us on Instagram for exclusive behind the scenes content @nantucketbeachstones. We are currently open online or by appointment only — email caro@icarusandco.com icarusandco.com

It’s A Shore Thing

508-680-1901 30B Main Street

Open Daily Distinctive Nantucket Gifts

At IT’S A SHORE THING, we are proud to carry products made in New England. Come in and browse through our wide selection of quality items for your home, including pottery, antiques, housewares, serving plates & trays, pillows, art, decorative wall hangings, and much more. You can also find unusual gifts at all prices in A SHORE THING that you’ll find nowhere else! In our new location on Main Street.

Petty Folk Art & Carving Formerly Nantucket Carving & Folk Art

508-332-9925 or 508-619-7554 serving the Cape & Islands for 16 years

Folk artist Jean Petty and her brother David Perry specialize in custom handcarved quarterboards, business signs, & house numbers. They are responsible for many of the beautiful signs visitors see plus 100s of quarterboards that adorn the homes on Nantucket. They offer restoration of quarterboards, signs, and ship models. Restored the carving “Going on a Whale” at the Nantucket Whaling Museum in 2015. Gift certificates available. Visit them at pettyfolkartandcarving.com, see their show schedule and take a virtual tour: youtu.be/c95SYBE5RVg of some of their artwork available. Call or email all inquiries to jean@pettyfolkartandcarving.com pettyfolkartandcarving.com

Internet Guidebook

Insiders Guide to Nantucket

508-228-9165

Beaches, Events, Museums, Dining, Classifieds, & More Visit Nantucket before & after you visit Nantucket!

The island’s premier web portal Visit NANTUCKET.NET for a beach listing, photo galleries, maps, and guides to lodging, dining, real estate, recreation, and much more! Our Calendar of Events is the most complete and is

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Island Fun & Shopping updated several times a week, year-round. Looking for a beach? Our Beach Listings have photos, videos, and info about all the best island beaches and where to find them. And our classifieds are ever-changing. Visit Nantucket before, during, and after you visit Nantucket by going to Nantucket.net

Call Nantucket

Your telephone book for Nantucket

FREE download for IOS and Android

Jewelry

“ACK 4170®...is not just a location, it’s a lifestyle.”

Open Daily Jewelry & Gifts

ACK4170.com

508-228-3227 12 Main Street

Located at 12 Main Street, BLUE BEETLE reflects the playfulness and elegance of island living.

We strive to provide a collection of carefully curated clothing, jewelry, gifts and accessories that portray the summer lifestyle on Nantucket. The boutique is filled with modern, chic, and contemporary fashions to suit every occasion. We proudly sell Joules, Jude Connally, Captiva Cashmere, Lilla P and MZ Wallace. Known for our Nantucket Jewelry, there is something for everyone; beads to fit Pandora, rings, bracelets and of course our charm bar, where you can create your own unique island necklace. Shop year round in store or visit us online at BlueBeetleNantucket.com.

BlueBeetleNantucket.com

Icarus + Co. Open online or by appointment for spring Jewelry and Home Decor

19 Old South Wharf

Take home your own piece of Nantucket with our exclusive collection of Nantucket beach stone jewelry. We transform local beach stones into stunning pieces of wearable art. You’ll also find other incredible handmade jewelry, unique ceramics, and local artwork. Follow us on Instagram for exclusive behind the scenes content @nantucketbeachstones. We are currently open online or by appointment only — email caro@icarusandco.com icarusandco.com

Jewelers’ Gallery of Nantucket Open daily Fine Antique & Estate Jewelry

1-844-9-linens

LINEN DROPS provides resort-quality bed and bath linens for short-term vacation rental properties. Bedsheets, duvet covers, bath towels (including Matouk luxury), bath mats, beach towels, and more. Consistently fresh linens are professionally laundered, pressed, and delivered on your turnover schedule. For more info: LinenDrops.com or 844-9-linens LinenDrops.com

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Inspired by the salt, sand, and sea, a new Nantucket jewelry line has washed ashore. ACK 4170® gift boutique features beautiful gifts, apparel, candles, home decor, holiday decor, artwork (paintings & photography), cards & stationery and Nantucket Lightship basket jewelry made by small makers and artists. Voted “Best Nantucket Gift Shop” by Cape Cod Life magazine readers year after year. Sail with us on Instagram at: @ack4170 and Facebook: ACK 4170. Visit our online store at ACK4170.com

Blue Beetle

Linen Service

Linen Rental Service. Avoid the hassles & leave the linens to us!

Vacation linens made easy!

Know who you want to call but need their phone number? Search by name on CALL NANTUCKET. Know what you want but not where to get it? Search by category on the up-todate and locally produced CALL NANTUCKET app. This app is free to download and easy to use. Both white pages and yellow pages are included. callnantucket.com

ACK 4170®

firm resurrects lost techniques from the past, utilizing the most exquisite materials and outstanding craftsmanship to create one-of-a-kind pieces. Works by R SIMANTOV have been recognized with international design awards and installed in permanent museum collections.

R SIMANTOV’s masterpieces illustrate the playfulness and whimsical beauty that can be created with unique combinations of metals and precious stones. The resulting pieces are fine treasures reminiscent of classical styles, with touches of modern elegance. rsimantov.com

Linen Drops

Island Apps

April 21-May 18, 2022

508-228-0229 21 Centre Street

JEWELERS’ GALLERY offers Nantucket’s largest collection of antique and estate jewelry, including pieces by Tiffany, Cartier, Webb, and more. Stop in to see our classic period pieces.

We specialize in diamond, sapphire, and emerald engagement and anniversary rings. We also carry exquisite island classics, including the Turk’s Head braided bracelet, Nautical Cable Collections, gem-set Sailors’ Valentines, and handwoven gold lightship basket jewelry. Also featured at JEWELERS’ GALLERY is an outstanding collection of beautifully designed jewelry by such leading goldsmiths as Ronald Pearson, Michael Good, Thomas Kruskal, and others.

Each unique piece is skillfully crafted in platinum, 18K, or 14K gold and will be a treasured keepsake from historic Nantucket. JEWELERS’ GALLERY: serving Nantucket since 1971. jewelersgallery.com

Nantucket Pearl Company

508-228-1353 Open Daily & Online online & in the G.S. Hill Gallery, 40 Straight Wharf American made, hand-strung pearl jewelry

Authentic American-made jewelry from quality pearls at affordable prices. Jewelry designer Pam Freitus creates unique jewelry from hand-picked pearls, stones, leather, crystals and glass.

On some pieces, pearls are interspersed with turquoise, on others, the Ying and Yang of black and white is featured, or sapphire and diamond bling may be chosen to set off the soft reflection of the pearl’s whiteness. Look for Pam’s signature, a small red bead that identifies the piece as hers. NANTUCKET PEARL COMPANY jewelry is available exclusively at Hill’s of Nantucket, 40 Straight Wharf. nantucketpearlcompany.com

R Simantov Fine Jewelry

508-228-2918 & 917-324-4410 Open daily; appointments recommended 1 Old North Wharf (at Easy Street) Contemporary jewelry masterpieces of lasting value

R. SIMANTOV is known for creating contemporary jewelry masterpieces of lasting value. The

Mortgages & Banking 508-247-1709; 508-247-1795 112 Pleasant Street and Zero Main Street

Open Monday-Friday We’ll make your dream come true!

