This Week on Nantucket, August 27 - September 3

This Week on

Nantucket

Aug. 27 - Sept. 3

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– In This Issue – • Island Calendar • Let’s Eat! Topper’s at the Wauwinet • MusACK: Rae the Band • Walk with Neil: Sunset Over the Moors

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Thursday, August 27, 2026

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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

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.

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. Register on events page of www. nantucketconservation.org

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. Registration required on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.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.

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. $20. Registration recommended 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. Registration recommended on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Courtesy of Jimmy Denny

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Singer-songwriter Jimmy Denny will play several venues across the island this week.

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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Topper’s: A legacy of old-world excellence

By Francesca Giangiulio fgiangiulio@inkym.com

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In 1875, Alexander Graham Bell was on the verge of inventing the telephone, the first Kentucky Derby was run, Tchaikovsky gave the first performance of his Piano Concerto No. 1 in Boston and, 30 miles out to sea, a small inn opened on a remote point of Nantucket Island overlooking the inner harbor. Today, that inn is The Wauwinet, and 150 years later, the property still embodies the elegance and charm of a bygone era. At Topper’s, the restaurant tucked inside the historic hotel, that sense of old-world luxury extends from the cream linens and polished silverware to the food on the plate and, perhaps most notably, the wine in the glass. It is the kind of place where dinner feels less like a meal and more like an occasion. For executive chef Kyle Zachary, that is precisely the point. “I didn’t want it to just be about food, I wanted it to be an experience,” said Zachary, who first came to The Wauwinet in 2006 as a sous chef, staying for two seasons before leaving Nantucket to work in Europe. He returned in 2010 as executive chef and has been at the property ever since. After spending years in professional kitchens, he said it was ultimately the people – and the opportunity to work creatively with Nantucket’s ingredients – that brought him back.

“The passion of the team, for a seasonal location, some of them have been working here for 30-plus years, which is pretty impressive,” Zachary said. “I think what brought me back is the people.” That sense of place is reflected in the way he cooks. Zachary describes his style as that of an American chef influenced by his travels and French culinary training, but his starting point is often much simpler: What do the island’s farmers have? “I try to focus on produce first,” he said. “I try to speak with our farmers, see what they have available and try to build dishes around that.” The philosophy was evident from the first bites of dinner. A series of amuse-bouches – chilled lobster with basil aioli and chili salt, tomato gazpacho and tuna tartare with a light touch of wasabi on a crisp wonton – were refined without feeling overly complicated. Each one let its primary ingredient take center stage. That same philosophy carried through to the first course, where enormous dayboat scallops were pan-seared and served with English peas, Dutch Baerii caviar and a smoked scallop dashi. The scallop was rich and almost creamy,

Photo by Francesca Giangiulio

The 2017 Dom Perignon champagne was served with the amuse-bouches which preceded the entrées.

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Pan-seared dayboat scallops, topped with caviar and finished with English peas and smoked scallop dashi.

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The roast Iberico pork, served with roasted and puréed carrots, fennel and local honey.

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with the peas bringing a bright, summery freshness. The dashi, made from smoked scallops, added a subtle savory depth, while the caviar brought a delicate saltiness. Zachary said the dish is a good example of what he likes to do in the kitchen. “It’s obviously very luxurious. It’s topped with caviar, but it’s the sauce, the broth dashi that we make from smoked scallops that we finish the dish with,” he said. “That I think is really kind of like the star.” For Zachary, luxury does not have to mean excess. His approach is to determine which ingredient deserves the starring role and then find the preparation that best brings out its character, whether that means grilling, poaching or pan-searing it, or preparing a vegetable several different ways to showcase its textures and flavors. That approach was especially apparent in the Iberico pork entrée, served roasted and confit with variations of carrots, fennel and honey from Nantucket’s own Out on a Limb. The roasted pork was lean and meaty, while the confit preparation added richness. Carrots appeared as roasted vegetables, purée and part of a jus made from the pork bones, each bringing a slightly different texture and expression of the same ingredient. The fennel added a sharp, almost licorice-like counterpoint to the sweet pork, while the local honey tied everything together. “There’s a lot of local in that dish, you know, which I’m really happy about,” Zach-

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ary said. But for the chef going on 16 years at The Wauwinet, his main goal is always to bring happiness to people through food and the dining experience. “I like when we can make them happier than when they came in,” Zachary said of his guests. “So to be able to turn that around is pretty cool and start off their vacation the right way.” At Topper’s, that vacation-starting experience extends well beyond the kitchen. The Wauwinet’s beverage program is a destination in its own right, with more than 2,000 wine labels represented on the list and more than 15,000 bottles in the cellar. The restaurant has received Wine Spectator’s Grand Award for 30 consecutive years, a distinction reserved for the world’s most exceptional restaurant wine programs. For beverage director Dennis Conger, who oversees the wine, spirits and cocktail programs, the collection is both a responsibility and a playground. “I can get pretty nerdy with it,” he said. Originally from Madrid, Spain, Conger grew up around hospitality and initially trained on the culinary side before moving into hotel management and eventually discovering wine. What hooked him was not simply the wine itself, but the connection between food and beverage.

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The prime filet of beef was paired with a 2018 Burgundy from Domaine de la Pousse d’Or.

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Rae the Band builds on the blues but keeps it fresh

The father-daughter guitar duo of Chloe and Rich Zurkowski of New York City-based Rae the Band. By Kendall Graham kgraham@inkym.com

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There is an inherent balancing act in building a band around music that came long before you. If you play it too faithfully, you risk becoming just a cover band or a museum piece. Stray too far and you can lose the thing that drew you to it in the first place. For New York City-based Rae the Band, the answer lies somewhere in between: in the imperfect, ongoing process of taking the blues, soul, funk and rock music they love and figuring out what it sounds like when filtered through five different musicians in the year 2026. “As much as we want to recreate B.B. King, it’s just not possible,” band members, who asked to be quoted as a collective group, said last week.

“Falling short and having some other inspirations helps us to find our own sound while still trying to follow in our heroes’ footsteps.” Rae the Band is Chloe Zurkowski, vocalist and rhythm guitarist; guitarist Clayton Ware; keyboardist Derek Dupuis; bassist Rich Zurkowski and drummer Tommy Jackson. Rich is also Chloe’s father, adding another generation, quite literally, to a group already preoccupied with the connections between musical generations. The five-piece describes its sound as “soulful,” “funky” and blues-influenced, drawing from the music of B.B. King, Albert King, Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson and Ray Charles, while also finding inspiration in contemporary acts including Tedeschi

Trucks Band, Alabama Shakes, Soulive and Marcus King. It is a collection of influences spanning decades, but Rae the Band is less interested in drawing hard lines between them than finding the common language underneath. “Blues is in all of the music we know and love today,” said the band. “It’s honest and emotional, it’s hard not to get drawn in and we just want to share that with more people.” That philosophy carries into the band’s approach to its own songs. Rather than sitting down with a genre or particular era in mind, the musicians tend to follow an idea wherever it naturally wants to go. “If you listen to enough blues, it’ll just come out that way,” they said. It is a deceptively simple explanation for a form of music that Rae the Band believes ultimately succeeds or fails according to something even simpler: feeling.

