THE PRODUCER
byGeorge Gershwin had just finished a concert in Cincinnati when an elegant lady came back stage with a songbook for him to autograph. Her…
History & Politics
DOWN TO BUSINESS
byDavid Rubenstein is the cofounder of The Carlyle Group, one of the largest private equity firms in the world. A former domestic policy advisor…
THE WASHINGTON OBSERVER
byAs former Editor at Large and lead writer at Newsweek, Evan Thomas famously brought readers into the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the 2004 presidential election,…
THE MEETING OF THE MINDS
byNothing breaks up a fall weekend quite like having two U.S. senators, the world’s top stem cell researcher, the former Secretary of the Treasury…
THE MACY’S DAY PARADE: IT ALL BEGAN ON NANTUCKET
byForty-four million people watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade every year, three million of which crowd the streets of New York City, their eyes…
THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY
byAt a time when few twelve-year-olds ventured far beyond their own neighborhoods, Harris Wofford boarded a transatlantic ocean liner and sailed east from New…
HOME ON THE RANGE?
byFor eight long years, the Nantucket Hunting Association has been gunning for a shooting range to be built off Shadbush Road out by the…
AN ARTIST AT NINETY
byAt ninety years old, Maggie Meredith is the oldest working artist on Nantucket. A painter, poet and rug maker, Meredith is the matriarch of…
COQ AU VIN
byThe band, Coq au Vin, has taken Nantucket by storm with an eclectic repertoire that includes everything from Django-style gypsy jazz, Eastern European and…
A JARRING EXPERIENCE
byBefore the season’s first frost, many islanders look to preserve a taste of summer by canning, drying, pickling, and smoking a bounty of local…