Wednesday, May 1 Creative Reuse Pop-Up Shop
6 - 8 pm • Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street Join local creatives Allison and Emma along with Sustainable Nantucket and 100 Mile Makers in a craft supply pop-up shop focused on upcycled materials. Found and donated materials will be available for free in a take-what-you-need shopping experience. Free and open to the public, with donations encouraged to Nantucket Atheneum. nantucketatheneum.org
Thursday, May 2 Food for Thought: Bohemians in the Garden
12 - 1 pm • Nantucket Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street
Nantucket Historical Association education director David D.J. Rau recounts the history of the Lyme Art Colony of Old Lyme, CT, in a fun and informative lunchtime talk. Free admission. nha.org
Friday, May 3 Glenn Weimer: Tales of Indonesia
7 - 8:30 pm • Nantucket Athenuem, 1 India Street
Glen Weimer recounts his recent travels through Indonesia in photos and video, with insights on Balinese Gamelan, trance ceremonies, Buddhist & Hindu temples, Komodo Dragons, ancient ruins, breathtaking natural beauty, Javanese shadow puppets, and a cremation ceremony. Free admission. nantucketatheneum.org
Saturday, May 4 New Works from Artists of Our Island Home 7 am - 9 pm daily through ArtWeek The Wave - Greenhound Bus Station Washington Street, one block off Main Street
Resident artists of Our Island Home show their recent works created in the class of artist and teacher Kathleen Duncombe. Throughout ArtWeek in the lobby of Greenhound, bus station for The Wave. Free admission.
Small Works • Big Cause Photography Exhibit
7 am - 5 pm • The Handlebar Cafe 15 Washington Street Photographer’s Alliance of Nantucket offers member works for sale, with proceeds benefiting Addiction Solutions of Nantucket. Exhibit continues through through Sunday, May 12. Free admission. nantucketphotographers.net
Poetry & Music with Nantucket Writers
5 pm • Nantucket Atheneum • 1 India Street Original poetry from the Nantucket Writers group with musical accompaniment. Free admission. nantucketatheneum.org
Poetry in Motion • Ballet & Modern Dance
6:30 – 7:30 pm • White Heron Theatre Company 5 North Water Street behind Whaling Musuem Nantucket Ballet Company and White Heron’s Nantucket Theatre Institute bring members of Nantucket Boys & Girls Club to the stage with local dance professionals. Suggested donation $5 - $20. whiteherontheatre.org or formbarre.org
Sunday, May 5 “California Suite” Staged Reading 2 pm • Bennett Hall, 62 Centre Street
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket and visiting actors read the script of their upcoming production of Neil Simon’s enduring comedy stage play “California Suite.” Free admission. theatrenantucket.org
Mostly Mozart • Nantucket Community Chorus in Concert 4 pm • First Congregational Church 62 Centre Street
Nantucket Music Center presents its Nantucket Community Chorus in a concert of mostly Mozart, with a discussion by director Barbara Elder on how to become a member of the chorus. Suggested donation $15. nantucketcommunitymusiccenter.org
Thank you to the following for supporting Nantucket Arts Council and its oversight of Nantucket Cultural District including Spring ArtWeek Nantucket Angels Nantucket Golf Club Tupancy-Harris Foundation Amos B. & Barbara W. Hostetter Hy-Line Cruises Benefactors The Margaret Ritchie R. Battle Family Charitable Trust Max Berry & Pamela Thomas Russell Carson Charles & Marie Chabot Foundation Cape Cod Five Charina Foundation Chris & Joseph Donelan Charles M. & Kaaren Hale Hyperion Maritime Holdings Seward & Cecilia Johnson Richard & Ronay Menschel Charles & Martha Polachi James Sulzer & Barbara Elder Patrons Amanda Cross Roger Horchow Jeff & Susan Lucier Christopher & Ann Quick The Linda & Harvey Saligman Charitable Foundation Eva-Maria & Hans Tausig Donald W. & Deborah Van Dyke Elizabeth & Geoffrey Verney Dorothy & Richard Verney Gilbert Verney Foundation Jacqueline Williams Friends Margaret Altreuter Patricia & Thomas Anathan John & Judy Belash Brass Lantern Inn Judith Brownell Katherine Burton Ann Colgrove & Larry Smith Dan & Connie Driscoll Paula Driscoll Barbara Duffy