Courtesy of Rae the Band

Asked what musicians in 2026 can still learn from older traditions of blues and soul, the band’s answer was succinct: “That feeling is the most important part of making music.” The members arrived at that conclusion from different directions. Each studied and focused on different genres before coming together around a shared love of music. Instead of sanding those differences away, they have tried to meld them into part of the band’s identity. “Each one of us has a unique voice on our instrument but we all work hard to blend our different and shared inspirations together to create our sound,” the band said. That sound is increasingly being developed onstage. Rae the Band has spent much of its relatively young career gigging, moving be-

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Grenache: One grape, two nations

The Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyards in Provence, France. By Peter McEachern I&M Columnist Grenache is our date-night wine. When Stacey and I want to talk to each other rather than analyze a bottle – when the point of the evening is simply the evening – this is the grape we reach for, and there is a reason. Grenache is generous where other great reds are austere. It smells of ripe strawberry and raspberry, of white pepper and warm Provençal herbs, and it drinks soft, round and welcoming, with sweet fruit, gentle tannin and just enough warmth to loosen the shoulders. It is, to put it plainly, a hug in a glass. It does not want to be studied. It wants to keep you company. For decades, it was the most widely planted red grape on Earth, and you have almost certainly drunk gallons of it without knowing: in rosé, in Rioja, in an honest Côtes du Rhône, in a summer jug of sangria.

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Wine Cellar: The Noble Grapes But this easygoing grape also sits at the center of one of wine’s great national rivalries: because Grenache is French and Garnacha is Spanish, and they are the very same grape. And this summer, the two countries handed me the perfect excuse to stage a contest when France and Spain met in the semifinals of the World Cup. So pour yourself something red and pull up a chair. Tonight, a rematch: one grape, two nations, and you in the referee’s jersey. Born in Spain, crowned in France First, the birth certificate, because it settles the opening argument before the whistle. For all the world knows, this grape is known by its French name, but it is almost certainly Spanish.

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A vineyard in the Roses or Rosas region of northeast Catalonia, Spain.

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Vineyards, orange plantations and olive trees in the Spanish countryside. The evidence points to Aragón, the hot, arid stretch of northeast Spain, where one of the vine’s earliest names was simply Tinto Aragonés: “the red of Aragón.” Aragón still grows the widest range of the grape’s many forms (there is a white Garnacha, a gray one, even a downy-leaved “hairy” one), and Spain holds by far its greatest genetic diversity: both of them the fingerprints of a homeland. How it reached France is a story of empire. Through the 14th and 15th centuries, the Crown of Aragón – a Mediterranean power that ruled far beyond Spain – carried the grape across its territories: north over the Pyrenees into Roussillon and Languedoc, then Aragonese land, and out to the island of Sardinia, where it still grows as Cannonau and where locals will insist, to this day, that it was theirs first (the DNA says otherwise, but let them have it). From Roussillon, the vine spread east into Provence and up the sun-baked southern Rhône, and there, in the very century when the popes had abandoned Rome to reign from Avignon, it found its French throne. The region’s most celebrated wine is named for them: Châteauneuf-du-Pape, “the pope’s new castle.” Pope John XXII, reigning from Avignon early in the 14th century, raised the castle that gave the village its name and championed its vineyards. Popes held court there from 1309 to 1377, and the grape they favored never left. Spain gave the world this grape. France gave it a crown. The match: France versus Spain On July 14, in a packed stadium outside Dallas, the real France and the real Spain met in the World Cup semifinal, and it went to the homeland: Spain’s defense smothered France’s glittering attack, the match finished 2-0 and La Roja marched on to the

final. On grass, then, Spain. But wine is a kinder game – no losers and unlimited extra time – so let us line up the two squads and replay the tie in the glass. You have the whistle. Before kickoff, the tale of the tape. French Grenache, at its classic best, is about warmth, spice and blending. The grape almost always plays on a team, anchoring the famous G-S-M lineup, in which Grenache brings sweet red fruit and body, Syrah adds color and black pepper and Mourvèdre lends grip and savor. Spanish Garnacha more often goes it alone and leans on two advantages France cannot match: raw old vines by the million and serious altitude. Same grape, two philosophies, and each side plays to its strengths. France takes the field first, and its captain is Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the grand old aristocrat of the southern Rhône, grown on a plateau of big, round stones – the galets roulés – that soak up the day’s heat and feed it back to the vines through the night. Here, Grenache leads a cast of as many as 13 permitted grapes, and the wines are warm, spiced and full of dark-berried generosity. The legends range from Château Rayas, an ethereal, almost Burgundian pure-Grenache unicorn, to the powerful, Mourvèdre-boosted Beaucastel, the benchmark Clos des Papes and Domaine du Pégau, and the great La Crau plateau of Vieux Télégraphe. Behind the captain runs a hard-working midfield: Gigondas and Vacqueyras, up in the jagged Dentelles de Montmirail, muscular and built to age. And out on the wing, the player I always want and nobody ever picks first: Lirac. Lirac deserves its own paragraph because

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Savoring the end of summer: Sunset across the moors

Photo by Neil Foley

Colorful skies over Altar Rock at dusk on a recent August evening. By Neil Foley I&M Columnist Hundreds of sandy roads criss-cross Nantucket. Some are short, others expansive and dozens come together in a tangle of the middle moors. Since time immemorial it has been a tradition to pack up the car with your favorite companions and take a sunset drive across the undeveloped heart of the island. That is exactly what I decided to do to celebrate the ending of another month and the transition back into the familiar routines of fall. There are multiple ways to enter the labyrinth of roads in the moors and none of them are the wrong choice. From Milestone Road, you can enter from the Pout Ponds (as I discussed last week), Turner Road across from Russell’s Way or Larsen Road along the southern edge of the Milestone Cranberry Bog.

