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In Memoriam
Bob Echele passed away this past week in Palm Beach of a brain tumor. Bob was married to Bob Gease by Rev. Jenifer Brooks at the Unitarian Church last fall, and together they underwrote the Alvin Ailey performance at the High School. No memorial service is planned on Nantucket.
A bit more information about Joel Anapol: Joel died at the age of 75 in Palm Beach. He is survived by his wife Irma Anapol, and his children Hillary Anapol, Susan, and Jonathan Anapol. There will be services on Nantucket in June.
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Cinco
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Cinco
Serving Dinner from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Bar Open from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday New Chef; New Menu Items |
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This Week on Nantucket 4/20/07
Friday (20th)
DJ Devlin & Miguelon at the Rose & Crown
Vibewise at the Chicken Box
Saturday (21st)
Jubilee Singers, 8:00 pm, Nantucket High School Auditorium
DJ Bri Guy Video DJ Dance Party, Rose & Crown
Vibewise at the Chicken Box
Sunday (22nd)
Earth Day, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Unitarian Church, 11 Orange Street. More details follow.
Wednesday (25th)
The premier of two short films directed and produced by well known island residents Greg Bourbeau and Finn Murphy, with help from Dan Driscoll, Caitlin McDonough-Thayer, Ciaran Byrne, Jeff Ross, and many others. 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Open bar, heavy appetizers, film screenings, and discussion, presented by Surfside Films, Sustainable Nantucket, and the Starlight Theatre. Starlight Theatre.
Thursday (26th)
Mahon About Town Party at the Rose & Crown - details elsewhere in this newsletter
Short Play Festival, 7:30 pm, Methodist Church (also Friday and Saturday)
Complete details on all events.
Earth Day Nantucket will include:
- Children’s Activities: face painting, grocery bag decoration, crafts and play area.
Marine Home Center: the sales of florescent light bulbswill be donated toward the planting of trees. - EnergyIndependenceToday.com: solar energy solutions
- Nantucket Land Council: working model of an aquifer
- NFAM: their new Farmers Market supporting local farmers and artisans
- Architects: green building techniques and LEED certification information
- Cleaning companies: natural and organic ways to clean and de-toxify your home
Gray Lady Apothecary: all natural herbal products - MonaVie: samples of natural super-food drink harvested from the Amazon
- Clean Power Now: renewable wind energy
- Coffin Landscaping & Fairview Gardening: natural and organic methods of gardening
- Cowboy’s Meat Market: donating snacks with proceeds going toward tree planting
- Stop & Shop: donating shopping bags for children to decorate, and fluorescent light bulbs with proceeds going toward tree planting
- Video presentations: “An Inconvenient Truth,” with an introduction and follow up by Keith A. Bergman, one of the first fifty in the nation trained to give the slide show on global warming featured in that film.
- Bartlett’s Farm: earth friendly products and techniques
- Rob Anderson Construction: reddi form insulated concrete foundations and building system, Seido evacuated tube solar hot water collectors
- Nantucket Board of Selectmen will be signing the Earth Day Nantucket Resolution at the event
For information: 508.228.3034, Bruce Marshall-Jones, or email info@EnergyIndependenceToday.com
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American Seasons
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American Seasons
80 Centre Street 508 228 7111 Open for the Season Tapas and Drinks Are Now Available |
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Coming Up on Nantucket
The 2007 David O. Nauss Boston College Memorial Scholarship Beach Volleyball Tournament & Picnic is scheduled for Friday, July 6, at Nobadeer Beach from 11am - 3pm, benefiting The Nantucket Boys and Girls Club Special Needs Programs, in Memory of Scott Harman. Later that day, the 10th Annual David O. Nauss Memorial Scholarship Benefit Fundraising Dinner & Fashion Show, with an auction, Cheryl Fudge Fashion Show, open bar sponsored by Cisco Brewers, 888 Distillery, and Nantucket Vineyards, lobster bake dinner with music and dj dancing, moves to the Jetties Beach Pavilion from 6 to 11. Sponsorships & ticket information here, or by calling Spencer Nauss @ 617-367-9647 / email: stnpfs@msn.com.