CAPE COD FIVE will give you more than just a mortgage... they’ll help make your dream come true! Fixed Rate, Adjustable Rate, Jumbo Loans, Affordable Housing, Construction & Land Loans for first time home buyers. Our knowledgeable, experienced mortgage loan officers are available to help you. Call Beth Ann Meehan at 508-247-1709 or Lauren Ard at 508-247-1795 or visit our website at capecodfive.com

Museums & Sites

Nantucket Historical Association

508-228-1894 Whaling Museum open Mon-Sat from 10 am to 4 pm 15 Broad Street Closed May 5 & 6 due to school programming Your portal to Nantucket history

The NANTUCKET WHALING MUSEUM & HADWEN HOUSE are open for the 2022 season.

Reserve your time to visit and your ticket at nha.org. In this top-quality exhibition venue, you’ll see a 46-foot sperm whale skeleton, a restored 1847 candle factory, exquisite collections of scrimshaw, artwork, artifacts from centuries of Nantucket life, and a fully accessible rooftop observation deck with an unmatched panoramic view and cozy seating. OPENING MAY 28 is a major summer exhibit: Asian Treasures from the Billings Collection. Our gateway film “Nantucket,” directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ric Burns, showcases the island’s natural beauty and its significant role in global history in a 51-minute film that is a feast for the eyes. Reserve your time by purchasing a ticket online at nha.org. Don’t miss our ESSEX exhibit, and bring your children to our Discovery Center: an interactive imaginary experience.

You can also visit online at nha.org

Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum Museum opens Memorial Day Weekend

508-228-1885 drive or take a shuttle to 158 Polpis Road

Discover Nantucket’s unwavering human spirit: The NANTUCKET SHIPWRECK & LIFESAVING MUSEUM is devoted to the history of Nantucket lifesaving, famous shipwrecks and rescues around the island, life-saving equipment, daily routine at life-saving stations, and the United States Coast Guard. Family-friendly programs & displays appeal to all ages. The Museum shares the fascinating stories through permanent and changing interpretive exhibits, drawing on a collection of over 5,000 objects including period surfboats, beach carts, Fresnel lenses from Brant Point & Great Point lights, vintage photographs, short movies and more. Check their website for 2022 exhibits & events. The Museum is an affiliate of the Egan Maritime Institute. nantucketshipwreck.org

Nursery

Arrowhead Nursery & Furniture

Where Home & Garden Meet Outdoor & Indoor Furniture, Home Accessories, Garden Needs

508-228-1961 9 Wampanoag Way

arrowheadnursery.com ARROWHEAD NURSERY & SHOWROOM has a spacious garden center with a fabulous selection of plants, flowers, pottery, fountains, statues, garden structures, and garden accessories. In addition, their indoor showroom carries the largest selection of indoor & outdoor furniture on the island, featuring teak, aluminum patio sets and more. Stop by their location near the airport, just beyond the Thai House restaurant, and browse through their wide variety of home accessories, including decorative items, table settings, indoor furniture, and unique gifts.

ARROWHEAD NURSERY & SHOWROOM...where home and garden meet.

Quarterboards & Signs

Petty Folk Art & Carving

Formerly Nantucket Carving & Folk Art

508-332-9925 or 508-619-7554 serving the Cape & Islands for 16 years

Folk artist Jean Petty and her brother David Perry specialize in custom handcarved quarterboards, business signs, & house numbers. They are responsible for many of the beautiful signs visitors see plus 100s of quarterboards that adorn the homes on Nantucket. They offer restoration of quarterboards, signs, and ship models. Restored the carving “Going on a Whale” at the Nantucket Whaling Museum in 2015. Gift certificates available. Visit them at pettyfolkartandcarving.com, see their show schedule and take a virtual tour:

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youtu.be/c95SYBE5RVg of some of their artwork available. Call or email all inquiries to jean@pettyfolkartandcarving.com pettyfolkartandcarving.com

Rentals and Properties for Sale

ACK Distinctive Properties

508-332-8044

Find your perfect Nantucket Home ACK Distinctive Properties, LLC is committed to bringing the highest level of customer service to real estate in Nantucket, MA. Our job doesn’t end when we sign a rental agreement or close on a house. Instead, we endeavor to offer world-class service at every stage – from keeping our clients informed about market changes and events on the island to offering personalized rental services, curated sales advice, contractual work, and more. We help you enjoy your Nantucket life to its fullest and to serve your needs with the utmost integrity, discretion, and distinction. This commitment from our agents and managing partner includes providing our clients with the highest level of information. We will keep you updated on the changing nature of the Nantucket real estate market, micro-target your Nantucket area for tailored research and advice and share with you what is trending, and what is not. ackdp.com

Murray’s Toggery Shop

Shoes 508-228-0437 62 Main Street

Stroll up Main Street, just a few steps from the wharves and marina, to MURRAY`S TOGGERY SHOP, for a fabulous selection of shoes and sandals for men AND women. They have everything to meet you footwear needs including Nantucket Red Tretorns, Uggs, Olukai, Jack Rogers, Sperry Topsider, Birkenstock, Steve Madden, Saucony, and much more. Step out in style with MURRAY’S! Nantucketreds.com

Native Shoes

508-221-7223 40 Straight Wharf

Open Daily Live Lightly

From the beach to the bike ride, on the rainy days and the cocktail parties at night, NATIVE SHOES makes it easy to live lightly with a thoughtful selection of ultra lightweight, easy-towear shoes for both kids and adults. Find us right next to the Hy-Line Ferry.

Smoke Shop

Gray Lady Smoke Shop

508-901-9399 upstairs at 2 Union Street

See AckGrayLady.com for hours Fine Cigars, Glass, & Accessories.

Gray Lady Smoke Shop is your island destination for all your smoke shop needs. We carry pipes, tobacco, handmade accessories, and by far the island’s largest selection of fine cigars and quality glass. Whether you’re looking for the perfect accompaniment for your day at the beach or walk around town, Gray Lady Smoke shop has what you need. Come see us upstairs at 2 Union Street (just steps off Main Street, behind Ralph Lauren), or call to arrange a cigar bar for your reception, celebration, wedding, or island event.

AckGrayLady.com

Sunglasses

Open daily The Island’s largest selection of sunglasses

508-325-5530 The Courtyard, Straight Wharf

Featuring sunglasses by Chanel, Oliver Peoples, Tory Burch, Maui Jims, Oakley, Salt, Ray Ban, Tom Ford, Smith, Costa, Persol, and many others. Summer Shades has been doing business on the island for more than 30 years. Visit us in our spacious downtown location: in the front shop of The Courtyard on Straight Wharf.

Theatre

White Heron Theatre Company 2022 Season Passes Now Available Nantucket’s Professional Repertory Theatre

508-825-5268 5 North Water Street

whiteherontheatre.org WHITE HERON THEATRE is Nantucket’s only professional Equity theater company. Their 2022 season in their theatre in the midst of the island’s historic district continues opens on June 26 with The Half and continues for June, July, and August with See Monsters of the Deep, Dial M for Murder, Thurgood. Also through the summer season, audiences can enjoy weekend Comedy Club performances featuring a different top comedian every weekend from July 1 through September 3. Tickets for all performances & special events are available at whiteherontheatre.org or call 508-825-5268. Founded in New York and reborn on Nantucket, the White Heron Theatre Company’s goal is to make theatre truly transformative.