Walk with Neil Via the Polpis route, Altar Rock Road is a classic that cuts straight to the panoramic view, while Almanac Pond Road is more of an adventure. Barnard Valley Road, the longest of all, cuts east-west across the moors from Hoicks Hollow to the Pout Ponds. Though the eastern entrance is a bit overgrown and treacherously uneven, it is a terrific way to enter to take in the full breadth from the bluffs of Sankaty to the conifer forest of the western moors. Doubtless some of you may remember a time when the oaks and shrubs were low and you could make your own roads. I have heard stories of locals driving across the open grasslands and heathlands to park

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“Armaveni” an accessible and deeply personal narrative By Sierra Hurd Contributing Writer Nadine Takvorian’s “Armaveni: A Graphic Novel of the Armenian Genocide” is a poignant and visually striking memoir about family, cultural identity and the enduring consequences of historical trauma. Named for Takvorian’s grandmother, the book follows a teenage Armenian-American girl named Nadine as she begins asking difficult questions about her family’s past. Moving between the San Francisco Bay Area of the early 2000s and the Ottoman Empire of 1915, Takvorian connects one family’s story of survival to the larger history of the Armenian genocide. The result is both an intimate comingof-age story and a powerful meditation on memory, erasure and resilience. At the center of the narrative is Nadine’s growing curiosity about her grandmother, whose sadness has always intrigued her. Her parents initially resist telling her the family’s history, explaining that the stories are too painful and burdensome. Eventually, however, they reveal Armaveni ’s experiences as a 16-year-old Armenian girl in Marsovan during the genocide. As Ottoman forces persecuted Armenians through deportations, killings, forced conversions and the destruction of cultural institutions, Armaveni survived largely through circumstance and difficult choices. Her story is not presented as an isolated historical episode but as a trauma that continues to shape subsequent generations. Takvorian effectively portrays the tension between remembering and remaining silent. Nadine’s parents’ reluctance to discuss the past reflects the way survivors and their descendants can try to protect younger generations from painful memories. Yet Nadine gradually realizes that silence carries its own costs. Her determination to understand what happened becomes inseparable from her search for her own identity. A pilgrimage to Armenia allows her to encounter the physical landscape of her ancestors, including memorials and the ruins of Armenian cultural sites. She comes to understand that although she was born in America, her heritage remains an essential part of who she is. Rather than choosing between being Armenian and American, she begins to see that she can be both. The book also explores the complexities of diaspora identity. Nadine encounters the term “Bolsahye,” referring to Armenians from Istanbul, and discovers that Armenian identity itself contains divisions, expectations and judgments. These experiences add nuance to the

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Good Reads memoir, showing that belonging is not always straightforward even within a community united by a shared history. Everyday details – family traditions, Armenian words, food, religious customs and the family business in San Francisco – make this cultural inheritance feel lived rather than merely historical. Takvorian’s artwork is central to the book’s emotional power. Her delicate, predominantly monochromatic illustrations give the story a subdued, almost archival quality that suits its themes of memory and history. Decorative borders inspired by Armenian manuscripts distinguish the historical sections, while panoramic panels establish a strong sense of place. Particularly memorable is the recurring phoenix, a symbol of Armenian survival and cultural continuity. Its fantastical presence provides a counterpoint to the brutal historical events and suggests that something can endure even after devastation. The artwork does not sensationalize the genocide. Instead, it allows the horror to emerge through carefully chosen images, expressions and transitions. The book’s personal details make its historical themes especially effective. A family shop in San Francisco, an inherited Ottoman coin, a grandmother’s sadness and the simple act of pouring water for good luck all become connections between generations. These moments demonstrate how culture survives not only through monuments and historical records but also through ordi-

nary family rituals. Takvorian shows that remembering can take place in kitchens, shops, churches, stories and inherited objects as much as in museums or memorials. “Armaveni ” also addresses the consequences of historical denial. When Nadine encounters a teacher who dismisses or challenges her understanding of Armenian history, her personal journey becomes a confrontation with the broader struggle over whose history is believed and remembered. Takvorian emphasizes that cultural erasure does not end with the violence itself. It can continue when survivors’ accounts are ignored or denied. The extensive back matter, including historical notes, a glossary and sources, reinforces the distinction between the fictionalized elements of the memoir and the historical reality behind them. Ultimately, “Armaveni ” is a story about

what it means to inherit both trauma and responsibility. Takvorian transforms her family’s history into an accessible and deeply personal graphic narrative, while also situating it within the larger experience of the Armenian diaspora. Nadine’s journey from curiosity to understanding gives the book its emotional structure: she begins by wondering why her grandmother is sad and ends by recognizing herself as a keeper of the stories that previous generations struggled to tell. Through restrained artwork, vivid historical storytelling and a moving portrait of family resilience, “Armaveni” demonstrates how remembering the past can become an act of survival itself. Sierra Hurd is head of the Nantucket Atheneum’s Weezie Library for Children.

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MONDAYS WITH MAGIC MARK

MUSIC AND MOVEMENT WITH COOL CORY

Mon | 10:00 - 10:45 AM | 6.29 - 8.31

Fridays | 10:00 - 10:30 AM | 7.10 - 8.21

TUESDAY TIE-DYE

CAPOEIRA ON THE BANDSTAND WITH

Tue | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 6.30 - 9.1 WEDNESDAY WELLNESS CHILDREN’S YOGA WITH PHOEBE STROBINO

WERDUM Sat | 9:00 - 10:30 AM | 6.13 - 10.03 No Class: 7.4, 7.11, 8.8, 8.22, 8.29, 9.5, 9.12

Wed | 9:30 - 10:30 AM | 7.1 - 9.9 Courtesy of Nantucket Conservation Foundation

Jim Meehan will lead a Nantucket Conservation Bike Tour of the middle moors or Ram Pasture Saturday. (Thursday, continued from page 3)

Family Connections Tour

Dance Party in the Garden

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

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.

Terrific Thursday Crafting

10 a.m.-noon, Children’s Beach bandstand. Nantucket Culture & Tourism hosts a morning of crafting for children of all ages.

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

TERRIFIC THURSDAY CRAFTING Thu | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 7.2 - 9.3

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

Hands-on History at the Old Jail 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.

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SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Sundays | 6:00 - 7:15 PM | 6.21 - 9.6

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NFF Summer Doc Series: “Ask E. Jean”

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

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 Tuesday.

Nighttime Marine Ecology Field Trip

7:45 p.m. Maria Mitchell Aquarium, 32 Washington St. The aquarium staff discusses the fish, squid, crabs and other creatures that come out to feed at night in the shallow waters of Nantucket Harbor. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Kids Metal Detecting 101

2 p.m. Maria Mitchell Aquarium, 2 p.m. Metal detectorist Nikoline Bohr leads this hands-on adventure just for kids. Learn the basics of metal detecting while searching for treasure on the beach. $30. Registration required on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org. Additional sessions Tuesday, Sept. 1 and Thursday, Sept. 3.

