This Week on Nantucket, August 20-27

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• Island Calendar • Let’s Eat! The Return of Bacon, Egg and Cheese • MusACK: Michael Marcagi • Walk with Neil: Kettle Ponds

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Island Calendar Thursday, Aug. 20 Sunrise Yoga

7:30 a.m. daily, Children’s Beach, Harborview Way. Bettina Broer leads this early-morning yoga session. Bring your own mat.

Pick Your Own Vegetables

8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. Journey on the Bartlett’s Farm hay wagon into the heart of its produce fields, with plenty of time to fill your own bag.

Ecology Excursion

9 a.m. Nantucket Conservation Foundation office, 118 Cliff Road. Foundation plant research ecologist and botanist Kelly Omand leads this tour of native shrubs, trees and wildflowers and discusses efforts to remove invasive species and build a biodiversity meadow. Free, but registration recommended on events page of www.nantucketconservation.org Cover photo courtesy of Nantucket Conservation Foundation

Feeding Frenzy at the Aquarium

9 a.m. Monday-Saturday, Maria Mitchell Aquarium, 32 Washington St. Join MMA aquarists and staff as they feed the creatures at the aquarium and learn about their feeding behaviors. Registration required on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Marine Storytime

9:15 a.m. Monday-Saturday, Maria Mitchell Aquarium, 32 Washington St. An MMA educator will read a marine- or science-themed book, introduce one of the MMA’s animal friends and finish with an activity related to the book. $15 per child, chaperones free. Registration recommended on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Ravenous Reptiles

9 a.m. Monday-Saturday, Hinchman House Natural Science Museum, 7 Milk St. Join MMA staff as they feed the hungry animals at the museum and learn about the adaptations of turtles, frogs, snakes and more. $20. Registration recommended on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

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Brant Point Runners meets each Tuesday from spring through fall on Easton Street for a friendly but competitive 5K run.

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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Michael Marcagi builds beyond the breakout By Kendall Graham kgraham@inkym.com

There is a certain irony at the center of Michael Marcagi’s career. The Cincinnati singer-songwriter spent years making music before releasing anything under his own name, uncertain whether he was even interested in becoming a solo artist. Then, when he finally did, one of the first songs he released was called “Scared to Start.”

MusACK The track proved to be a pivotal turning point. Released in early 2024, “Scared to Start” transformed Marcagi from a musician starting an uncertain new chapter into an international folk-rock breakout. The song found an enormous audience through social media, landed Marcagi on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and became a multi-platinum hit. Marcagi will perform a one-night-only concert at The Muse Friday. The Midwestern musician’s story began pretty modestly. Growing up in Cincinnati, he started playing guitar and writing songs in middle school. And long before millions of listeners knew his name, Marcagi learned his trade the old-fashioned way: by playing in bands. Most notably, he fronted Cincinnati rock band The Heavy Hours. Those years gave him experience writing, recording and performing for crowds that had not necessarily shown up to just see him. They also placed Marcagi inside a collaborative environment where songs belonged to a group rather than one person. Going solo required something different. In late 2023, Marcagi released “The Other Side,” his first official single under his own name. The song already had many of his musical characteristics: acoustic-driven folk-rock, big melodies and storytelling concerned with ordinary people trying to figure out whether the lives they built are the ones they really want. Then came “Scared to Start.” Its ascent was unexpectedly fast. Marcagi had begun sharing his music on social media only shortly before his solo career took off. The response helped lead to a deal with Warner Records, and “Scared to Start” quickly escaped the confines of the Internet. Its appeal was not so difficult to understand.

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Singer-songwriter Michael Marcagi plays The Muse Friday night.

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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Return of the Bacon, Egg and Cheese

By Francesca Giangiulio

Let’s Eat!

fgiangiulio@inkym.com I told you we’d be back. As I said a few weeks ago, the island has way too many BEC options to do them all justice in one story, so we’re back with a part two. We did some more crowd-sourcing, we read your comments and your e-mails to hit some more of the island’s top spots for a morning nosh. This second installment turned into a real cross-island adventure as I went from Sconset to Madaket and everywhere in between to try your favorite breakfast sandwiches. Enjoy and try not to get too hungry while reading. • Stubby’s, Broad Street, 6 a.m.-2 a.m., $9.50 Cue the “Friends” theme song because Stubby’s is always there for you. During your highest highs and your lowest lows, you can always count on Stubby’s to give you what you need. There have been many mornings (not as much recently, but more than I’d like to admit in my youth) where I’ve woken up and the only things on my mind are a Stubby’s BEC (on a biscuit, obviously), greasy hashbrowns and the largest iced coffee I can get my hands on.

The lightly toasted biscuit is soft but not crumbly, and holds the BEC together perfectly. It has a little bit of richness to it that complements the fried egg, the saltiness of the bacon and the creamy fattiness of the American cheese. It’s simple, it’s satisfying, and a sandwich that I will always go back to in my times of need. • 45 Surfside, Surfside Road, 6:30 a.m.11 a.m., $11.95 Rounding out the sourdough trio, we have 45 Surfside. The bakery and cafe is open early and closes just after lunch, but that doesn’t stop the parking lot and bike rack from being full nearly all day, everyday. The 45 breakfast sammie gives us something a little different with the buttery toasted sourdough as our base and Havarti cheese to bind the lightly fried egg and crumbly, crisp bacon. Personally, I find Havarti to be like a mix of American and cheddar cheese. It has the melty creaminess of American with the slight sharpness and bite of a good aged cheddar. This sandwich has a phenomenal cheese pull, if that’s on your content bucket list.

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The sourdough has a light crust and isn’t sliced too thick, so you can enjoy all the flavors of the sandwich in one bite. • Yummy, Surfside Road, 7 a.m.11:30 a.m., $6.95 Just down the bike path, you’ll find Yummy. I think it’s fair to classify Yummy as a “hole in the wall,” considering they’re running the shop from a small grab-and-go counter in what looks like a house off Surfside Road. It’s one of those places you might drive past and never realize it’s there, but once you do, it’ll be on your regular rotation. Serving smoothies, salads, hot and cold sandwiches, ice cream and a variety of breakfast options, Yummy is a great mid-ish-island all-day one-stop-shop whether you’re post-workout, pre-work, en-route to the beach, or just looking for a sweet treat. The Yummy BEC is a no-fuss, exactly-what-you-expect option for a quick breakfast bite. Served on a soft and chewy English muffin with that classic yeasty flavor, the breakfast sandwich combines a crispy-edged fried egg with creamy American cheese and thin breakfast bacon for a quick and convenient bite. • Claudette’s, Main Street, Sconset, 8 a.m.-11 a.m., $10.28

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I, unfortunately, don’t get to spend much time out in Sconset, but a few weeks ago, I found myself on that far side of the island and stopped into Claudette’s for an obligatory beach sandwich. Imagine my surprise when I see on the white board that the quaint cafe is serving breakfast. And it seems that I was not the only one unaware of Claudette’s morning hours because everyone I divulged my discovery to was equally as surprised and ready to get the next bus out. At Claudette’s, you have the option to choose between an English muffin, everything or plain bagel, whole wheat toast or gluten-free toast for your BEC vessel. On my visit, I chose the everything bagel. I love the extra kick of seasoning an everything bagel brings to a BEC: garlic, onion, poppyseed, flaky salt. It’s the perfect boost for the ultimate breakfast combo. All of the ingredients felt extremely balanced. I got bacon, egg and cheese in every bite, and I was never hunting or wondering where one flavor was. Claudette’s serves it’s BEC with fluffy scrambled eggs, a heaping (but not overpowering) stack of thin breakfast bacon and just the right amount of buttery American cheese to hold it all together.

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Urgent Access is not considered to be an Urgent Care Center by health insurance plans, therefore your co-payment benefits for urgent care services typically will not apply. Instead, your visit will likely be billed as a physician office visit. Visit nantuckethospital.org/urgentaccess for more information and options for virtual urgent care.

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Thursday, August 20, 2026

The thirsty kettle ponds of the western moors

Photo by Neil Foley

The parched state of the middle pout pond. By Neil Foley I&M Columnist The days are flying past like dragonflies in the late August heat. The sunny skies are filled with the colorful zooming insects ever hunting for the next meal, while the night skies belong to the meteors streaking overhead as they burn up in the atmosphere. Both displays are beautiful and mark the value of enjoying what remains of summer. I had to cancel an upcoming walk to head off-island so I wanted to check on where it would have been: the kettle hole ponds of the western moors, an old favorite in my program rotation. Escaping the queue at the rotary, I pulled off Milestone Road at the turn for Holdgate Partners and onto the dirt of Pout Ponds Road. This east/west road crosses half the moors through tupelo groves and past suspended bogs. Bright purple field thistle lights up the sides of the road in contrast with the center of the road between the tire tracks ablaze with sickle-leaved golden aster.

Walk with Neil After a quarter mile of dirt track, I took a right and followed the road due east for just under a mile until I hit a sandy four-way intersection. The track to my left would carry me to the heights of the Shawkemo Hills overlooking Polpis Road and the harbor. I turned right, however, parking my truck next to the locked wooden gate and ventured south toward the pout ponds. Through a gap in the shrubs, I could see that the first pout pond is looking dry as a bone. What was once a floating mat of water willow in the center of the pond is just a little hummock among the muck and spiked rushes. Zero open water remains and I carefully tread down the short trail to get a better look at what was the pond edge. The grass is tall and the farther I wade through it the more I know that I will need to do a tick check as soon as I get home. I continued farther to the southern pout

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Field thistles on the road edges are a popular drinking spot for the local bees.

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The noble backbone of Spain: One grape, five souls

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A vineyard in Rioja, with San Vicente de la Sonsierra in the background. By Peter McEachern I&M Columnist Stacey and I once spent a stretch of a Mallorca holiday on a slightly unusual mission: to drink our way across mainland Spain without ever leaving the island. It turned out to be the ideal place to try. Stay in Rioja, and all you can taste is Rioja. But Mallorca, though Spanish soil through and through, grows almost none of the country’s famous wines, which makes it a kind of neutral ground, a tasting table set apart from everything served upon it, the rare spot where all of Spain’s reds can line up side by side and be compared. And Palma and Port de Sóller are quietly full of restaurants with serious wine lists, the kind of places where the food deserves the bottles and the sommelier brightens when you ask to go deep. So we did, afternoon and evening, working through Spain’s great red grape, one region at a time.