Hospital Thrift Shop

Thrift Shop

508-228-1125 Opening for its 93rd year on MAY 9 at 10 am 17 India Street Special Parking Lot SALE April 30 Clothing, housewares, furniture & more

In 1929, a small group of dedicated women volunteers established the Thrifty Shop, selling affordable, recycled men, women and children clothing, household items and furniture to

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benefit the Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Now incorporated as THE HOSPITAL THRIFT SHOP this store has donated millions to the NCH. Don’t miss our parking lot sale on Saturday, April 30 from 10 am to 12 noon in the parking lot near Gouin Village (rain date is May 1). hospitalthriftshop.org

Seconds Shop

508-228-6677 Proceeds benefit Fairwinds - Nantucket’s Counseling Center 32 Sparks Avenue Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat. & Sun. 10-4 Call about making donations

Looking to expand your wardrobe on a budget or need some items for your home at affordable prices? SECONDS SHOP, open at 32 Sparks Ave (between On Island Gas and Cumberland Farms), is the perfect place to shop! Here you’ll find a great selection of gently used clothing, jewelry, house wares, small furnishings, books, and more. There’s an ever-changing variety, so visit often — you never know what treasures you may find. Donations of saleable items in good condition are accepted daily. And your shopping is helping a worthy island cause: proceeds benefit Fairwinds: Nantucket’s Counseling Center. Bring in the display ad in this publication for $5 off your purchase of $25 or more. secondsshop.org

Tours - Bus

Nantucket Island Tours

Open Monday-Saturday 10 am to 5 pm Classic & Up-to-Date Clothing for the Whole Family

Summer Shades

April 21-May 18, 2022

Nantucket’s Premiere Transportation Company Departing from Greenhound Station on Washington St

508-228-0334 Tours last 1 hour, 15 min.

10 Washington Street

NANTUCKET ISLAND TOURS is the premiere transportation company on the island. In our new climate-controlled buses, you travel in style and comfort! Our friendly, fun, & informative tour guides take you away from downtown and allow you to enjoy the natural beauty Nantucket has to offer. For details and to book a bus tour, visit nantucketbustours.com

Tours - Van

Gail’s Tours, Inc.

508-257-6557 Departures at approx. 10 am, 1 pm, & 3 pm Call for reservations & pickup Pickup at 25 Federal St, across from Information Bureau Personal scenic Island tours: voted “Best of Nantucket”

GAIL’S TOURS, tours of Nantucket guided by native islander Gail Johnson who has been giving tours for more than 40 years, gives you a look at the Island with a personal touch. Gail leads tours in her 14-passenger van with comfortable individual seats, AC, huge windows, and leg room! She’ll pick you up at approximately 10 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm every day. The tour lasts 1-3/4 hours to 2 hours, and passengers are welcome at any time during Gail’s tour to get out to take photos. Private charters are available. Call for reservations: if Gail is on a tour, she’ll call you back.

Tours - Walking

Nantucket Walkabout

508-422-7466 Book online & pickup at Handlebar Cafe, 15 Washington St Daily Guided Wilderness Hikes on Nantucket see website for hikes & times

Explore Nantucket’s wilderness with “Walking Nantucket” and “Nantucket: A Natural History” author and naturalist Peter Brace, and learn how the last glacier formed the island. Experience wildlife and rare plants. Learn about Nantucket’s conservation efforts, ecology, and the Native Americans that lived here. Rated 5 out of 5 on Trip Advisor. $50 adults, $25 age 12 & younger.

Private hikes available. Apple Pay, Android Pay, MC, Visa, Amex, & Discover accepted. More information & reservations at nantucketwalkabout.com or 508-422-7466.

Nantucket Walking Tours

774-325-8972 Ghost Walks, morning exercise walks + afternoon tours. Call for Private Tours Explore Nantucket: No reservations necessary See calendar for times & where to meet

The ORIGINAL NANTUCKET GHOST WALK is the most popular walking tour ever on Nantucket.

A fascinating evening stroll to five of the island’s most haunted locations, led by the original guide. See descriptions below for departure times — meet the guide 10 to 15 minutes early at the corner of Main & Centre streets, near the bank steps. $25 for Adults. $20 for Seniors (65+) & Teens. $10 for Ages 6 to 12; under 6 free. Cash only. No reservations necessary. Private tours are available for all walks. whjamieson@gmail.com

Transportation Boat

Hy-Line Cruises

Travel daily; see schedule for times Reliable Fast Ferry service between Nantucket and Hyannis

508-228-3949 Straight Wharf

hy-linecruises.com Travel between Nantucket and Hyannis is about an hour on the HY-LINE’s reliable high-speed ferry. THE GREY LADY, Hy-Line’s water-jet catamaran is comfortable, convenient, and offers the highest level of customer service passengers have come to expect from HY-LINE CRUISES. You’ll cross the Sound in half the time! SEE OUR SCHEDULE PRINTED HERE IN YESTERDAY’S ISLAND FOR CURRENT DEPARTURES. Face-coverings are required for travel.

Steamship Authority Reservations Daily: 7:30am - 4pm

508-228-0262 1 Steamboat Wharf

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Nantucket Dining Guide Nantucket Bake Shop

508-228-2797

All the delicious freshly baked treats & bread you love Gluten-Free Choices Open Monday-Saturday from 7 am

17-1/2 Old South Road

Interested in enjoying an authentic bit of Nantucket? You still can in the NANTUCKET BAKE SHOP. Here you’ll find genuine Portuguese bread & rolls. Be tempted by our world-famous almond macaroons and Magees. For breakfast, try our fresh donuts, native cranberry & blueberry muffins, scones, flaky croissants, danish, & bagels accompanied by a steaming cup of Green Mountain coffee. We bake decorated cakes, fresh fruit tortes, cheesecake, chocolate velvets, and pastries. Everyday favorites include cookies, fruit squares, turnovers, fudge squares, pies, cupcakes, & more! Our traditional baked goods are preservative free and hand batched on Nantucket Island. Most of our cookies and our granola are gluten free. Take our Portuguese bread home so your friends can enjoy a bit of old Nantucket. For mail order, visit our website.

Nantucketbakeshop.com

Nantucket Cookie Company Open Daily Decorate small batch cookies from scratch

508-228-6560 inside Easy Street Cantina, 2 Broad St.

THE NANTUCKET COOKIE COMPANY offers their freshly baked tempting treats. All of our cookies are made from scratch in small batches and made to order with no preservatives. The owners are the bakers, the packers, and the shippers. Quality is our first priority. Stop in their Steamboat Wharf location inside The Easy Street Cantina and indulge — you won’t be disappointed! nantucketcookie.net

Cisco Brewers

Brewers

Open 7 Days a Week Home of Cisco Brewers, Nantucket Vineyard, and 888

508-325-5929 5 Bartlett Farm Road

CISCO BREWERS is Nantucket’s first & only craft brewery and prides itself on celebrating a deep-rooted New England island heritage through its portfolio of approachable, sessionable, and coastally-inspired beers. Founded near Cisco Beach in 1995 by hard-working, entrepreneurial islanders, CISCO BREWERS has gained a cult-like following across the Northeast. Visit its open-air beer garden while on Nantucket to enjoy a laid-back, good times atmosphere, live music, and a refreshing pint or two or a craft cocktail made with our own 888. Private tours may be arranged in advance. Table seating is first-come, first-served — reservations are not accepted. Family & dog-friendly. ciscobrewers.com

Clubs & Entertainment

Rose & Crown

Open daily from 11:30am Come for the Food, Stay for the Fun!

508-228-2595 23 South Water Street

THE ROSE & CROWN is a favorite among locals and visitors. We are Nantucket’s only Downtown Nightclub. Whether it’s live local music, guided paint nights, house DJs, big screens for games, or our notorious karaoke competitions, we have your entertainment needs covered. In-season, we have entertainment 7 days a week, with early and late-night options, so everyone has a chance to enjoy the fun. Check our website for off-season entertainment listings.

