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Unlike Elizabeth Bishop's art of losing, the art of preservation is actually quite hard to master, especially on Nantucket. In fact, to some there is a war on Nantucket between the present and the past. Its battlefields are homesteads and its weapons are easements and bulldozers. More ... ARTISTS' ASSOCIATION OF NANTUCKET GALLERY 19 Washington St. "GROUP EFFORT," MARKER ON PAPER AAN's "Junior Artist Exhibit" celebrates the art work of local students. More ... Cisco Brewers' Chili-Off will pit the professionals against the amateurs at Cambridge Street on Monday in an attempt to get people "fired up" about the season, said Jay Harman, co-owner of Cisco Brewers. The chili competition marks the opening of Cambridge Street's "Cisco" back bar, near the pool table. More ... Better Sleep Month Egg Month Older Americans Month Candy Month Dairy Month Cinco De Mayo, May 5 Teacher Appreciation Week, May 7 - 14 Wildflower week, May 7 National School Nurse Day, May 9 National Hospital Week, May 10 Mother's Day, May 13 Peace Officers Memorial Day, May 15 More ... 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 viewing and identification at www.nha.org. More ... Comedy is a funny thing. The ways in which it operates have been catalogued and dissected by scads of humorless literary professors, whose work I will now emulate by trying to explain how the three winning short plays in the Nantucket Short Play Festival are funny in different ways. More ... The American Humane Association's Be Kind to Animals Week takes place May 6 - 12. While we probably should consider every week 'be kind to animals' week, it's nice to take time out to acknowledge those little creatures that make our lives complete - little creatures besides our children! More ... 2007 Daffodil Festival Winners SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA MASS ARRANGEMENT First Place: Beverly Barlow Second Place: Kathy Richen Third Place: Bee Gonnella VICTORY AT SEA - MEN'S ARRANGEMENT First Place: Greg Hill SHE SELLS SEASHELLS BY THE More ... BOOKS Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street, 228-1080 "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" by Mohsin Hamid This slim novel is a riveting, unsettling story of a young Pakistani man in America who has a hard time reconciling his love for his homeland with his intoxication with America. A powerful love and sinister forces are balanced in this subtle and elegant analysis of our world today. More ... "Are We Done Yet?" (Rated PG for some innuendos and brief language.) It never ceases to amaze that one of the members of old rap group NWA is now making slapsticky family comedies. In "Are We Done Yet?" Ice Cube stars as a father who moves his family out to the country in the hopes of a better life. Only the great outdoors and botched construction stand in the way of their tranquility. More ... |
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