Life changes in a Flash
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
     Change has a way of making many of us cranky. When the line around the
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BALLAD OF TWO STAND-UPS
Jimmy Dunn fills in for Kevin Flynn, that bum
by Marli Guzzetta
     They say this island has two of everything - two grocery stores, two Main Street pharmacies, two ferry operators. At the end of this month,
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Island youth discover new talents in an old Nantucket art
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
     One of the loveliest things about traditional handicrafts - arts specific to
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What's black and white and red all over?
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
     In the professional wrestling cage match of public opinion,
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"You can have anything in life so long as you dress for it."
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
     Behind just about every great Hollywood starlet in the Golden Age of Hollywood was, at some point, another great woman - costume designer Edith Head, a lady whose short bangs, passion for dressing others and overall curt fabulousness was the basis for the character "Edna Mode" in Disney/Pixar's "The
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Lower than "Low"
Veteran country blues band Cracker could use a drink at The Chicken Box this week
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
     Alot of bands incur the description of having a "blues influence" - which is normally a nod to style only. But for its latest album "Greenland," Cracker has been influenced by the soul of blues.
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Classical pianist returns to the classics on Nantucket
by marli guzzetta  independent arts editor
     It may have seemed precarious on paper - classical pianist covers modern rock royalty - but Chris O'Riley poked something of a hole in the wall between classical and popular rock music with his interpretations of Radiohead in 2000 and 2003, earning himself a young crossover audience most classical m
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for the ARTS record
     Mehndi art arrives Henna tattoo expert Sondarya will hold a workshop for teens from 2-3:30 p.m. She will instruct participants, provide materials for practice and create henna tattoos for students. Mehndi is the Indian name for Henna. It is the art of applying henna paste on the skin and creating a
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Three generations at 19 Pine St.
BY PETER B. BRACE
     Restaurants on Nantucket come and go with the summer season.
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Identify This
Georgen Gilliam Charnes
     The Nantucket Historical Association houses the most complete visual record of Nantucket history in existence. However, many photographic images of people and places we cannot identify, so we are asking
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Kitchen tour opens its door for preservation
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
     More than any other room in a historic home, the kitchen is most likely to be touched by the hand of renovation - with technology that warrants updating or upgrading, and floors and walls that experience wear and tear from every person in the house.
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