Wine Cellar: The Noble Grapes And here is what those long Mallorcan afternoons taught me: “Tempranillo” is not really one wine. On a good Spanish list, it appears under half a dozen names and in half a dozen guises – elegant and leathery in one glass, black and brooding in the next, sunsoaked and simple in a third – until you begin to wonder whether it is even one grape. It is. But no other variety changes character so completely as it crosses from one Spanish region to the next, and the strange, lovely thing was how the island seemed to hand each of those characters a stage of its own: a different table, a different hour for every face of the grape. One grape, many names Start with what unites them. Tempranillo takes its name from temprano, Spanish

Tempranillo grapes on the vine in Ribera del Duero, Spain

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The Port de Soller on Majorca, bordering the Mediterranean Sea. for “early,” because it ripens weeks ahead of most Spanish reds, a useful trick in a hot country. It is thick-skinned, deeply colored and, unusually for a great grape, fairly neutral in flavor. Its native notes run to plum, strawberry, cherry, leather and dried fig, but it is less a soloist than a canvas. That neutrality is its super power. Tempranillo drinks in whatever its surroundings offer – the altitude, the soil, and, above all, the oak barrel – and reflects them back. It loves high vineyards with cold nights that preserve its naturally low acidity and has a near-magical affinity for the vanilla and spice of oak. Give it elevation and a barrel, and it can age for half a lifetime. Wine writers like to call it the Cabernet of Spain: the firm, structuring backbone of a blend. What it does not do is stay the same. So vital is the grape to Spanish wine that it travels under a small army of aliases, each marking a genuinely different wine. Here are its five great faces and, as it happened, the five Mallorcan settings that seemed tailor-made for each. Two great river valleys shape Spanish red wine. In the north, the Ebro runs through Rioja and Navarra. On the high central meseta, the Duero carves through Ribera del Duero and Toro before slipping across the border into Portugal. Tempranillo is the thread running through them all, and it tells a different story at every stop. In Rioja, it is simply Tempranillo, and this is its most graceful incarnation. Rioja’s identity is built as much in the cellar as in the vineyard: the wines are classified not by where the grapes grew but by how long they were aged – Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva – and they mature traditionally in American oak, which lends a signature sweetness of vanilla, coconut and dill.

A fine old Rioja is a study in savory elegance: dried cherry, leather, tobacco, forest floor, with a gamey, perfumed complexity that has earned it comparisons to fine Burgundy. The cooler, higher western subzones of Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa yield the most age-worthy versions. Drink a young Crianza tonight, lay down a Gran Reserva from a traditional house like López de Heredia or La Rioja Alta, and it will reward you for decades. The barrel arrived in the 19th century, when Bordeaux winemakers fleeing phylloxera crossed the Pyrenees and taught Rioja to age its wine in oak. Rioja’s essence, in a word, is time. On Mallorca, it was the wine for a white-tablecloth dinner in Palma’s old town, at a quiet table behind the great sandstone cathedral: the refined evening of the trip. Two hours southwest, on the high plateau of Ribera del Duero, the same grape goes by Tinto Fino and becomes a different animal entirely. The vineyards here sit at 800 meters or higher, in a continental landscape of blistering days and frigid nights. That violent daily swing concentrates the grape into something darker, denser and far more powerful than Rioja. Where Rioja whispers, Ribera declaims: deep color, black fruit, firm tannin, often raised in new French oak for extra muscle. This is the home of Spain’s most legendary red, Vega Sicilia, and of cult bottles like Pingus and the benchmark Pesquera. The finest fruit comes from gnarled old bush vines around villages like La Horra, and the same Mariano García who once made Vega Sicilia now crafts the superb Aalto here. A Rioja lover tasting blind might not recognize the grape at all. Ribera’s essence is

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Thursday, August 20, 2026

“Dune:” “If Game of Thrones” had a baby “Star Wars” By James Estrada Flores Contributing Writer Along with books, I love movies very, very much, and I remember watching the trailer for “Dune” back in 2021 and feeling so fatigued with the large-scale “Star Wars”-esque space odyssey blockbuster genre (and Timothee Chalamet) that I disregarded it completely as hot Hollywood nerd garbage and decided to avoid the unprecedented hype as much as possible. It wasn’t until after it started streaming I decided that out of my love for movies, I would finally give it a chance. Upon first watch it was the slowest and most boring thing I’d ever seen, with a plot that reminded me of “Game of Thrones” but still somehow felt like much better quality than most new “Star Wars” movies. I hadn’t read Frank Herbert’s book yet, and I knew that there was another movie made in 1984, but nothing about “Dune” interested me, aside from the giant worms because I thought they were so cool, and at the same time had me thinking about how I’m glad those things don’t exist. It wasn’t until watching “Dune Part 2” that I realized I may have treated this franchise too harshly upon my first impression. “Part 2” is an insanely well-made movie that got me invested in “Dune” lore enough to actually read the book. The book, like many others and their film counterparts, expanded the story and world-building better than the movie could have done, although this new adaptation is basically perfect. “Dune” on the surface is a story of a young man, heir to the throne, who has a predetermined destiny set in motion by a network of space witches who rely on a miracle-raw-natural-chemical-type “spice” drug to help them see the future. This concept is absolutely bonkers and way out there for sure, and everything about the story is weird and very technical to this strange extraterrestrial ecosystem. With the outlandish world presented from the very beginning, the way the rest of the book unravels is totally unpredictable, surprisingly profound and exciting at times. The sci-fi element blends philosophy and ecology onto the impossible desert planet of Arrakis, and applies politics and war to the characters who live on and off it. I personally hope humanity never ends up in a position that leads to this world’s conditions in the future, although it does make for an existentially eye-opening experience. Aside from all of the otherworldly land-

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Good Reads scapes and conflict, there is a good amount of meditative philosophy expressed through the characters’ perspectives, and a lot of it has stuck with me ever since. Despite only having read two out of six of this franchise’s books, I can say that I am very much a fan of these worlds and characters. After reading the entire first book and revisiting its respective movies, I had a huge newfound appreciation for how faithful the films were to the book. Although it seems like a straightforward hero’s journey, it subverts expectations by spinning the “chosen one” storyline on its head and making the main character, Paul, aware of his path, reject it and choose to create his own. It’s as if Harry Potter was given the books to how his story was supposed to go halfway through his journey and did everything possible to magic his way into the best-case scenario. I don’t want to give too much away but I will say that after reading the second book it only gets better, and with part three of the Dune movies coming out at the end of the year I’m excited to see how it will play out on the big screen. Ultimately, if you’re looking for a series that feels like “Game of Thrones” had a baby with “Star Wars,” and then sent that baby to grow up on a deadly desert planet filled with

giant death worms and mind-altering drugs, this is the book for you. Personally, I still can’t believe this franchise had the effect on me that it did. I had to rewatch “Dune 1” a couple of times before I actually stayed awake through the full thing and then the second movie completely just blew my mind, defied all my expectations and pushed me to get more involved with the series. Reading books one and two was a great thrill ride and I’m excited to see the next

movie before starting book three, wherever they decide to focus the story on because I’ve been told by long-time fans that it gets weirder and even more intense as the books go on. This story of rebellion, war, purpose and destiny is one I hope people will talk about for a long time, and I also hope people recognize and appreciate both the creativity in the books and the movies. James Estrada Flores is a library associate at the Nantucket Atheneum.

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The Looking Backward Quiz based on Nantucket history. Place the event in chronological order and learn about Nantucket history.

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Best-selling island author Elin Hilderbrand will sign copies of her books Wednesday at Mitchell’s Book Corner on Main Street. (Thursday, continued from page 3)

Dance Party in the Garden

9:45 a.m. Atheneum garden, 1 India St. Cory Morgan leads an energetic, joy-filled dance time with songs, silly dance moves and challenges like Freeze Dance and the Cha-Cha Slide. Weather permitting. Bring a blanket.

Tree Tour

10 a.m. Nantucket Land & Water Council, 6 Ash Lane. Nantucket waterkeeper RJ Turcotte leads a tour of downtown trees and discusses how the island’s trees have been preserved over the decades. Tickets at www. nantucketlandwater.org

Hands-on History

10:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, Nantucket Whaling Museum Discovery Room, 13 Broad St. Hands-on family programming connecting the Nantucket Historical Association’s 2026 exhibition “The Wider World and Scrimshaw” with a craft for participants to make and take home. Register on calendar page of www.nha.org

Book-Signing: Julie Gerstenblatt

10:30-11:30 a.m. Mitchell’s Book Corner, 54 Main St. Author Julie Gerstenblatt will sign copies of her book “The Stargazer of Nantucket.”