Theroseandcrown.com

Light Food & Take-Out

Bartlett’s Farm

Open daily 8 am to 6 pm Fresh baked goods, foods to-go, fresh produce, & more!

508-228-9403 33 Bartlett Farm Road

BARTLETT’S OCEAN VIEW FARM prepares mouth-watering baked goods, homemade soups, breads and foccacia, hearty sandwiches, salads, and many more daily seasonal specialties to go. Our breakfast sandwiches are a great way to start your day. BARTLETT’S even has prepared foods that you can take home and heat up and freshly baked pies you can serve for dessert.

Don’t forget that BARTLETT’S also has the freshest island vegetables, meats, snacks, frozen foods, cheeses, and a selection of wines, plus annuals, perennials, herbs, and beautiful cut flowers. bartlettsfarm.com

Cook’s Cafe Open Daily for takeout Healthy Take Out — Wraps and Smoothies

sizes, and they also have vegan specialties! All wraps are affordably priced. Go international with the “Bangkok Chicken Wrap,” the “Tokyo Curry Wrap,” the “Napoleon,” or try one of their tasty Bowls. They also have some classics: Italian, Turkey, Tuna Salad, Buffalo Chicken, and more! COOK’s smoothies make a terrific afternoon snack. You can call in or order online at cookscafenantucket.com cookscafenantucket.com

Downyflake

Bakeries

508-228-8810 6 South Beach Street

COOK’S CAFE is the way to eat healthy while you’re on Nantucket. Start your day right with one of their breakfast wraps, a toasted bagel, and a cup of freshly brewed coffee or a refreshing breakfast smoothie. Their Mermaid Magic Smoothie is a great way to start your day! For lunch or later, order one of COOK’S hearty wraps—there are more than 15 to choose from in two

April 21-May 18, 2022

Inside Dining and Takeout Window Full Breakfast & Lunch

508-228-4533 A Nantucket Tradition for 87 Years 18 Sparks Avenue

Serving breakfast and lunch daily, THE DOWNYFLAKE is a Nantucket tradition known for the big doughnut outside and warm, homemade doughnuts inside. The DOWNYFLAKE is a family friendly, American style diner, featuring hearty Flake favorites, such as Blueberry Pancakes and Biscuits & Gravy. The menu also includes daily made soups, salads, deli sandwiches and comfort food entrees. The DOWNYFLAKE has comfy indoor dining, plus the entire menu is available to go at the Take-Out Window. Open daily: Mon.-Sat. 7 am to 2 pm (with lunch items 11 am to 2 pm) and Sun. 7 am to 1 pm. thedownyflake.com

Easy Street Cantina

508-228-5418 Open daily call for spring hours corner of Easy & Broad sts.

Enjoy our Spacious Patio. Call ahead for pickup or delivery EASY STREET CANTINA on the corner of Easy & Broad streets by the water on Steamboat Wharf is celebrating its 31st season as a merging of award-winning Joe’s Broad Street Grill & Tacos Tacos. EASY STREET CANTINA features fresh fried seafood such as Nantucket bay scallops, clams, and beer-battered Atlantic Cod along with cheese steaks, burgers, fresh falafel and our famous burritos, nachos, and tacos. Also deli wraps, kids’ foods, fresh pastries, fresh ground coffee, and cookies. Call or order online for contact-less payment, pickup at our window, or delivery islandwide. Take your feast home, to the beach, or on the boat. Our bacon-egg-andcheese burritos are the perfect breakfast to go. One Nibble & You’re Hooked! Call ahead for pickup or delivery. We have indoor dining PLUS a spacious outdoor patio. We accept Apple Pay, Wallet, and other app-based payments.

EasyStreetCantina.com

The Faregrounds

508-228-4095 Lunch, dinner, & late night menu daily from 11:30 am Indoor & Outside Dining Delicious & affordable. Gift Cards available 27 Fairgrounds Road

One of Nantucket’s favorite restaurants, THE FAREGROUNDS is serving its regular menus with daily specials. Try their tasty Off-Shore Nibbles, their amazing BBQ Pulled Pork Nachos, one of their char-grilled specialty burgers, or indulge in some of their sensational seafood dishes!

They have hearty hot and cold sandwiches and salads, and their pizzas are a favorite with patrons! There’s plenty of parking; major credit cards accepted. Visit thefaregrounds.com to see the menus and call FAREGROUNDS at 508-228-4095 to order your takeout. Call ahead to reserve one of their outdoor dining tables! thefaregrounds.com

Nantucket Bake Shop Freshly Baked Treats Monday-Saturday from 7 am

508-228-2797 17-1/2 Old South Road

Interested in enjoying an authentic bit of Nantucket? You still can in the NANTUCKET BAKE SHOP. Here you’ll find genuine Portuguese bread & rolls. For breakfast, try our fresh donuts, native cranberry & blueberry muffins, scones, flaky croissants, danish, & bagels accompanied by a steaming cup of Green Mountain coffee. Everyday favorites include cookies, fruit squares, turnovers, fudge squares, pies, cupcakes, & more! How about an all white meat chicken pie or fresh spinach quiche for a quick supper? Take our Portuguese bread home so your friends can enjoy a bit of old Nantucket. For mail order, visit our website.

Nantucketbakeshop.com

Siam to Go

508-228-SIAM (7426) Open for Lunch & Dinner: see website for spring hours Nantucket Ice, 1 Backus Ln Thai Cuisine made with fresh ingredients at reasonable prices

SIAM TO GO offers an appealing selection of authentic Thai cuisine that is light, fresh, and traditional. The menu includes Thai curries, noodle and rice dishes, and house specialties, offered with a choice of chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, fried tofu, or vegetables. The Create Your Own Curry section of the menu allows you to pair a protein with any of their six favorite curries.

The entree section of the menu is especially tempting, with dishes like Kai Yad Sai (Thai-style Egg Fu Yung) and Ram Rong Song. While the menu is extensive, every dish is prepared well and fresh to order, so call ahead to take home or to the beach, or sit at a table in the ice rink lobby and enjoy a taste of Thailand. Check siamtogonantucket.com for ordering groceries online. siamtogonantucket.com

Sophie T’s Pizza

508-325-6265

Open Monday-Saturday from 11:15am to 9pm Full menu available for takeout 7 Dave St, in Nantucket Commons Pizza, pastas, salads, subs, sandwiches, wraps & more.

Something fresh is always cooking at SOPHIE T’S PIZZA. Islanders and visitors have made Nantucket’s perennial blue-ribbon favorite their dining destination for dining in or take out for 20 years. In addition to Classic Cheese, Small Crispy Flatbread, and Small Gluten-Free, pizza at SOPHIE T’S can come with more than 2 dozen toppings. Plus they serve the most varied choice of fresh, bountiful salads, buffalo wings, pasta, daily specials, and an array of subs and sandwiches that come fully dressed and toasted, if you wish. Call ahead for fast take-out & daily specials. Daily specials on Facebook & Instagram @sophietspizza and on the website.