Tharon & Lee Dunn Eleventh Hour Design Heidi Drew Sabrina & Richard Elwell Ellen Schloss Flamm Lucinda Garrison Doris Glazer Toby Ann Greenberg Suzy Grote Beverly Hall & David Billings Hatch’s Package Store Dick & Ginny Irwin The Islander Carol & Kenneth Kinsley Susan Lister Locke Deborah and Lisle Lothian Robin McElroy Maloney Kathy Melrod John D. and Jane Miller Miriam L. & Herbert Mittenhal Elizabeth Morris Kathleen Mount Pamela Murphy Melissa & Nathaniel Philbrick Herbert & Irean Schreiber Elizabeth Sibley & Robert Liddle Georgia Snell Bradley & Kristina Strand Clara Urbahn Pam Waller Supporters Deanne Brasfield Susan Cary John & Judith Lochtefeld Pamela Lohman Jacqueline R. Tullo Suellen Ward & John Copenhaver George S. Williamson Lynn Zimmerman & George Thomas Linda Zola
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Friday, April 26 New Works from Artists of Our Island Home The mission of Nantucket Cultural District is to underscore the importance of arts and culture to our health and happiness and to local businesses, while improving the enjoyment of arts and culture locally for residents and visitors alike. Nantucket Arts Council oversees the district along with a board of advisors from Nantucket’s arts, cultural, government, and business communities, under contract with the Town of Nantucket to maintain the NCD website, host events, and manage communications.
For more, visit NantucketCulturalDistrict.org or call 508-325-8588.
Nantucket’s Creative Economy Featured Artists
7 am - 9 pm daily through ArtWeek The Wave - Greenhound Bus Station Washington Street, one block off Main Street
Resident artists of Our Island Home show their recent works created in the class of artist and teacher Kathleen Duncombe. Throughout ArtWeek in the lobby of Greenhound, bus station for The Wave. Free admission.
Small Works • Big Cause Photography Exhibit
5 - 7 pm • The Handlebar Cafe 15 Washington Street Photographer’s Alliance of Nantucket offers member works for sale, with proceeds benefiting Addiction Solutions of Nantucket. Continues through Sunday, May 12. Free admission. nantucketphotographers.net
During Spring ArtWeek Nantucket, see work by Nantucket artists featured in these Nantucket businesses
Primary Concerns & Shaped by Hand Art Opening
Cape Cod Five • Zero Main & Pleasant Street
5 - 7 pm • Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery 19 Washington Street
Crosswinds Restaurant • Nantucket Memorial Airport Current Vintage • 4 Easy Street Greenhound • Washington Street Hingham Institute for Savings • 35 Main Street Hy-Line Cruises • Straight Wharf Lion’s Paw • 30 Main Street Made on Nantucket • Old South Wharf Murray’s Toggery • 62 Main Street Nantucket Bank • Orange Street & Pleasant Street Nantucket Cottage Hospital • 57 Prospect Street Pacific National Bank/BOA • Main Street at Centre Rogers & Gray Insurance • 53 Main Street Wicked Island Bakery • Bayberry Commons Young’s Bicycle Shop • 6 Broad Street
This symbol denotes Signature Events created especially for Spring ArtWeek Nantucket
Artists Association of Nantucket opening reception for works by members, with special “Shaped by Hand” exhibit of threedimensional works including sculpture, carvings, quilting, weavings, and more. Free admission. nantucketarts.org
Saturday, April 27
Flower Crown Workshop
45th Annual Nantucket Daffodil Festival
