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Thursday, June 25
Pick Your Own Vegetables
8:30 a.m. Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday. Journey on the Bartlett’s Farm hay wagon into the heart of its produce fields, where you can witness first-hand what’s fresh and in-season, with plenty of time to fill your own bag.
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 ever-hungry creatures at the aquarium and learn about their feeding behaviors. $175 for groups of up to five. Registration required 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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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
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.
Tech Tips for iPhone Users
10:30 a.m. Saltmarsh Senior Center, 81 Washington St. Janie Hobson-Dupont teaches seniors how to use their iPhones, offering tips and tricks to make your experience easier and smoother. Call (508) 228-4490 to register.
Author Nat Philbrick will sign copies of his books at Mitchell’s Book Corner Friday.
Kat Hall finds unity in the space between genres
By Kendall Graham kgraham@inkym.com
If genres are boxes, Kat Hall has spent her career happily climbing out of them.
The Florida-born, San Diego-based singer-songwriter builds songs from reggae rhythms, funk grooves and soulful melodies, but the common thread isn’t style so much as intention: music designed to make people move, think and, perhaps most importantly, feel a little more connected to one another.
That spirit of connection has carried Hall from the Florida music scene to festival stages around the country and multiple appearances on Sugarshack Sessions, the influential live-music platform known for its intimate, stripped-back performances.
This summer, it will bring her to Nantucket for the first time, where she will perform Monday and Tuesday at Cisco Brewers.
Hall’s path into music wasn’t necessarily a foregone conclusion.
“I never planned on pursuing music as a full-time career. I didn’t think it was possible,” she said.
She studied entrepreneurship at Florida State University and spent her college years performing frequently with her band, approaching the project with a business-minded perspective.
“I saw my band as my business,” she said.
Like many musicians, she balanced creativity with practicality after graduation, working full-time jobs while continuing to pursue music. Just over a year ago, she made the leap into full-time artistry.
“While it’s difficult and unstable at times, I’m so grateful to be a musician and I’d rather have freedom to create than have a 9-5 job,” she said.
That willingness to take risks is mirrored in Hall’s approach to genre. Though her fan base largely comes from the reggae world, she resists the idea of being confined to any one musical lane.
“My fan base is mostly reggae music fans, and that’s where I’ve found my community and family, but I love being able to fluctuate between different genres,” Hall said. “I don’t want to confine myself to any genre, but rather do what feels authentic to me.”
The result is a sound that draws equally from reggae’s social consciousness, soul’s emotional depth and funk’s irresistible groove.
“I love reggae music because of the message,” she said. “This music has been used for generations to expose injustice, which I think is necessary in our culture. I think it’s very important that reggae music is meant to encourage equality, oneness and unity.
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Kat Hall blends reggae, funk and soul into a groove intended to get her audience to move, think and become connected.
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of Kat Hall Hall came up in the Florida music scene but has since moved to San Diego. We need it.”
The soul influences in her music stem from her childhood singing praise music in church, while funk emerges from a simpler instinct.
“The funk comes from the undeniable groove that comes from my desire to make my audience dance,” she said.
Hall’s artistic sensibilities were also shaped by her time in Florida, where she found herself immersed in a diverse and collaborative music environment.
“The Florida music scene is awesome. There are lots of amazing bands and a flourishing music scene,” she said.
While attending Florida State in Tallahassee, she noticed there were relatively few reggae bands nearby, so touring reggae acts coming to town were especially meaningful to her.
“I felt at home when touring reggae bands would come through the area,” she said.
At the same time, she explored other musical worlds, collaborating with hip-hop artists and jamming with folk and rock musicians like Bachi, DJ Nove, the Brown Goose and Tyler Denning.
“Those bands really shaped me and in-
spired me to be a unique artist with the ability to shift into many styles,” she said.
That sense of openness and fluidity may also explain her affinity for Sugarshack Sessions, where artists perform live in a format that strips away many of the trappings of modern production.
“I love performing at Sugarshack Sessions because of how raw and stripped back they are,” Hall said. “They create a whole experience for the audience that’s really special and unique to that moment in time.”
Watching her older performances has also given Hall a chance to catalogue her own evolution.
“I’ve grown so much over the years, so it’s been cool to go back and watch my first sessions to see the changes,” she said. “I’d say my style is still the same, but my songs have evolved and my sound is getting more refined.”
Hall believes music’s ability to create community is one of its greatest strengths, particularly at a time when so much interaction has shifted online.
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Pi Pizzeria: Making memories over timeless food
By Francesca Giangiulio fgiangiulio@inkym.com
Some of my favorite memories involve restaurants.
Not fancy restaurants. Not Michelin-starred restaurants. Just restaurants.
As a kid, I used to beg my dad to let me tag along when he picked up pizza for dinner. I wasn’t interested in the pizza itself: not yet, anyway.
What I wanted was to stand by the counter and watch the cooks slide pies in and out of the oven. It was like a magic trick, watching them slide the paddles under the half-baked dough in the blink of an eye, spin it around and guide it right back into the flame.
To a child, restaurants feel magical. A heavy wooden door becomes a portal. Behind it, diners laugh a little louder, music drifts through the air, and somehow everyone leaves happier than when they arrived.
When I sat down with Pi Pizzeria owner Evan Marley ahead of the restaurant’s 20th
anniversary – or 25th, depending on how you count – he described a remarkably similar childhood.
“We didn’t go out to eat very often,” Marley said. “But when we did, I always got really excited.”
Growing up in Concord, Marley loved the local seafood restaurant and neighborhood pizzeria.
“I just thought restaurants were like the coolest things ever,” he said, “Because you could order whatever you wanted, everybody could have something different and everybody got what they loved. It was always a jovial and friendly environment, and it’s always celebratory going out to eat for us.”
Decades later, that childhood fascination still feels baked into the walls of Pi Pizzeria, affectionately known as “Pi.”
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Evan Marley has been making pizza on Nantucket for 25 years and running Pi for 20.