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

Sconset Preservation Tour

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

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

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 Nantucket Poetry following remarks from Nantucket Poetry Festival founder Anna Popnikolova and an introduction by NHA education manager Lucy McGowan. Free, but registration recommended on calendar page of www.nha.org

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.

Live Music: J. Roddy Walston

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John Shea, left, and Jeff Ross joined Mountain drummer Corky Laing at the Dreamland last year. Laing and friends return to the theater Friday for one night only.

Evening Art

5 p.m. Maria Mitchell Association Natural Science Museum, 7 Milk St. Artist Nikoline Bohr instructs participants on how to create a personal work of art inspired by Nantucket. Intended for adults. $45. Registration required on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

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.

Philosophy Club

6 p.m. Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India St. Deep thinkers and ponderers wanted for thoughtful and engaging conversation. Led by reference library staff member James Grieder. All are welcome.

Thursday Night Fete

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.

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.

Sip and Stitch

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.

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

Friday, Aug. 28 Marine Ecology Field Trip

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

Nature Walk

8:30 a.m. Location provided upon registration. Discover the history of the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s Tupancy Links property and learn about its transition from a private golf course to recovering grassland. Register on events page of www. nantucketconservation.org

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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

An Hour in Mrs. Coffin’s Garden

10 a.m. Oldest House, 16 Sunset Hill Lane. Nantucket Historical Association landscape and grounds manager Kathrina Marques leads this tour and discussion of the history, layout and signature plants of a colonial housewife’s garden. $10. Tickets on calendar page of www.nha.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 strength-

en and lengthen, enliven and invigorate, soothe and calm. Visit www.dharmayoganantucket.com to register or for additional dates and times.

AAN Patio Pop-up

10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Artists Association of Nantucket Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery courtyard, 8 Federal St. AAN artist member Mary Ellen Castle will discuss her creative process and show her work.

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.

Poetry Festival Publishers Roundtable

11 a.m. Upstairs at Café 22, 22 Federal St. Trace Fossils Review leads this guided discussion about the world of poetry publishing. Free.

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.

Poetry Festival Book Binding

2 p.m. 1800 House, 4 Mill St. The Nantucket Poetry Festival and Nantucket Historical Association present this two-hour hands-on workshop in which participants will learn bookbinding techniques and create their own poet’s notebook or chapbook. Registration required. Tickets on calendar page of www.nha.org

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.

Poetry Reading

Author Talk: Larkin and Martha McPhee

6 p.m. Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India St. Peabody and Emmy-winning filmmaker Larkin McPhee in conversation with her sister, novelist Martha McPhee, about Larkin’s debut memoir, “I’ll See You in My Dreams: A Sister’s Memoir.” Free.

Shirat HaYam Lecture: Dr. Rochelle Walensky

6 p.m. Unitarian Meeting House, 11 Orange St. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, physician, scientist and public-health leader, will share perspectives on leadership, healthcare and lessons learned from recent public-health challenges. Preceded by a short religious service.

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.

Rossini Club: Steel and Silence

5 p.m. Lemon Press, second floor, 41 Main St. Wyn Cooper and Andrea Cohen will read selections of their poetry in this Nantucket Poetry Festival event. Free.

6:30 p.m. St. Paul ’s Church, 20 Fair St. The Rossini Club presents music from the northern-most reaches of the world, pairing

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Activities: Absolute Sport Fishing 19 Straight Wharf (508) 325-4000 ACK Surf School 64 Nobadeer Ave (508) 246-7872 Albacore Charters Slip 1010, Straight Wharf (508) 228-5074 Albacore Charters Slip 1010 Straight Wharf (508) 228-5074 Altar Rock & The Moors 50 Altar Rock Rd Althea K Sport Fishing 50 Easton St (508) 325-2167

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

Cisco Beach Hummock Pond Road

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

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Nantucket Bike Shop 4 Broad St (508) 228-1999 Nantucket Bike Tours 77 Easton St (917) 716-5973 Nantucket By Water Slip 1011, Straight Wharf (508) 228-7037 Nantucket Community Sailing 4 Winter St (508) 228-6600

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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Your Destination for all things Nantucket Smith’s Point Madaket, MA Starr Fish Charters 34 Washington St, Slip 71 (508) 221-0298 Steve Tuna’s Beach Fishing Adventures Nantucket, MA (508) 325-5587 Swain’s Travel Inc. 35 Old South Rd, #2 (508) 228-3201 The Creeks Preserve 2 Milestone Road (508) 228-7240

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

Health & Wellness:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Salons & Spas:

Huna Bodywork with Allison 6 Toms Way (774) 812-8999

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

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 Life Massage 13C Amelia Dr (508) 221-5412 Monarch Face & Body 37 Old South Rd (508) 680-1416

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

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

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

Breezin Up 48 Main St (508) 325-4622 Cartolina 22 Centre Street (508) 228-4900

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Cattivo Nantucket 20 Centre St (508) 680-1215

Faherty Nantucket 0 Candle St (774) 325-5161

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

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 Ladybird Lingerie 7 Centre St (508) 228-6093

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Legit 12 Old South Wharf 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 Nantucket Peddler 37 Straight Wharf (508) 325-5654

Nantucket Surf Club 21 S Water St (508) 325-2792 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 STAUD 38 Center St (774) 485-2094

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Your Destination for all things Nantucket Stephanie’s Nantucket 42 Main St (508) 228-0624

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

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

Trinity / E. Townsend Watch Collection 50 Main St (508) 220-7557

Steplane 29 Centre St (617) 455-2318

Valentina Kova 44 Main St (508) 257-2006

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

Water Jewels 14 Centre St. (508) 228-0825

Summer Shades 16 Straight Wharf (508) 325-5530

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

Joy West Collection 14 South Water St

Farm & Market:

Sunken Ship 12 Broad St (508) 228-9226

Vineyard Vines 2 Straight Wharf (508) 325-9600

Lemon & Line 43 Straight Wharf

Bartlett’s Farm 33 Bartlett Farm Rd (508) 228-9403

The Black Dog Nantucket 40 Straight Wharf (508) 325-5411

Jewelry:

