Celebrate The Arts on Nantucket
Ten-day Nantucket Arts Festival opens new venues for artists
BY PANOS KAKAVIATOS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      The 15th Annual Nantucket Arts Festival organized by the Nantucket Arts Council opens September 28 with over 50 shows dedicated to Nantucket's thriving arts community.
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Colored landscapes and dancing lights
Bartlett's Farm holds first-ever art exhibit for the Arts Festival
BY PANOS KAKAVIATOS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      Bewildered by the sun's rays in Bartlett's Farm's new produce store, Nantucket artist Loretta Yoder saw infinite artistic possibilities for her work to be included in a first-ever art exhibit down on the farm for the Nantucket Arts Festival.
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Village People hit the stage Sunday
      Disco icons the Village People will perform at the Friendship Gala & Live Auction, this Sunday, Sept. 30, on the lawn at the White Elephant Hotel. Open bar cocktails and a small silent auction will kick off the celebration at 5 p.m., followed by a five-star dinner by Executive Chef Neil Hudson.
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Peace In the midst of power
BY LUCRETIA VOIGT CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      Joseph Gerson wants to free the American people from the bonds of rhetoric in Plato's allegorical cave of American political history. In his new book, "Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S.
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Gallery Opening
      There will be a gallery opening for artists Stephen Pitliuk and Lois Wertheimer this Saturday, Sept. 29, 5-8 p.m. at GalleryBlue, 20 & 21 Old South Wharf. Werthheimer has been an active sculpter for more than 20 years. She works in alabaster, wood, limestone and marble. Her indoor and outdoor sc...
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Media you can Trust
      BOOKS Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street, 228-1080 "Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations" by Simon Rich Irreverent, intelligent and hilarious, "Ant Farm" is a rollicking ride through the brain of Simon Rich,
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reel to reel
Now playing on Nantucket
      "In the Shadow of the Moon" (Rated PG for mild language, brief violent images, incidental smoking; 96 min.) Adocumentary that revolves around the only men who have walked on another world, "In the Shadow of the Moon" brings together for the first time the surviving crew members of every Ap...
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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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for the ARTS record
      DAVID HALBERSTAM TRIBUTE OCT. 14 Atribute to David Halberstam will be held at the Great Hall of the Nantucket Atheneum on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. Please note the date change from Sept. 30 to Oct. 13. On Sept. 25 Halberstam's last book, "The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War," was p...
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Just For Kids
HARVEST MOON HIGHLIGHTS
by Lucretia Voigt
      Kids like any reason to stay up late. When I was young, we were allowed to stay up late to watch the annual airing of "The Wizard of Oz". Unfortunately for the kids of today, DVDs were invented and now we can watch any show at any time. And you thought technology was all good!
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Pet Tracks
THE DATING GAME
Jan Jaeger
      My friend calls it "the curse of the eternally single." She is referring to the dating dance, the perpetual quest for Mr./Ms. Right. This very outgoing, attractive and active 50-something woman meets a lot of people, but she is still waiting for that special someone with whom to live happily ever ...
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