ARTiculate
MARK WILSON & BEN SIMONS
WITH MARLI GUZZETTA
      Two young men at the Nantucket Historical Association will have a little something extra to toast as the clock reaches its two-armed pinnacle on New Year’s Eve. Beginning Jan. 1, Mark Wilson and Ben Simons (finally) assume their positions as the Manager of Historic Resources and the Robyn and John ...
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Shadows of History UNDER THE EAVES
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
      With paper cutouts dangling from wires and illuminated by projectors, Christie Cure’s home at 8 Orange St. looked like a shaken snow globe filled with historical Nantucket images three weeks ago, when artist Marguerite White’s “Pelagic Magic” installation stalked the walls with shadowy historical p...
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Identify This
Georgen Gilliam Charnes
      The Nantucket Historical Association houses the most complete visual record of Nantucket history in existence. The image here is from our collections, and may be one we cannot identify, wish for more information about or just want to see if people can identify. Many more images are available for vi...
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MY PICKS
Marli Guzzetta
      People listen to music on this island, and they play a lot of music, and I respect Nantucket immensely for this. In my life before this job, I did quite a bit of music reviewing, and though I try not to foist my indie music tastes on anyone here,
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for the ARTS record
      TWN narrows down the search for a Producing Director When Jane Karakula announced in October that she would be limiting her annual commitment to the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket to that of Summer Artistic Director, the TWN created a full-time, year-round Producing Director position. The deadline f...
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Media you can Trust
The merchants make the picks
      BOOKS Mitchell’s Book Corner 54 Main Street 228-1080 “Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class” by David Kidder and Noah Oppenheim Learn something new every day of 2007 with “Intellectual Devotional” ($22.50), pack...
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WE LIKE IT WE LOVE IT
We make the pick
      I’m not the biggest John Mayer fan, but I will admit that the softrocker pulled off one of the funniest acts of internet punditry this year when he went to MyHeritage.com to test the site’s facialscanning “Find the Celebrity in You” feature — which has been a favorite of the Internet technoscenti t...
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Nantucket New Year’s Eve Guide
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
      29 Fair 29 Fair Street, 228-7800 The darling Fair Street establishment is offering a la carte dinners from 6 – 9 p.m., when its tables will be dressed for a six-course a la carte feast.
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