Good things come in small packages
Nantucket Theatrical Production's Short Play Festival
BY LUCRETIA VOIGT CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      In the early 1990s, Jim Patrick struck creative gold with an idea that had been germinating in his mind for some time. "I was just becoming a playwright at this time and I had gone to a lot of Theatre Workshop productions. There was one that I went to that was five short plays by Tennessee Willi...
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Everybody Has a Story
BY LUCRETIA VOIGT CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      The award winning novelist Ursula K. LeGuin said it best: "There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories." From the "Epic of Gilgamesh" through the genius of William Shakespeare and onto the folkstories of Mark Twain, stori...
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Life Through a Child's Eyes
Paper Clips to Change the World
BY LUCRETIA VOIGT CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      The Nantucket Atheneum concludes its three-part documentary series this week with a film focusing on a group of middle school children who use the Holocaust to learn about tolerance and cultural diversity,
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Media you can Trust
      books Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street, 228-1080 "Penguin Great Journeys" Series by various authors Always on the lookout for stocking stuffers? Impress the recipients with one or more of the ten neat little paperback volumes in Penguin's recently launched "Penguin Great Journeys.
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reel to reel
Now playing on Nantucket
      "The Kingdom" ( Rated R for intense sequences of graphic brutal violence, and for language; 110 min.) Directed by Peter Berg, "The Kingdom" is packed with a starstudded cast, including Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper and Jennifer Garner, and a plot torn from today's headlines.
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for the ARTS record
      "DISAPPEARANCES" AT ATHENEUM Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven will present his new independent feature film, "Disappearances," in a special screening at 7 p.m., this Friday, Oct. 26 at the Nantucket Atheneum. Writer/director Craven will introduce the film and lead post-screening discussion.
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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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HALLOWEEN FRIGHTS
      Halloween is an interesting holiday. We dress our children up as scary monsters, then tell them to walk around and ask for candy from even scarier individuals. This after we usually have lectured them about never talking to strangers. Do we wonder why children find adults so confusing?
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