Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Moby Dick! the Musical       It is possible to say that Herman Melville, whether he meant it or not (probably not), was foreshadowing Nantucket's transition to a tourist economy when, in "Moby-Dick," he extolled: "Take out your map and look at it!" If you do as Melville suggested, you can observe, on Centre Street, the First... More ... Albaugh's frontiers of isolation at Spouter BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR       When Old Spouter artist Joan Albaugh first began painting, her eyes and hands focused on the houses printed neatly along the horizon like a complete sentence, with the atmosphere around them equating to the page on which the words were written. More ... A secret island history - chiseled in pine At Nantucket Carving, master carver Paul McCarthy and graphic designer Jean Petty carry on a beloved island tradition BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR       If you were to catalogue all the signs and quarterboards on Nantucket, it would form a history of the island never before committed to writing. Master carver Paul McCarthy's chisel knows most of it, having translated the dreams and desires of so many Nantucket residents into names that adorn their... More ... Scenes from Circus Flora 2007 Tom Nevers Field • July 27 ~ 29 PHOTOS BY ROB BENCHLEY • THE INDEPENDENT Read the Story... The bold and the classical The world-class artists of the Florence Academy return to Brigham Galleries BY MARLI GUZZETA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDTIOR       Art of a classical style is still evocative, sexy and even scandalous - that's what Brigham Galleries owner Sarah Boyce discovered last year when she hosted an exhibit by the acclaimed Florence Academy of Art and hung in her street window a beautiful and haunting nude by the school's founder, Dan... More ... for the ARTS record       Geschke Lecture Series: David Gergen, Harvard University and U.S. News & World Report The 2007 Geschke Lecture Series theme is "Leading in the Global Age." This series features speakers from a variety of fields who strive to answer the question 'In this global age, is the United States leading or... More ... REEL TO REEL NOW PLAYING ON NANTUCKET       "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (Rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images; 138 min.) Harry begins his fifth year at Hogwarts as a bit of an outcast, as the warnings he and Dumbledore sound about the return of Voldemort are dismissed as lunacy and chicaner... More ... Salon for the spirit Friends and close clients of Art Cabinet owner Doerte Neudert invited to share in the European tradition of art, ideas & fun BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR       Doerte Neudert, as you may suspect, is from Europe - not just the soils of Europe, but also the ideals and traditions that survived a half-century of war - that pushed up through the rubble like a field fo flowers cultivated by thinkers and More ... GALLERY GUIDE       ARTSTS' ASSOCIATION OF NANTUCKET 19 Washington St. The AAN Gallery is a cooperative representing over 150 year-round and seasonal Nantucket artists, from emerging talent to seasoned veterans with an established following. Open daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., with fresh exhibitions hanging every two wee... More ... Media you can Trust books cds movies       Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street, 228-1080 "Young Man & the Sea: Recipes & Crispy Fish Tales from Esca" by David Pasternack & Ed Levine When I'm starting with something as good as Nantucket Bay scallops (which are as good as it gets), I feel it's my job as a cook to stay out of the wa... More ...