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This Sunday (28th) is the Brant Point Grill’s Annual Charity Brunch, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. Here’s how it works. You order brunch and drinks. The BPG takes the food part of the bill off your check, and you decide how much to donate to the charity of your choice among these three: A Safe Place, Nantucket Food Bank, or the Literacy Program of the Nantucket Atheneum. Drinks and tip are additional. Live music by P.J. Moody. Reservations are recommended at 508.325.1320.

The White Elephant Chef Series launches this weekend with famous chefs from New York, Boston, and New Orleans. First up is Chef Alexandra Guarnaschelli from Butter in Manhattan. See the article below for more details.

The Short Play Festival runs Thursday through Saturday (25th - 27th and 1st - 3rd) at 7:30 pm at the Performance Center, Methodist Church. Watch three staged readings of short plays selected from the Nantucket Theatrical Productions nationwide competition. Features Eddie Loring, Richard Ross, Dwight Beman, Jeffrey Goss, Pam Murphy and Lenny Germinara. $10. Presented by the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket and Nantucket Theatrical Productions. 508-241-1760.

Edgar Allen Poe’s famous work, ‘The Telltale Heart’, is the story of a man driven insane by his own conscience. Storyteller Katie Latimer brings this classic story of murder and madness to life. Recommended for teens and adults. Free tickets at the Weezie Library, the Great Hall and at the door. Great Hall, Nantucket Atheneum. Saturday (27th), 8 to 9 pm.

Halloween Party Weekend: Start at the Rose & Crown on Friday the 26th for the Vamp Fantasm Fetish Party with live dancers, NYC DJ and Producer Nicole Otero, and prizes for best costumes. It all starts at 9; $20 in advance, $25 at the door.

Then on Saturday it’s Halloween at LoLa and Fifty-Six Union. LoLa was jammed last year with all-out spare no detail costumes. 6 to closing. It’s the 8th Annual over at Fifty-Six, starring of course the costumed staff. Make them both.

The Halloween Parade. It’s become a big thing, this family based costume parade. Wednesday, October 31st, beginning at 5 pm at the fountain at the foot of Main Street, ending with a pageant and treats at the Methodist Church. Sponsored by the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce and the Inquirer & Mirror.

Two-for-one dinners have started up again at the Even Keel Cafe.

Wednesday is $12.95 Prime Rib Night at Kitty’s. Beef Wellington for $20 on Thursday, and 3 course roast beef for $14.95 on Sundays.

Below is a comprehensive list of open restaurants, provided to us by David Sharpe at Nantucket Visitor Services. If you have difficulty reading the list, click on it to download a printable pdf version.

Queequeg’s serves up a 4 course prix fixe seafood menu on Wednesday nights for $35, and a 3 course Eastern European menu on Thursdays for $28. That’s a new one.