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PDF of print edition The youngest daffodil judge by Marli Guzzetta Independent Arts Editor       Last year, when the Nantucket Garden Club brought in the American Daffodil Society to conduct its first ever judging class on island - the first in a series of three requisite classes - 15-year-old, Nantucket High School sophomore Lizzy Skokan was the youngest student in the room by several decad... More ... GALLERY GUIDE Read the Story... TWN casts resident company An open casting on island will decide the two remaining places and also members of the TWN's first summer conservatory by Marli Guzzetta + Independent Arts Editor       Producing director Jordana Fleischut has a lot planned for the summer season of the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, so try to keep up. More ... Maria Mitchell biography makes history BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR       At this very moment, at a desk in New Mexico, Margaret Moore Booker is gleaning every possible subject, every pertinent noun and name, from the life of Maria Mitchell for an index to the biography she has written on Nantucket's lady astronomer. More ... Going Daffy with the kids BY LUCRETIA VOIGT INDEPENDENT CONTRIBUTOR       Kids love a parade - and the Daffodil Kids Parade is no exception. While it's easy to buy some fresh or silk daffodils and let the kids decorate their rides, punch up the fun this year by helping them create their own daffodils. More ... for the ARTS record       Short Play Festival When Nantucket Theatrical Productions formed in 1992 to run the Nantucket Short Play Festival, the organization staged its first shows on the green outside of the Atheneum. "We began by having the shows on drop cloths on the grass, with painter's lights in the trees," remembered... More ... Media you can Trust books cds movies       BOOKS Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street, 228-1080 "Crazy '08" by Cait Murphy "Crazy '08" ($25) has an appealing subtitle: "How a cast of cranks, rogues, boneheads and magnates created the greatest year in baseball history." But "Crazy '08" is not just the exciting story of a great season. More ... WE LIKE IT WE LOVE IT We make the pick       GAMING GOD OF WAR II RATED MATURE FOR AGES 17 AND OLDER for blood and strong animated violence; for Playstation 2 God of War II is an action/platforming title that gives you a chance to fight some of the greatest heroes of Greek mythology in a quest to regain the powers of a god and avenge yours... More ...       If you've made a purchase at Bookworks lately, you my have noticed a little joke down at the bottom of your receipt, something to the effect of: How many mystery writers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" The joke is the work of one John Luttman (above) flaneur and joke teller extraordinai... More ... community events NANTUCKET calendar Read the Story... Ten of my favorite things Anne Sutherland Winner of our "Summer Arts Guide" cover competition       With a fun personality and red complexion, Anne (Butler) Sutherland's harbor scene (shown above) is a real chip off the old block. "I was commissioned by a Texas company, TruCo, to paint something that was going to be on the bag of a new tortilla chip," Sutherland remembered. More ... Ten of my favorite things Judith Brust Artist and owner of the new Gallery Blue       This week, artist Judith Brust opens the doors to her Gallery Blue for the first time in the former location of Mary Beth Splaine's "Old South Gallery," with its perennial favorite wine and cheese receptions. Brust retired to Nantucket last February with her husband, Robert. More ... REEL TO REEL NOW PLAYING ON NANTUCKET       "Firehouse Dog" (Rated PG for sequences of action peril, some mild crude humor and language.) An overachieving, multi-talented, Hollywood dog-actor named Rexxx gets lost and is adopted by a firehouse with a problem keeping it together. Rexxx helps them step it up and also brings together a fath... More ...