Tuesday, May 1
Interwoven Stories: A Nantucket Stitching Gam Noon - 2 pm • Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad St. at South Water
A drop-in workshop in the year-long community project by Nantucket Atheneum, Nantucket Historical Association, and Artists Association of Nantucket in which participants create embroidered narratives of their Nantucket experiences. Free kits available with an 8.5” X 11” fabric page, embroidery thread, needle and hoop. Free. nantucketatheneum.org
Lecture: Mark Foster
6 - 7 pm • Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad St. at South Water Mark Foster, historian and author of The Hadwen & Barney Candle Factory: How It Worked, talks about the historic importance of Nantucket’s Hadwen & Barney Candle Factory, now part of Nantucket Whaling Museum. nha.org
Wednesday, May 2
Film for Thought: Cold November
6:30 - 7:35 pm • The Dreamland, 17 South Water St. The Dreamland weekly Film for Thought series continues with the award-winning Cold November, a movie about a young girl’s coming of age in rural Middle America. Tickets are $11-$14. nantuckedreamland.org
Thursday, May 3
Five O’Clock Shadow in Concert
7 pm • The Dreamland, 17 South Water St. The third of Downtown Celebrity Concerts for 2018 from Nantucket Art Council features energetic six-man a cappella group and recording artists Five O’Clock Shadow, with Nantucket native Caleb Whelden. Tickets $25-$30. Local students free with ID. nantucketartscouncil.org
Friday, May 4
Susan J. Berman in Concert: Nantucket Girl Be Ready to Sail
6:30 pm • Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad St. at Federal St. Nantucket Historical Association presents folk singer and guitarist Susan J. Berman in a concert of new and old songs about Nantucket history and events. Tickets $10. nha.org
Poetry in Motion Dance Performance
6:30 - 7 pm • White Heron Theatre Company 5 N. Water St. behind Whaling Museum White Heron Theatre Company / Nantucket Theatre Institute and Nantucket Ballet collaborate to bring Poetry in Motion to the stage. Local classical and modern dancers create choreography then perform dances inspired by poetry. Suggested donations are $5 -$20. Repeats Saturday at 6:30 pm. whiteherontheatre.org
Saturday, May 5
Poetry in Motion Dance Performance
6:30 - 7 pm • White Heron Theatre Company 5 N. Water St. behind Whaling Museum White Heron Theatre Company / Nantucket Theatre Institute and Nantucket Ballet collaborate to bring Poetry in Motion to the stage. Local classical and modern dancers create choreography then perform dances inspired by poetry. Suggested donations are $5 -$20. whiteherontheatre.org
Shingles Reunion Concert
7 - 8:15 pm • Nantucket Atheneum library 1 India Street at Federal The Shingles, an ensemble of five longtime Nantucket musicians, reunites after a six-year hiatus for a concert at Nantucket Atheneum. Free admission. nantucketathenuem.org
Sunday, May 6 Poetry Reading
2 - 4 pm • Nantucket Atheneum library 1 India Street at Federal Nantucket Atheneum hosts an afternoon of poetry written and read by local writers Kathy Butterworth, Bobby Frazier, Amy Jenness, Mary Ellen Redmond, John Stanton, Lucretia Shattles Voight, and a longer reading from featured poet Monica Flegg. Free admission. nantucketathenuem.org
Community Jazz Band Concert
4 pm • Summer Street Church, 1 Summer St. upper Main St. west of downtown near Pleasant Nantucket Music Center Jazz Band performs in a variety of jazz and pop styles at the Summer Street Church. $15 suggested donation. nantucketmusiccenter.org