Family Connections Tour

10:30 a.m. Nantucket Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St. Museum guides bring the NHA’s 2026 exhibit, “The Wider World and Scrimshaw,” to life with visual and tactile elements. Free with museum admission. Register on calendar page of www.nha.org

Walking Tour

10:45 a.m. Monday-Saturday, Nantucket Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St. The Nantucket Historical Association’s downtown walking tour transports visitors on a journey through Nantucket’s past and tells the story of the rise and the fall of the whaling industry, the rise of tourism and the impacts the island’s economy had on social and racial development on Nantucket. Reserve tickets at www.nha.org

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Cook’s Cycles Nantucket 6 S Beach St, Ste B (508) 458-8042

Linda Loring Nature Foundation 110 Eel Point Rd (508) 325-0873

Nantucket Historical Association 15 Broad St (508) 228-1894

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge 107 Wauwinet Rd (508) 228-5646

Lisa Lynn Charters Town Pier, 34 Washington St (508) 221-6124

Nantucket Information Bureau 25 Federal St (508) 228-0925

Critter Cruise Straight Wharf, Slip 1018

Lost Farm Wildlife Sanctuary Hummock Pond Rd (508) 228-9208

Nantucket Island Tours 42 Straight Wharf (508) 228-0334

Masquetuck Reservation 15 Quaise Pasture Rd (508) 228-2884

Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge 107 Wauwinet Rd (978) 443-4661

Mass Audubon’s Sesachacha Heathlands Barnard Valley Rd (508) 228-9208

Nantucket Tug Company 34 Washington St (831) 251-8018

Cross Rip Outfitters 26 Mizzenmast Rd (508) 221-1201 Discover Nantucket Tours 77 Easton St (917) 716-5973 Discovery Playground at Hinsdale Park 54 Old South Rd Easy Riders Bicycle Rentals 65 Surfside Rd (508) 325-2722

Ara’s Tours 6 Fair St (508) 228-1951 Bamboo Forest 52 Madaket Rd

Endeavor Sailing Adventures Straight Wharf, Slip #1015 (508) 228-5585

Barrett’s Tours 25 Federal St (508) 228-0174

Gail’s Tours, Inc. 28 Longwood Dr (508) 257-6557

Bill Fisher Outfitters 20 N Cambridge St (203) 962-8867

Herbert T Sport Fishing Slip 14, Straight Wharf (508) 228-6655

Captain Tom’s Charters F St, Madaket (508) 228-4225

Island Bike Company Inc. 25 Old South Rd (508) 228-4070

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Cisco Brewery Tours 18b Federal St (508) 325-5929

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nantucketconservation.org 508-228-2884 Nantucket Fishing Hither Creek (508) 325-1575

Nantucket Walkabout 15 Washington St (508) 422-7466 Next Level Watersports 24 Washington St (508) 680-3343 Sandy Pedals Bikes 65 Surfside Rd (508) 680-4497 Sanford Farm 118 Madaket Rd (508) 228-2884 Sconset Bluff Walk 27 Bank St, Siasconset Sea Nantucket Paddle Sports Rentals and Tours 76 Washington St (508) 228-7499 Seabilly Fishing Charters Public Pier, F St (617) 943-1990 Serengeti Nantucket Tom Nevers Rd (508) 228-2884

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Cavalier Ebanks Galleries 10 Federal St (508)325-4405

The Gallery at Four India Street 4 India St (508)228-8509

East End Gallery 3 Old North Wharf (508)228-4515

The Scrimshander Gallery 38 Centre St (508)228-1004

Eric Holch Gallery 5 Pine St (508)246-7653

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G.S. Hill Gallery 40 Straight Wharf (508)228-1353

HOSTETLER GALLERY 42 Centre St. 740-571-8180

Island Chiropractic Dr. Nicholas Ouellette, DC, PSP Chiropractic Physician 4 Bartlett Road • 508-325-4777 Primary Spine Practitioner nantucketchiropractic.com

Proudly serving the Nantucket community for over a decade, ACK Infusion (469) 235-7864 Dr. Ouellette provides comprehensive, compassionate Chiropractic care that goes beyond pain relief. ACK Natural Cannabis Dispensary Expert whole body joint and soft tissue care 19 Spearhead •Drive • Doctor-guided nutritional consultations & protocols (508) 901-5225 • Professional-grade supplement dispensary

MAST • Tailored exercise prescription Collective Wellness 49 Fairgrounds Road Custom-scanned orthotic inserts 35 B Old South•Road (508) 534-8378 (978) 771-8857 • Ergonomic assessments for you and your business.

Supporting your body’s ability to heal, move, Nantucket Aesthetics and thrive — naturally. EZIA Athletic Club

Topspin Fishing Charters Town Pier, 34 Washington St (508) 246-6210

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Tupancy Links 157 Cliff Rd (508) 228-2884

John Rugge Antiques Shop 5 India St (508)332-4256

Val’s Cab and Tours 5 Fairgrounds Rd (508) 228-9410

Marcus Foley | Thomas Macy Gallery 12 Straight Wharf (508)332-9833

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Nantucket Cycling & Fitness 25 Youngs Way (508) 901-5230

Windswept Bog 301 Polpis Rd (508) 228-2884

Pete’s Fresh Fish Prints 17 Old South Wharf (508)325-1842

Glistn Nantucket 5 Old South Road (774) 485-9605

Nantucket Energy Therapy 35 Old South Road (508) 901-3558

Young’s Bicycle Shop 6 Broad St (508) 228-1151

Pierce Galleries Inc. 5 S Water St (508)228-1789

Great Harbor Yacht Club 96 Washington Street (508) 325-5200

Nantucket Healing Arts 16 B Amelia Drive (203) 628-5827

Galleries:

Quidley & Company Fine Art Galleries 26 Main St (508)228-4300

Health Imperatives Nantucket 20 Vesper Lane #3 (508) 228-9189

Nantucket Health Club 10 Youngs Way (508) 228-4750

Artists Association of Nantucket Gallery 8 Federal St (508)228-0294

1 Hooper Farm RoadLong Keeping Nantucket Community Healthy All Year 117 Orange Street (508) 221-4705 (508) 901-9251 4 Bartlett Road • 508-325-4777 nicholasouellettedc@gmail.com Nantucket CBD

110 Pleasant Street www.nantucketchiropractic.com (508) 825-9100

Sylvia Antiques 15 Main St (508)228-0960

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Nantucket Holistic Health 37 C Old South Road (508) 228-7577

Brass Lantern Inn 11 North Water St (508) 228-4064

Surfside Somatics 6 Holly Street (508) 901-9608

Carlisle House Inn 26 North Water St (508) 228-0720

The Copper Rose 16A Amelia Drive (508) 221-5023

CHAPMAN HOUSE 20 N Water St (855) 652-0137

The Green Lady Dispensary 11 Amelia Drive (774) 333-3875

Cliff Lodge Bed & Breakfast 9 Cliff Rd (508) 228-9480

The Westmoor Club 10 Westmoor Lane (508) 228-9494

Cliffside Beach Club 46 Jefferson Ave (508) 228-0618

Lodging:

Faraway Nantucket 29 Centre St (877) 279-1405

21 Broad Hotel 21 Broad St (508) 228-4749 29 Fair Street Inn 29 Fair St (508) 257-4577 29 India House Bed & Breakfast 29 India St (508) 228-0308 76 Main Ink Press Hotel 76 Main St (508) 228-2533 Anchor Inn 66 Centre St (508) 228-0072 Blue Iris 10 Hussey St (844) 970-3677 Brant Point Courtyard 15 Swain St (508) 228-0241

Greydon House 17 Broad St (508) 228-2468 Harborview Nantucket 24 Washington St (508) 301-7551 Hotel Pippa 5 Chestnut St (508) 228-5300 Jared Coffin House 29 Broad St (800) 248-2405 Life House Nantucket 10 Cliff Rd (508) 338-9816 Martin House Inn 61 Centre St (508) 228-0678 Seven Sea Street Inn 7 Sea St (508) 228-3577

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Sherburne Inn 10 Gay St (855) 652-0137 Ships Inn 13 Fair St (508) 228-0040 The Barnacle Inn 11 Fair St (508) 228-0332 The Beachside Hotel 30 North Beach St (833) 670-2164 The Brant 6 North Beach St (508) 960-6528 The Centerboard Nantucket 8 Chester St (508) 825-5954 The Chestnut House 3 Chestnut St (508) 228-0049 The Cottages at Nantucket Boat Basin 24 Old South Wharf (866) 838-9253 The Nantucket Hotel & Resort 77 Easton St (866) 807-6011 The Nantucket Inn 1 Miller Ln (508) 228-6900

The Veranda House 3 Step Ln (855) 652-0137 The Wade Cottages 35 Shell St (508) 680-1272 The Wauwinet 120 Wauwinet Rd (508) 228-0145 The White Elephant 50 Easton St (800) 445-6574 Union Street Inn 7 Union St (508) 228-9222

Nightlife: Brotherhood of Thieves 23 Broad St (774) 325-5812 Cisco Brewers 5 Bartlett Farm Rd (508) 325-5929 Dreamland 17 S Water St (508) 332-4822 Nantucket Tavern & Gazebo 1 Harbor Square (508) 228-1266

The Periwinkle Inn 9 North Water St (508) 228-9267

Sandbar at Jetties Beach Bar & Restaurant 4 Bathing Beach Rd #2234 (508) 228-2279

The Regatta Inn 78 Centre St (855) 652-0137

Sister Ship 29 Centre St (508) 257-1318

The Summer House Cottages 17 Ocean Ave (508) 257-4577

The Chicken Box 16 Dave St (508) 228-9717

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Your Destination for all things Nantucket The Club Car 1 Main St (508) 228-1101

Darya Salon & Spa 7 South Beach St (508) 228-0550

Monarch Face & Body 37 Old South Rd (508) 680-1416

White Elephant Spa by Darya 50 Easton St (508) 638-3440

The Gaslight 3 N Union St (508) 228-6464

Emma Ross Hair & Beauty 19 North Beach St (508) 228-0436

Nantucket Holistic Health 37 Old South Rd C (508) 228-7577

Wilbert Barber Shop 15 Amelia Dr (508) 208-7477

The Muse & Pizza Joint 44 Surfside Rd (508) 228-6873

ES Beauty Lounge by Gen 35B Old South Rd (844) 666-0878

The Rose and Crown 23 S Water St (508) 228-2595

Gigi Hair Studio 35C Old South Rd (508) 680-1394

Ocean Day Spa at The Nantucket Hotel 77 Easton St (508) 272-7703

The Tree Bar 6 Oak St #3527 (508) 325-8696

Glistn Nantucket 5 Old South Rd (774) 485-9605

Salons & Spas:

Hair Concern 35 Old South Rd, Unit 4 (508) 228-4864

A Cut Above 14 Macys Ln (508) 228-4288 ACK Beauty & Barbershop 57 Old South Rd (508) 680-1188 BE ACK Salon 19 Washington St (508) 901-9630 Beauty Bar 3 Hanabea Ln (508) 228-1905 Color Up Nails & Spa 31 Old South Rd (508) 825-5505 Daiva Salon 56 Pleasant St (508) 325-4091

Huna Bodywork with Allison 6 Toms Way (774) 812-8999 Island Glow Nantucket 2 Sanford Road (508) 680-4715 L and R Barbershop 7A Hanabea Ln (774) 325-6836 Lavender Farm Wellness 6 West Creek Rd (508) 332-3382

On Glaze 8 West Creek Rd (508) 228-6245 Rachel Dixon LLC – Massage & Wellness 4 Bartlett Rd (508) 364-2380

