High Color
by Laura Raskin Independent Arts Writer
     Cisco Brewers, which marks its tenth anniversary this year, was a hobby
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“Bringing something from home”
Jamaican Grammy winner Lady Saw plays The Muse
BY LAURA RASKIN INDEPENDENT ARTS WRITER
     When dancehall queen Lady Saw performs at the Muse on Sept. 20, the reggae superstar and Grammy winner’s appearance will signify the end of a summer of equally high caliber acts who have played on a tiny island in an even tinier club.
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Pulitzer poet makes approachable stop on isle
BY LAURA RASKIN INDEPENDENT ARTS WRITER
     In 1973’s “The Anxiety of Influence,” Harold Bloom argued that all poets have to rage against the paralyzing tide of their predecessors. Good poets model themselves after masters and then kill them allegorically, making their own “imaginative space” on the “verge of solipsism.”
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Cellist returns to perform solo recital this Sunday
BY LAURA RASKIN INDEPENDENT ARTS WRITER
     Suzanne Keller and her oldest son River Bennett remember when Bennett, 14, tried to teach his classically trained, diminutive cello teacher Jing Li how to play rock guitar.
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for the ARTS record
     Literacy expert speaks Sharon K. Darling, president and founder of the National Center for Family Literacy, speaks at the Nantucket Atheneum on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Great Hall. Admission is free.
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