Sophie T’s Pizza is located mid-island at 7 Dave St. in Nantucket Commons with plenty of parking. Stop by for a menu and see if you can resist a slice! sophietspizza.com

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508-325-5929 5 Bartlett Farm Road

CISCO BREWERS is Nantucket’s first & only craft brewery and prides itself on celebrating a deep-rooted New England island heritage through its portfolio of approachable, sessionable, and coastally-inspired beers. Founded near Cisco Beach in 1995 by hard-working, entrepreneurial islanders, CISCO BREWERS has gained a cult-like following across the Northeast. Visit its open-air beer garden while on Nantucket to enjoy a laid-back, good times atmosphere, live music, and a refreshing pint or two or a craft cocktail made with our own 888. Private tours may be arranged in advance. Table seating is first-come, first-served — reservations are not accepted. ciscobrewers.com

Bartlett’s Farm

508-228-94034/26/2018 Bartlett Farm Road

Grocery shop at BARTLETT’S OCEAN VIEW FARM. Eggs, milk, cheese, meats, gourmet groceries, coffee, and, of course, fresh vegetables. Freshly baked goods, as well as daily seasonal specialties prepared with farm fresh ingredients for take away. And BARTLETT’S also has beer and wine. Ample parking and friendly faces. bartlettsfarm.com

Restaurants

THE BEET’s upBEET atmosphere perfectly pairs with our bistro inspired menu featuring, fresh, made to order salads, warm bowls, pastas, beef + fish dishes and our infamous chicken burger + signature brioche beignets can be enjoyed DINE IN or TAKEOUT. The Beet features the bold flavors of Asian + Latin cuisines like nothing you have experienced on Nantucket, complimented by a curated wine, beer, sake + cocktail selection. Conveniently located between both fries, The Beet is the perfect choice for TAKEOUT when you arrive or on your way off island. ORDER ONLINE ahead of time and skip the wait at thebeetnantucket.com. Open year round so you can Eat.Beet.Repeat. anytime! Facebook + Instagram @thebeetnantucket thebeetnantucket.com

Menu online & @nantucketbistroathome “Eat and happiness will follow!”

508-901-1858 19 Nobadeer Farm Road

Chefs Ruth and Tim Pitts are now offering many of your favorite dishes from Centre Street Bistro for Curbside Pickup at a new location: 19 Nobadeer Farm Road. You can see their menu of Bistro dishes and specials at BISTRO at HOME. All their dishes are made with the finest, freshest ingredients available. Call or text for current days and hours AND to order. Follow them on Instagram @nantucketbistroathome nantucketbistro.com

Black-Eyed Susan’s Check our website for spring hours Breakfast & Dinner

508-325-0308 10 India Street

Tucked away on India Street, just around the corner from Centre Street, you’ll discover one of the island’s great finds! Part of the neighborhood for more than 20 years, BLACK-EYED SUSAN’S is a favorite of visitors & locals. The dinner menu is inspired by the seasonal market and changes frequently. They also serve hearty breakfasts featuring Huevos Rancheros, Homemade Corned Beef Hash, Buttermilk Pancakes, Sourdough French Toast, and a variety of “Scrambles” and Omelettes. The freshly squeezed orange juice is a real eye-opener! Find out why everyone is raving about BLACK-EYED SUSAN’S! BYOB & no credit cards. Check our website for spring hours.

Black-EyedSusans.com

Downyflake Inside Dining and Takeout Window Full Breakfast & Lunch

508-228-4533 A Nantucket Tradition for 87 Years 18 Sparks Avenue

THE DOWNYFLAKE is a Nantucket tradition known for the big doughnut outside and warm, homemade doughnuts inside. The DOWNYFLAKE is a family friendly, American style diner, featuring hearty Flake favorites, such as Blueberry Pancakes and Biscuits & Gravy. The menu also includes daily made soups, salads, deli sandwiches and comfort food entrees. The DOWNYFLAKE has comfy indoor dining, plus the entire menu is available to go at the TakeOut Window. Open daily: Mon.-Sat. 7 am to 2 pm (with lunch items 11 am to 2 pm) and Sun. 7 am to 1 pm. thedownyflake.com

Dune Serving Dinner Monday-Saturday from 5:30 pm Bar Opens at 5 pm

508-228-5418 Open daily call for spring hours corner of Easy & Broad sts.

Fried Clams, Fish’n Chips, Burritos, Tacos, Wraps, & More. Breakfast all day!

EASY STREET CANTINA is open for the season on the corner of Easy & Broad streets by the water on Steamboat Wharf. Call ahead for pickup or delivery. Our spacious patio is open for dining, and we have distanced indoor dining. One nibble and you’re hooked! EASY STREET CANTINA features fresh fried seafood such as Nantucket bay scallops, clams, and beer-battered Atlantic Cod along with cheese steaks, burgers, fresh falafel and our famous burritos, nachos, and tacos. Also deli wraps, kid’s foods, fresh pastries, fresh ground coffee, and cookies. Home of the Nantucket Cookie Company. Fun, Fast, Family Food. We accept Apple Pay, Wallet, and other app-based payments.

EasyStreetCantina.com

508-228-4095 Lunch, dinner, & late night menu daily from 11:30 am Indoor & Outside Dining Affordable Family Dining 27 Fairgrounds Road

FAREGROUNDS is one of Nantucket’s favorite year round restaurants (and we are sports fanatics, with 15 HDTVs)! Choose between the Pudley’s Pub, the cool ocean breeze while you enjoy outdoor dining, and the quiet of FAREGROUNDS dining room! Our affordable fare is complemented by daily specials. We are THE perfect place to satisfy everyone in your party!

FAREGROUNDS is the right place to reunite with friends, enjoy a beer and cheer on your team; or gather the family and savor a great meal while enjoying those who matter. thefaregrounds.com

Rose & Crown

508.680.1857 Open Tuesday - Saturday 12-8 pm Lunch + Dinner 9 South Water Street Healthy food, something for everyone! Made -to-order salads, sandwiches, & specials

Bistro at Home

Easy Street Cantina

The Faregrounds

Markets

Open daily 8 am to 6 pm Groceries, fresh produce, food-to-go

The Beet

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cordials along with tempting dinner and dessert menus. The ever-changing menu showcases an innovative selection of the finest in seasonal local produce, fish, and meats from regional farms and select purveyors.

DuneNantucket.com

Live Entertainment

Open 7 Days a Week Live Entertainment Is Back - check website for schedule

April 21-May 18, 2022

508-228-5550 Where chic meets casual comfort 20 Broad Street

DUNE is open for the season with Chef Michael Getter, formerly of 21 Federal and American Seasons, in the kitchen! The décor in three distinct dining rooms is a blend of sophisticated elegance and soothing comfort. They also serve on a sheltered patio and have sidewalk cafestyle dining. DUNE offer an extensive selection of handcrafted cocktails, wines, liquors and

508-228-2595

Open Fri & Sat 11:30 am to midnight AND Sun.-Thurs. 11:30 am to 10 pm Sidewalk & Indoor Dining ~ Takeout Available

23 South Water Street

THE ROSE & CROWN is a perennial favorite of islanders and visitors. Stop by for one of the largest draft Craft Beer selections on the island and our scratch made Eclectic Pub Fare. We offer everything you could desire, including nachos and wings, sandwiches and our famous burgers, lobster rolls, local seafood, and mouth watering steaks, plus gluten-free and vegetarian options. Always family friendly with a children’s menu. Eat indoors or on our sidewalk. And you can order online for takeout. Check theroseandcrown.com for current hours, menus, & daily specials. theroseandcrown.com

Sophie T’s Pizza

508-325-6265 Open Monday-Saturday from 11:15am to 9pm Full menu available for takeout 7 Dave St, in Nantucket Commons Pizza, pastas, salads, subs, sandwiches, wraps & more.