The dramatic 44-minute film, “Autism Every Day“, co-produced by Milestone Video, will be shown at the Nantucket Film Festival (June 13-17), time and date to be announced, after its world premiere in January at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Recognized for its signature unscripted, documentary-style approach, Milestone Video has captured the emotion and passion of its subjects in this film. A brief version of the film, which began as a fundraising video for Autism Speaks, can be viewed at the Milestone Video web site. The film has drawn praise from the autism community for its accurate portrayal of a day in the life for children with autism and their families.
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Books: The Prince of Nantucket
The Prince of Nantucket, a new novel with Nantucket as its backdrop will be released on Tuesday. I thought I’d pass along this note I received from the author.
Hi Gene, Great to hear from you.
I visited the island on five occasions as I was writing THE PRINCE OF NANTUCKET and have been coming there every summer for the past decade with my wife Bonnie and, since her birth, our six year-old little girl, Shira. Though I grew up in Vermont, I really discovered Nantucket for myself after going through a divorce and coming on island for a visit where it became a place of healing for me. When I met Bonnie I couldn’t wait to show her this beautiful setting and we have felt bound to it ever since. We love July 4th on island and I included a scene from Main Street festivities in my novel. During my research, Bonnie and I went on bike rides to find just the spot and the house in Sconset that would serve as the Mathison summer home where one of the main characters, renowned artist Kate Longley Mathison, has composed many of her paintings.
I find the rugged beauty and the people on island to represent the individuality and authenticity that is the best of America. The drama and romance and humor in THE PRINCE OF NANTUCKET is drawn from the island and one of the key characters who confronts our protagonist and serves as his potential love relationship, is a Swain, born on island and a photographer who is crucial to the novel’s emotional journey. The scene where they meet in downtown Nantucket is a celebration of how I see the real pwer and allure of Nantucket women. An important scene between Teddy Mathison, who returns to his summer home to deal with his mother’s Alzheimer’s and confront a family secret, has a key scene with his troubled daughter, Zoe, at the Even Keel cafe. I have been biking the island for some fifteen years and adore the Madaket to Sconset route, the bookstores (Mimi’s and Wendy’s) the Atheneum, cottages at the Summerhouse when we can swing it, and the glorious water fight at noon on July 4!
Thanks for the interest. Please click on http://jangoldstein.com/ecard for a media trailer, if you haven’t yet. If I can answer anything else, let me know.
Cheers, Jan
Plot summary:
Teddy is a successful Los Angeles lawyer whose charm and formidable political skills have made him the leading candidate in the race to become the new U.S. senator from California. But behind the golden public persona lie some darker truths: his teenage daughter, Zoe, has barely spoken to him since his divorce from her mother and he has long been bitterly estranged from his own mother, a world-renowned painter. So when his sister asks Teddy to come back to Nantucket to spend some time with their ailing mother before Alzheimer’s steals her mind entirely, Teddy balks. But his campaign manager sees the perfect opportunity for a mother-son photo op that will jack up his weak family values poll numbers, and Teddy reluctantly agrees to the trip.
Once on Nantucket, Teddy is forced to confront feelings he’d long repressed. As he struggles with his mother’s illness and his daughter’s disdain, he learns some stunning truths - about the father he once idolized and the shocking extent of his daughter’s pain. And when he meets a woman who challenges everything he thought he understood about relationships, he unexpectedly finds the life he never knew he wanted.
Jan Goldstein is an award-winning novelist, poet, playwright, and screenwriter whose first novel, All That Matters, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. He is a well-known human rights activist and the father of five.
On Sale April 24, 2007
Published by Shaye Areheart Books
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Jan will speak at the Atheneum on Monday, July 2, and will sign books at Mitchell’s and Bookworks around the same time.
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The Cellar
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OPEN HOUSE at THE CELLAR SATURDAY, APRIL 21 Noon to 6:00 Celebrating the Start of Our Third Season! Complimentary Wine and Cheese Tasting http://www.thecellarnantucket.com |
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