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Practicing mindfulness at Tom Nevers Pond
By Neil Foley I&M Columnist
Mindfulness is a practice that cannot be overdone. It is a silent act of removing the internal monologue or the stresses of hustling and bustling through the summer grind to sit with your senses for a little while.
This act of defiance to the throes of modern living can, and will, grant you the peace to tackle whatever lemons that life gives you next. Especially if you can engage that mindful meditation in a new and natural setting.
With this desire for a Zen afternoon, I found myself winding through the narrow neighborhood roads in Tom Nevers to a small roadside pull-off across from a cable gate. I park and step over the cable, taking the lush trail down to Tom Nevers Pond.
In the center of the path, eastern cottontails stand still as statues upon my approach. I get within 15 feet of them before
they bound into the cover of the arrowwood thicket or through the thinning hedgerow into a turfed back yard.
The trail turns sharply twice before the pond becomes visible through a narrow cut in the shrub wall. If it were not for the cries of red-winged blackbirds I do not think you would ever have known there was a pond here behind the thick curtain of vegetation. I take a seat on an old canoe at the pond edge and commence to slow down and let my senses fully explore the world around me.
I first look down at the boggy edge and shallows of the pond at my feet, seeing geometrically patterned leaf arrangements of St. John’s wort emerging from the mucky basin.
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A red-winged blackbird flies out of the water willows at the pond’s edge.
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A vocal American black duck making her presence known on Tom Nevers Pond.
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The cottontail trail to Tom Nevers Pond.
The social media race to the bottom
By Jim Borzilleri
Contributing Writer
Has your online experience recently declined in quality? You aren’t alone.
Cory Doctorow investigated and concluded it was a deliberate business strategy. His descriptive term for the practice, “enshittification,” first appeared in his blog in late 2022. It quickly became a meme and now the title of his book, “Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It.”
Also known in polite company as “platform decay,” it’s a simple concept. A new online service/product debuts, offering high quality at low or no cost.
Users embrace it, and it becomes indispensable. After which the vendor gradually degrades the experience while raising prices.
Doctorow cites Facebook around 2012 as an example. Posts appeared up top, responses were easy and a warm sense of community ensued.
Today, that community is buried under intrusive ads and site recommendations selected by algorithms reviewing your online behavior possibly including shopping and visits to medical sites.
This practice is not new. Opening restaurants offer great deals just to get folks through the door, and nobody expects them to last forever. But, while it’s easy to skip Mom’s Diner if prices go up and quality declines, leaving Facebook is desirable only if everyone in your community also leaves, which won’t happen until everyone in their community also leaves, etc. And so, everyone remains locked into the app as it slides downhill.
Because your attention is the product, advertisers foot the bill. It’s as if the meals were free at Mom’s Diner, but it was the only place you could see your friends, and you had to eat what strangers paid to put on your plate.
Doctorow, a prolific writer and long an advocate of an egalitarian Internet, carefully documents the multiple forces that, in many ways unintentionally, created this mess.
Publicly-traded corporations have always been pressured to increase profits lest their stock (and bonuses) suffer. In the past this pressure was offset by strong government oversight, well-funded investigative journalists and a skilled workforce leveraging their scarcity to influence corporate policy. Technology firms also benefited from the
constant introduction of the Next Big Thing (e-commerce, iPhones, and yes, Facebook) whose future potential delayed the need to show immediate profitability.
Each of these forces was a slender thread but combined to create powerful disincentives to charging more for less.
Unfortunately, these counter-forces have faded or disappeared, frequently as an unintended consequence of an improved service, (e.g. Craigslist making newspapers unprofitable).
In their absence, platform decay has increasingly become the norm for growing revenue. Its practitioners aren’t necessarily evil. They simply have few incentives or alternatives for doing otherwise.
But isn’t AI the Next Big Thing? Yes. However, its massive development and deployment costs have made wide adoption and immediate profitability an existential need, driving Google, for example, to deprecate their namesake search engine in hopes users will migrate to the AI version.
The latter part of the book presents rem-
edies at both the personal and collective level. If nothing else, you emerge a better-informed consumer, with an idea of what forces – regulatory, financial and political –need to be deployed.
Regular health inspections, perceptive reviews and nearby alternatives available to both staff and patrons might keep Mom’s Diner from cutting corners.
Doctorow also has a podcast and has ap-
peared on other shows to discuss the book and phenomenon (a chat with Ed Zitron at the Seattle Public Library is worth a listen).
If you are OK with NSFW commentary, try Zitron’s own podcast “Better Off Live.” If the situation is just stressing you out, then Cal Newport’s “The Deep Life” podcast is a calming respite with an expert perspective.
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Viognier: The grape hiding in your favorite wines
By Peter McEachern I&M Columnist
Here is a game worth playing at your next dinner party. Pour a glass of Guigal’s CôteRôtie “La Mouline” and ask your guests what they smell.
They will say violets, white flowers, something almost perfumed, almost exotic: something that does not quite smell like a red wine is supposed to.
Then tell them what is in the glass: predominantly Syrah, co-fermented with 11 percent Viognier, a white grape whose presence they just identified perfectly without realizing it.
Watch their faces. That moment of recognition – the realization that a white grape is responsible for everything that makes the red wine smell extraordinary – is one of the best wine-education experiences available, and it costs nothing beyond the price of the bottle.
Viognier is the great secret ingredient of the wine world. It appears, uncredited, in some of the most celebrated bottles on Earth: co-fermented with Syrah in the great Côte-Rôties of the northern Rhône, quietly blended into Languedoc reds and whites, and used by California producers as an aromatic lift in blends that list a dozen other grapes before acknowledging it.
In all of these wines, it does the same thing: it adds a floral, exotic, honeyed complexity that the other grape cannot produce alone, then disappears from the label, leaving the drinker to wonder why this particular wine smells so extraordinarily good.
The answer, most of the time, is Viognier.
On its own, in the northern Rhône appellation of Condrieu, Viognier produces one
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A Condrieu vineyard in spring overlooking the Rhône River in southeastern France.
Photo by Nalidsa Sukprasert Viognier grapes on the vine.
