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Island artist Lou Guarnaccia creates sailboats that catch light instead of wind By Marli Guzzetta + Independent Arts Editor It's as though Nantucket caught nautical and landscape artist Lou Guarnaccia as if he were a fish. Sailing to Greenwich to Maine in a 40-foot classic sailboat, Guarnaccia and his shipmates had to waylay their trip on Nantucket after a bluefish spit a hook into the face of a crew member. More ...
BY SAM TOOLE INDEPENDENT INTERN As you walk into the oasis of gardens, running water and beautiful buildings that The God's Child project has created in the outskirts of Antigua your breath is taken away. It is difficult to imagine that a place of such beauty could exist behind the dirt covered walls that run the streets. More ...
QUIDLEY AND CO. 26 Main St. Exhibiting marine, landscape, figurative and still life artworks. More ...
G.S. HILL GALLERY 40 Straight Wharf Please stroll down to the gallery to view Greg's most recent original paintings. Also enjoy our exclusive gift designs and Greg's offering of Nantucket limited edition prints. More ...
GAIL SHARRETTS STUDIO 32 Surfside Rd. Opening exhibit July 7, 6-9 p.m. Available by appointment; please call 228-9843. More ...
SCRIMSHANDER GALLERY 19 Old South Wharf The gallery features the work of Michael Vienneau, as well as over a dozen of the nation's leading scrimshanders, as well as antique scrimshaw and cribbage boards from Alaska, as well as Sailors' Valentines, and ship models. The gallery is also where Vienneau produces most of his scrimshaw. More ... Gallery Guide GALLERY AT FOUR INDIA Upstairs at 4 India St. The Gallery at Four India is showing 19th and 20th century American paintings and works by contemporary artists, such as James Harrington, Peter Arguimbau, Pam Pindell and John Osborne, as well as a large collection of Sailors'Valentines by James Antini. More ...
PIERCE GALLERIES 5 South Water St. Established in 1968, Pierce Galleries, Inc. specializes in 19th-21st century American and European paintings, fine antiques and jewelry and art history. More ...
GALLERY BLUE 20 & 21 Old South Wharf Judith Brust's expressionistic, oil on monoprint pieces tap into the archetypal and mythic. More ...
BRIGHAM GALLERIES 54 Centre St. The Brigham Galleries is excited to present a preview into the "Realism, Impressionism, & Abstraction" show we will be having this summer! More ...
Cavalier Galleries 34 Main St. Cavalier Galleries is happy to represent Louis Guarnaccia's exhibit of maritime and landscape paintings. (See cover story.) More ...
Mielko Galleries 4 Old South Wharf Capturing the light and life of Nantucket for over 30 years, the Mielko Gallery exhibits the work of Tom Mielko, Rowenna Anderson and island artists Doug and Deb Sosebee. More ...
"The Story of Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes" is about a young Hiroshima girl who fell terminally ill after the Atom bombing and who tried to fold 1,000 origami cranes to earn the wish to save herself. Today, children from all over the world fold peace cranes and send them to Hiroshima in her ... More ... Theatre Workshop of Nantucket: "Lone Star Grace" Directed by Giovanna Sardelli, Theatre Workshop of Nantucket's season opener, "Lone Star Grace," stars Susan McGinnis as Barbie Ann, a lingerie saleswoman who begins the New Year - and a new life - in a diner off Texas Highway 59. More ...
Joni (pronounced "Johnny") Eareckson Tada has passionate fans and friends on this island - that much is evident to anyone who has seen the devoted way in which they have canvassed the island to spread word on Tada's visit to Nantucket, where she will speak on her experiences in spreading a Christ... More ... African-American cemetery honored On Saturday, Town Clerk Catherine Flanagan Stover and other town representatives, clergy, friends, and families will gather to unveil an informational marker at the cemetery behind Mill Hill Park. Abronze plaque mounted on a large boulder in the cemetery will replace a small wooden sign on Prospec... More ... Plum partners with The Atlantic PlumTV has announced a literary partnership with The Atlantic magazine. The two are teaming up to bring literary salons and other writerly events around 10 books, with some big names attached, to the island this summer. On July 14, the whole show will be dedicated to the series, called Bookmark.... More ...
This summer, Nantucket's Ralph Lauren store at 16 Main Street is selling a line of Compass Rose-themed clothing to honor the local landmark on the side of their store's location. All of the proceeds from these items go to the Nantucket Historical Association. More ... Midsummer Night's soiree in Madaket BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR There was a time on island, before DVDs and the internet, when the collective bohemian, creative spirit of the arts community would combust in the form of parties where people wore costumes that became social calling cards. This week, to raise money for the Nantucket Arts Council's Shakespeare by... More ...
NOW PLAYING ON NANTUCKET "Waitress" (Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and thematic elements; 107 min.) Directed by Adrienne Shelly, "Waitress" stars Kerri Russell as a small-town, pregnant waitress who combines otherwise ordinary ingredients of her life and creates a recipe for hope that is as sweet and unexpe... More ...
BOOKS Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street, 228-1080 "Goodnight Nantucket" by Adam Gamble and Anne Rosen "Goodnight Nantucket," by Adam Gamble and Anne Rosen ($10), is our newest offering for island babies and toddlers. More ...
Organizers at celebrity events have to do something with those pesky photographers. "Okay: You stand HERE (in a corral behind this velvet rope) and They will stand THERE. Ready? Shoot!" Such was the set-up Saturday night at Jetties Beach, where NBC Universal toasted screenwriter Robert Benton for ... More ... |
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