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The Arts May 23, 2007
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The way we were
The NHA's 'Art Colony' exhibit remembers when island artists were on Easy Street
BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR
      Nantucket's summer residents need only walk two or three city blocks - popping their heads into Nantucket's galleries - to view (reasonably expensive) works by 19th and 20th century American artists. A stroll along Old South Wharf can yield the purchase of a painting from a gallery in a charming...
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Egan celebrates 'gutsy gals'
BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR
      Hale, hearty and pioneering, memorable Nantucket women combined a stoic, Quaker assuredness with an island-like sense of autonomy in the 19th century - a character that continues with Nantucket women today.
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GALLERY GUIDE
      For hours of operation, contact the galleries ARTISTS' ASSOCIATION OF NANTUCKET GALLERY 19 Washington St. In 1930, the Artists' Association of Nantucket was 15 years away from existing. Artist Maud Stumm, sensing a lost opportunity for fraternization and commerce, encouraged over 50 artists to...
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Atheneum announces summer speakers
Jack Welch, David Gergen and Calvin Trillin included
BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR
      "In this global age, is the United States leading or following?" That is the question posed to this year's slate of speakers in the Geschke Lecture Series, hosted by the Nantucket Atheneum.
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Figawi and me
Lucretia Voigt shares ideas for involving your little sailors this weekend
BY LUCRETIA VOIGT INDEPENDENT CONTRIBUTOR
      Figawi is upon us, and for those of you who don't have a dictionary handy, the word "figawi" comes from the Vikings, and means drunken debauchery. The Figawi Race Weekend is never billed as a "family affair." However, most kids like boats, so there are ways to turn it into one.
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Nantucket Film Festival releases full list of films
BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR
      While last year's Nantucket Film Festival spotlighted documentary films, the 30 features and 20 shorts at this year's festival are there to emphasize the Mark Twain-ian ability to spin a good yarn.
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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 v...
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REEL TO REEL
NOW PLAYING ON NANTUCKET
      "The Invisible" (Rated PG-13 for violence, criminality, sensuality and language - all involving teens.) In the spirit of "Ghost," "The Invisible" is the story of a teenager who gets a few moments before he walks into the light to right his murder and get the girl. A Buffy-esque remake of the S...
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WE LIKE IT WE LOVE IT
We make the pick
      "Pokémon Diamond and Pearl" RATED E FOR EVERYONE FOR NINTENDO DS ................... Even though the subject matter has "just for kids" written all over it, Pokémon's formula of collecting,
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for the ARTS record
      Preview Party: Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum The big draw this year is the miniature collection - a total of 168 miniature baskets, all by different artists. On loan from summer resident Nancy Tower Scott, it's known to be the largest miniature collection in existence.
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Ten of my Favorite Things: Susan McGinnis
BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR
      You can't keep a good woman down. You also can't keep her still, at least not if that woman is the assertive and saucy Susan McGinnis, who finds herself surrounded by actors this summer, her fourth on Nantucket since moving here from the other island.
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Media you can Trust
      BOOKS Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street, 228-1080 "Gourmet Shops of New York" by Susan Meisel and Natalie Sann Rizzoli Curling up with 'Gourmet Shops of New York' is just like taking a walking tour of New York City and the five boroughs without ever leaving your sofa.
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