Wine Cellar: The Noble Grapes
at Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
July 9 to August 23
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The terraced vineyards of Domaine E. Guigal in autumn.
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RAINBOW’S END: Or beginning? A brief, very light shower passed over the Sconset Casino Saturday night, rewarding those in attendance at the Nantucket Film Festival’s annual Screenwriter’s Tribute with a majestic rainbow.
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The Brant Point Runners meet each Tuesday night at 5:30 p.m. at the corner of Easton and North Beach streets for a friendly but competitive 5K run.
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Broad St. Walk through historic downtown Nantucket and discover the unique history of the island. The tour transports visitors on a journey through Nantucket’s past and tells the story of the rise and fall of the whaling industry, the rise of tourism and the impacts the island’s economy had on social and racial development on Nantucket.
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. $15. Additional session Saturday. Registration recommended on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org. Additional session Tuesday.
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 session Tuesday.
Live Music: Doug & Co.
4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Nantucket’s own jam band, Doug & Go. Inspired by the Grateful Dead, will perform.
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
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.
Live Music: Timbear
8 p.m. Brotherhood of Thieves, 23 Broad St. New England indie soul singer, songwriter and acoustic looping artist Timbear will perform. Additional shows Friday and Saturday.
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
Live Music: The Barn Boys
10 p.m. The Chicken Box, 6 Dave St. Cape Cod born, Austin, Texas-based indie rock band The Barn Boys will perform. Additional shows Friday and Saturday.
Live Music: Morrissey Boulevard
10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. New Bedford indie rock and soul funk band Morrissey Boulevard will perform.
Friday, June 26
Nature Walk
8:30 a.m. Starting location provided upon registration. Visit the historic Milestone cranberry bog at the height of the summer,
see cranberry vines in bloom and learn about the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s efforts to ensure the future of cranberry cultivation on the island. Register on events page of www.nantucketconservation.org
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
Nantucket Wellness Festival
9 a.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. Three days of movement, mindfulness and meaningful connection through yoga, meditation, breath-work, tai chi and more. Tickets at www.nantucketwellnessfestival. org. Continues Saturday and Sunday.
Guided 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 eastern side of the founda-
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tion’s property, a section currently closed to the public. Free, but registration required on calendar page of www.llnf.org
Mini Mariners
10 a.m. African Meeting House, 27 York St. The Egan Maritime Institute’s Mini Mariners program makes a stop on the lawn of the African Meeting House for a morning of reading, craft and community.
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.
Book-signing: Nat Philbrick
10:30 a.m. Mitchell’s Book Corner, 54 Main St. National Book Award-winning island author Nat Philbrick will sign copies of his books.
Bug Bonanza
11 a.m. Mill Hill Park, off Prospect Street. Maria Mitchell Association staff lead this exploration of the insects and small crea-
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tures 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.
Intro to Mah Jongg
1:15 p.m. Saltmarsh Senior Center, 81 Washington St. Learn about this ancient Chinese tile game from volunteers excited to share their interest.
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: Winyah
4:30 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. South Carolina-based indie rock band Winyah will perform. Tickets at www.ciscobrewers.com/nantucket.
Baskets, Bubbles and Bourbon
5:30 p.m. Eleanor Ham Pony Field, 10 Mill St. The Nantucket Historical Association hosts this annual fundraiser celebrating the rich tradition of Nantucket lightship baskets
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with a bourbon tasting, signature bubbles, craft cocktails, light bites and an auction of curated works by today’s most talented artisans. Sold out. E-mail rlondon@nha.org for waiting list.
Speaker: Mark Oppenheimer
6 p.m. Congregation Shirat HaYam, Unitarian Meeting House, 11 Orange St. Journalist and author Mark Oppenheimer will discuss the midterm elections in relation to antisemitism, Judaism and Israel. Preceded by a short religious service. All are welcome.
Live Music: Jesse McCartney
8:30 p.m. The Muse, 44 Surfside Road. Singer-songwriter Jesse McCartney will perform. 21 and over. Tickets at www. musenantucket.com/shows
Stargazing at the Observatory
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, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Karaoke
10 p.m. The Rose & Crown, 23 South Water St. Channel your inner rock star on The Rose & Crown stage.
Live Music: Juice
10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Boston-based rock band Juice will perform. 21 and over.
Saturday, June 27
Nantucket Clean Team
8 a.m. Handlebar Café, 15 Washington St., and Sanford Farm parking lot, 118 Madaket Road. The Nantucket Clean Team meets Saturdays from spring through fall to pick up trash around the island. Pickers and bags provided.
Race for Open Space
8 a.m. Milestone Cranberry Bog, off Milestone Road. The Nantucket Conservation Foundation hosts this annual 10K and 5K run and two-mile walk to raise money for its mission to steward and protect the island’s open space. Registration and bib pick-up starts at 7 a.m. Pre-register on the events page of www.nantucketconservation.org
Farmers & Artisans Market
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cambridge Street, between Federal and South Water. Sustainable Nantucket hosts a market of fresh local produce, island cottage-industry artisans and food. Weather permitting.
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Nantucket’s Jim Congdon all alone in the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s Race for Open Space. This year’s race takes place Saturday.
Capoeira at the Beach
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.
NanPuppets
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.
Pride Nature Walk
10 a.m. Linda Loring Nature Foundation, 110 Eel Point Road. Enjoy nature, make connections and learn about local species at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation property in Eel Point, in celebration of Pride Month.
Live Music: Felix Slim Noon, Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Brooklyn-based Spanish blues musician Felix Slim will perform.
Beach Biology Field Trip
2 p.m. Sconset Beach Parking Lot, Gully Road. Join the Maria Mitchell Aquarium staff for a hands-on beach exploration led by an MMA marine biologist who will discuss beach biology, ecology and geology. $30. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org
Live Music: Mini Yellow Witches
4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Massachusetts-based rock ban Mini Yellow Witches, inspired by Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin and Nirvana, will perform. Second show 4 p.m. Sunday.
