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Experience Nantucket, Every Season
Today on Nantucket
Wednesday, August 5
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7:00 AM - 6:00 PM Sports Fishing on the Herbert T -
7:45 AM - 10:30 AM Birding Field Trip -
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Story Walk: If You Spot a Shell -
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Nantucket Walkabout – Smith’s Point -
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Marine Ecology Field Trip -
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Pick Your Own Flowers Tour -
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Feeding Frenzy at MMA Aquarium -
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Wellness Wednesday, Children’s Yoga with Phoebe Strobino -
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Adult Metal Detecting -
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Keeper For A Day -
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Play that Uke! – Intro to Ukulele for Beginners with Johnette Downing -
10:15 AM - 4:30 PM Hands-On-History -
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Facepainting Charter with Nantucket by Water -
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Craft in the Courtyard: Summer Butterfly -
10:45 AM - 6:00 PM Historic Downtown Walking -
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Hands-On-History at Greater Light -
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Public Historical Tour of Nantucket -
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Book Signing with Elin Hilderbrand -
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Reader’s Advisory with Annye Camara -
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Harmonica Workshop with Grammy Winner Scott Billington -
11:15 AM - 4:00 PM Nantucket by Water Harbor Tour & Ice Cream Cruise -
11:15 AM - 2:45 PM The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of Nantucket -
11:45 AM - 2:15 PM The Westender Tour with Nantucket Island Tours
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Greenhouse Tours at Bartlett’s Farm -
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Bug Bonanza -
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Elin Hilderbrand Blue Book Tour -
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Children’s Chess Class -
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Endeavor Sailing Excursions with Captain Jim -
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM “13 Moons: A History of Wampanoag Culture” with Darius Coombs -
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Golden Hour Melodies: Sunset Sail Aboard the Lynx -
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM Nantucket by Water Cocktail Cruise -
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Beverly Hall Portrays the creative legacy of Hanna Monaghan. -
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Game Night -
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Kids’ Night Out: Enjoy Your Evening While Your Kids Enjoy Theirs -
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Sunset Sail Aboard the Endeavor -
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Atheneum Knitting Group -
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM CULTURAL ARTS LECTURE SERIES AND SILO GALLERY
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