Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Artists' Association names new executive director BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR       The Artists' Association of Nantucket announced last week that it has hired Bruce Buxton, recent Interim Director of the Klingenstein Center at Columbia University, to be its new Executive Director, beginning October 1. More ... For 20 years, artist Kerry Hallam has been keeping tabs on Your friends & neighbors BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR       Kerry Hallam's sketchbooks are the stuff of local celebrity - documenting the faces and ocassional artifacts that have constituted this island's history for the last three decades. More ... "C'mon kids, let's put on a show!" The final two Children's Theatre of Nantucket performances of the season are tonight and tomorrow night BY GRANT SANDERS INDEPENDENT COLUMNIST       Two summers ago, the Children's Theatre of Nantucket put on a performance of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," which was great fun - full of cool sight gags and funny one-liners, and one lucky person after each performance won a great big bag full of tooth dec- I mean, candy. More ... AAN Juried Exhibition Results       To be recognized by the Artists' Association of Nantucket is to be recognized by the organization best representing the tradition of visual arts on Nantucket. Last week, AAN held its annual Juried Exhibition (Ex. 7), which produced nine prize-winning works. More ... "Row Hard, No Excuses" screening BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR       They compromised everything in their lives to row 3,000 miles in a rowboat across the Atlantic - a challenge that has seen fewer victors than scaling Mount Everest. Tom Mailhot and John Zeigler spent years preparing for the journey, which lasted 58 days in 2001 - the duration of the Atlantic Row... More ... Mind your Jerry Lee       Rock icon Jerry Lee Lewis shakes, rattles and rumbles his way into town this week to perform at the Nantucket Boys and Girls Club's Summer Groove on Saturday, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. (Call 228-0158 for more info. More ... 'The Untold Story of The Mayflower' & 'So Others May Live' at Coffin School       Nominated for two Primetime Emmy's, "Desperate Crossing" was the History Channel's mostwatched program of 2006. More ... Pops on Nantucket 2007 Photos by Michael Galvin      From top to bottom: Guest performer Natalie Cole did not disappoint; Pops conductor and audience favorite Keith Lockhardt returned; Members of Synergy Brass Quartet opened the second act with energized flair. More ... Why do your kids love these people? Get to know the members of TWN's summer resident company in the first of this two-part series of profiles. BY MARLI GUZZETTA INDEPENDENT ARTS EDITOR       They're young, they're multi-talented, and they're all over the place - performing "Mby Dick! The Musical" and "Jack and the Beanstalk" at Bennett Hall, conducting theater camp at the Boys and Girls Club, even serenading your ferry upon its arrival at the steamship wharf. More ... REEL TO REEL NOW PLAYING ON NANTUCKET       "Hairspray" (Rated PG for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking.) Astellar cast re-makes that which never needed to be re-made: John Waters' quirky "Hairspray" - the story of a chubby girl who uses a public access dance show in the early '60s as a platform for civil righ... More ... Media you can Trust books cds movies       Books Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street, 228-1080 "The Last Boat" by Michael Hite By local author Michael Hite, this novel will please fans of "Ahab's Wife." It's the story of one woman's extraordinary 100-year life, spanning the 20th century. More ... for the ARTS record       Shakespeare by the Sea Festival Returning for its second year at the festival, Shakespeare on the Cape performs "Much Ado About Nothing" - in which a miserable man's plot to thwart the happiness of two couples leads to a chain-reaction of tragic-comic miscommunications. More ... Wildflowers show "Love of the Land"       For the second year, the Nantucket Land Council's "Love of the Land" show translates artists' everyday appreciation of this island's indigenous flora into images of beauty and artistic experimentation. 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 w... More ...