Live Music: The Maine
5:30 p.m. The Muse, 44 Surfside Road. Arizona-based rock band The Maine will perform. 21 and over. Tickets at www.musenantucket.com/shows
Karaoke
10 p.m. The Rose & Crown, 23 South Water St. Channel your inner rock star on The Rose & Crown stage.
DJ Pete Ahern
10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Nantucket’s own maestro of the turntables, DJ Pete Ahern will take over the house. 21 and over.
Sunday, June 28
Nantucket Bird Walk
Book-Signing
10:30 a.m. Mitchell’s Book Corner, 54 Main St. Author Kate Barney will sign copies of her book “Nantucket: Coming Home.”
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 in the Discovery Room. Register on calendar page of www.nha.org
Bartlett Farm Walking Tour
11:30 a.m. 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.
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
Book-signing: John C. Allen IV
10:30 a.m. Mitchell’s Book Corner, 54 Main St. Author John C. Allen IV will sign copies of his book “250 Years Young: Happy Birthday America.”
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.
Beginner’s Ukulele
5:30 p.m. Nantucket Community Music Center, 56 Centre St. No instrument? No problem. Ukuleles availa5ble. All ages welcome. Free.
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50 Easton St (508) 325-2167
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6 Fair St (508) 228-1951
Bamboo Forest 52 Madaket Rd
Barrett’s Tours 25 Federal St (508) 228-0174
Bill Fisher Outfitters 20 N Cambridge St (203) 962-8867
White Elephant Spa by Darya 50 Easton St (508) 638-3440
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Chelsea Handler
6 and 8:30 p.m. Nantucket Performing Arts Center, 5 North Water St. Comedian, talk-show host and best-selling author Chelsea Handlers opens the Nantucket Performing Arts Center’s 2026 season. 6 p.m. show sold out. Visit www.nantucketperformingarts.org for tickets and more information.
Live Music: Madaket Mountain String Band
6 p.m. Children’s Beach bandstand, Harborview Way. Nantucket’s own Madaket Mountain String Band will perform a mix of traditional bluegrass, Americana, classic rock and blues. Free.
Live Music: Wheeland Brothers
8 p.m. The Chicken Box, 6 Dave St. Southern California surf rockers the Wheeland Brothers bring their Legendary Beach Bar Tour to the Box, with special guest Dylan Cotrone. 21 and over.
On the Isle Opening Celebration
8 p.m. Sconset Casino, 10 New St. On the Isle celebrates its 2026 season with an opening party featuring dessert and light refreshments. Its production of “42nd Street” will run July 23-26.
Live Music: Ty Fly
10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Nantucket’s own drummer and DJ Tyler “Ty Fly” Fleischut will perform. 21 and over.
Monday, June 29
Guided Bike Tour
7:30 a.m. Starting point provided upon registration. Cyclist and Nantucket Conservation Foundation trustee Jim Meehan leads this bike tour over the trails and dirt roads of the Middle Moors or Ram Pasture. Space is limited. Helmet and mountain bike suitable for rough roads. Register on events page of www.nantucket conservation.org
Family Sailor’s Valentines
10 a.m. Hinchman House Natural Science Museum courtyard, 2 Vestal St. The Mitchell House curator will demonstrate how to create a sailor’s valentine by decorating a small Shaker-style box or picture frame. $55 per adult-child pair. 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.
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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
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
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
Live Music: Kat Hall
4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Florida-based reggae, soul and funk singer Kat Hall will perform. Second show 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Art Talk
5:30 p.m. Artists Association of Nantucket Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 8 Federal St. AAN artist in residence Christina Grace Mastrangelo will discuss her work, creative process and inspiration. Free. All are welcome.
Full Moon Nature Walk
9 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. Free for Nantucket residents, $10 for non-residents. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org
Karaoke
10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. The Gaslight continues its summer of karaoke with Yolo Joe. 21 and over.
Tuesday, June 30
Milestone Center Site Tour
9 a.m. Exact location provided upon registration. Tour the future site of the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s new home – a research and education facility with staff
housing – with president and CEO Cormac Collier and staff. Register on events page of www.nantucketconservation.org
Music in the Morning
9:45 a.m. Atheneum garden, 1 India St. Island musician and teacher Cory Morgan invites babies and children to explore rhythm, sound and music through clapping, instrument play and music games. Free. Weather permitting.
Little Riders and Lasting Connections
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.
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.
Tarot Card Readings
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Susan Lister Locke Gallery, 28 Easy St. Nationally-known tarot-card reader Angela Lucy is back by popular demand. Call (508) 228-2132 to schedule an appointment.
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Foggy Roots, Nantucket’s own roots reggae band, will perform Tuesday at the Gaslight.
NanPuppets
11:30 a.m. C isco 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. Forty-five minutes of slow, focused movement concluding with full-body relaxation that will leave you feeling relaxed and recharged. Registration required on calendar page of www.nantucketatheneum.org
Golden Age Films: “Peyton Place”
1:30 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Dreamland will screen “Peyton Place” starring Lana Turner and Hope Lange. Free for seniors. Tickets at www. nantucketdreamland.org
Teen Tuesday Crafternoon
4 p.m. Atheneum courtyard, 1 India St. Teens 12-18are invited to turn ordinary seashells into stunning décor pieces. Weather permitting.
Warming Up Nantucket
5 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. A cocktail party to raise funds for The Warming Place, Nantucket’s only emer-
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gency overnight shelter for adults experiencing homelessness. Lite bites by Island Kitchen, live music by Jeff Tuohy,and an open bar by Cisco Brewers. Tickets at www.thewarmingplace.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 watching the stage show. This session of Open Arts Night will have a special focus on Pride Month. Free.
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: Marc Roberge
9 p.m. The Muse, 44 Surfside Road. O.A.R. front man Marc Roberge will perform. 21 and over. Tickets at www.musenantucket. com/shows
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Courtesy of the Nantucket Historical Association
The Nantucket Historical Association will host a Restoration Exploration of its Old Mill on Prospect Street Wednesday.
