NANTUCKET: The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to present Bill Tramposch, who will present “New Zealand and Nantucket” at the Food for Thought Series on Thursday, March 20, 2008, in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street, at noon. Free admission; bring your lunch.
The relationship between Nantucket and New Zealand has been strong due largely to Nantucket whalers. As the NHA plans a special Explorations tour of New Zealand for 2009, NHA Executive Director Bill Tramposch will explore some of these connections, focusing on the special places in the New Zealand landscape that so clearly express these historic relationships.
Tramposch was raised in CT, however prior to moving to Nantucket in 2006, he lived in New Zealand for ten years. His knowledge of that county and its whaling heyday, juxtaposed with his insight into Nantucket as the one-time whaling capital of the world, will open wide the window of similarities between these two distant lands.
The March 27 Food for Thought will feature Pat Butler, who will discuss “Sea Captains’ Houses and Rose Covered Cottages.”
Each talk begins at noon and is free to the public. Bring your lunch. Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. For additional information about the Food for Thought series, please call 508-228-1894, ext. 0