Nantucket Culinary Center Colleen Dunleavy teaches how to make lush floral crowns, just in time for Daffodil Weekend and spring. Cost $90, or $75 for local residents, with mimosas and light bites. nantucketculinary.com
Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce and Cape Air/ Nantucket Airlines presents the 45th annual Nantucket Daffodil Festival, with day-long events including an antique car display and parade from 10 am to noon, a tailgate picnic in ‘Sconset after the parade, children’s parade, dog parade, hat pageant, and more. Free admission. nantucketchamber.org
45th Annual Community Daffodil Flower Show
6 - 8 pm • Nantucket Culinary Center 22 Federal Street at Broad Street
Nantucket Culinary Center offers appetizers paired with sparkling wine and Sweet Star cocktails, with demonstrations, to kick off Daffodil Weekend. Tickets $75. nantucketculinary.com
BGlow & Friends Comedy Show
8 pm • The Dreamland, 17 South Water Street
Nantucket comedian Brian Glowacki brings his laugh-inducing show that’s winning fans nationally from his appearances across the country. Tickets $25 to benefit Marla Ceely Lamb Cancer Travel Fund. nantucketdreamland.org
Sat 2 - 5 pm • Sun 10 am - 4 pm • Bartlett’s Farm 33 Bartlett’s Farm Road off Hummock Pond Road
Nantucket Garden Club presents its notable spring exhibit and awards competition for daffodils grown by local gardeners. Free admission. Saturday shuttle from downtown. nantucketgardenclub.org
Very Hungry Vertebrates
9 - 9:40 am • Maria Mitchell Association Natural History Museum, 4 Vestal Street, one block off upper Main at the monument
Maria Mitchell Association invites visitors to learn about the feeding ecology of their overwintering animals as they’re fed. Members $5; non-members $10, with at least one adult required. mariamitchell.org
Atheneum Used Book Sale
Chandon in Bloom • Sparkling Wine Tasting
9 am • Main Street
9:30 am - 2 pm • Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street
Nantucket Atheneum holds its annual spring sale of high-quality used books, for sale at bargain prices to benefit the library’s literacy programs. nantucketatheneum.org
Music in the Morning
10 - 11 am • Nantucket Culinary Center 22 Federal Street at Broad Street
Book Signing with Nantucket Author James Sulzer
10:30 am - 12 pm • Mitchell’s Book Corner 54 Main Street at Orange Street
Mitchell’s Book Corner welcomes local author James Sulzer to sign copies of his illustrated fantasy The Card People 3: Crisis. mitchellsbookcorner.com
Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical
10 am, 2 pm, 5 pm • The Dreamland 17 South Water Street
Nantucket Dreamland presents an upbeat children’s theater musical adventure inspired by civil rights pioneers Ruby Bridges and The Little Rock Nine, as a colorful history lesson. Tickets $12 - $15. nantucketdreamland.org
Sunday, April 28 45th Annual Community Daffodil Flower Show
Sun 10 am - 4 pm • Bartlett’s Farm • FREE 33 Bartlett’s Farm Road off Hummock Pond Road
Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical
10 am, 2 pm, 4 pm • The Dreamland 17 South Water Street
Nantucket Dreamland presents an upbeat children’s theater musical adventure inspired by civil rights pioneers Ruby Bridges and The Little Rock Nine, as a colorful history lesson. Tickets $12 - $15. nantucketdreamland.org
9:45 - 10:30 am • Nantucket Athenuem, 1 India Street
Nantucket Atheneum presents puppeteer and teacher Lizza Obremski with singing games and movement activities for ages one to seven. Free admission. Required tickets available day of program. nantucketatheneum.org
New Black Eagle Jazz Band in Concert 4 pm • The Dreamland 17 South Water Street
Nantucket Arts Council presents the “Black Eagles” as part of its annual Downtown Concert Series, performing signature New Orleans-style jazz, blues, and gospel at Nantucket Dreamland. Admission $30, $25 for members, students free with ID. nantucketartscouncil.org