Shopping: Alice Walk 18b Federal St (508) 680-2423 Annie & the Tees 19 S Water St (508) 228-5505 ASHA Nantucket 18 Federal St (508) 221.6180 Assemble 18 Federal St (508) 680-1845

6 Amelia Dr. • 508-228-3446 rjmillersalons.com

Atlantic Nantucket 4 India St (508) 228-7776

Scissorhands 68 Old South Rd (508) 901-1417

Beau & Ro Nantucket 4 Federal St (508) 901-5792

Sisters’ Salon & Spa 117 Pleasant St (508) 228-7720

Byrdie by Nina Liddle Design 11 Washington St. (77) 333-3604

Suzanne’s Hair Design 78 Surfside Rd (508) 228-7444 Valero Salon & Spa 68 Old South Rd (508) 221-1648

Breezin Up 48 Main St (508) 325-4622

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Cartolina 22 Centre Street (508) 228-4900

Erin Hielle Nantucket 0 Main St (508) 901-5561

Ladybird Lingerie 7 Centre St (508) 228-6093

Nantucket Peddler 37 Straight Wharf (508) 325-5654

Cattivo Nantucket 20 Centre St (508) 680-1215

Faherty Nantucket 0 Candle St (774) 325-5161

Legit 12 Old South Wharf

Nantucket Surf Club 21 S Water St (508) 325-2792

Centre Pointe 22 Centre St (508) 228-4900

For Now 48 Centre St

Charleston Shoe Co. 4 S Water St (508) 901-9134 Clorinda Antinori 58 Main St (508) 825-5321 Commonwealth 16 Federal St (508) 901-9222 D Dream & Poeta 26 Center St (508) 742-8328 Dairy Boy 14 Federal St (508) 901-2159 David Chase Inc 56 Main St (508) 325-8678 DAWN 2 Harbor Sq (508) 901-5406 DÔEN 32 Main St (877) 756-7353 Ellsworth + Ivey 34 Main St (774) 333-3661 Erica Wilson Inc 25 Main St (508) 228-9881

Four Winds Gifts 8 Straight Wharf (508) 228-1597 Grace Geier 16 Straight Wharf #1 (603) 667-5862 Gypsy 20 Federal St (508) 228-4404 Hepburn 3 Salem St (508) 228-1458 Hill House Home 33 Main St Hospital Thrift Shop 17 India Street (508) 228-1125 Inkerman Nantucket 13 Centre St (508) 825-5865 Island Treasures Retail Store 128 Old South Rd (508) 228-0789 J. McLaughlin 1 Salem St (508) 325-6351 Julia Amory 28B Easy St (774) 325-5490

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Levitate Surf Shack 39 Straight Wharf Lilly Pulitzer 5 S Water St (508) 228-0569 Long Wharf Supply Co. 31 Centre St Marissa Collections 25 Centre St (774) 325-5193 Milly & Grace 2 Washington St (508) 901-5051 Mitchell’s Book Corner 54 Main St (508) 228-1080 Monelle 32 Centre St (508) 680-1316 Murray’s Toggery Shop 62 Main St (508) 228-0437 Nalu 14 Cambridge St (508) 325-6110 Nantucket Bookworks 25 Broad St (508) 228-4000 Nantucket Clothing Company 6 S Water St (508) 228-3356

Peachtree Kids & Monogram Shop 19 Main St (508) 228-8555 Peter England Nantucket 3 Old South Wharf (508) 241-8301 Polo Ralph Lauren 16 Main St (508) 228-9451 REMY 2 Old South Wharf (617) 840-5898 Res Ipsa 3 India St (508) 955-2288 Respoke 41 Straight Wharf (508) 413-3221 Sal Amore 8 Washington St Sara Campbell 5 S Beach St (508) 680-1626 Seconds Shop 32 Sparks Ave (508) 228-6677 Serenella 9 S Beach St (508) 228-3400 Southern Tide Nantucket 34 Main St (774) 325-5171

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Your Destination for all things Nantucket STAUD 38 Center St (774) 485-2094 Stephanie’s Nantucket 42 Main St (508) 228-0624 Steplane 29 Centre St (617) 455-2318 Summer Shades 16 Straight Wharf (508) 325-5530 Sunken Ship 12 Broad St (508) 228-9226 The Black Dog Nantucket 40 Straight Wharf (508) 325-5411 The Dress Code 9 Centre St (508) 680-1716 The General Store by Roller Rabbit 44 Centre St (917) 692-0316 The Rainbow Fleet 167 Orange St (508) 680-1159 The Shop by WHEAT Nantucket 5 S Water St (774) 382-6787 The Skinny Dip: A Summer Collective 23 Old South Wharf (508) 901-5870 Townpool 53 Main St Trish Wescoat Pound 33 Main St (774) 317-5790

Tuckernuck 23 Centre St

Jessica Hicks 2 Union St

University of Nantucket 14 S Water St (508) 228-4795

Jewel in the Sea 6 Straight Wharf (508) 228-2448

Valentina Kova 44 Main St (508) 257-2006

Jewelers’ Gallery 21 Centre St (508) 228-0229

Veronica Beard Nantucket 11 S Water St (508) 556-9936

Joy West Collection 14 South Water St

Vineyard Vines 2 Straight Wharf (508) 325-9600

Jewelry:

Lemon & Line 43 Straight Wharf Melissa Dudley Designs 10 Main St, Sconset (508) 221-9521

Anna P. Jay 5 Washington St (508) 680-3518

Nantucket Estate Jewelry 1 Orange Street (508) 280-1958

Barbara Harris Water Jewels 14 Centre St (508) 228-0825

Pageo Jewelers - Nantucket 46 Main Street (508) 343-8628

Blue Beetle 12 Main St (508) 228-3227 Craftmasters of Nantucket 7 India St (508) 228-0322 Hart 25B Washington St (854) 333-7670 Heidi Weddendorf Jewelry (774) 236-9064 Icarus + C° 19 Old South Wharf

R Simantov 1 Old North Wharf (917) 324-4410 Seaman Schepps 47 Main St (508) 325-5806 Susan Lister Locke Jeweler 28 Easy Street (508) 221-0531 The Love Shack by LOLA 10 Old South Wharf (774) 325-5982

The Vault Nantucket 33 Centre Street (508) 825-6764 Trinity / E. Townsend Watch Collection 50 Main St (508) 220-7557 Water Jewels 14 Centre St. (508) 228-0825

Farm & Market: Bartlett’s Farm 33 Bartlett Farm Rd (508) 228-9403 Moors End Farm 40 Polpis Rd (508) 228-2674 Pumpkin Pond Farm 25 Millbrook Rd (508) 221-2254 Sconset Market 4 Main Street, Siasconset (508) 257-9915 Sustainable Nantucket 14 Federal St (508) 228-3399 Nantucket Meat & Fish Market 21 Old South Rd (774) 333-5176 167 Raw Nantucket 167 Hummock Pond Rd (508) 228-2871 Pip & Anchor 14 Amelia Dr (508) 413-9940

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Sip and Stitch

Hands-on History at the Old Jail

6 p.m. Erica Wilson, 25 Main St. An evening of creativity, conversation and community. All are welcome, whether you’re a seasoned embroiderer or threading your first needle. Free.

Mini Movers

6-8 p.m. Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, 23 Wauwinet Road. NISDA hosts an evening of food trucks, island tunes, open mic and a chance to make a ceramic bowl to contribute to the Nantucket Food, Fuel and Rental Assistance No More Empty Bowls fall fundraiser. All are welcome.

11 a.m.-4 p.m. Old Gaol (Jail), 15R Vestal St. Learn about the Nantucket Historical Association’s Old Jail and some of its inhabitants, and make a beaded keychain. Free. 11 a.m. Hinchman House Natural Science Museum, 7 Milk St. Young children and their caregivers are invited to wiggle, dance and explore the animal kingdom through movement, music and hands-on discovery. $15. Additional session Saturday. Registration recommended on calendar page of www.mariamitchell. org. Additional session Tuesday.

Thursday Night Fete

“Escape to Margaritaville”

2 p.m. Nantucket Hotel, 77 Easton St. The Rack and Rally Mah Jong Society hosts an elevated afternoon of martinis, mah jong and coastal hospitality. Tickets, $75, at www.rackrallymahjongsociety.com

7 p.m. Bennett Hall, 62 Centre St. Theatre Workshop of Nantucket presents the musical revue “Escape to Margaritaville,” an homage to the original Parrothead himself, Jimmy Buffett. Through Aug. 22. Visit www. theatrenantucket.org for additional dates, times and tickets.

Read to a Buddy

“300 Paintings”

Martinis and Mah Jong

Live Music: The Glenn Miller Orchestra

7:30 p.m. Nantucket Performing Arts Center, 5 North Water St. Sam Kissajukian brings audiences on a roller-coaster ride that chronicles the six months he created 300 large-scale paintings, exploring the ties between art, mental health and creativity. Through Aug. 23. Visit www.nantucketperformingarts.org for additional dates, times and tickets.

Sconset Preservation Tour

8 p.m. Maria Mitchell Association, 4 Vestal St. MMA field ornithologist and I&M columnist Ginger Andrews leads this search for owls and other nocturnal animals and birds. Intended for adults and children 8 and up. $30. Registration required on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

2 p.m. Atheneum gallery, 1 India St. Children 6-12 are invited to bring a book from home or choose one from the library and read to a READ (Reading Education Assistance Dog) therapy dog. Registration required by calling (508) 228-1110, ext. 103. 3 and 6:30 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Glenn Miller Orchestra – the most popular and sought-after big band in the world today – is the only orchestra officially sanctioned by the Miller estate to carry the legendary bandleader’s name. Tickets at www.nantucketdreamland.org

Owl Prowl

3 p.m. 1 New St., Sconset. Explore scenic Sconset with the Nantucket Preservation Trust and learn about the history of this unique fishing settlement at the eastern edge of the island. Register on events page of www.nantucketpreservation.org

10 p.m. The Chicken Box, 6 Dave St. New England based country band Overserved Again will perform. Additional shows Friday and Saturday.

Live Music: Jimmy Denny

Live Music: Steve Rondo

Live Music: Overserved Again

4:30 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Atlanta-based indie singer-songwriter Jimmy Denny will perform.

