Margaretta Nettles Award for Excellence
Anita Nettles Stefanski and the Nantucket Arts Council (NAC) hosted the 2009 Nantucket Arts Council Margaretta Nettles Award for Excellence reception on Thursday night, November 19th, at Cinco from 5 to 7pm.
The Margaretta Nettles Award was established in 2004 to honor the life long accomplishments and memory of weaver Margaretta Nettles, and to recognize and award artists who excel in the visual arts. Born in Sweden in 1933, Margaretta lived and worked on the island, and was married to the late island actor Jim Nettles for 34 years.
Nantucket textile artist Alison Herr was selected by the NAC and Anita as this year’s winner, who said “I have been in love with textiles and yarns all my life. When I was six years old, my grandmother taught me how to knit. I loved its soothing repetitiveness and was able to do it without thinking or looking at my work; that peculiar skill remains a common denominator in my weaving abilities. My fascination and love for intricacy and complication in a woven texture has led me to finer gauge threads and featherweight textiles. I am now designing my own structures and weaving yardage for table linens and drapery fabric. It is possible that the fabrics I am making today may be tomorrow’s antiques, and there is something very gratifying about that.”
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Nantucket Restaurants Open
Here’s a list of restaurants open for the coming week. Click anywhere on the list to download a printable pdf version, and for open take-out restaurants. Thanks to Nantucket Visitor Services, especially David Sharpe, for providing the most current restaurant list. Please report changes or errors to David Sharpe at Visitor Services at 228-0925. For last minute guest room availability, call Visitor Services at 228-0925.
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Boston Pops on Nantucket
The 13th Annual Boston Pops featured Tony and the Grammy Award winner Michael Cavanaugh, star of Billy Joel’s “Movin’ Out”, singing “River of Dreams”, “You May Be Right”, “Uptown Girl”, “Piano Man”, and more. Keith Lockhart led the orchestra with music from the Boston Pops’ latest release “The Red Sox Album”, including Fenway’s favorite “Sweet Caroline,” “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” with soprano Kristen Watson and tenor Matthew Anderson, and “Casey at the Bat” with narrator Jeremiah Kissel. Chris Matthews, of MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews, hosted the evening.
Photos by Gene Mahon, assisted by Regan Flynn. This is part 3 of the photos. More in upcoming issues, and also at the Photo Archive.
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Headlines 12.30.09
Headlines from local publications, and links to the full story. Sources: Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket Independent, PlumTV, Yesterday’s Island, Cape Cod Times, and other pertinent sources.
ISLAND LIFE
Top Stories of 2009 from the Independent (Nantucket Independent)
First winter storm wallops the island (Inquirer and Mirror)
Dreamland plans missing historical elements (Nantucket Independent)
PEOPLE
Louise Benoit (Nantucket Independent)
Vito Capizzo (Nantucket Independent)
Melinda Burns (Nantucket Independent)
Jennifer Chadwick (Nantucket Independent)
Connor Gifford (Nantucket Independent)
Jeff Mercer (Nantucket Independent)
Angela Paterson (Nantucket Independent)
Malachy Rice (Nantucket Independent)
Dorrit Hoffleit and Vladimir Strelnitski (Nantucket Independent)
Wendy Schmidt (Nantucket Independent)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Claire Murray moving to new island location (Nantucket Independent)
ENVIRONMENT
State approves National Grid, Cape Wind plan (Inquirer and Mirror)
110th Christmas Bird Count (Nantucket Independent)
Rules would stop ferries dumping sewage in Sound (Cape Cod Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Schools eliminating student-services post
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Nantucket Videos
The island band You Scream I Scream’s music video “Dog” has been viewed 68,155 times since it made its debut on YouTube on September 24.
Here’s a slide show of Roger Young riding his high wheelers. Roger owned and operated Young’s Bicycle Shop from the late 1950’s to the early 1980’s. Posted to YouTube by Harvey Young.
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Calendar of Events
Here’s a snapshot of day by day events of the Arts & Social Calendar this week and next. Click anywhere on the week to download a printable pdf version, or click here to get to the Calendar for more details on each event.
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Nantucket Community News
The Nantucket Suicide Prevention Coalition has been recognized as the best in Massachusetts, and will receive an award as such at the State House on February 8th. Those named in the award are Michael Kopko, John Buckey, Jenny Garneau and Peter Swensen. Peter credits the staff at Family and Children’s Services as equally due the award.
The 16th annual Festival of Trees closes on January 4, 2010. Open Saturday, Sunday and Monday, December 26-28, 1-4 P.M., and again on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, January 2-4, 2010, 1-4 P.M. The Whaling Museum will be closed from January 5 through February 12, and will reopen on Saturday, February 13, 2010, and remain open every Saturday and Sunday through April 18, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The museum will also be open on Presidents Day, Monday, February 15, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Museum Shop, 11 Broad Street, is closed for the season.
Temporary census jobs for the 2010 census are available, and applications are being taken now. Hours are flexible hours, and up to 40 hours a week are available with mileage reimbursement. Call 1-866-861-2010 to schedule testing. www.2010censusjobs.gov.
Win a custom-designed 10′ x 10′ raised-bed Victory Garden, designed by Hemingwayscapes and Coffin-Fairview Gardening in consultation with the homeowner, and installed by Mitch Blake Fine Carpentry and Hanlon Landscaping. Package includes fencing, soil, plants, a hand-crafted birdhouse by Matt Oates, and a coffee-table book on American gardens. Proceeds benefit Sustainable Nantucket. Tickets are $15 each or 3 for $35. The drawing takes place March 1. Tickets can be purchased at Sustainable Nantucket office at 14 Federal Street. Information: 508.228.3399 or info@sustainablenantucket.org.
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