Archive for July 6th, 2009
Nantucket Film Fest Opening Night Party
The Nantucket Film Festival Opening Night Party took place at the Chanticleer immediatelyafter the opening film at the Casino, “Cold Souls”. Some of the people we saw there: Katherine Kay, Nancy Thayer, Mike and Charlotte Jehle, Jack & Anne Curlett, Hazel Fleming, Bill Frederick, Susan & Larry Levine, Susan & Howard Bloom, Jeniffer Blum, Anne Chaison, Jonathon Burkhart, Michael Kopko, Jesse & Billy Voss, Marietta Hale, Jessica Garner, Susan Galvani, Mark Hsu, Nancy Thayer, Melissa Murphy, Natalie Ciminero, Christine Malia, Jason Briggs, Ivey Day, Suzanne Lewis, Justin Levitas, Kirby Hosea, Brandon Rohwer, Lauren Hall, Jennifer DiMartino, Lisa Frazar, Paul Giamatti, Michael Kopko, Anna & John Shaw, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Elle Christy, Deanna Chandonnet, Scott Leonard, Christina Samone, Charlene Kelly, Jennifer Boysen, Rick James, Christina Dirossos, Josie Williams, Amy Bicikler, Hans Dalgaard, Kevin Flynn, Keith War, Melanie & Mike Hajjar, Cheryl Fudge, Gabriel Gould, Tom Scott, Kate Brosnan, Dagmar Klein, Dave Murphy, and Katie McGrath. Photos by Gene Mahon, assisted by Amanda Morgan. More photos online. See also Plum TV’s coverage of the opening night.
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Nantucket Comedy Festival Update
The second annual Nantucket Comedy Festival will run from Tuesday, July 28th through Saturday, August 1st, The festival, created and produced by long time local residents and comedians Kevin Flynn and Bonnie Block Levison, was developed to bring top comedic performance to the Island in support of A Safe Place, The Nantucket Arts Council, The Nantucket New School, and The Community Foundation for Nantucket.
Thursday, July 31st: “Fortune’s Funny Money”, an evening of interviews and comedy sponsored by Fortune Magazine and hosted by Fortune Magazine Editor, Andy Serwer and Andy Borowitz of the Borowitz Report.
Friday, August 1st: A night with former Letterman head writers, including favorite bits from the writers’ years of working on The David Letterman Sho, hosted by Harry Smith.
Saturday, August 2nd: Second annual New York Versus Boston All-Star Comedy Smack Down and Gala, and the presentation of the “Man from Nantucket” award, hosted by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and festival organizer and comedian, Kevin Flynn.
Other shows throughout the week will include an evening with popular comic Jim Gaffigan, a special performance by Tony award-winning actress Judith Ivey playing Ann Landers in “The Lady With All The Answers”, children’s shows featuring professional teen comics, and performances by well-known comedians including Mike Birbiglia, Corey Kahaney, and Tom Cotter.
Tickets for the Nantucket Comedy Festival can be purchased at www.nantucketcomedyfestival.com. The week of the festival, tickets can be purchased at the festival tent, which will be located at the Green Hound bus depot. Ticket prices vary for each event. For more information go to www.nantucketcomedyfestival.com.
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Boston Pops on Nantucket
The 13th Annual Pops on Nantucket with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops on Saturday, August 8 at Jetties Beach will feature Broadway sensation Michael Cavanaugh, hand-picked by Billy Joel to star in his smash hit Movin’ Out.
MSNBC anchor and summer resident Chris Matthews will host the evening. Matthew hosts “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” on MSNBC and is also the host of the syndicated weekly news program “The Chris Matthews Show”.
Cavanaugh, a Tony and Grammy Award nominee, will perform Billy Joel’s “River of Dreams,” “You May Be Right,” “Uptown Girl,” and “Piano Man.”
Keith Lockhart will lead the orchestra with music from the Boston Pops’ latest release “The Red Sox Album”, including Fenway’s favorite “Sweet Caroline,” and other baseball classics such as “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” with soprano Kristen Watson and tenor Matthew Anderson, and “Casey at the Bat” with narrator Jeremiah Kissel.
Tickets are on sale now at the Hospital web site: www.NantucketHospital.org or by calling the Community Relations office at 508-825-8250. The price for tickets remains unchanged from last year: $30 for General Admission, $600 for Friends seats, and $1500 and $2500 for Patrons and Benefactors tickets respectively. Anyone interested in volunteering for the summer’s biggest party may call Courtney O’Neill at (508) 825-8213.
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