10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Boston-based indie singer-songwriter Steve Rondo will perform.

Art Reception: AAN

Friday, Aug. 21

Lola 41 20th Anniversary

8:30 a.m. Hither Creek, Madaket, near 25 Massachusetts Ave. Adults and children 8 and older are invited to help Maria Mitchell Association staff collect, identify and release fish, crabs, shrimp and other marine creatures with a seine net. Additional sessions Monday and Wednesday. Tickets, $35, on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

5 p.m. Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 8 Federal St. The Artists Association of Nantucket will host a reception for its Artist/ Patron exhibition, on display through Sept. 1. 5 p.m. Lola 41, 15 South Beach St. Celebrate Lola’s 20th anniversary with a specialty cocktail and three-course dinner of Asian-influenced flavors.

Marine Ecology Field Trip

Pick Your Own Flowers

8:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. Spend a picturesque morning in the farm’s organic flower fields. The Bartlett’s team provides the clippers and guidance to help you create the perfect bouquet. Rain or shine.

Kids Bird Watching

9 a.m. Maria Mitchell Aquarium, 32 Washington St. Children 7 and up are invited to learn how to observe, listen for and identify the birds of Nantucket’s coastal ecosystem. $25. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Mayflower II Shallop Tours

9-11 a.m. 36 Washington St. The Egan Maritime Institute hosts tours of the Mayflower II’s Fuller shallop, a small boat of the 17th and 18th century powered by oars, sails or both. Free.

Nature Walk

10 a.m. Linda Loring Nature Foundation, 110 Eel Point Road. LLNF director of research and conservation Sarah Bois leads a guided tour of the sandplain grasslands on the property, highlighting its biodiversity. Free, but registration required on calendar page of www.llnf.org

Dharma Yoga

10:15 a.m., Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. Joanne Burnham of Dharma Yoga leads this session to strengthen and lengthen, enliven and invigorate, soothe and calm. Visit www.dharmayoganantucket.com to register or for additional dates and times.

Artist Pop-up

10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Artists Association of Nantucket Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery patio, 8 Federal St. AAN artist Jim Helfrich will display and sell his work and discuss his creative process and inspiration.

Bug Bonanza

11 a.m. Mill Hill Park, off Prospect Street. Maria Mitchell Association staff lead this exploration of the insects and small creatures that live in the grasses, flowers and trees of Nantucket. Intended for children 4 and up and adults. $20. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org. Additional sessions Monday and Wednesday.

Hands-on History at the Oldest House

11 a.m.-4 p.m. Oldest House, 16 Sunset Hill Lane. Learn about the Nantucket Historical Association’s Jethro Coffin House and the generations of Nantucketers who lived there, and create your own cup-andball game. Free.

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Live Music: Doug & Co.

Noon, Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Nantucket’s own jam band Doug & Co., inspired by the Grateful Dead, will perform.

Wines & Rinds

3:30-5 p.m. Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. A relaxed, guided pairing of the farms favorite wines and cheeses.

Live Music: LowDown Brass Band

4:30 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Chicago-based hip hop, reggae and soul horn ensemble LowDown Brass Band will perform.

“Cuffe: Taxed”

5:30 p.m. Nantucket Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St. The Nantucket Historical Association will host a screening of “Cuffe: Taxed,” Anita Allison’s short film exploring the life and legacy of Paul Cuffe: ship-owner, abolitionist, philanthropist and one of the most influential Black Americans of the early Republic. Following the film, Hayley Nelson of the Egan Maritime Institute will moderate a panel discussion with Allison; Robert Cox, a direct descendant of Paul Cuffe; historian and author David Cole; Alivia Pierce, interpretive guide at Nantucket’s African Meeting House and NHA chief curator Michael Harrison. Free, but registration recommended on calendar page of www.nha.org

Teen Game Night

6 p.m. Atheneum gallery, 1 India St. Teens and tweens are invited to play a selection of Nintendo Switch games like Just Dance and Mario Party and more. The games will rotate and are first-come, first-served.

Live Music: Cranberry Alarm Clock

7 p.m. Fairgrounds Restaurant, 27 Fairgrounds Road. Nantucket’s favorite Beatles tribute band Cranberry Alarm Clock will perform.

Ned Rorem in Paris

7 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. A multi-media tribute to Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and writer Ned Rorem in film and music, including Susan Sandler’s short documentary “The Artist Must Grow Ever More Selfish” and a live chamber concert of Rorem’s work by The Rossini Club. Tickets at www.nantucketdreamland.org

Audra McDonald

7:30 p.m. Nantucket Performing Arts Center, 5 North Water St. Tony, Grammy and Emmy winner Audra McDonald will perform. Sold out. Visit www.nantucketperformingartscenter.org to join the waiting list.

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Live Music: Sean Lee

8 p.m. Rose & Crown, 23 South Water St. Nantucket singer-songwriter Sean Lee will perform. Second show 8 p.m. Saturday.

Live Music: Michael Marcagi

10 p.m. The Muse, 44 Surfside Road. Cincinnati-based singer-songwriter Michael Marcagi will perform. 21 and over. Tickets at www.musenantucket.com/shows.

Stargazing at the Observatory

Saturday, Aug. 22 Nantucket Clean Team

8 a.m. Handlebar Café, 15 Washington St., and Steps Beach entrance, Lincoln Circle. The Nantucket Clean Team meets Saturdays from spring through fall to pick up trash around the island. Pickers and bags provided.

Farmers & Artisans Market

9:30 p.m. Loines Observatory, 59 Milk St. Join Maria Mitchell Association astronomers for a tour of the night sky, including the moon, planets, star clusters, nebulae and other galaxies. $27 for adults, $17 for children. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org. Additional sessions Monday and Wednesday.

8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cambridge Street, between North Union and South Water streets. Sustainable Nantucket hosts a market of fresh local produce, island cottage-industry artisans and food. Weather permitting.

Karaoke

10 p.m. The Rose & Crown, 23 South Water St. Channel your inner rock star on The Rose & Crown stage.

9 a.m. Children’s Beach, Harborview Way. Kick off your Saturday mornings with an exciting Brazilian martial arts experience that’s fun for all ages. Free.

DJ Pete

NanPuppets

10 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Nantucket’s own master of the turntables, DJ Pete Ahern, will man the ones and twos. 21 and over.

Capoeira at the Beach

9:30 a.m. Something Natural, 50 Cliff Road. Lizza Obremski brings her puppet friends for a half hour of education and fun. $10, kids under 1 free. Bring a blanket. I&M

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Rafael Osona Auction

9:30 a.m. Online at www.rafaelosonaauctions.com. Nantucket baskets, island art by Robert Stark, John Lochtefeld and Joan Albaugh the Herbert Sackett cane collection, Diana Kim England jewelry and more. Live previews Aug. 20 and 21, Legion Hall, 21 Washington St. Continues Sunday.

Artisan Market

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, 23 Wauwinet Road. Island artists and craftspeople will display and sell their work. Free admission.

Artist Pop-up

10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Artists Association of Nantucket Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery patio, 8 Federal St. AAN artist Meghan Weeks will display and sell her work and discuss her creative process and inspiration.

Cinema for the Very Young

10:30 a.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Dreamland will screen a sensory-friendly Rated G or All Ages film/series whose title will not be announced in advance. Free. All children in attendance must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver throughout the 90-minute program.

Mini Movers

11 a.m. Hinchman House Natural Science Museum, 7 Milk St. Young children and their caregivers are invited to wiggle, dance and explore the animal kingdom through movement, music and hands-on discovery. $15. Additional session Saturday. Registration recommended on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org. Additional session Sunday.

Music and Movement

11:45 a.m. Children’s Beach bandstand, Harborview Way. Cory Morgan leads a half hour of song and dance intended for children.

Bartlett Farm Walking Tour

2 p.m. Saturday and Wednesday, Meet in front of farm market, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. A free, 30-minute behind-the-scenes journey into 200 years of agricultural history on this farm owned by the same family since the early 1800s.

Live Music: Joshua Tree

4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Boston-based U2 tribute band Joshua Tree will perform.

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Voices of Ecstasy

6:30 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 20 Fair St. The Rossini Club presents a theatrical production starring soprano Christine Honein and violinist Emelyn Bashour, accompanied by cellist Bree Ahern and pianist Wesley Ducote, featuring selections from composer György Kurtág’s “Kafka Fragments.” Free, but donations welcome.

“Jane Condon Unsupervised!”

7 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Dreamland will premiere stand-up comedian Jane Condon’s new special, “Jane Condon Unsupervised!” followed by a Q&A with Condon and director Susan Sandler moderated by director Todd Bartels, Condon’s son. Tickets at www.nantucketdreamland.org

Jazz Night at the Fairgrounds

8 p.m. Fairgrounds Restaurant, 27 Fairgrounds Road. A rotating cast of island musicians and special guests perform an evening of live jazz.

Piano Concert

7 p.m. Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India St. Pianist Stephen Porter returns to the Atheneum with a program of pieces by Scarlatti, Schubert, John Field and Cécile Chaminade. Free.

Karaoke

10 p.m. The Rose & Crown, 23 South Water St. Channel your inner rock star on The Rose & Crown stage.

Live Music: Buckle & Shake

10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Nantucket’s own alt-country band, Buckle & Shake, will perform. 21 and over.

Sunday, Aug. 23 Nantucket Bird Walk

7:45 a.m. 4 Vestal St. Island bird guide and Inquirer and Mirror birding columnist Ginger Andrews leads this exploration of birding landscapes and hidden nooks. Loaner binoculars available. Dress for the weather. $35. Register on calendar page of www. mariamitchell.org

Toddler Time

10:30 a.m. Maria Mitchell Association Natural Science Museum, 7 Milk St. An MMA educator will read a nature or science themed book, introduce one of the MMA’s animal friends and finish with an activity related to the story. $15 per child, must be accompanied by an adult. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Breathwork and Meditation

11 a.m. Location provided upon registration. Experienced instructor Andrew Viselli leads this 60-minute session that incorporates meditation, reiki and subtle movement. Register on events page of www.nantucketconservation.org

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Courtesy of Glenn Miller Orchestra

Marine Story Hour

interviews Laura Galante, former director of the U.S. Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center and AI and national security expert Tal Feldman on “AI and Cybersecurity – From the Situation Room to the Boardroom and Beyond.” Tickets at www.nantucketdreamland.org

Sensational Science

5 p.m. Sconset Chapel, 18 New St. The Rossini Club presents “an intimate night of chamber music, conversations and curiosities. Free, but reservations recommended at www.therossiniclub.org

Artist Pop-up

5:30 p.m. Nantucket Community Music Center, 56 Centre St. No instrument? No problem. Ukuleles availa5ble. All ages welcome. Free.

