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The Arts September 3, 2008
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Miki Lovett opens her studio during Nantucket Arts Festival
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Miki Lovett is one of a few weavers and artists who will host open studio hours to show their work and present demonstrations during this week's 16th annual Nantucket Arts Festival. Lovett, who became a permanent island resident in 2001, does unique work unlike what other weavers perform and has a...
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Nantucket Arts Festival "Farm and Fields" exhibit
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      A nyone who has driven or biked past the rolling acres at Bartlett's Farm knows how colorful, peaceful and refreshing it is to look upon row after row of swaying corn, brilliant scarlet globes of ripening tomatoes and a rainbow of shades filling the flower fields.
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Media you can Trust
      "Uh-oh!" BY RACHEL ISADORA A new book for toddlers by an award-winning author and illustrator who has delighted child audiences for decades, "Uh-oh!" features brightly colored pastel illustrations and follows a toddler though the day.
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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 vi...
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Breathing life into old houses
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Behind the Oldest House is a kitchen garden packed with ripening vegetables and herbs. The garden with its boxed beds filled with lettuce, cucumbers, radishes, thyme, rosemary,
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Welcome home
Your driveway is the introduction to your house
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      The first introduction to your property is your driveway. Some people prefer the rustic, rural look of untouched dirt. Many, however, favor the neat appearance that is created with crushed shells, gravel, blocks, bricks or marble and stone chips.
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The Northern Wheatear - a long distance traveler
BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      This bird is a recent "life" bird for me. Most birders keep "life" lists. These are lists of birds we've seen during our lives. We also keep year lists, state lists, Nantucket Island lists, and even yard lists - some more formal than others. When you've been birding fifty years or more, maintaini...
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