Cellar: Viognier the white grape hiding in your favorite red wine
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of the world’s most distinctive white wines: heady with ripe peach, apricot, white blossom and a musky, tropical depth that sets it apart from any other white variety.
Isabelle describes great Viognier as smelling like “someone left a bowl of ripe stone fruit next to a vase of white flowers in a warm room and then opened a window.”
That is precisely right. It is also precisely what makes it so valuable to winemakers who use it without ever putting its name on the bottle.
Where Viognier hides
The most storied example is Côte-Rôtie, the great red-wine appellation just north of Condrieu on the granite slopes above the Rhône.
Appellation rules have historically permitted – and traditional practice encouraged – co-fermenting up to 20 percent Viognier with the Syrah that forms the wine’s backbone. The reasons are both practical and aesthetic: Viognier’s aromatic compounds help stabilize Syrah’s color during fermentation, and its floral, exotic character lifts the dark, smoky, olive-scented Syrah into something more complex and more immediately seductive.
The result is a red wine that smells faintly of a white wine: and is more beautiful for it.
Beyond Côte-Rôtie, Viognier shows up in corners you might not expect. In the Languedoc, producers blend it freely into whites and rosés, adding aromatic intensity to wines that might otherwise be forgettable.
In Australia’s Barossa and Eden Valleys, a handful of producers co-ferment small percentages with Shiraz in direct homage to the Rhône tradition. Yalumba and Penfolds, in their single-vineyard bottlings, produce some of the most interesting results.
In California, Tablas Creek – founded by the Perrin family of Château Beaucastel –blends Viognier into its white and rosé programs with a sophistication that traces directly to the Rhône.
Stacey and I have opened more Tablas Creek bottles than I can count, and the Viognier’s presence, even when unannounced on the label, is always what makes the wine smell exceptional.
It is the saffron of the wine world: a tiny quantity changes everything, and most people have no idea it is there.
The grape that nearly disappeared
In 1965, the entire world’s supply of Viognier was confined to about eight hectares of vines on the granite slopes of Condrieu.
The grape had been in decline for a century due to low yields, disease susceptibility and unforgiving cultivation requirements.
It survived largely because the Vernay family continued to grow it out of conviction
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rather than economics.
Georges Vernay kept the faith through the grape’s darkest decades, and the wine world owes him a debt rarely acknowledged.
When Guigal and a new generation of producers began expanding production in the late 1970s and 1980s, they built on a foundation Vernay had maintained almost single-handedly.
Viognier’s subsequent global expansion –to California, Australia, Virginia, Languedoc and beyond – began with those eight hectares and the people who refused to abandon them.
What makes Viognier Viognier
The grape’s defining characteristic is aromatic intensity: a concentration of terpene compounds that produce that unmistakable combination of ripe peach, apricot, white blossom, violet and musk.
Unlike Riesling, whose aromatics are strongly shaped by terroir, Viognier’s perfume is primarily varietal: it smells like Viognier almost regardless of where it is grown, which explains both its value as a blending component and the consistency with which experienced tasters identify it blind.
Viognier is a low-acid grape, and without careful management, it can tip into a heavy, flabby style that emphasizes richness over freshness.
The best producers counteract this with careful harvest timing, restrained oak use and disciplined alcohol management.
Done right, the wine is full-bodied and generous without being cloying, the aromatics sustained through a long finish. Done carelessly, it is the wine equivalent of wearing too much of a very good perfume. The line between the two is entirely a matter of intention.
The world in three glasses
• Condrieu, Northern Rhône, France. The only appellation where Viognier stands entirely alone, approximately 180 hectares of granite and gneiss slopes above the Rhône, every vine Viognier, every bottle a direct argument for the grape’s capacity to produce genuinely great wine without assistance.
A serious Condrieu at two to three years old is one of the most extraordinary white wine experiences available: the aromatics are overwhelming in the best possible sense, ripe and layered, and beneath them lies a mineral precision provided by the granite soils, grounding the wine’s opulence in something structural and lasting.
Isabelle and I have opened Condrieu at the beginning of meals and watched the conversation stop. That is what this wine does,
and none of the blended expressions, however excellent, can quite replicate it.
• Côte-Rôtie, Northern Rhône, France. Viognier in its most famous supporting role: co-fermented with Syrah in proportions ranging from a whisper to the 11 percent Guigal uses in La Mouline. The effect on the Syrah is remarkable and demonstrable: the blended wine is more perfumed and more immediately seductive, with a floral lift on the nose that pure Syrah does not produce. The co-fermentation is not merely additive but transformative, producing aromatic compounds in the Syrah that would not exist without the white grape’s presence: the sum of the parts is genuinely greater than either alone.
• California and the New World. Viognier has traveled well – to Paso Robles, the Central Coast, Virginia and Australia’s Eden Valley – where producers have embraced it both as a standalone varietal and as a blending component in the Rhône tradition.
The best California examples honor the grape’s essential character while adapting to warmer conditions. In Australia, Yalumba has been the most consistent champion.
Both approaches demonstrate the grape’s fundamental versatility: its ability to serve, depending on the winemaker’s needs, either as the lead voice or as the instrument that makes every other voice in the ensemble sound better.
To age or not to age
Viognier is not a grape for extended cellaring. The aromatic intensity that defines it is largely a function of youth, and those terpene compounds diminish with time.
Most Condrieu and virtually all New World Viognier should be drunk within two to four years of vintage. The exception is a handful of Condrieu producers – Cuilleron and Perret, most notably – whose single-vineyard bottlings from exceptional vintages can develop over five to eight years, trading the explosive up-front aromatics of youth for a deeper, more integrated complexity.
Isabelle has persuaded me to set aside a bottle of Cuilleron’s Vertige from the 2020 vintage for five years. I remain skeptical that I will manage it.
The Côte-Rôtie wines containing Viognier are a separate matter entirely: Guigal’s La Mouline needs 10 years and rewards 20.
The producers
This week’s producer list reflects Viognier’s dual nature: the grape in the foreground and the grape working quietly behind the scenes.
• Condrieu, Northern Rhône, the standalone: Where Viognier makes its fullest argument.