11:15 a.m. Maria Mitchell Association Aquarium, 32 Washington St. An MMA educator will read a marine science themed book, introduce one of the MMA’s animal friends, and finish up with an activity related to the story. $15 per child. Registration recommended on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org 11:30 a.m. Maria Mitchell Association Natural Science Museum, 7 Milk St. Children are invited to take a deep dive into the microscopic world, investigate shark biology, make agar art or collect plankton. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org Noon-3 p.m. Artists Association of Nantucket Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery patio, 8 Federal St. AAN artist Matthew Oates will display and sell his work and discuss his creative process and inspiration.

Live Music: The Slips

Noon, Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Nantucket’s own The Slips will perform.

Rossini Club Showcase

Beginner’s Ukulele

Live Music: Rebecca Chapa

6 p.m. Children’s Beach bandstand, Harborview Way. Nantucket singer-songwriter Rebecca Chapa will perform. Weather-permitting.

Live Music: Julia Newman

Live Music: Cranberry Alarm Clock

6 p.m. Rose & Crown, 23 South Water St. Nantucket singer-songwriter Julia Newman will perform.

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10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Brooklyn-based indie rock band Thesaurus Rex will perform. 21 and over.

3-6 p.m. Sandbar, end of Bathing Beach Road. Nantucket’s favorite Beatles tribute band, Cranberry Alarm Clock, will perform. 4 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. Wavemaker host Michael Schulder

Live Music: Thesaurus Rex

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10 a.m. Children’s Beach bandstand, Harborview Way. Magician, musician and artist Mark Carapezza provides free, family-friendly entertainment and hands-on activities.

Artist Pop-up

10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Artists Association of Nantucket Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery patio, 8 Federal St. AAN artist Jennifer Rosenthal will display and sell her work and discuss her creative process and inspiration.

Drop-in Craft Gam

1 p.m. 1800 House, 4 Mill St. Have an unfinished chair, basket, beading or stitching project? Bring any project and work in the company of other creative people. Free.

Book Launch: “Jump Aboard”

4 p.m. Nantucket Whaling Museum roof deck, 13 Broad St.The Nantucket Historical Association will host a book-launch party for Molly Anderson’s “Jump On Board:A Magical Voyage to Nantucket,” with activities and refreshments. Suitable for children 6 and up with a caregiver.Registration recommended on calendar page of www.nha.org

Live Music: Martin Rivas

4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. New York City-based singer-songwriter Martin Rivas will perform. Second show 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Kids Fun Run

5:15 p.m. 7 Nobadeer Farm Road. The Nantucket Athletic Association hosts halfmile and one-mile fun runs for kids in eighth grade and younger. Must sign waiver at nantucketathleticassociation.com

Art Talk

5:30 p.m. Artists Association of Nantucket Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery courtyard, 8 Federal St. AAN artist in residence Joe Milligan will discuss his work, creative process and inspiration. Location is weather dependent.

Geschke Lecture: Richard Haass

5:30 p.m. Great Harbor Yacht Club, 96 Washington St. American diplomat and foreign policy expert Richard Haass will speak in the Nantucket Atheneum’s Geschke Lecture Series. Tickets on calendar page of www.nantucketatheneum.org

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“Escape to Margaritaville,” a Jimmy Buffett musical review, is on stage at Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s Bennett Hall through Aug. 22. (Monday, continued from page 23)

Live Music: Foggy Roots

6 p.m. Dreamland Harborview Room, 17 South Water St. Nantucket’s own roots reggae band Foggy Roots will perform. Tickets at www.nantucketdreamland.org

Bohr invites young explorers to learn the basics of metal detecting in a fun and engaging way in this one-hour program. $30. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Little Riders and Lasting Connections

7:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Jimmy Denny will perform.

10 a.m. Tuesdays through June 9. The Creeks Reserve, 2 Milestone Road. A stroller walking group for parents and children eight weeks to five years. Meet new people, enjoy the outdoors and support community wellbeing. Call (508) 957-7423 to register.

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Tie-Dye at the Beach

Live Music: Jimmy Denny

9:30 p.m. The Muse, 44 Surfside Road. Atlanta-based “yacht-rock” band Yacht Rock Revue will perform. 21 and over. Tickets at musenantucket.com/shows. Second show 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

10 a.m. Children’s Beach bandstand, Harborview Way. A fun-filled tie-dye session. T-shirts and all materials are included. Free.

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10:30 a.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Dreamland will screen a sensory-friendly Rated G or All Ages film/series whose title will not be announced in advance. Free. All children in attendance must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver throughout the 90-minute program.

Migratory Shorebird Walk

9 a.m. Location provided upon registration. Nantucket Conservation Foundation wildlife plant ecologist Tucker Taylor leads this beach walk to Eel Point to look for migratory shorebirds. Bring sunscreen, water, binoculars and walking shoes that can get wet. Register on events page of www.nantucketconservation.org

Kids Metal Detecting

9:30 and 11 a.m. Maria Mitchell Aquarium, 32 Washington St. Metal detectorist Nikoline

Cinema for the Very Young

Family Connections Tour

10:30 a.m. Nantucket Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St. Museum guides bring the NHA’s 2026 exhibit, “The Wider World and Scrimshaw,” to life with visual and tactile elements. Concludes with a take-home craft activity . Free with museum admission. Register on calendar page of www.nha.org

Nature Storytime

11 a.m. Hinchman House Natural Science Museum, 7 Milk St. A Maria Mitchell Association educator will read a nature or science themed book, introduce one of the MMA’s animal friends and finish up with an activity related to the story. $20. Registration recommended on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

NanPuppets

11:30 a.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Lizza Obremski brings her island puppet friends to the brewery. Fun for all ages. Free, but donations welcome.

Somatic Yoga

12:30 p.m. Atheneum gallery, 1 India St. A yoga session of focused movement concluding with full body relaxation. Bring your own yoga mat. Registration required as space is very limited. Register on calendar page of www.nantucketatheneum.org

Golden Age Films: “Notorious”

1:30 p.m. The Dreamland will screen 1946’s “Notorious,” starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains. Free for seniors. Tickets at www.nantucketdreamland.org

Adult Metal Detecting

2 p.m. Maria Mitchell Association Aquarium, 32 Washington St. Metal detectorist Nicoline Bohr leads this hands-on introductory course intended for adults interested in exploring the world of metal detecting. $40.

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Additional session Wednesday. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

“When Trees Testify”

2 p.m. Online at www.nantucketatheneum.org. Plant biologist Beronda Montgomery will discuss “When Trees Testify: Reclaiming America’s Black Botanical Legacy. Register on calendar page of www.nantucketatheneum.org

Fall Wildflower Walk

2:30 p.m. Linda Loring Nature Foundation, 110 Eel Point Road. The Linda Loring Nature Foundation, in conjunction with the Saltmarsh Senior Center, hosts this walk for seniors over gentle terrain to view the beauty of late summer and fall wildflowers. RSVP by calling the Saltmarsh Center at (508) 325-4181.

Main Street Preservation Tour

3 p.m. 11 Centre St. The Nantucket Preservation Trust leads this tour that offers an overview of Nantucket in its heyday and focuses on the portion of Main Street between the Pacific National Bank and the Civil War monument. Learn about the street’s development and the area’s early residents and architectural styles. Register on events page of www.nantucketpreservation.org

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Teen Tuesday Crafternoon

4 p.m. Atheneum courtyard, 1 India St. Teens 12-18 are invited to make a craft to take home. Weather permitting. Registration required by e-mailing shurd@nantucketatheneum.org

Rossini Club Gala

5 p.m. St. Paul’s Rectory, 20 Fair St. The Rossini Club celebrates the razor sharp wit and music of Tom Lehrer, featuring selections from his iconic songbook performed by a single pianist-vocalist. Tickets at www. therossiniclub.org

Brant Point Runners

5:30 p.m. between 36 and 40 Easton St. Brant Point Runners meets weekly Tuesday nights at 5:30 p.m. at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation space between 36 and 40 Easton St., for a friendly but competitive 5K run. All are welcome.

Meditation

6 p.m. Atheneum gallery, 1 India St. A short talk, guided meditation and time for reflection and questions. Registration recommended on calendar page of www.nantucketatheneum.org

Wednesday, Aug. 26 Birding Field Trip

7:45 a.m. Linda Loring Nature Foundation, 110 Eel Point Road. Explore Nantucket’s birding hot spots and observe birds in their natural habitat. Binoculars, a spotting scope and field guides available to borrow. Free, but registration required on calendar page of www.llnf.org

Wellness Wednesday

Book-signing: Elin Hilderbrand

5:30 p.m. Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India St. Tabletop board and card games, including Mag-ACK The Gathering and drop-in Dungeons and Dragons. Intended for adults and teens. Free.

11 a.m. Mitchell’s Book Corner, 54 Main St. Best-selling island author Elin Hilderbrand will sign copies of her books. The first 100 people in line will get a ticket. Line starts at 10 a.m. Only books purchased at Mitchell ’s and Bookworks can be autographed.

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NFF Summer Doc Series: “Might Mary”

3 p.m. Atheneum courtyard, 1 India St. Young chess players of all abilities are encouraged to check out the Atheneum’s new Chess Club. Learn the basics or challenge your friends to a game. For grades two to six. No registration required.

Children’s Chess Club

7 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Dreamland and Nantucket Film Festival present the documentary “Might Mary,” which screened at the 2026 festival, followed by a Q&A with director Mary Mazzio and crew Amy Baltzell, to kick off the Nantucket Film Festival’s Summer Doc Series. Tickets at www.nantucketdreamland. org

3-6 p.m. Billie’s Nantucket, 20 Broad St. Billie’s hosts the inaugural National Dog Day Yappy Hour. Bring your four-legged friend for an afternoon of Tito’s cocktails, bites, treats and shopping from local pet vendors in this benefit for Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals.

