Mahon About Town Nantucket Blog

Saturday 28th

• It’s Daffy Day of course. Capsule summary: Antique Car Parade (9:30 am - 12:00 pm); Children’s Parade, Harbor House (10:00 am - 11:00 am); Daffy Hats Pageant at the Harbor House (10:45 am - 11:15 am); Tailgate Picnic in ‘Sconset (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
• Handmade Crafts Show, presented by the Nantucket Artisans Collective, opening reception, 5 to 8.
  Show also Saturday (28th), 10 to 4. Preservation Hall

• Daffodil Party, Country Village Real Estate, 10 Straight Wharf, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Pierce Galleries Opening Reception, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• 33rd Annual Daffodil Flower Show: “Daffodils at Sea” at the Coffin School, 4 Winter Street, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• The Fourth Annual Nantucket Advocate for Children’s Awards Evening and Spring Fling, Harbor House, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• Columba Baroque Chamber Ensemble, St. Paul’s, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
• Spring Down the House. Dining and dancing to the Sultans of Swing.6:00 pm - 10:30 pm.
  Dining at the Chanticleer: 6 pm; Dessert, Drinks and Dancing: Sconset Casino: 7 pm

• Maxxtone at the Box: 10:00 pm - 1:00 am

Sunday 29th

• Pianist Dr. Tinka Knopf de Esteban and Junyi Li Fitzgibbon, Nantucket Whaling Museum, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
• Nantucket Poetry Slam, Umass Boston Field Station, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Singer/songwriter Amy England, Nantucket Atheneum, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Party Invitation

A reminder and more details about the first Mahon About Town party of the season on Thursday, April 26th, from 6 to 9 p.m., a warm up for Daffodil Weekend. The party will be at the “new” Rose & Crown: a new look, new menu, new lighting and sound system, and new comfortable booths surrounding the main floor.

There will be a cash bar, and free appetizers and samples from the new R&C menu. Here’s just a few sample items from the new pub menu: rissoto and mozzarella croquettes, Spicy Cajun Popcorn Shrimp, Blue Cheese and Bacon Burger, Cubano Burger, Savory Meatloaf Sandwich, Lamb Shank, Roasted Veggie & Goat Cheese Quesadilla, and more.

On stage will be an island all-star jazz and Chicago blues band with Tom Stoddart on horn, Jake Vohs on piano, Andy Bullington guitar, and Erik Wendelkin on bass.

I thought this would also be a good opportunity to raise a little money for a worthy non-profit, so we’ll be asking for a suggested donation of $10 at the door for Nantucket Behavioral Health, the primary mental health agency on the island.

Our party ends around 9, but you may want to stick around for the Karaoke Finals that start at 10. The winner that night competes against all other winners from the past few months to win a grand cruise.

Bring your friends, and meet up with friends and other MAT subscribers before the Daffodil crush. Hope to see you there.

Bob Echele passed away this past week in Palm Beach of a brain tumor. Bob was married to Bob Gease by Rev. Jenifer Brooks at the Unitarian Church last fall, and together they underwrote the Alvin Ailey performance at the High School. No memorial service is planned on Nantucket.

A bit more information about Joel Anapol: Joel died at the age of 75 in Palm Beach. He is survived by his wife Irma Anapol, and his children Hillary Anapol, Susan, and Jonathan Anapol. There will be services on Nantucket in June.

Friday (20th)
DJ Devlin & Miguelon at the Rose & Crown
Vibewise at the Chicken Box

Saturday (21st)
Jubilee Singers, 8:00 pm, Nantucket High School Auditorium
DJ Bri Guy Video DJ Dance Party, Rose & Crown
Vibewise at the Chicken Box

Sunday (22nd)
Earth Day, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Unitarian Church, 11 Orange Street. More details follow.

Wednesday (25th)
The premier of two short films directed and produced by well known island residents Greg Bourbeau and Finn Murphy, with help from Dan Driscoll, Caitlin McDonough-Thayer, Ciaran Byrne, Jeff Ross, and many others. 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Open bar, heavy appetizers, film screenings, and discussion, presented by Surfside Films, Sustainable Nantucket, and the Starlight Theatre. Starlight Theatre.

Thursday (26th)
Mahon About Town Party at the Rose & Crown - details elsewhere in this newsletter
Short Play Festival, 7:30 pm, Methodist Church (also Friday and Saturday)

Complete details on all events.

Earth Day Nantucket will include:

• Children’s Activities: face painting, grocery bag decoration, crafts and play area.
  Marine Home Center: the sales of florescent light bulbswill be donated toward the planting of trees.

• EnergyIndependenceToday.com: solar energy solutions
• Nantucket Land Council: working model of an aquifer
• NFAM: their new Farmers Market supporting local farmers and artisans
• Architects: green building techniques and LEED certification information
• Cleaning companies: natural and organic ways to clean and de-toxify your home
  Gray Lady Apothecary: all natural herbal products

• MonaVie: samples of natural super-food drink harvested from the Amazon
• Clean Power Now: renewable wind energy
• Coffin Landscaping & Fairview Gardening: natural and organic methods of gardening
• Cowboy’s Meat Market: donating snacks with proceeds going toward tree planting
• Stop & Shop: donating shopping bags for children to decorate, and fluorescent light bulbs with proceeds going toward tree planting
• Video presentations: “An Inconvenient Truth,” with an introduction and follow up by Keith A. Bergman, one of the first fifty in the nation trained to give the slide show on global warming featured in that film.
• Bartlett’s Farm: earth friendly products and techniques
• Rob Anderson Construction: reddi form insulated concrete foundations and building system, Seido evacuated tube solar hot water collectors
• Nantucket Board of Selectmen will be signing the Earth Day Nantucket Resolution at the event

For information: 508.228.3034, Bruce Marshall-Jones, or email info@EnergyIndependenceToday.com