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Island artist G. S. "Greg" Hill is drawn to the American flag. Whenever he is outside painting or sketching, if an American flag is flying, it captures his attention and interest. "You expect to see flags on Memorial Day and July 4th, yet, on Nantucket, you see them flying all summer long," said Hill. "On Memorial Day on Old North Wharf, there were 15 flags flying. More ... What child would not love to hear their favorite fairy tales read to them by a beautiful princess? That fantasy comes true in "Storytime with a Princess" staged by the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket and presented for kids two to 11 years of age. More ... Loni Burchett has written her fifth children's book called "Bear and Katie in A Crazy Day at the Beach," subtitled "Trouble in Nantucket." The story features dogs who anger people enough to cause them to be picked up by an animal officer and put behind bars. More ... There is nothing quite as magical and boundless as a child's imagination. When "Seussical the Musical" opens at Bennett Hall on July 8, a small boy named Jo-Jo finds a funny hat and tries to conjure up an image of what animal would wear such a thing. More ... Summer resident Stephanie Speakman is a patron of the arts, and last year she attended every Theatre Workshop performance she could. Wanting to support the local drama company, Speakman approached TWN's Producing Director Jordana Fleischut with an idea for a fundraiser - a cabaret performance she offered to host at her own home. More ... Robert Frazier to exhibit at Old Spouter on July 5 Robert Frazier, director of the Artists' Association of Nantucket and a painter, will open a new exhibit at the Old Spouter Gallery on Orange Street on July 5 that features a number of impressionistic works focusing on a shifting perspective on Nantucket landscape painting. More ... Robert Barsanti washed ashore on Nantucket in 1987, coming from Ipswich after college graduation to join the faculty at Nantucket High School as an English teacher. Though he left the island after resigning from NHS in 2004 to attend to family obligations and now teaches high school English in Pittsfield, Mass. More ... 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 viewing, and identification, at www.nha. More ... "The Garden of Last Days" by Andre Dubus III Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street, 228-1080 From the acclaimed author of "House of Sand and Fog" comes another story from the darker side of humanity. Dubus sets his story on the West Coast of Florida, in the week preceding the World Trade Center bombing. More ... Last year, Hilderbrand, 38, published "Barefoot," a story about women, relationships and love, which came out recently in paperback. This week and last "Barefoot" was numbers five and seven, respectively, on the New York Times Bestseller list. More ... |
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