Night at the Aquarium

Live Music: Buckle & Shake

Live Music: Luffkid

10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam “LuFFKiD” Lufkin will perform. 21 and over.

Teen Trivia

4:30 p.m. Atheneum gallery, 1 India St. An evening of trivia just for teens. Bring a friend or come alone and test your skills. Snacks.

Open Arts Night

8:30 p.m. Maria Mitchell Aquarium, 32 Washington St. Discover what Nantucket’s fishy friends do when the sun falls below the horizon and the moon fills the sky. $20. Registration required on calendar page of www. mariamitchell.org

4 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Dreamland and Nantucket Film Festival present the documentary “Anne Packard, an Artist’s Resolve,” followed by a conversation with filmmaker Arthur Egeli and producer Judith Richland, as part of the Nantucket Film Festival’s Summer Doc Series. Tickets at www.nantucketdreamland.org

9:30 a.m. Children’s Beach bandstand, Harborview Way. Free children’s yoga with Phoebe Strobino that encourages movement and mindfulness in a relaxed outdoor setting.

11 a.m. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India St. Annye Camara of the Atheneum’s Readers’ Advisory Group will help you find books tailored to your interests.

6:30 p.m. Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India St. The stage and mic are still open for any and all, but the library has added an arts a crafts component so people may feel free to come and work on any kind of art project while listening to the entertainment.

NFF Summer Doc Series: “Anne Packard, An Artist’s Resolve”

Yappy Hour

4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Nantucket’s own alt-country band Buckle & Shake will perform.

Little Adventurers’ Book Club

4 p.m. Atheneum learning lab, 1 India St. A book club designed for young readers (third grade and up) of adventure stories, featuring unforgettable journeys, largerthan-life heroes and page-turning suspense. Registration suggested on calendar page of www.nantucketatheneum.

Game Night

How to Play Mah Jong

5:30 p.m. Atheneum learning lab, 1 India St. Seasonal resident Laura Brusca will discuss and demonstrate the rules and etiquette of American Mah Jong in the first installment of this four-week class. Registration required on calendar page of www. nantucketatheneum.org

Wonderful Women Wednesdays

5:30 p.m. Susan Lister Locke Gallery, 28 Easy St. Cartoonist and author Ana Ericksen will discuss her book 30 Out, Last Call-Memories of the Last Days of the Gazebo.”

Knitting Group

6:30 p.m. Atheneum first floor, 1 India St. Curious about learning how to knit? The Atheneum’s veteran knitters can get you started. Stymied by a challenge in your project? The group can help with that. Free. Drop-ins welcome.

Voices of Ecstasy

6:30 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 20 Fair St. The Rossini Club presents a theatrical production starring soprano Christine Honein and violinist Emelyn Bashour, accompanied by cellist Bree Ahern and pianist Wesley Ducote, featuring selections from composer György Kurtág’s “Kafka Fragments.” Free, but donations welcome.

Film for Thought: “The Keeper”

7 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Inquirer and Mirror and the Dreamland, in conjunction with the Nantucket Film Festival, present the 2025 documentary “The Keeper,” followed by a con-

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Trivia Night

8 p.m. The Rose & Crown, 23 South Water St. Test your general trivial knowledge. First place wins a $50 gift card.

Live Music: J. Roddy Walston

10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Indie rocker and blues musician J. Roddy Walston will perform. 21 and over. Second show 10:30 p.m. Thursday.

Thursday, Aug. 27 Nantucket Poetry Festival

Through Sunday, Aug. 30, various locations. The 2026 Nantucket Poetry Festival is a three day celebration of poems and poets, including readings, workshops, a poetry market and open mic. More information at www.nantucketpoetry.com

Beech Leaf Disease Walk

9 a.m. Location provided upon registration. Nantucket Conservation Foundation restoration project manager Coleman Miller leads this walk to view trees affected with beech leaf disease and learn about the work the Foundation is doing to understand and manage this new pathogen. Register on events page of www.nantucketconservation. org

Trunk Show: Christopher Walling

9 a.m.-6 p.m. Susan Lister Locke Gallery, 28 Easy St. The gallery will host a trunk show of Christopher Walling’s jewelry designs.

Live Music: Drew Angus

4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Connecticut-based singer-songwriter Drew Angus will perform. Second show 4 p.m. Friday.

NFF Summer Doc Series: “Jean-Michel”

4 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Dreamland and Nantucket Film Festival present the documentary “Jean-Michel,” followed by a conversation with filmmakers Quinn Whitney Wilson and Viridiana Lieberman, as part of the Nantucket Film Festival’s Summer Doc Series. Tickets at www.nantucketdreamland.org

Poetry Out of the Archives

4-6 p.m. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, 7 Fair St. The opening-night event of the 2026 Nantucket Poetry Festival. Browse selections of historic

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Art Reception: AAN

5 p.m. Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 8 Federal St. The Artists Association of Nantucket will host a reception for its Artist/Patron exhibition, on display through Aug. Sept. 1.

People’s Art Show

6-8 p.m. Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, 23 Wauwinet Road. Community members are invited to bring their art to NISDA and display it in this pop-up show. Food truck and open mic night.

Seth Meyers Live

6 and 8:30 p.m. Nantucket Performing Arts Center, 5 North Water St. Seth Meyers, Emmy-winning writer, “Saturday Night Live” alum and host of Late Night with Seth Meyers,” will appear. Sold out. Visit www. nantucketperformingartscenter.org to join the waiting list.

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7 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Dreamland and Nantucket Film Festival present the documentary “Ask E. Jean,” followed by a conversation with producers Annabelle Dunne and Laura Bickford, as part of the Nantucket Film Festival’s Summer Doc Series. Tickets at www. nantucketdreamland.org

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Owl Prowl

8 p.m. Maria Mitchell Association, 4 Vestal St. MMA field ornithologist and I&M columnist Ginger Andrews leads this search for owls and other nocturnal animals and birds. Intended for adults and children 8 and up. $30. Registration required on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Full Moon Nature Walk

8:30 p.m. Location provided upon registration. Maria Mitchell Association executive director Joanna Roche leads this peaceful one hour walk under the light of the full moon. Intended for adults and children 8 and up. Free for Nantucket residents, $10 non-residents. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

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Cellar: Tempranillo, the noble backbone of Spain (Continued from page 11)

altitude and the power that comes with it. We opened it the night the kitchen grilled meat over coals: a muscular wine for a muscular plate, each daring the other to blink. Follow the Duero further west, the climate turns savage. In Toro, the grape is Tinta de Toro, a distinct, loose-bunched local strain, and the wines are the family’s brutes: inky, high in alcohol, muscular, almost feral in their youth. The secret here is the soil. Toro’s deep sands repelled the phylloxera louse that devastated most of Europe’s vineyards, so many of its vines are ancient and ungrafted, growing on their original roots and yielding a tiny crop of intensely concentrated grapes. Once merely rustic, these wines are now profound in the hands of estates like Numanthia, San Román, Vega Sicilia’s own Pintia and the Eguren family’s Teso La Monja. Toro’s essence is old-vine raw power. It belonged to our roughest, happiest evening up in a Tramuntana mountain village where the food was all smoke and the wine was a fist, the brute of the family, at home in the hills. Just north of Rioja lies Navarra, the open-minded one, long the heartland of Spain’s finest dry rosados, the salmon-pink wines that locals drink all summer long. From the 1980s, helped by a forward-looking regional research station, Navarra became Tempranillo’s great laboratory. In this place, it most happily keeps company with foreign Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, blending into supple, modern, food-friendly reds that often deliver remarkable value. Houses like Chivite have shown the region can reach real elegance, too. If Rioja is bound by tradition, Navarra is defined by its freedom from it. Its essence is versatility. This was our seafront wine, or its blush cousin was: a chilled Navarra rosado over a long, lazy lunch on the curve of Port de Sóller’s bay, the boats unloading a few yards off. And finally, south of Madrid, across the vast sun-baked tableland of La Mancha and Valdepeñas – Don Quixote’s country, and one of the largest stretches of vineyard on Earth – the grape becomes Cencibel. Here, Tempranillo’s knack for holding moderate alcohol even in fierce heat makes it the workhorse of everyday Spanish life: soft, fruity, generous reds, sometimes a touch rustic, made to be drunk young and without ceremony over a plate of tapas. Much of it is softened by blending in the white Airén that blankets the region, and the wines of Valdepeñas in particular can age into gentle, mellow, astonishingly cheap Reservas. This is not trophy wine. It is the honest, sunny, 10-Euro pleasure that fills Spanish