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terraced vineyards of Domaine E. Guigal in autumn.
Domaine Georges Vernay, Condrieu “Chaillées de l’Enfer,” $75–$95, Drink now. The family that saved Viognier from extinction, and the wine that most clearly demonstrates how Condrieu differs from any other expression of the grape on Earth.
Christine Vernay continues her father’s work with complete conviction. “Chailles de l’Enfer” – the slopes of hell, named for the site’s brutal steepness – has a mineral precision beneath its aromatics that immediately distinguishes it from less seriously farmed Condrieu. This is the wine to open on a significant occasion, with someone who deserves to share it.
Yves Cuilleron, Condrieu “Vertige,” $85–$110, Drink now to six years. The most technically accomplished and age-worthy Condrieu is regularly produced.
From very old vines on the steepest part of the Chéry lieu-dit, “Vertige” is more restrained in youth than most Condrieu. It holds something back, which is what makes it worth holding off on.
At four to five years, it develops a complexity that integrates the aromatics into something broader and more resonant. It’s the bottle Isabelle is making me wait to open. She is almost certainly right.
• Côte-Rôtie, the supporting role. Where Viognier perfumes a great red wine and never takes credit for it.
E. Guigal, Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde, $55–$70. Drink now to eight years.
The most accessible demonstration of what Viognier co-fermentation does to Syrah. A small percentage in the blend gives the wine a floral lift – violets, white flowers, something almost exotic – on the nose of what is unmistakably a serious red wine.
Drink at four to six years, and it will make the case for the blending tradition more convincingly than any explanation could.
E. Guigal, Côte-Rôtie “La Mouline,” $300–$400, age-worthy. The wine that opened this article’s opening paragraph is the most famous example of Viognier co-fermentation in the world.
Eleven percent Viognier is co-fermented with Syrah from a single plot on the Côte Blonde. The result is the most perfumed and seductive of the Guigal single-vineyard bottlings, with aromas of violets, dark olive and roasted meat in a unique combination. Needs at least 10 years. Worth every year.
• California, stand-alone and blended. Where Viognier found a New World home and proved its versatility in both roles.
Tablas Creek Vineyard, Viognier, Paso Robles, $35–$42, drink now.
Founded by the Perrin family of Château Beaucastel to cultivate Rhône varieties in Paso Robles’ limestone soils, Tablas Creek produces the most authentically Rhône-inflected Viognier in California.
Fermented in neutral oak with minimal intervention, the wine preserves the grape’s natural aromatic intensity – white peach,
apricot, orange blossom – while avoiding the heavy style that mars too much New World Viognier. Stacey and I have opened more bottles of this than I can recall, and it has never disappointed.
Alban Vineyards, Viognier “Central Coast,” $55–$70, drink now.
John Alban planted the first Viognier in California in 1990: a pioneering act of conviction that places him in the same category of stubbornness as the Vernay family in Condrieu.
Full, rich and unabashedly expressive: apricot, honeysuckle, a hint of white pepper and an impressive finish. California Viognier at its most generous: the bottle you open to show someone what the grape is about.
Drink it with
Condrieu and other great standalone Viogniers are among the most versatile whites at the table, rich enough for foie gras, roasted lobster and cream-sauced preparations, yet surprising with the complex spiced dishes of North African and Indian cuisine, where the grape’s aromatic intensity meets the food and produces something greater than either alone.
Stacey’s preference is a serious Condrieu with roasted chicken and a great deal of tarragon. The Côte-Rôtie wines belong at a dinner table with lamb or duck. Isabelle’s standing recommendation for the Guigal
Open daily from breakfast ‘til late night Easy Street is everybody’s place.
PBrune et Blonde is roasted duck with cherries. She is, as is her habit, correct.
A final word
The next time you open a bottle that smells extraordinary – with a floral, exotic, inexplicably perfumed quality you cannot quite account for on the label – consider the possibility that Viognier is involved.
It may not be listed. It may not be credited. It may be present in such a small proportion that the winemaker would hesitate to call the wine a Viognier blend.
Yet the grape has a way of making its presence felt, completely disproportionate to its quantity, and the wines it inhabits – with or without its name on the label – are almost always more beautiful for it.
That is Viognier’s greatest and most underappreciated gift to the wine world: it makes everything around it smell better and it rarely takes credit for doing so.
Next Thursday, July 2: Rosé – not a grape, exactly, but a philosophy. Provence, Bandol, Tavel and the great Mediterranean tradition of serious pink wine that has nothing to do with the sweet blush wines that gave rosé its undeserved reputation. We raise a glass to the most misunderstood color in wine. 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
31 Easy Street Corner of Easy & Broad Streets
774-333-5303
erched at the corner of Easy Street and Broad Street in a historic 125-year-old building, Easy Street Restaurant is Nantucket’s home for elevated comfort food with a global twist. Sweeping views of the harbor and Easy Street Park set the scene for a menu rooted in local sourcing — partnering with Nantucket’s own farms, bakeries, and seafood purveyors.
Executive Chef Kieran Thornton delivers scratch-made dishes with warmth and intention.
Eat: Pi Pizzeria celebrating its 20th year on West Creek Road
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If you’ve spent enough summers on Nantucket, chances are you have your own Pi memory. Maybe it’s a family dinner after a day at the beach. Maybe it’s grabbing a pie from the takeout counter on the way home. Maybe it’s a late-night limoncello shared with friends while Sinatra croons softly from the speakers and conversation stretches far longer than planned.
That’s the thing about Pi. The food is excellent, but the restaurant’s greatest accomplishment may be creating the kind of atmosphere people carry with them long after they leave.
Marley arrived on Nantucket like many seasonal workers before him: looking for a place to escape the Florida summer and still make money. In his early years on-island, he painted houses by day and waited tables at night. But he was surprised that he couldn’t find the kind of pizza he had grown up eating.
“I should do something about that,” he remembered thinking. “I wrote down a list of 10 reasons why I didn’t have my own restaurant, and one of them was I didn’t know enough about wine, and I wanted to carry nice wines.”