Thank you to the following for supporting Nantucket Arts Council and its oversight of Nantucket Cultural District including Spring ArtWeek Nantucket Dan & Connie Driscoll Russell Carson George and Marie Chabot Charitable Foundation Hyperion Maritime Holdings LLC Ronay & Richard Menschel Martha & Charles Polachi Max Berry & Pamela Thomas Chris & Joseph Donelan Barbara Elder & Jim Sulzer Kaaren & Charles Hale Linda & Joseph Hale Beverly Hall & David Billings Julie Jensen & Robert Bryan Jeff & Susan Lucier Maria & George Roach Elizabeth & Geoffrey Verney Dorothy & Richard Verney Suellen Ward & John Copenhaver Patricia & Tom Anathan (IM of Robert and Fay Anathan) Diane Archer & Stephen Presser Judith Baltimore Mark & Deborah Beale John & Judith Belash Susan & Harold Bloom Brass Lantern Inn Deborah Bryan Laura & Barry Bryne Katherine Burton (IM of Irma Lee Anapol) Mary Casey & Jeff Blackwell Howard Chadwick Jill & Oliver Coolidge Amanda Cross Barbara Duffy Lee & Tharon Dunn (IH of Jean Halberstam) Sabrina & Richard Elwell (IM of Margherita C. Sutro) Dr. Greta Feeney Alan M. Foster Dorothy & Louis Gennaro Doris Glazer
Toby Ann Greenberg Robin Hammer Hatch’s Package Store Lucy & Patrick Hehir G. S. Hill Gallery Carr Holland & Maxwell Mundy Ann & Peter Holmes Lois & John Horgan Elizabeth S. Jacobsen Patience Killen Carol & Kenneth Kinsley Nancy Wilson Lampe Barbara Lindeman John & Judy Lochtefeld Sharon & Frank Lorenzo Deborah & William Lothian Linda MacKay Robin McElroy Maloney Miriam & Herbert Mittenthal Monomoy Fund Russell & Marian Morash Nantucket Looms Nobby Clothes Shop Harry Pfeiffer Melissa & Nathaniel Philbrick Pittcairn Trust Company Jeremy Pochman & Emily Ryan John & Catherine Sakson Christine Sanford Trudy & Fred Slater (IM of Irma Lee Anapol) Phillip & Beverly Stambaugh Clara Urbahn Caroline & F. Helmut Weymar Clark M. Whitcomb Jacqueline Williams Erica Wilson Needle Works Ken & Cindy Blackshaw Patricia Bridier Rose Gonnella Nina & Bob Hellman Lillian Jean Henning Judith & Paul Kales
Paul & Giovanna LaPaglia Walter & Madeline Lesnevich (IM of Philippe & Patricia Schreiber) Pamela Lohmann Jan Purdy Metcalf Janet Nelson Elizabeth Oldman Charles & Elna Soule David & Barbara Spitler Anne Sweidel Susan Tate & Mark Hogan Dorothy & Robert Thompson Susan & David Beaumont Nancy Broll Tamzin Carr Hutchinson (IM of Pete Sawyer) Kathleen Kasmar Van Lieu Cindy Garrison Mollie Glazer Ellen Metzger O’Shea Jean Rioux Penny Snow George Thomas & Lynn Zimmerman Kay & John Tiffany Linda Zola And to others who helped make Spring ArtWeek Nantucket possible.
Friday, April 27
Celebrating Maria Mitchell & Her Legacy
Daily 10 am - 5 pm • Nantucket Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St. at Federal St.
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 During Spring ArtWeek Nantucket, see work by Nantucket artists featured in these Nantucket Cultural District businesses Cape Cod Five • Zero Main 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 Toy Company • 22 Centre Street Pacific National Bank/BOA • Main Street at Centre Rogers & Gray Insurance • 53 Main Street Young’s Bicycle Shop • 6 Broad Street This symbol denotes Signature Events created especially for Spring ArtWeek Nantucket
Nantucket Historical Association presents a new exhibit, running through January 2019, celebrating the life and 200th birth anniversary of native Nantucket astronomer Maria Mitchell. Exhibit open during museum hours with general admission. nha.org
Photographers Alliance of Nantucket Small Works, Big Cause • exhibit opening
5 – 7 pm • Handlebar Café, 15 Washington St.