Something fresh is always cooking at SOPHIE T’S PIZZA. Islanders and visitors have made Nantucket’s perennial blue-ribbon favorite their dining destination for dining in or take out for 20 years. In addition to Classic Cheese, Small Crispy Flatbread, and Small Gluten-Free, pizza at SOPHIE T’S can come with more than 2 dozen toppings. Plus they serve the most varied choice of fresh, bountiful salads, buffalo wings, pasta, daily specials, and an array of subs and sandwiches that come fully dressed and toasted, if you wish. Call ahead for fast take-out & daily specials. Daily specials on Facebook & Instagram @sophietspizza and on the website.

Sophie T’s Pizza is located mid-island at 7 Dave St. in Nantucket Commons with plenty of parking. Stop by for a menu and see if you can resist a slice! sophietspizza.com

Current Vintage

Wine & Spirits

Open daily Wine • Clothing • Home • Gifts • Provisions

508-228-5073 4 Easy Street

currentvintage.com CURRENT VINTAGE is a fun and original concept store with a carefully edited mix of vintage clothing & accessories, wines, cheeses, beer, and home goods. Choose from a selection of nearly 400 wines, including many organic and small production options. Stop by CV in town at 4 Easy Street for the perfect custom gift basket, and try our monthly Sommelier Sampler!

Epernay Wine & Spirits

508-228-2755 Open 11am to 6pm, Tuesday–Saturday & Daffy Sunday 12-5 pm Order Online 24/7 1 North Beach Street Wine, Craft Beer, Boutique Liquors, Artisanal Cheese & Premium Cigars

WE DELIVER ANYWHERE ON ISLAND! As the only Sommelier owned + operated wine store on Nantucket, why trust your wine choices to anyone else? ÉPERNAY WINE & SPIRITS is located in the Brant Point neighborhood, just steps from downtown near the White Elephant and Nantucket Hotel. Nantucket’s Leading Wine Retailer, featuring the Largest Rosé Wine Selection, Craft Beer, Boutique Liquors, Artisanal Cheese + Premium Cigars Mention this ad for a FREE WELCOME GIFT (value $49) with your $97+ in-store purchase (expires 05.18.2022). @epernaywines | #YesWayEpernay | We Deliver to You epernaywines.com

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11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Finger Lickin’ Chicken Enjoy fried chicken, homestyle chicken with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 7 PM - NCMC Community Chorus Concert The NCMC Community Chorus will perform their first concert in more than two years. Free admission; donations are welcome. St. Paul’s Church, 20 Fair Street.

508-228-0916 www.stpaulschurchnantucket.org 7 PM - The Original Nantucket Ghost Walk A 3/4-mi, 80 min stroll in the historic district to 5 of the most hautend spots. $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Cash Only. No reservations necessary. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 mins early. 774-325-8972

SATURDAY, APRIL 30 Wing Day at Easy Street Cantina Savor the island’s best wings at the best price: full basket (16) for $15.95 or half basket (8) for $9.95. Easy Street Cantina corner of Easy St & Steamboat Wharf.

8 AM - Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout See 6 habitats—tidal pond, beach, cedar forest & dune, maritime oak forest, salt marsh & harbor—on this 3-mile hike mostly over sand in an area of the island many people never get to explore. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 12 Noon - Hospital Thrift Shop Parking Lot Sale Art, furniture, home decor, rugs, & more in the parking lot near Gouin Village, off Vesper Lane. Rain date: May 1.

10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 2 PM - Gardner Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout This hike is within Nantucket’s oldest outwash plain of sandplain grasslands and contains pitch pine forests with a walkway over a cattail-choked inlet. This hike is close to Cisco Beach & Cisco Brewery. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 6 PM - Polpis Harbor Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout As the sun sets over Nantucket Harbor & Coatue, learn from Guide Peter Brace how geological forces formed Nantucket & Polpis Harbors & about salt marsh ecosystem in the harbors & conservation efforts. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 7 PM - The Original Nantucket Ghost Walk A 3/4-mi, 80 min stroll in the historic district to 5 of the most hautend spots. $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Cash Only. No reservations necessary. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 mins early. 774-325-8972 7 to 8:30 PM - Film: LEGACY: Jon Irabagon A Solo Tenor Odyssey First-generation Filipino-Americ an saxophonist Jon Irabagon is showcased in the innovative performance film Free admission. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street.

SUNDAY, MAY 1 8 AM - Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A mashup of island terrain; forest, upland meadows, small ponds, a former cranberry bog, & one of the island’s true flowing streams. A 90-120 min. dual property hike, depending on group interest. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 2 to 3:30 PM - Free Silver Screen Sunday - A Night at the Opera (1935) An afternoon of zany slapstick fun with the Marx Brother’s 1935 classic, A Night at the Opera. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street.

2 PM - Shawkemo Hills Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A hiking experience thru an area dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of N. America. See & learn about formation of Coatue, Great Point, Haulover, Nantucket Harbor & inner harbor shores. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 5:45 PM - Smith’s Point Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout See an amazing sunset at the westernmost extremity of Nantucket in sight of Tuckernuck Island. Walk back on the beach under the rising moon & stars, and maybe take a dip in the ocean if you’re game. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

MONDAY, MAY 2 8 AM - Sankaty Bluff Hike with Nantucket Walkabout On this hike, walk south down the beach from the Hoicks Hollow Road public way to see examples of & learn about Nantucket’s geological past. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

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10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 5 PM - Nantucket Annual Town Meeting Nantucket High School Auditorium, 10 Surfside Rd.

TUESDAY, MAY 3 8 AM - Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout This property in Polpis shares elements of maritime or coastal heathlands habitat: native tree species, meadows, & wetlands. You’ll feel you’re exploring Yoda’s home swamp planet of Dagobah from Star Wars. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 9:45 to 10:30 AM - Music in the Morning Fun songs and singing games for kids. Space is limited. Tickets at the Weezie desk on a first-come-first-serve basis when libraty opens at 9:30 AM. If the weather is nice, we may move the class outside. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street.

10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Jamaican Day Enjoy jerk chicken with rice & peas with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 2 PM - Polpis Harbor Hike with Nantucket Walkabout Salt marshes populated with nesting & fishing shorebirds, Polpis Harbor also has beautiful meadows overlooking the east cove. Also get a closer look at Nantucket Harbor from an inner harbor coastal bank. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 8 AM - Smith’s Point Hike with Nantucket Walkabout Nantucket’s weasternmost sand extremity is a great hike to see island birds and catch a glimpse of Tuckernuck Island. One of the longer Nantucket Walkabout hikes. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Fish Fry Enjoy cod, yellowfin, & chowder with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 2 PM - Smooth Hummocks Hike with Nantucket Walkabout Smooth Hummocks is Nantucket’s version of the Midwest’s prairies, with rare wildflowers & grasses: a fascinating island ecosystem with many things to teach. 508422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 6 PM - Polpis Harbor Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout As the sun sets over Nantucket Harbor & Coatue, learn from Guide Peter Brace how geological forces formed Nantucket & Polpis Harbors & about salt marsh ecosystem in the harbors & conservation efforts. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

THURSDAY, MAY 5 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Mexican Day Taco Bar Enjoy beef, chicken, pork, refried beans tacos with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 6 to 7 PM - ELL Beginner & Intermediate Drop-In Free English Classes Classes are conducted in English at Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India St.