So he got a job working for Michael Fahey, former sommelier of the Wauwinet Inn, in his specialty shop, Fahey & Fromagerie. There, Marley was like a sponge, learning about wine and building the knowledge to eventually craft his own wine list. In 2001, a bakery space opened in the back of the shop.
“Michael asked me if I wanted to start making pizzas in the back of his shop, and I said emphatically, absolutely, yes, and I was really excited,” Marley said.
If you count from then, that means Marley has been making pizza on Nantucket for a quarter of a century, but it wasn’t until 2006 that he got the place on West Creek Road where Pi still sits today. So that’s 20 years of Pi, 25 years of Marley sharing his love of pizza with the Nantucket community.
His philosophy has always been simple: focus on traditional Italian flavors, quality ingredients and doing the classics well.
Our meal began with antipasti, including fresh prosciutto paired with ricotta salata and a bright green olive tapenade spread across crisp bruschetta. Both were excellent, but the true standout arrived shortly after.
The mozzarella fritta came highly recommended by our bartender Brian, who promised it would “change our lives.”
Dearest reader, he was right.
Imagine the world’s most perfect mozzarella stick, then make it larger, crispier and infinitely more satisfying. The shell shatters with a delicate crunch before giving way to molten cheese that stretches with every bite.
Seasoned breadcrumbs add notes of garlic, parsley and onion, while a side of marinara keeps the dish from becoming too rich.
I have no intention of ever visiting Pi again without ordering it.
My entrée was the lasagna with ragu.
When life is going badly, this is the dish I want delivered to my doorstep.
It arrives steaming hot, revealing layers of ricotta, spinach, pasta and hearty meat sauce beneath a blanket of melted cheese.
The ragu adds depth and richness, while the ricotta lends a subtle sweetness that balances the acidity of the tomato sauce. It’s comfort food in its purest form—the kind of meal that feels less like restaurant cooking and more like something lovingly prepared by my Nonna who always insists I haven’t eaten enough.
Across the table, the chicken piccata offered something lighter for summer. Tender chicken beneath a bright lemon-white wine sauce punctuated by briny capers. I’m typically a red-sauce devotee when dining out, but this dish nearly converted me.
And then there was the Rustica.
The Rustica isn’t just Pi’s signature pizza. At this point, it feels like part of Nantucket’s culinary identity. At least to me..
Built on a thin, charcoal-dusted crust and topped with stracchino cheese, pancetta and a mountain of peppery arugula, it’s a master class in balance. Every component serves a purpose. Salty meets sweet. Rich meets bitter. Crisp meets creamy.
My own history with the pizza stretches back years. I can still picture loading beach chairs and towels into the car, building a fire at sunset, and eating slices of Rustica on the sand before tossing empty pizza boxes into the flames to fuel s’mores later that evening.
When I’m away from Nantucket, the Rustica is one of the foods I miss most. It’s also one of the few dishes I can taste entirely from memory.
Maybe that’s why Pi resonates with so many people.
The restaurant feels timeless in a way that increasingly few places do. Brick walls, warm lighting, Old-World touches and familiar music create an atmosphere that encourages lingering. Dinner isn’t something to rush through. It’s something to savor.
We couldn’t finish our meal without a limoncello night cap. It’s the Italian way of life. Surrounded by frescoes and lively conversation, it was easy to imagine we were sitting in a neighborhood trattoria rather than a pizzeria tucked away on Nantucket.
Limoncello, of course, isn’t meant to be rushed. It’s meant to be sipped slowly between stories and laughter, among family and friends, old and new.
As I stepped outside into the dusky blue light of an early summer evening, I found myself thinking again about that childhood wonder Marley described.
The best restaurants never really lose it.
For a few hours, they transport us somewhere else. They become the backdrop for celebrations, first dates, family traditions
by Francesca Giangiulio
Top: The Great Italian pizza with Caesar salad. Bottom: The mozzarella fritta are larger, crispier and infinitely more satisfying than your typical bar-menu mozzarella stick.
and ordinary Wednesday nights that somehow become memorable years later. They give us meals we can still taste long after the plates are cleared.
Leaving Pi, you can almost hear the swell of accordions as the credits begin to roll. And for just a little while, Nantucket feels a world away.
Pi Pizzeria, 11 West Creek Road, www.pipizzeria.com, (508) 228-1130.
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Left photo by Francesca Giangiulio, right courtesy of Pi Pizzeria
Left: A classic Negroni at the bar. Right: The Pi steak with a side of gnocchi, one of the best-tasting dishes on the menu and a hidden secret of the island’s dining scene.
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Live Music: Eddie 9V
10 p.m. The Chicken Box, 6 Dave St. Blues musician Eddie 9V will perform. 21 and over. Tickets at www.thechickenbox.com. Second show 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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.
Wednesday, July 1
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
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.
NISDA Open House
10 a.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, 23 Wauwinet Road. Create art, listen to music, see arts demonstrations and tour the Seaview Farm Arts Center. For more information, visit www.nisda.org.
Restoration Exploration at the Old Mill
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Old Mill, 50 Prospect St. Millwright Amy Boyce leads this exploration of the Nantucket Historical Association’s Old Mill, discussing the restoration currently taking place while celebrating the history and culture of the landmark. Free, but registration required on calendar page of www.nha.org
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 new book “The Academy,” which she wrote with her daughter Shelby Cunningham. The first 100 people in line will receive a ticket to the signing. Only books purchased through Nantucket Book Partners will be signed.
Tarot Card Readings
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Susan Lister Locke Gallery, 28 Easy St. Nationally-known tarot-card reader Angela Lucy is back by popular demand. Call (508) 228-2132 to schedule an appointment. Part of the gallery’s Wonderful Women on Wednesdays summer series.
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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
Crafts in the Courtyard
10 a.m. Atheneum courtyard, 1 India St. Children are invited to make a patriotic straw rocket just in time for the Fourth of July. Younger children might need adult assistance.
Reader Advice
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.
Live Music: Doug & Co.
