Nantucket,
as it really is.
and the island community.
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Experience Nantucket, Every Season
Today on Nantucket
Tuesday, June 23
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7:00 AM - 6:00 PM Sports Fishing on the Herbert T -
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Birding with NCF -
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Ravenous Reptiles -
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Feeding Frenzy at MMA Aquarium -
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM Marine Storytime -
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Kids’ Metal Detecting 101 -
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM Farm & Field Bike Tour -
10:45 AM - 6:00 PM Historic Downtown Walking -
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM Kids’ Metal Detecting 101
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Public Historical Tour of Nantucket -
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM Tour the Brant Point Shellfish Hatchery! -
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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12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training -
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Somatic Yoga at the Atheneum -
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Adult Metal Detecting
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Youth Chorus Ages 8+ -
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Endeavor Sailing Excursions with Captain Jim -
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM Burger Night -
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM Nantucket by Water Cocktail Cruise -
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM ELL Beginner English -
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Open Arts Night! -
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Sunset Sail Aboard the Endeavor -
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Nantucket by Water Sunset Cruise with the Shanty Singers -
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Live Music at the Brotherhood of Thieves: Timbear -
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM Night at the Aquarium -
9:30 PM - 11:30 PM Late Night Trivia -
7:00 PM Holly Near in Concert
Island Juneteenth Festivities This Week
Nantucket Island’s Juneteenth celebration has become an annual tradition on our island. The festivities transform York Street into a block party with music, food,…
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Tournament Madness
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The Perfect Gray of Nantucket Island
People come to Nantucket looking for color. They expect blue hydrangeas, white sailboats, red sunsets bleeding across the harbor, and the sharp green of…
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A Small Purple Flower with a Big Impact
There once was a plant from Nantucket Purple flowers so gorge they would pluck it Blue-eyed grass is her name A rare species they…
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NHA Launching First Lightship Basketmaking Online Workshop with Master Basketmaker Kathleen Myers
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is excited to announce the launch of the first-ever Nantucket Lightship Basketmaking online Heritage Craft workshop, the first of…
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Filmmaker and Sommelier with Ties to Nantucket Puts Spotlight on Unexplored Chilean Wine Territories in Uncorked Potential: Chile
Uncorked Potential: Chile — a visually stunning, emotionally resonant documentary by Jack Kauffman premiered on CT Public TV on December 29, 2025, and is…
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Maria Mitchell Assn Brings The Stargazer Circus to Nantucket: Tickets on Sale June 1
Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association (MMA) is thrilled to present the Stargazer Circus Friday, July 24-26. Tickets on sale June 1.
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