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Vineyards in Mallorca located in the north of the island. tables every night. Its essence is sunshine and scale. And so it was our tapas-crawl wine, the by-the-glass Cencibel that carried us bar to bar through Santa Catalina, asking nothing and giving plenty. How long to wait Tempranillo’s ageability ranges as widely as its names. At the everyday end – a young Rioja Crianza, a Navarra blend, a Cencibel from La Mancha – drink it now, cool and joyful, within a few years. Those Spanish age words on the label are your cheat sheet: Crianza means briefly aged and ready to pour, Reserva means longer and Gran Reserva means the longest and most serious of all. At the grand end, the wines reward patience like few others: a top Ribera del Duero or Toro can age 20 or 30 years, and a Vega Sicilia Único is not even released until roughly a decade after the harvest. And here is Rioja’s great gift to the impatient: its traditional houses age their Reservas and Gran Reservas for years before release, so when you buy a López de Heredia or a La Rioja Alta, much of the waiting has already been done for you. You can drink history on a Tuesday. Drink it with No grape was more obviously designed for its homeland’s table. Tempranillo’s savory backbone and gentle tannins make it the natural partner to Spain’s great tradition of roasted and cured meats: a Ribera

or a Rioja Reserva alongside lechazo, the milk-fed roast lamb of Castile, is one of the world’s great pairings; as is a Ribera beside cochinillo, the crackling-skinned roast suckling pig of Segovia and the same wine flatters jamón ibérico, chorizo and a wedge of hard Manchego. On Mallorca, the pairings were closer to hand. The island’s glory is sobrassada – a soft, spreadable, paprika-laced cured sausage made from the native black pig, wonderful when warmed until it melts and drizzled with a little honey on toast — and a glass of young Tempranillo cuts its richness perfectly. So too with pa amb oli, the beloved island bread rubbed with ramallet tomato and olive oil; with tumbet, the layered casserole of fried summer vegetables; and with arròs brut, the island’s soupy “dirty rice” of meat and game. Even down on the Port de Sóller seafront, where the freshly landed fish and prawns really call for a cold white, a lighter chilled red still earns its place. This is a grape that wants to eat. A final word That is the quiet marvel of Tempranillo: from a single island table, with a good list and an afternoon to spare, you can travel the length and breadth of red Spain. One grape becomes five – the elegance of Rioja, the power of Ribera, the brawn of Toro, the easy charm of Navarra, the sunshine of La Mancha – each wearing a different name, each shaped by its own patch of a vast and varied country, and each, on Mallorca, find-

ing a table that suits it. But the island kept a last word for itself. After a week spent tasting five faces of a mainland grape, we began to notice wines the game had never touched: the reds Mallorca makes from its own native Manto Negro and Callet, grapes that grow almost nowhere else on Earth. The Romans rated the island’s wine alongside Italy’s, and the old Catalan-Aragonese sea-world, of which Mallorca was a crossroads, once carried Iberian vines to islands like this one, even as Tempranillo’s heartland remained on the mainland in Aragón. Which is the twist at the bottom of the glass: the neutral ground we had chosen to judge all of Spain from turned out to have a soul of its own, a sixth face we had never come looking for. Stacey and I never did make it to the mainland on that trip. We didn’t need to. Spain had come to us, bottle by bottle and glass by glass, across the long Mallorcan afternoons and into the evenings, and the island quietly poured us something of its own besides. It is, I have come to think, the most civilized way to see a country ever devised. Next Thursday, Aug. 27: Grenache – the warm-hearted wanderer of the Mediterranean, from the great stones of Châteauneufdu-Pape to the old-vine heights of Spain’s Priorat. Don’t miss it. Peter McEachern is the general manager of the Nantucket Yacht Club. He has been buying wine, creating wine lists and running wine tastings since 1983. He can be reached at peter@nantucketyachtclub.org

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Walk: Kettle ponds of the moors (Continued from page 8)

pond, which still had a good amount of water filling the basin. It seems that the sustained drought has not hit all of them as hard. This is perhaps a factor of their elevation in relation to the water table or the discharge rate of springs which feed the pond from underneath. Either way, fresh water sources remain an important concentration for life in the moors. From the road I saw a rusty orange growth covering the vegetation around the pond edge. As I got closer, I could see that it was a series of thin tendrils wrapped around the plants that resembled sprayable Cheez Whiz or Silly String. Fascinated, I waded through the thick bayberry bushes and balanced on a few unstable pieces of logs and root to take pictures. I would really need that tick check when I make it back. Upon consulting Kelly Omand’s botanical expertise, I learned that the growth is a parasitic plant called buttonbush dodder.

This native species of vine is mostly leafless and does not grow roots into the soil. Instead, it uses modified roots called haustoria to sap nutrients and water from a host plant. Dropped as a seed into the wetland by a passing bird, this plant has spread and overtaken a large swath around the pond edge, stifling the growth of the plants below and feeding on them like a blood-sucking vampire. I carefully hopped out of the pond and reflected upon this strange balance tucked into the hidden center of the island. Another jet whined overhead as it came in for landing at the airport. This was the fourth fly-over since the start of my walk. The curse of life in the flight path. Here I am enjoying the subtle ecological relationships tucked into the often-overlooked moors. The folks flying in on that plane probably have a vastly different idea of the wonder that this island holds. Their loss. Neil Foley is the interpretive education coordinator and ecologist at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation.

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Eat: Breakfast bites around the island – Return of the Bacon, Egg and Cheese (Continued from page 7)

• Millie’s, Madaket Road, 8 a.m.10:30 a.m. (weekends only after Labor Day), $12 I then made my way to the opposite tip of the island to give the Millie’s BEC a try. The island mainstay, part of the Georgetown Events restaurant group with locations on the west end of the island and at the Milestone Rotary, is known for Latin-inspired lunch and dinner fare (summer rice salad, anyone?) but you may not know it also offers a fairly robust early-morning menu with breakfast sandwiches, burritos, French toast sticks and a chia bowl. The BEC is served on a buttery Portuguese muffin, a little sweeter and more pillowy than your standard English muffin. The fried egg has crisp edges and a nice, creamy yolk, accompanied by a generous layer of melty American cheese. The thin breakfast bacon rounds out the final component of the classic sandwich with its saltiness and crisp texture. • Nantucket Meat & Fish Market, Old South Road, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., $12.95 This mid-island gourmet grocery store is the closest Nantucket has to a butcher, serving up fresh meats, fish and those classic deli sides like orzo, potato salad and prepared vegetables. But past the aisles of specialty goods and around the corner from the fine wines, you’ll find the cafe counter. It’s here that Meat & Fish is baking up fresh bagels daily: the perfect carrier for a morning pick-me-up (aka breakfast sandwich). Meat & Fish offers all the standard bagel flavors, plus a Cisco beer bagel, which – if you remember from part one – is one of my top choices for a BEC. The sandwich arrives hot and steaming, with the cheese still melting as you unwrap it. The bagel is soft and bready with a light crunch from the Cisco beer topper. It comes with thick-cut bacon that has a nice smoked flavor and your choice of cheese. I went with cheddar on my visit for a bit of a sharp kick. The soft, pillowy egg is dotted with fresh cut chives bringing a bit of allium earthiness to the sandwich. • Lemon Press, Main Street, $14 (+$3

for bacon) Right in the heart of downtown, you have Lemon Press. The Main Street organic eatery and cafe is known for its health staples like cold -pressed juices and adaptogenic coffees, but alongside the chia and grain bowls, you’ll find the hand-held all-in-one breakfast favorite: a bacon, egg and cheese. The LP BEC looks simple at first glance: classic English muffin, crispy-edged fried egg and gooey cheddar cheese oozing off the sides. But that’s before you get a taste of the Aleppo aioli. This is really the star of the sandwich for me. It’s creamy, light and adds just the right amount of heat. It’s like a cross between sweet, tangy tomato jam and fiery hot sauce. The perfect addition to elevate your morning grub. • Bloom Bar, South Water Street, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., $21 (+$3 for bacon) Finally, South Water Street newcomer Bloom Bar is serving up what can only be described as “not your mama’s BEC.” If you read last week’s “Let’s Eat,” you’ll know that owner Dylan Cavaliere hopes to bring a sense of European cafe culture to Nantucket. It’s the type of place that makes you want to sit and savor. Every bite is an experience. Each dish is crafted with nourishment of body and soul in mind and meant to evoke taste memories of childhood, travel or wherever your mind may wander. Bloom Bar’s version of a BEC is served on the (now famous, to me) house-made focaccia. Lightly toasted, it provides a crisp outer crunch that gives way to the expected pillowy softness of a focaccia. The sandwich is served with caramelized onions and peppers, perfectly brown and adding a nice freshness to the dish. Sliced avocado brings a creamy coolness to the sandwich, and the herbed fattiness from the pesto brings it all together. It’s a sandwich that feels more like it was built from the community garden rather than for a hangover cure. Nantucket is no stranger to good food. And if these round-ups show us anything, it’s that there’s no “right” way to make a dish. Even one as iconic as a bacon, egg and cheese. Cooking is an art. And art thrives on creativity. Let us know which dishes you think deserve a Nantucket round-up.

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MusACK: Michael Marcagi builds beyond the breakout (Continued from page 4)

Marcagi writes about uncertainty without trying to resolve all of it. His characters leave towns, fall in and out of love, question their decisions and wonder whether something better exists beyond their current lives. His songs often occupy the liminal space between staying and leaving. “Scared to Start” distilled that tension into a folk-pop anthem about taking the leap anyway. Then within months, Marcagi was headlining shows in the U.S. and overseas. His debut EP, “American Romance,” released in February 2024, built upon his discography with more character-driven songs rooted in folk, rock and Americana. His second EP, “Midwest Kid,” came out in April 2025 and among its five songs included a collaboration with The Lumineers frontman Wesley Schultz. Leaning more into his Midwestern roots seems to have helped distinguish Marcagi within a crowded resurgence of folk and Americana music. By 2026, the question surrounding Marcagi pivoted, becoming more about sustaining success long-term after one viral song launched his career. He answered it with his debut album

Michael Marcagi “Under the Streetlights” in February, which further expands upon the world-building he established with his first two EPs. There are

country-rock impulses and acoustic ballads alongside songs built for audiences to shout back from increasingly large rooms. The scale may have changed, but Marcagi ’s interest in ordinary lives has not. “Thanksgiving Eve” turns its attention toward small-town dysfunction. “Don’t Include Me (American Dream)” deals with the painful experience of watching someone else move forward into a new life. What emerges is an artist still fascinated by people caught somewhere between what they have and what they thought they wanted. That may also explain why Marcagi’s rapid rise feels particularly suited to the songs he writes. His career arrived with the velocity associated with the modern music business: TikTok clips, millions of streams, international audiences and a major-label deal coming together within an extraordinarily short period of time. The music itself feels more languid in comparison. Marcagi writes about memory, home, relationships that linger, and sting, after they end. The desire to escape something followed by the realization that leaving does

not necessarily mean leaving it behind. Beneath much of it is the question contained in the song that introduced him to much of the world: what happens when fear and desire square up and face off? That tension has followed Marcagi from the beginning of his solo career. But two years removed from his sudden introduction to a worldwide audience, he is no longer simply the musician who took a chance and watched everything change. There are now tours behind him, increasingly larger rooms ahead of him and a full-length album that begins to put some distance between Marcagi and the viral moment that first brought him widespread attention. The Internet can introduce an artist to millions of people almost overnight. It cannot decide what happens after everyone is listening. Marcagi may have been scared to start, but two years later, he seems far more interested in where all of this can go. Michael Marcagi performs at The Muse at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, with doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $77.15, available at musenantucket.com/shows

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