FRIDAY, MAY 6 8 AM - Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout See 6 habitats—tidal pond, beach, cedar forest & dune, maritime oak forest, salt marsh & harbor—on this 3-mile hike mostly over sand in an area of the island many people never get to explore. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will continued on page 33

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call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Finger Lickin’ Chicken Enjoy fried chicken, homestyle chicken with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 2 PM - Gardner Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout This hike is within Nantucket’s oldest outwash plain of sandplain grasslands and contains pitch pine forests with a walkway over a cattail-choked inlet. This hike is close to Cisco Beach & Cisco Brewery. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 7 PM - The Original Nantucket Ghost Walk A 3/4-mi, 80 min stroll in the historic district to 5 of the most hautend spots. $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Cash Only. No reservations necessary. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 mins early. 774-325-8972

SATURDAY, MAY 7 Wing Day at Easy Street Cantina Savor the island’s best wings at the best price: full basket (16) for $15.95 or half basket (8) for $9.95. Easy Street Cantina corner of Easy St & Steamboat Wharf.

8 AM - Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A mashup of island terrain; forest, upland meadows, small ponds, a former cranberry bog, & one of the island’s true flowing streams. A 90-120 min. dual property hike, depending on group interest. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 10:30 AM to 12 PM - Book signing Nancy Thayer Book signing with Nancy Thayer author of Summer Love at Mitchell’s Book Corner, 54 Main Street. 508-228-1080 MitchellsBookCorner.com 11 AM - Historic Walking Tour of Downtown Nantucket A 1/2 mi, 90-min. stroll let by 3x runner-up in Nantucket History Quiz Bowl. Cash only: $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 min early. 774-325-8972 2 PM - Sankaty Bluff Hike with Nantucket Walkabout On this hike, walk south down the beach from the Hoicks Hollow Road public way to see examples of & learn about Nantucket’s geological past. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 6 to 9 PM - Game On! Fundraiser for Nantucket S.T.A.R. Music, food, chance & silent auctions, and family games. S.T.A.R. offers inclusive recreational opportunities that support & celebrate diverse strengths & abilities.

Tickets at the door. Chicken Box, Daves Street.

6:15 PM - Shawkemo Hills Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A hiking experience thru an area dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of N. America. See & learn about formation of Coatue, Great Point, Haulover, Nantucket Harbor & inner harbor shores. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

TUESDAY, MAY 8 8 AM - Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout This property in Polpis shares elements of maritime or coastal heathlands habitat: native tree species, meadows, & wetlands. You’ll feel you’re exploring Yoda’s home swamp planet of Dagobah from Star Wars. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 2 PM - Gardner Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout This hike is within Nantucket’s oldest outwash plain of sandplain grasslands and contains pitch pine forests with a walkway over a cattail-choked inlet. This hike is close to Cisco Beach & Cisco Brewery. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 6 PM - Smith’s Point Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout See an amazing sunset at the westernmost extremity of Nantucket in sight of Tuckernuck Island. Walk back on the beach under the rising moon & stars, and maybe take a dip in the ocean if you’re game. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

MONDAY, MAY 9 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM - Hospital Thrift Shop Opens for the 2022 Season Apparel, shoes, toys, house wares, furniture, and so much more! 17 India Street 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 2 PM - Shawkemo Hills Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A hiking experience thru an area dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of N. America. See & learn about formation of Coatue, Great Point, Haulover, Nantucket Harbor & inner harbor shores. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

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5 to 6:15 PM -Pollinator Conservation & Community Ccience Join Linda Loring Nature Foundation for a May presentation of Science Pub with Dr. Gretchen LeBuhn of the Great Sunflower Project. Free and open to all, but registration is required at llnf.org/events

TUESDAY, MAY 10 8 AM - Smooth Hummocks Hike with Nantucket Walkabout Smooth Hummocks is Nantucket’s version of the Midwest’s prairies, with rare wildflowers & grasses: a fascinating island ecosystem with many things to teach. 508422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 9:45 to 10:30 AM - Music in the Morning Fun songs and singing games for kids. Space is limited. Tickets at the Weezie desk on a first-come-first-serve basis when libraty opens at 9:30 AM. If the weather is nice, we may move the class outside. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street.

10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Jamaican Day Enjoy jerk chicken with rice & peas with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 8 AM - Smith’s Point Hike with Nantucket Walkabout Nantucket’s weasternmost sand extremity is a great hike to see island birds and catch a glimpse of Tuckernuck Island. One of the longer Nantucket Walkabout hikes. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Fish Fry Enjoy cod, yellowfin, & chowder with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 2 PM - Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A mashup of island terrain; forest, upland meadows, small ponds, a former cranberry bog, & one of the island’s true flowing streams. A 90-120 min. dual property hike, depending on group interest. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 6:15 PM - Shawkemo Hills Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A hiking experience thru an area dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of N. America. See & learn about formation of Coatue, Great Point, Haulover, Nantucket Harbor & inner harbor shores. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

THURSDAY, MAY 12 8 AM - Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge with Nantucket Walkabout See 6 habitats—tidal pond, beach, cedar forest & dune, maritime oak forest, salt marsh & harbor—on this 3-mile hike mostly over sand in an area of the island many people never get to explore. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Mexican Day Taco Bar Enjoy beef, chicken, pork, refried beans tacos with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com

FRIDAY, MAY 13 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door continued on page 34

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10 AM to 5 PM - Sara Campbell Opens for the Season Fresh new looks from cocktail dresses to Sheri Pants, we’ve got you covered! 5 South Beach Street. saracampbell.com 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Finger Lickin’ Chicken Enjoy fried chicken, homestyle chicken with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 2 PM - Beechwood Farm Loop with Nantucket Walkabout This property in Polpis shares elements of maritime or coastal heathlands habitat: native tree species, meadows, & wetlands. You’ll feel you’re exploring Yoda’s home swamp planet of Dagobah from Star Wars. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 7 PM - The Original Nantucket Ghost Walk A 3/4-mi, 80 min stroll in the historic district to 5 of the most hautend spots. $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Cash Only. No reservations necessary. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 mins early. 774-325-8972

SATURDAY, MAY 14 Wing Day at Easy Street Cantina Savor the island’s best wings at the best price: full basket (16) for $15.95 or half basket (8) for $9.95. Easy Street Cantina corner of Easy St & Steamboat Wharf.

8 AM - Gardner Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout This hike is within Nantucket’s oldest outwash plain of sandplain grasslands and contains pitch pine forests with a walkway over a cattail-choked inlet. This hike is close to Cisco Beach & Cisco Brewery. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11 AM - Historic Walking Tour of Downtown Nantucket A 1/2 mi, 90-min. stroll let by 3x runner-up in Nantucket History Quiz Bowl. Cash only: $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 min early. 774-325-8972 2 PM - Shawkemo Hills Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A hiking experience thru an area dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of N. America. See & learn about formation of Coatue, Great Point, Haulover, Nantucket Harbor & inner harbor shores. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 6:15 PM - Polpis Harbor Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout As the sun sets over Nantucket Harbor & Coatue, learn from Guide Peter Brace how geological forces formed Nantucket & Polpis Harbors & about salt marsh ecosystem in the harbors & conservation efforts. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 7 PM - The Original Nantucket Ghost Walk A 3/4-mi, 80 min stroll in the historic district to 5 of the most hautend spots. $25; $20 seniors (65+); $10 for ages 7-12. Cash Only. No reservations necessary. Meet at Main & Centre by the bank steps 10 mins early. 774-325-8972

SUNDAY, MAY 15 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 2 PM - Sankaty Bluff Hike with Nantucket Walkabout On this hike, walk south down the beach from the Hoicks Hollow Road public way to see examples of & learn about Nantucket’s geological past. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 2:30 to 4 PM - Wellness Walk Join LLNF for a stroll around trails with a staff guide . Walk will depart from the LLNF office at 110 Eel Point Road. Register at llnf.org/events 6 PM - Smith’s Point Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout See an amazing sunset at the westernmost extremity of Nantucket in sight of Tuckernuck Island. Walk back on the beach under the rising moon & stars, and maybe take a dip in the ocean if you’re game. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

MONDAY, MAY 16 8 AM - Smooth Hummocks Hike with Nantucket Walkabout Smooth Hummocks is Nantucket’s version of the Midwest’s prairies, with rare wildflowers & grasses: a fascinating island ecosystem with many things to teach. 508422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. In-

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town pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 2 PM - Polpis Harbor Hike with Nantucket Walkabout Salt marshes populated with nesting & fishing shorebirds, Polpis Harbor also has beautiful meadows overlooking the east cove. Also get a closer look at Nantucket Harbor from an inner harbor coastal bank. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

TUESDAY, MAY 17 8 AM - Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout A mashup of island terrain; forest, upland meadows, small ponds, a former cranberry bog, & one of the island’s true flowing streams. A 90-120 min. dual property hike, depending on group interest. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 9:45 to 10:30 AM - Music in the Morning Fun songs and singing games for kids. Space is limited. Tickets at the Weezie desk on a first-come-first-serve basis when libraty opens at 9:30 AM. If the weather is nice, we may move the class outside. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street.