Melissa Dudley Designs 10 Main St, Sconset (508) 221-9521

Moors End Farm 40 Polpis Rd (508) 228-2674

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

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

Pumpkin Pond Farm 25 Millbrook Rd (508) 221-2254

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

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

Sconset Market 4 Main Street, Siasconset (508) 257-9915

R Simantov 1 Old North Wharf (917) 324-4410

Sustainable Nantucket 14 Federal St (508) 228-3399

Seaman Schepps 47 Main St (508) 325-5806

Nantucket Meat & Fish Market 21 Old South Rd (774) 333-5176

Susan Lister Locke Jeweler 28 Easy Street (508) 221-0531

167 Raw Nantucket 167 Hummock Pond Rd (508) 228-2871

The Love Shack by LOLA 10 Old South Wharf (774) 325-5982

Pip & Anchor 14 Amelia Dr (508) 413-9940

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

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

The Vault Nantucket 33 Centre Street (508) 825-6764

Jessica Hicks 2 Union St

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Farmers & Artisans Market

Bartlett Farm Walking Tour

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Kelli O’Hara

two Soviet-era works of opposing generations: Sergei Prokofiev’s cello sonata and Galina Ustvolskaya’s trio for clarinet, violin and piano. Free but donations welcome. Tickets at www.therossiniclub.org

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.

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.

8 p.m. Nantucket Performing Arts Center, 5 North Water St. Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (“Fallen Angels,” “The King and I,” “South Pacific”) takes the stage. Tickets at www.nantucketperformingarts.org

Live Music: Corky Laing and Friends

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Beach Biology Field Trip

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

7 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. Corky Laing, drummer for the legendary rock band Mountain, will perform with Floyd Kellogg (the Andy Frasco Band), Julian Stanley, Jake Vohs, Janette Vohs and special guests. Tickets at www.nantucketdreamland.org

Live Music: Cranberry Alarm Clock

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

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.

Poetry Under the Stars

9 p.m. Loines Observatory, 59 Milk St. Melissa Cundieff and Emily Sue Tomac will read poetry under the stars while Maria Mitchell Association astronomers lead tours 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.

Karaoke

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

Live Music: Foggy Roots

10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Nantucket’s own roots reggae band Foggy Roots will perform. 21 and over.

Saturday, Aug. 29 Bike Tour

7:30 a.m. Location provided upon registration. Nantucket Conservation Foundation trustee and avid cyclist Jim Meehan leads this tour over the trails and dirt roads of the middle moors or Ram Pasture. Register on events page of www.nantucketconservation.org

Nantucket Clean Team

8 a.m. Handlebar Café, 15 Washington St., and entrance to Sankaty Head Beach Club, Hoicks Hollow Road. The Nantucket Clean Team meets Saturdays from spring through fall to pick up trash around the island. Pickers and bags provided.

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.

Book-signing: Alix Morris

10:30 a.m. Mitchell ’s Book Corner, 54 Main St. Author Alix Morris will sign copies of her book, “A Year with Seals: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea’s Most Charismatic and Controversial Creatures.”

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.

Live Music: Jimmy Denny

Noon, Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Jimmy Denny will perform.

Poetry Circle and Critique

Noon, Our House, 5 Whereowhero Lane. Cape Cod poet John Bonanni leads this college-style poetry workshop and provides feedback. Free, but space is limited. Register at www.nantucketpoetry.com

AAN Patio Pop-up

10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Artists Association of Nantucket Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery courtyard, 8 Federal St. AAN artist member Sam Hill will discuss his creative process and show his work.

2 p.m. Maria Mitchell Aquarium, 32 Washington St. MMA staff lead this exploration of Nantucket’s beaches to discover shells, bones and egg cases, and observe sand fleas, shorebirds, marine invertebrates and more. $30. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Poetry Workshop

3 p.m. Greater Light, 8 Howard St. Published poet Wyn Cooper leads this generative workshop. Free, but space is limited. Register at www.nantucketpoetry.com

Live Music: Rae the Band

4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. New York City-based soul, funk and blues band Rae the Band will perform. Second show 3 p.m. Sunday.

When the Seals Returned

5:30 p.m. Nantucket Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St. Science journalist and “A Year with the Seals” author Alix Morris, Northwest Atlantic Seal Research Consortium chair Andrea Bogomolni and Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket executive director Pam Murphy will discuss the decline and recovery of gray and harbor seal populations in the northwest Atlantic. Free, but registration recommended on calendar page of www. nha.org

Poetry Reading

6:30 p.m. Unitarian Meeting House, 11 Orange St. Island poets present their work in the main sanctuary of the Unitarian Meeting House. Free.

The True Path

6:30 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 20 Fair St. The Rossini Club presents György Kurtág and Robert Schumann. Free, but donations welcome. Tickets at www.therossiniclub.org

Opera on Nantucket

7 p.m. Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India St. The New Opera Company of Boston presents “Summer Serenade by the Sea.” Free.

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.

Karaoke

Sunday, Aug. 30 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

Marine Story Hour

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

Sensational Science

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

Poetry Workshop: Rethinking the Moon

1 p.m. Our House, 5 Whereowhero Lane. Harvard University poetry professor Melissa Cundieff presents a two-hour poetry workshop. Free, but space is limited. Register at www.nantucketpoetry.com

Quartet for the End of Time

2 p.m. St. Paul’s Church, 20 Fair St. The Rossini Club presents selections by György Kurtag, Reena Esmail and Olivier Messiaen inspired by revelation, faith and transcendence. Free, but donations welcome. Tickets at www.therossiniclub.org

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Family Night at the Museum

3 p.m. Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, 158 Polpis Road. The Egan Maritime Institute hosts its annual end-ofsummer family barbecue featuring handson activities and pirate-themed fun. $25 for adults, free for children.

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.

Outdoor Art

Live Music: Cranberry Alarm Clock

3-6 p.m. Sandbar, end of Bathing Beach Road. Nantucket’s favorite Beatles tribute band, Cranberry Alarm Clock, will perform.

2 p.m. Maria Mitchell Association Classroom, 33 Washington St. Outdoor art invites participants to slow down, observe and connect with the natural world through closeup drawing and artistic exploration. $45. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Beginner’s Ukulele

Mahjong Monday

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

4-6 p.m. Nantucket Boys & Girls Club, 61 Sparks Ave. Players of all levels welcome. Beginner instruction available. Wine and light bites. $20 donation per session.

Poetry Reading

Kids Fun Run

6 p.m. Mitchell ’s Book Corner, second floor, 54 Main St. Mary Ellen Redmond and John Bonnani will recite selections of poetry from their most recent books. Free.

Live Music: Julia Newman

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

Open Mic Night and Poets Corner

7:30 p.m. Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India St. The 2026 Nantucket Poetry Festival concludes with presentations by visiting poets, followed by open mic. First come, first served. Free.

