Weekend Update (10/11/07)

The annual Scallopers Ball used to take place in the spring at the Box. The 5th annual has moved now to the fall at the Nantucket Yacht Club, as this is most certainly scallop season, and it’s also a fitting warm up for Nantucket Restaurant Week. It’s Friday night the 12th, from 6 to 10 pm. Music, Spanky’s Raw Bar, hors d’ oeuvres by the Nantucket Yacht Club, drink, auction with auctioneer Bob Turner, and MC Bam LaFarge. Music by The Shingles, a band name I’ve not heard of before, and sounds as if it they should be on the soundtrack of a Zach Braff film. They are, of course, our own Dave Provost, Andy Bullington, Michael Kopko, and Ben Champoux. Also playing is the well known and loved 4 EZ Payments. The night raises money for the Nantucket Shellfish Association, and is co-sponsored by the NSA and Sustainable Nantucket. Tickets are $40, ($30 if you have a commercial fishing license), and can be purchased at the door, or at Bookworks, Nantucket Pharmacy, Brant Point Marine, 508.228.3399, or tara@sustainablenantucket.org. Here are just a few photos from last year to whet your appetite.Quite a cast of characters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The NHA seventh annual Harvest Fair takes place on Saturday (13th) from 11 to 2 at the Old Mill. Great family event for children of any age. The mill will be open for tours and, weather permitting, grinding corn. Also traditional crafts, Native American and colonial games, decorate pumpkins, bob for apples, and make beeswax candles and cornhusk dolls.

 

 

 

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The Chamber of Commerce annual Chowder Contest sets up in the Grand Union Parking Lot this Saturday (13th) from 2 to 3:30. Taste chowdah from a dozen or so local restaurants and vote for your favorite.

 

 

 

 

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Chris Black used to live on Nantucket, I believe in the 80’s, then moved to the Florida Keys. She was back on the island this past summer, and has put together a showing of the best of her Nantucket and the best of her Keys photographs, for an exhibition Friday night from 5:30 to 9 pm at a private home at 53 Union Street. All subscribers are invited.

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The Nantucket Atheneum’s Tribute to David Halberstam on Saturday night is unfortunately sold out.

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A Safe Place was founded 20 years ago by Rhoda Weinman, Julie Fitzgerald, Sarah Alger and Melissa Philbrick. They will be honored at a fund raiser and anniversary celebration on Sunday night (14th) from 5:30 to 7:30 at Cinco. Wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres. 508-228-2561.

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The Nantucket Restaurant Week Gala kicks-off the 2nd annual Nantucket Restaurant Week (Sunday, October 14 - Saturday, October 20) featuring 3 course $20 lunches and $45 dinners from some of the island’s best restaurants. For the Gala, more than 20 restaurants will present samples of their cuisine at stations around the Whaling Museum, with champagne by Veuve Clicquot. No one will leave hungry. Benefits the newly formed Nantucket Culinary Arts Foundation, which provides educational experience and scholarships to Nantucket High School students interested in the culinary arts. Sunday (14th) from 6 to 8 pm. There are still tickets available, but I expect this one to sell out by tomorrow. Call 228-1515 and ask for Becky to reserve your ticket. Tickets are $100, and 75% tax deductible. Visit nantucketrestaurantweek.com for more information