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Boeing, Boeing

Theatre Workshop of Nantucket opened their 2023 season with the French farce Boeing, Boeing. The play is set in 1960s Paris, where bachelor Bernard has a flat and three flight attendants engaged to him without knowing about each other.

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Sam Sylvia Golf Tournament

The 30th annual Sam Sylvia Golf Tournament began with a Sunday evening cocktail party and culminated in a day of play at Sankaty Head Golf Club.

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Pride Tea Dance

Over the weekend, Nantucket's LGBTQ+ community and its allies sashayed into June Pride Month with a Pride Tea Dance at the Chicken Box

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Decorating with Pride

With the weather cancelation of the Nantucket Pride car parade, the community came together to transform the Nantucket Atheneum into a kaleidoscope of colors, symbols, and messages in celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month. 

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Nantucket Oysterfest

The Nantucket Oysterfest took place on Sunday at Cisco Brewers, where seafood enthusiasts gathered for an afternoon of oyster shucking and chomping down on one of the finest delicacies the island has to offer.

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Baxter Waldman Charity Ride

Dozens of bikers hit the roads of Nantucket over the weekend for a memorial ride in honor of Baxter Waldman, the Nantucket High School student who died in a motorcycle accident last December.

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Small Works, Big Cause

A group of local photographers known as the Nantucket Photographers Network held its annual exhibition and sale over the weekend at Nantucket Dreamland.

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Farmers & Artisans Market

Local vendors lined Cambridge and North Union Streets as Sustainable Nantucket held its farmers and artisans market.

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Lunafest Traveling Film Festival

Lunafest, a traveling film festival that champions women filmmakers, brought together diverse stories, unique perspectives, and a shared passion for gender equality in the film industry. 

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Memorial Day Parade and Observances 2023

Nantucket's annual Memorial Day parade stepped off Sunday afternoon from the American Legion on Washington Street, on a journey up Main Street to Prospect Hill Cemetery.

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Nantucket Wine & Food Festival 2023

Wine aficionados and culinary enthusiasts flocked to Nantucket for the 2023 Nantucket Wine & Food Festival, which took place from May 17-21.

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Spring Sweep

The Artists Association of Nantucket’s 24th annual Spring Sweep online art auction kicked off with an in-person preview party.

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