Live Music: Boys Like Girls

9 p.m. The Muse, 44 Surfside Road. Andover-based rock band Boys Like Girls will perform. 21 and over. Tickets at www. musenantucket.com/shows.

Monday, Aug. 31 En Plein Air

10 a.m. Maria Mitchell Association Outdoor Classroom, 33 Washington St. Artist Nikoline Bohr leads this class that guides participants through the techniques of creating art directly in nature. Intended for adults. $45. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Monday Magic

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

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

Live Music: Jimmy Denny

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

Stargazing at the Observatory

9 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 session Wednesday.

Karaoke

10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Channel your inner rock star on the Gaslight stage.

Tuesday, Sept. 1 Kids Metal Detecting

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

Tie-Dye at the Beach

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

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.

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.

Golden Age Films: “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”

1:30 p.m. The Dreamland will screen 1958’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” starring Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor. 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. Additional session Wednesday. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Author Talk: David O. Stewart

2 p.m. online at www.nantucketatheneum.org. Historian David O. Stewart will discuss his newest work, “The Democracy We Must Keep.” Register online at www.nantucketatheneum.org

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

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.

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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

Open Arts Night

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.

Live Music: Jet

8 p.m. The Muse, 44 Surfside Road. Australian rock band Jet will perform. 21 and over. Tickets at www.musenantucket.com/ shows.

Night at the Aquarium

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

Live Music: The Elovaters

10 p.m. The Chicken Box, 6 Dave St. Boston-based reggae and rock band The Elovaters will perform. 21 and over. Second show Wednesday.

Live Music: Jimmy Denny

10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Jimmy Denny will perform. 21 and over.

Wednesday, Sept. 2 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

Birding with Woody

8 a.m. Location provided upon registration. Nantucket Conservation Foundation trustee Woody Newell leads this trek through an NCF property in search of its avian residents and migrants. Register on events page of www.nantucketconservation. org

Senior Golf at Skinner’s

9 a.m. Old Siasconset Golf Course, 260 Milestone Road. Seniors 60 and over are invited to play nine holes of golf. Space is limited. Sign up at www.ncea-saltmarsh.org

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Wellness Wednesday

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.

Book-signing: Elin Hilderbrand

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.

Children’s Chess Club

3 p.m. Atheneum garden courtyard, 1 India St. Young chess players of all abilities are encouraged to check out the Atheneum’s Chess Club. Intended for grades two-six. No registration required.

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.

Evening Art

5 p.m. Maria Mitchell Association Natural Science Museum, 7 Milk St. Artist Nikoline Bohr instructs participants on how to create a personal work of art inspired by Nantucket’s iconic lighthouses and resident animal ambassadors in the museum’s collection. Intended for adults. $45. Registration required on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org

Game Night

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.

Pottery Pop-up

6-8 p.m. Artists Association of Nantucket Visual Arts Center, 24 Amelia Drive. Support Nantucket Food, Fuel and Rental Assistance by creating a homemade bowl to be donated to NFFRA’s No More Empty Bowls fundraiser. 18 and over only.

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.

Film for Thought: “The Marching Band”

7 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Inquirer and Mirror and the Dreamland present 2024’s “The Marching Band,” starring Benjamin Levernhe and Pierre Lottin, as part of their Film for Thought” weekly film series. Tickets at www.nantucketdreamland.org

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: Futurebirds

9 p.m. The Muse, 44 Surfside Road. Athens, Ga.-based rock band Futurebirds will perform. 21 and over. Tickets at www. musenantucket.com/shows.

Live Music: The Thing

10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. New York City-based rock band The Thing will perform. 21 and over. Second show Thursday.

Thursday, Aug. 3 Birding Folger’s Marsh

8 a.m. Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, 158 Polpis Road. Nantucket Conservation Foundation ecologist and birding expert Neil Foley leads this tour of Folger’s Marsh in search of its abundant bird life. Register on events page of www.nantucketconservation.org

Kayak Tour

8 a.m. Location provided upon registration. Nantucket Land & Water Council waterkeeper RJ Turcotte leads this endof-season kayak tour of Nantucket Harbor. Register at www.nantucketlandandwater. org/tours

Nature Walk

9:30 a.m. Linda Loring Nature Foundation, 110 Eel Point Road. Sconset Trust members are invited to walk along the LLNF’s trails and learn about the unique flora and fauna found on the 275-acre nature preserve. Register on calendar page of www. llnf.org

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Cellar: Grenache, one grape, two nations, all winners

Escaladei, below the cliffs of the Montsant mountain range in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain. (Continued from page 9)

it is the southern Rhône’s great value secret. Just across the river from Châteauneuf, on the west bank a little north of Tavel, Lirac shares much of its grand neighbor’s pebbly soil and generous sun without a shred of its price. Its Grenache-based reds are supple, peppery and warm-hearted – Châteauneuf ’s easygoing cousin – and it also produces lovely rosé and white. Granted its own appellation in 1947, Lirac was making red, white and rosé long before the world discovered how much Châteauneuf could cost. Growers like Domaine de la Mordorée and Domaine Maby show just how good it gets. If you have ever wished you could drink Châteauneuf on a Tuesday, Lirac is the answer, and it is very often my actual date-

night bottle. To round out France’s bench: Tavel, the one French appellation devoted entirely to rosé: a serious, deep-pink, bone-dry Grenache rosé that belongs at the dinner table rather than on the beach; the endless, honest reds of Côtes du Rhône and Côtes du Rhône-Villages, the everyday joy of the whole region; the sturdy cru villages of Rasteau, Cairanne and Vinsobres, climbing the ladder just below Gigondas; and, for the sweet course, the fortified Grenache of Banyuls and Maury down in Roussillon, portlike and nearly ageless, and famously the one wine on Earth that truly loves chocolate. Now, Spain, playing at home, because this is where the grape was born. Their captain is Priorat, and it is a tale of resurrection. Until the late 1980s, this remote, brutally steep Cat-

alan region of black slate — the llicorella — was all but abandoned; then a small band of visionaries, led by Álvaro Palacios and René Barbier, grasped that its gnarled old Garnacha vines, clinging to near-vertical terraces, could make one of the world’s great reds. Palacios’s L’Ermita, from a single ancient slope, became one of the most coveted and expensive wines in Spain, with Clos Mogador and Clos Erasmus close behind, entering legend. Priorat is one of only two regions in all of Spain to hold the country’s top qualified rank — the other is Rioja — and Clos Martinet rounds out its formidable front line. Priorat Garnacha is everything Châteauneuf is not: dark, mineral, brooding, tasting of wet slate, licorice and sheer concentration. And Spain’s dazzling young talent – the name everyone is suddenly shouting – is the

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Sierra de Gredos, the high granite mountains west of Madrid, where old bush-vine Garnacha grows at altitudes that keep the wines cool, pale and perfumed. Led by growers like the young guns of Comando G, Gredos has reinvented Spanish Garnacha as something ethereal and floral – Spain’s own answer to red Burgundy – and it is among the most thrilling wines being made anywhere today: growers like Daniel Landi and Bernabeleva have made the mountain famous. Filling out the squad: the old-vine heartland of Aragón itself, where regions such as Campo de Borja proudly bill themselves the “Empire of Garnacha,” with Calatayud and Cariñena beside it, all pouring astonishing value; and Navarra, whose bone-dry rosados are, to my palate, the finest pink wines in Spain.