Photographer’s Alliance of Nantucket offers member works for sale at $40 each, with proceeds benefiting Fairwinds Nantucket’s Counseling Center. nantucketphotographers.net
Found in Translation / 2D to 3D
exhibit opening • 6 – 8 pm Artists Association of Nantucket - Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington St. Members of Artists Association of Nantucket show works on paper in the downstairs gallery, with two- and three-dimensional works upstairs. Show runs through Monday, May 7th. nantucketarts.org
Terms of Endearment • Staged Reading
6 pm • Friday, Saturday, Sunday • Bennett Hall, 62 Centre St. at First Congregational Church Theatre Workshop of Nantucket presents a staged reading of Dan Gordon’s adaptation of Terms of Endearment. Next to First Congregational Church of Nantucket. theatrenantucket.org
Saturday, April 28
44th Annual Nantucket Daffodil Festival 9:30 am – 3 pm • Main St. and throughout Nantucket Cultural District
Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce and Cape Air/ Nantucket Airlines present the 44th 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. nantucketchamber.org
Blue Balliett & Nancy Thayer
Signings by Nantucket Authors Mitchell’s Book Corner • 10:30 am – noon 54 Main St. at Orange St. Blue Balliett autographs her Out of the Wild Night and Nancy Thayer signs her newest book A Nantucket Wedding. mitchellsbookcorner.com
MET LIVE: Cendrillon
12:55 – 3:45 pm • The Dreamland, 17 South Water St. The Dreamland: Nantucket’s Nonprofit Film & Cultural Center presents the opera Cendrillon, performed live on-screen from the Metropolitan Opera. Tickets $20. nantucketdreamland.org
44th Annual Nantucket Garden Club Daffodil Show 2 - 5 pm • continues Sunday 10 am – 4 pm Bartlett’s Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Rd. off Hummock Pond Rd in Cisco
Nantucket Garden Club presents its 44th annual display of award-winning daffodils grown by local gardeners; with a photo exhibit. Free admission. Free Saturday only shuttle from Nantucket Greenhound transportation center and bus stop, 10 Washington St. nantucketgardenclub.org
Nantucket Culinary Center Daffodil Celebration Dinner
6 - 8 pm • Nantucket Culinary Center and the Corner Table, 22 Federal St. at Broad Join Chef Greg Margolis at Nantucket Culinary Center as he prepares a multi-course spring meal in the demonstration space. Tickets $65. Cash Bar. nantucketculinary.com
Terms of Endearment • Staged Reading 6 pm • Friday, Saturday, Sunday • Bennett Hall 62 Centre St. @ First Congregational Church
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket presents a staged reading of Dan Gordon’s adaptation of Terms of Endearment. Next to First Congregational Church of Nantucket. Free admission. theatrenantucket.org
Lisa Redfern in Concert
7 - 8:30 pm • Nantucket Atheneum library, 1 India Street at Federal Nantucket Atheneum presents award-winning Maine singer-songwriter Lisa Redfern performing folk songs, hymns, jazz standards and more. Free admission. nantucketatheneum.org
Poland Strings in Concert with special guest Catherine David
Sunday, April 29
44th Annual Nantucket Garden Club Daffodil Show 10 am – 4 pm • Bartlett’s Farm 33 Bartlett Farm Rd. off Hummock Pond Rd. in Cisco
Nantucket Garden Club presents its 44th annual display of award-winning daffodils grown by local gardeners; with a photo exhibit. Free admission. nantucketgardenclub.org
Anniversary Screening: Grey Lady 1 pm • The Dreamland, 17 South Water St.
Special one-year anniversary showing of Grey Lady, the film noir thriller by Nantucket resident and notable actor-writerdirector John Shea. Set and filmed on Nantucket, local residents join the cast of award-winning Hollywood actors. Tickets $10. nantucketdreamland.org
Nantucket Women’s Chorus: Hope & Happiness
4 pm • St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 20 Fair St. The Women’s Chorus of Nantucket Community Music Center performs at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church on Fair Street. $15 suggested donation. nantucketmusiccenter.org
Terms of Endearment • Staged Reading 6 pm • Friday, Saturday, Sunday • Bennett Hall 62 Centre St. at First Congregational Church
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket presents a staged reading of Dan Gordon’s adaptation of Terms of Endearment. Next to First Congregational Church of Nantucket. Free admission. theatrenantucket.org
Monday, April 30 Makers Night
6:30 - 8:30 pm • Visual Arts Center 24 Amelia Drive off Old South Rd. Drop-in night at Artists Association of Nantucket Visual Arts Center for anything goes in a communal arts and crafts session. Projects may range from embroidery to painting to repairing your guitar. Basic sketch supplies available but please bring other materials. nantucketarts.org
8 pm • White Heron Theatre Company, 5 N. Water St. behind Whaling Museum
Model Mondays
Family friendly folk, bluegrass, and fiddle music with musicians Dave Poland, Michael Kopko, Steve Sheppard, Erik Wendelken, and guests Colin Gulley, Catherine David, and Seth Connelly. Reunion concert presented by White Heron Theatre. $20 advanced tickets; $25 at the door. Cash bar. whiteherontheatre.org
Sharpen your skills in this Artists Association of Nantucket weekly drop-in class for drawing the nude figure. Drawing boards and easels provided. Students must be at least 18 years old. $10 - 20. nantucketarts.org
6:30 - 8:30 pm • 24 Visual Arts Center Amelia Drive off Old South Rd.