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The Arts June 25, 2008
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Smart about being Stupid Providence band at The Box
BY MARGARET CARROLL-BERGMAN INDEPENDENT EDITOR
      Audrey Sterk is not ready to put down her paintbrush. Yet the island artist, muralist and wallpaper designer is moving ahead with a music career. Sterk is in the Providence, R.I. band I'm With Stupid, which will be opening for Spookie Daly Pride on June 24 and June 25 at The Chicken Box from 10 p...
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Robert Anglund to present new comedy on June 30
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      A talking corpse? Hardly a scary story, it is the comedic theme of stage veteran Robert Anglund's latest work that he will read with others at a Theatre Workshop of Nantucket performance on Monday, June 30 at 6 p.m. at the Methodist Church.
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Shakespeare in the Garden to benefit Arts Council festival
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      In a special reunion tomorrow evening, five island actors will come together to portray the characters of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" that they played 31 years ago in a Theatre Workshop production.
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Article
BY MARGARET CARROLL-BERGMAN INDEPENDENT EDITOR
      Although Michael McGuire graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art, it was many years and a couple of careers before he settled in and started painting full time. "I worked as a builder, that's how I paid the bills," said McGuire, 58, who recently opened his gallery above European Tradition...
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     Actor William H. Macy is "cousin Macy" to many island natives. On island for the 13th Annual Nantucket Film Festival this past weekend, Macy was happy to report that he is a direct descendant of Thomas Macy, one of the original nine purchasers of the island in 1659. "We had one of those vanity genea...
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For the Arts record
      New gallery opening on Old South Wharf On Friday, June 27, the Harbor Gallery at 22 Old South Wharf will host its opening reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Formerly Barbara Capizzo's gallery, the new venture belongs to mother and daughter artists Helen Sharpe Potter and Kathleen Kelliher, who bo...
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Wonderful windows
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      There seems to be something perfect about the vision of sheer, white curtains blowing gracefully in the island's summer breeze. When the warm winds turn frigid, a home's look and feel can be made cozy and snug by changing curtain fabrics to deep, rich colors and heavier, more insulating materials.
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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 or just want to see if people can identify. Many more images are available for viewing ...
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