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How long to wait

A final word

Most Grenache is built for pleasure now. Thin-skinned and soft, it is generally at its most charming young: drink your Lirac, your Côtes du Rhône, your everyday Garnacha and your Gredos within their first five to eight years, while the fruit is fresh and the perfume is lifted. But do not underestimate the aristocrats. A great Châteauneuf-du-Pape or Priorat, a Rayas or L’Ermita, will age gloriously for two decades and beyond, and the fortified Banyuls of Roussillon seem to go on forever. One quirk worth knowing: because its skins are pale, Grenache browns to a lovely brick-and-garnet hue faster than most reds. That is not a flaw. It is the grape wearing its age gracefully, like everything else that improves with a little warmth and time.

So, referee, how does the rematch end? France fields the more storied side: the papal grandeur of Châteauneuf, the sly value of Lirac, the only serious rosé appellation on Earth and the sweet last word of Banyuls. But Spain has home-field advantage because the grape was hers to begin with, and she answers with the mineral majesty of Priorat and the floral brilliance of Gredos. On the pitch in Dallas, Spain won. In the glass, I have refereed this tie many times, and I keep blowing the whistle on the same result: a draw and a second bottle. Which is the whole point of the grape. Grenache is the wine you open when you would rather not keep score: when the only victory you are after is a good evening, a warm table and the person sitting across it. Stacey and I will drink to that, French one night and Spanish the next, for as long as they keep making it. Next Thursday, Sept. 3, the grand finale of our summer: Nebbiolo, the noble fog of Piedmont and the towering twin glories of Barolo and Barbaresco. We end the series with the king. 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

Drink it with A generous wine wants generous food. Grenache and Garnacha were made for the sunny cooking of their two homelands: a Provençal daube or an herb-crusted leg of lamb – those garrigue notes in the glass all but demand rosemary and thyme – a cassoulet, a ratatouille or a roast chicken with olives. On the Spanish side, pair it with paella and other saffron-scented rice, with jamón

Grape vines ready for harvest in Aix, France. and grilled chorizo, with roasted red peppers and slow-cooked lamb. Its herby, savory streak loves grilled mushrooms and game, and a lighter Gredos or a young Garnacha, served with the faintest chill, is a revelation alongside a charcuterie board on a warm evening. The dry rosés of Tavel and Navarra will

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carry an entire Mediterranean table, from grilled fish to charcuterie. Save the sweet Banyuls for the end of the night, poured over something dark and chocolate, one of the few truly great marriages wine and dessert ever make. This is, above all, food-and-company wine. It was never meant to be drunk alone.

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MusACK: Rae the Band builds on the blues but keeps it real

New York City-based Rae the Band, grounded in the blues, will play Cisco Brewers Saturday and Sunday. (Continued from page 6)

tween clubs, festivals, breweries and outdoor stages. Its schedule this summer alone has stretched from New York rooms to dates throughout Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia and beyond, giving the five musicians plenty of opportunities to learn one another in real time. After first appearing on Nantucket in 2025, Rae the Band has become a recurring presence on island stages this year. They had a nearly week-long residence earlier this summer playing Cisco Brewers and the Brotherhood of Thieves in June, and they’ll return to the brewery this weekend, playing Saturday and Sunday afternoon sets. In comparison to their frequency of live shows, the band’s recorded catalog remains compact. Rae the Band released “I’ll Be There,” a two-song single also featuring “You and Me,” in May 2025, followed this spring by “Was it Good.” The latter track opens on a breezy piano riff, and you get the feeling that you’re about to get swept into a languid evening in a piano bar before the song drops into a soft percussive ditty with Zurkowski’s clear, soulful

croon rounded out by the rest of the band’s harmonies. But the year between those releases was filled with something harder to capture on a recording: hours spent becoming a tighter live unit. “We’ve spent a lot of time gigging and growing as a group,” said the band. “We are just getting tighter and closer as a band. We hope with every new recording that that’s reflected in our playing moving forward.” New York provides a particularly unforgiving training ground for that process. In a city overflowing with musicians competing for the same stages, crowds and attention, simply being good is hardly enough to guarantee being noticed. “There is no shortage of talent in New York City,” they said. “It’s impossible not to get inspired and work really hard to sound your best. When the best of the best is everywhere you turn, it’s a struggle to stand out and we are used to grinding our way to the spotlight.” Leaving that home turf presents a different challenge. In New York, the band knows the rooms

and increasingly knows some of the people walking through their doors. On the road, each unfamiliar stage becomes an introduction. Rae the Band has kept its ambitions for those encounters straightforward. “Our goal going on a stage with audiences that haven’t seen us before is to give it our all and hope we can win at least one person over,” the band said. Nantucket seems to have become one of those places. Their trips here this summer offer something markedly different from playing the band’s familiar New York circuit: a constantly shifting audience made up of island residents and visitors arriving from across the country. “Nantucket is a great opportunity for us to meet new folks who are coming to vacation from all over and to spend some time with some of the locals we’ve gotten to know over our last couple of trips there,” they said. The mixture suits a group whose live sets themselves bridge the familiar and unfamiliar. Rae the Band performs original material alongside selected covers, choosing songs less according to genre than whether they

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make sense with the group’s instrumentation and the flow of a particular set. “We all love a ton of different types of music,” said the band. “We’d want to fit it all in if we could.” For now, the five musicians are still finding out exactly how much they can fit in. There is no grand end point Rae the Band seems particularly interested in naming. The goals instead keep moving: make another recording, get tighter, reach another audience, find another stage. Reach one milestone and put another one farther down the road. “We are always setting goals and when we reach them we set more,” the band said. “We’ll always have new goals to chase.” For musicians building something new from sounds with very long histories, maybe that is fitting. The point isn’t to arrive at some perfect recreation of the music that came before them. It’s to just keep things moving. Rae the Band performs at Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road, at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30.