4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Nantucket’s own jam band Doug & Co., inspired by the Grateful Dead, will perform.
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.
Dinosaur Daze
6 p.m. Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India St. Kick off summer with prehistoric comedy, stories and songs from Jackson Gillman. Free.
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: “10 Good Men”
7 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. The Inquirer and Mirror and the Dreamland present the documentary “10 Good Men,” about the B-17 Flying Fortress of World War II and its crews, 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: Sugar Ray
9 p.m. The Muse, 44 Surfside Road. Rock band Sugar Ray, which made it big in the 1990s, will perform. 21 and over. Tickets at www.musenantucket/shows. Second show Thursday.
Thursday, July 2
Pick Your Own Vegetables
8:30 a.m. Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday. Journey on the Bartlett’s Farm hay wagon into the heart of its produce fields, where you can witness first-hand what’s fresh and in-season, with plenty of time to fill your own bag.
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 ever-hungry creatures at the aquarium and learn about their feeding behaviors. $175 for groups of up to five. Registration required 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
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.
Tech Tips for iPhone Users
10:30 a.m. Saltmarsh Senior Center, 81 Washington St. Janie Hobson-Dupont teaches seniors how to use their iPhones, offering tips and tricks to make your experience easier and smoother. Call (508) 228-4490 to register.
Crafting at the Beach
10 a.m. Children’s Beach bandstand, Harborview Way. Create a Fourth of July craft. Hosted by Nantucket Culture & Tourism.
Tech Tips for iPhone Users
10:30 a.m. Saltmarsh Senior Center, 81 Washington St. Janie Hobson-Dupont teaches seniors how to use their iPhones, offering tips and tricks to make your phone experience easier and smoother. Call (508) 228-4490 to register.
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.
Art Opening: Hostetler Gallery
5 p.m. Hostetler Gallery, 42 Centre St. The gallery will host a reception for its current exhibition of work along with a wine tasting by Burgundy expert Nick Setterberg.
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
Live Music: Jimmy Denny
4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Atlanta based indie singer-songwriter Jimmy Denny will perform. Second show noon Friday.
Art Reception: AAN
5 p.m. Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 8 Federal St. The Artists Association of Nantucket will host a public reception for its From Moors to Moorings exhibition, on display through July 7.
Friends Fete
6:30 p.m. Almanack Arts Colony, Almanack Pond Farm, 25 Almanack Pond Road. Celebrate the wild, preserved beauty of Nantucket’s open spaces with hors d’oeuvres from Nantucket Catering Co. and Yoho Raw Bar, wines from Donelan Family Wines and libations from Cisco Brewers and Triple 8 Distillery in this fundraiser for the Almanack Arts Colony and the Nantucket Land & Water Council. Tickets at www.nantucketlandandwater.org
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
Nighttime Marine Ecology Field Trip
8:30 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
Live Music: 7 Day Weekend
10 p.m. The Chicken Box, 6 Dave St. Boston party band 7 Day Weekend will perform. 21 and over. Additional shows Friday and Saturday.
Live Music: Arcy Drive
10:30 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Long Island-based indie rock band Arcy Drive will perform. 21 and over.
MusACK: Genre-bender Kat Hall
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race, religion and background,” she said. “While it can be challenging to reason with someone who believes something different than us, music allows us to be human and dance next to each other with zero judgment.”
“It’s important to share those messages in my music because that’s what music is for. It gives musicians an opportunity to share our deepest, most intimate thoughts in a way that helps others express their feelings, too.”
That philosophy extends to her outlook on independent artistry as a whole.
“I absolutely do believe that artists have the ability to bring people together in a meaningful way,” she said.
“Playing shows is creating a positive impact in the community on a personal level. Grass-roots projects are what get people more immersed in their community and connect us as humans in real life, not through a screen. AI will never take that away from us.”
Still, Hall is candid about the challenges of sustaining a career as an independent musician in 2026.
“It’s very hard to stay happy, inspired and motivated when there are so many roadblocks that come up,” she said, citing rising costs associated with touring with a full band and crew, from fuel and lodging to groceries.
“We’re still getting paid $100 a person for shows sometimes, and this has been the rate for so many years,” she said. “Our rates have stayed the same while the world is getting more and more expensive.”
“There is no road map for this,” she added. “We’re all navigating it in real time and trying to survive off of our art.”
Even so, she has no interest in turning back.
“I wouldn’t trade it for the world though,” Hall said. “This life is such a blessing.”
Kat Hall, 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, June 29 and 30, Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road.
Walk: Mindfulness at the pond
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Slender stalks of pennywort root in the sediment and hold a circular frilled leaf which floats on the gently lapping waves. I turn to see a solitary bog violet beaming white as it grows in the shadow of the old canoe.
Next, I engage my hearing, closing my eyes to triangulate sound wafting from all directions: behind me, the distant sound of hammering and nail guns affixing new shingles in the ever-growing neighborhood; the cattails and reeds all around the pond are alive with chips, whistles, and “conk-lareeee” calls of red-winged blackbirds and the rhythmic “wichity wichity” of common yellowthroats.
A female black duck lands on the pond near me and squawks garishly, announcing her presence to the entire pond. No one took much interest, besides me, so she took off on whistling wings.
Reopening my eyes, I let them adjust in time to see a male red-winged blackbird across the pond snatching a long-legged crane fly from the water willow bank. I see a flash of yellow in my peripheral vision over my right shoulder.
Under the protection of Baccharis branches, a yellow warbler feels comfortable taking a quick bath. It dunks and splashes itself in the water and flits to a slender branch in order to shake itself clean like a satisfied Labrador. It cocks its head at me and disappears into the dense brush.
I stay still for a few minutes, waiting to see if it returns for another dip. But the moment has passed and I breathe deeply and exhaled slowly.
I look north and spot the opening of Phillip’s Run, the shallow creek that winds between tupelo groves on the way down from Milestone cranberry bog. I have always wanted to walk or paddle the length of that stream, but I will have to save it for mindful movement of another day.
Neil Foley is the interpretive education coordinator and ecologist at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation.
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