10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Jamaican Day Enjoy jerk chicken with rice & peas with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 2 PM - Gardner Farm Hike with Nantucket Walkabout This hike is within Nantucket’s oldest outwash plain of sandplain grasslands and contains pitch pine forests with a walkway over a cattail-choked inlet. This hike is close to Cisco Beach & Cisco Brewery. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 7 to 8:15 PM - Lecture: Art, Architecture & Pleasure in Shakespeare’s London Talk by Paula Henderson PhD FSA, an independent architectural & garden historian and the authority on architecture & gardens of the Tudor and early Stuart periods in England. Free admission. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 8 AM - Smith’s Point Hike with Nantucket Walkabout Nantucket’s weasternmost sand extremity is a great hike to see island birds and catch a glimpse of Tuckernuck Island. One of the longer Nantucket Walkabout hikes. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Fish Fry Enjoy cod, yellowfin, & chowder with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 6:30 PM - Polpis Harbor Sunset Hike with Nantucket Walkabout As the sun sets over Nantucket Harbor & Coatue, learn from Guide Peter Brace how geological forces formed Nantucket & Polpis Harbors & about salt marsh ecosystem in the harbors & conservation efforts. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com

THURSDAY, MAY 19 8 AM - Sankaty Bluff Hike with Nantucket Walkabout On this hike, walk south down the beach from the Hoicks Hollow Road public way to see examples of & learn about Nantucket’s geological past. 508-422-7466 WalkNantucket.com 10 AM - Gail’s Tours of Nantucket Daily in-depth van tour of Nantucket with 7th generation native as your guide. Intown pickup. To reserve your spot, call 508-257-6557 (leave a message & Gail will call you back) Tours start at 10 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM 10 AM to 4 PM - Whaling Museum Is Open Learn all about Nantucket history, see the collection of scrimshaw, hear the audio tour all in a world-class museum at 13 Broad St. Tickets $23 at the door 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM - All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet: Mexican Day Taco Bar Enjoy beef, chicken, pork, refried beans tacos with full salad bar, buffalo wings, saute vegetables, & more for $16.95 (under 12 $10.95). Eat in or to-go. Easy Street Cantina, Corner of Broad & Easy Street. 508-228-5418 EasyStreetCantina.com 5:30 to 6:30 PM - Invasive Species Mapping Participants will learn how researchers use mapping tools to log observations of invasive species. This virtual Workshop is free and open to all pre-registration required. Participants may attend an optional, in-person field trip to test out their new skills in invasive species monitoring. Details at LLNF.org

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California Poppy. Held the same weekend as our own Daffodil Festival (April 22 – 24 this year), the festivities includes food, music, vendors, live animals, and more. When nature “cooperates,” massive fields of orange poppies delight guests from page 7

800 years: about 2 weeks earlier!

In the US, our cherry blossoms are also feeling the effects of earlier springtime temperatures. In 1912, Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo gave the city of Washington, DC 3,000 cherry trees to symbolize the bond between the United States and Japan. The first National Cherry Blossom Festival was held in 1927. Since then, thousands of people travel every year to see the trees in full bloom. The National Park Service, which has been tracking cherry blossom bloom time since 1927, uses these data to predict peak bloom period. This year, the predicted peak bloom for the cherry blossoms in DC was March 22-25. Since the festival began, peak bloom for the DC cherry blossoms has shifted earlier by an average of five days, but sometimes as much as 10 days earlier in any given year. In addition to the blossom forecast, organizers have scheduled the festival to go from March 20 – April 17, 2022 to ensure blossoms during that window. Another way DC has “hedged their bets”? More variety. The majority of the cherry blossom trees are of the Yoshino variety, the species predictions are based upon. But another

at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve just outside of town. Being a desert grassland plant, poppy blooms are dependent on winter precipitation; another factor becoming more variable with climate change. A live “poppy cam” of the primary poppy fields and regular bloom updates by park officials let visitors know what to expect. This year, bloom is already past peak: limited winter rainfall shortened the bloom period. The party scheduled for late April continues regardless.

And what about daffodils? Another daffodil festival, this one in Thriplow Village in England, was started in 1969 in an effort to raise funds for the local church.

It’s been so successful it has continued as a spring celebration which raises money for local charities. Similar to Nantucket’s festival, it’s held during a weekend in April originally selected during peak bloom of the daffodils. That first daffodil festival was held the last weekend of April, just like our own. Today, however, the Thriplow festival has been moved to coincide with actual peak bloom. In the

species, the Kwanzan, usually blooms two weeks after the Yoshino trees, giving visitors a second chance to catch the blossoms.

Other flowering festivals from around the country were similarly started to celebrate spring and often local cultural heritage. Holland Michigan has a tulip festival which began in 1929 to celebrate the heritage of the town’s Dutch settlers.

The festival is held in mid-May over two weeks to ensure that bloom time happens sometime during the festival. There’s even a Tulip Tracker report of how the blooms are progressing. The town webpage features a live feed of Centennial Park, which helps people keep an eye out for early bloomers.

Other flower festivals celebrate lilacs (Rochester, NY and Arnold Arboretum, MA), roses (Portland, OR), azaleas (Wilmington, NC), and bluebonnets (Texas).

Some organizers have moved festival dates to coincide with earlier bloom times.

Others have extended the celebration to ensure that blooms happen during the festivities and adding other events to their schedules.

In Lancaster California, the Poppy Festival celebrates the state flower; the decades since it started, the festival has slowly moved earlier and was held this year the weekend of March 19 and 20.

So, how are our Nantucket daffodils faring? For the past decade or so, people have noted the blooms along Milestone Road often open well before Daffodil Festival. Many gardeners and daffodil enthusiasts have begun planting late-blooming varieties of daffodil bulbs to ensure blossoms come festival time. Research has shown that diversity often increases resiliency. The same can be true for our daffs: plant enough varieties and something will be bloom during the celebrations.

As we continue to experience the effects of global climate change with springtime temperatures arriving earlier than historic norms, will the Nantucket Chamber move Daffodil Weekend earlier in April to maximize blooms? Will they further extend the festival to stretch two weekends in April to hedge their blossom-bets? Or will we find a new flower to worship that coincides with the end of April? Lilacs may be coming earlier as well. Or perhaps we will start celebrating native species! Nantucket Shadbush should be blooming soon and that is definitely a reason to celebrate.

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Fernando Colon Osorio Broker & Managing Partn ner O: 508-33 32-8044 • C: 508-330-44 432 fcco@ackdp.co om