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Walk: Sunset across the moors on the verge of autumn (Continued from page 10)

their Jeep or pickup on any hilltop they wanted. Starting in the 1970s, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation was given much of this abandoned land of the old sheep commons, and posted a ranger in the moors to keep the property protected and clean. In the early 1980s they began a sticker campaign to encourage sunset drivers and off-road enthusiasts to stay on the established roads and protect the fragile habitats. I made reproductions of these old stickers a few years ago which you can pick up for free at our office. We travel Barnard Valley Road on the north side of the Milestone Cranberry Bog, bumping up and down like wave-riders on churning seas. Passing Gibbs Pond on the left, I remarked how it has stayed crystal clear and algae-bloom free for the first time in years due to some effective water treatments and best-use practices. Eventually the road spits us out into the heathlands north of the Serengeti. Small yellow-green sprigs of huckleberry are starting to senesce, turning red around the margins, which makes them pop against the deep, dark-green backdrop of bearberry vines.

Photo by Neil Foley

The red-tinged leaves of huckleberry starting to turn for the autumn season. Across the open landscape to the south, you can see the gentle slopes of drumlins and ancient riverbeds covered in stunted young scrub oaks mowed this past winter. The season of growth has stretched their height to a couple of feet, but their branches are thin and wispy, not blocking much of

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the view but restricting some of the softer grasses. Among the oaks we can see that goldenrod in two different genera, Euthamia and Solidago, are beginning their seasonal prominence. They flower along road edges and pop up through the oak savannah like golden

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yellow fireworks. We turned north and traveled up and over Altar Rock, marveling at the streaks of clouds across the colored sky. The evening is washed in beautiful brush strokes of orange, pink, purple and baby blue, setting a gorgeous light on the world below. As we rode along, my girlfriend and I talked about the things we did not get to this summer. Blueberries unpicked. Friends we have not seen in a while. Dinners we were too busy to host. But we also talked through the excitement of shoulder season’s return. We ranked restaurants we should visit before they close and wondered when the next batch of NiSHA rescue dogs will make it to the island. Wishful thinking for our animal-loving souls. As we continued the drive, I was surprised to see so many folks out enjoying a sunset drive like us, reveling in the time-honored tradition away from screens and reservation lines. We counted ourselves lucky to be among these enjoyers of the real Nantucket life, taking pictures and making lasting memories with a gorgeous sky above them. Neil Foley is the interpretive education coordinator and ecologist at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation.

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Eat: Topper’s legacy of old-world excellence and wine superiority (Continued from page 5)

“I fell in love with the interaction,” he said. “You have to know about food, sauces, spices, wine. So that just triggered me to go further down the rabbit hole.” Learning about wine is more than just taste. It’s about history, geography, culture, tradition and even science. That rabbit hole is particularly deep at The Wauwinet. The cellar is heavily weighted toward Burgundy – roughly 70 percent of the collection – a reflection of both the region’s status among wine collectors and Nantucket’s longstanding wine culture. But Conger and his team are constantly looking beyond the familiar, adding wines from new regions and seeking bottles that guests might not encounter elsewhere. During our dinner, that meant moving far beyond a single style of wine. We began with Laurent-Perrier Champagne, crisp and light, before moving to a 2017 Dom Pérignon with the amuse-bouches. The Dom Pérignon was deeper and more rounded, a fitting progression into the meal. With the scallops and morels came a 2012 Peter Michael Chardonnay, one of my favorite wines of the evening, alongside a 2020 Symington Estates Taifa blend from Portugal. The Taifa was particularly memorable because of how unusual it was. Symington only produces the blend in exceptionally strong growing years, and 2020 remains its most recent vintage. It was a small reminder that the value of a wine program like Topper’s is not simply having expensive bottles on a list, but having access to wines that tell a story. The main courses – Iberico pork and prime beef filet – were paired with a 2018 red Burgundy from Domaine de la Pousse d’Or. Lighter and more nuanced than the bold reds many diners might instinctively reach for with beef, it carried earthy spice and dark-fruit flavors that worked equally well with the red meats. And then came dessert, where the wine became the star. The cheesecake, delicate beneath a shell of St-Germain-infused white chocolate and topped with whipped cream, pickled gooseberry and almond pepper sable, was paired with a 2014 Château d’Yquem. The wine was sweet but not cloying, with honeyed and apricot-like flavors that echoed the fruit while balancing the tartness of the gooseberry. It was one of the most beautiful wines I’ve ever tasted. My dining companion and I saved the final sip for the last minutes of our meal. With the cassis dessert – pistachio frangipane, whipped ganache, black currant and currant sorbet – came an Alvear Solera 1927 Pedro Ximénez, a dramatically richer wine with the viscosity of syrup and deep notes of fig and chocolate. It was decadent enough to

feel almost like dessert itself. For diners intimidated by a wine list of this magnitude, Conger has simple advice: ask questions. The Wauwinet has five sommeliers on its wine team, and their job is not simply to point guests toward the most expensive or exclusive bottle. It is to help them find something they will enjoy, whether they know exactly what they want or have no idea where to begin. “Wine is all about having fun, sitting down with friends and family, and enjoying a good meal with a great wine,” Conger said. “Have human interaction, ask questions and have a great time. That’s the most important thing.” That philosophy feels fitting for a property that has spent 150 years cultivating a particular kind of experience. The Wauwinet may look much different than it did in 1875, but the appeal of escaping to a beautiful place, sitting down to an extraordinary meal and lingering over something special in your glass feels almost timeless. At Topper’s, the food, wine and service are all working toward the same goal: to make an evening feel like something worth remembering. And after 150 years, that may be The Wauwinet’s greatest luxury of all.

Photos by Francesca Giangiulio, except amuse-bouches, by Andie Alcorn

Clockwise from top right: The Topper’s cheescake, a trio of amuse-bouches and the Château d’Yquem dessert wine.

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Terrific Thursday Crafting

10 a.m.-noon, Children’s Beach bandstand. Nantucket Culture & Tourism hosts a morning of crafting for children of all ages.

Hands-on History at the Old Jail

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.

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 Tuesday.

Art Reception: AAN

5 p.m. Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 8 Federal St. The Artists Associa-

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tion of Nantucket will host a reception for its Artist/Patron exhibition, on display through Aug. Sept. 1.

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9 p.m. The Muse, 44 Surfside Road. Los Angeles-based rock band Tonic will perform. 21 and over. Tickets at www.musenantucket.com/shows.

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