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Nantucket Arts & Festival News
Pirate Radio, a new rock and roll comedy film, will be shown in a special advance screening on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at the Tribeca Grand Screening Room (2 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY). The screening will be followed by a conversation with the movie’s writer/director Richard Curtis, moderated by Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Maureen Orth and a cocktail reception to benefit the Nantucket Film Festival. Tickets are $150 and can be purchased via email at pirateradio@nantucketfilmfestival.org or by calling 212.708.1278.
Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, and Kenneth Branagh, Pirate Radio is the newest ensemble comedy from filmmaker Richard Curtis (screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, and writer/director of Love Actually), spinning the irreverent yet fact-based tale of a seafaring band of rogue rock and roll deejays whose “pirate radio” captivated and inspired 1960s Britain. The film will be released nationwide on Friday, November 13th.
The fifteenth annual Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) takes place June 17th-20th, 2010. They are currently accepting submissions for next year’s lineup and for Showtime’s Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting. Submissions will be accepted through the official festival website (www.nantucketfilmfestival.org) and at withoutabox.com beginning in January. The deadline for submissions is March 12th.
The new album from Jake Vohs is available at CD Baby.
The Artists Association of Nantucket’s Fall Classes & Workshops is registering for fall classes.
Children’s classes begin on Oct. 31, and include Exploring Autumn, Sculpture, Arts & Crafts, Comic Book Creations, Draw, and Print & Paint.
For adults and teens over 15, classes begin October 27 and include Beginner/Intermediate Wheelthrowing, Clay Holiday Votives, Figure Drawing, Drawing, Charcoal Drawing, Figure Drawing Open Studio, Watercolor Painting, Multi-Level Oil Painting, Oil Painting, Beginning Painting Critique, Digital Photography Workshop, Intro to Mac, Intro to Photoshop, Intermediate Photoshop, and Graphic Design Principles for Web Design.
Click www.nantucketarts.org, or stop by One Gardner Perry Lane for details.
The Nantucket Dreamland Foundation “ENCORE!” arts education program is in full swing. Some of the classes that have not yet begun are: Acting the Ingenue…:(The Villian, and the Comedic Character), Acting for the Little Ones: Story Telling With Many Hats, Tiny Stars: Dress-Up Workshop, Hip Hop/Jazz Dance Classes, Blast from the Past Dance Class, New Stars Hit Broadway, Beginner Tap Class, Make Your Own Fall Centerpiece, Make Your Own Winter Centerpiece, A Holiday Gift Giving Idea for Little Ones, A Holiday Gift Giving Idea for Teens, and Gingerbread House Making.
The “ENCORE!” programs will be held in Saint Paul’s Church and The Nantucket Yacht Club. The Programming guide is online at www.nantucketdreamland.org.
Add comment November 2, 2009
Nantucket Arts News
The 2010 Nantucket Comedy Festival will run from July 27th to the 31st.
Former island resident artist Hannah Stone is having an online art sale with much of her work heavily discounted to make room for new ideas. Hannah’s paintings adorn the walls of Cambridge Street if you want an idea of her work. Click here to see what you can buy.
The Nantucket Oral History Project was launched by John Stanton this past spring. “We are facing the possibility of change and it is important to remember our recent past as we make decisions on our future”, John wrote me. The central idea is to produce and show a series of mini-documentaries to be followed by a discussion. Visit the website where you can watch the first two mini-docs and leave comments on where the discussion should go next.
On Sept. 30, 7pm, John will screen the next two mini-docs at the Great Hall of the Atheneum. The evening leads off with “Personal History: Louise McGarvey”, memories of the early days of island aviation. The second film is “Beyond Quixote”, a short history and look at the possibilities of wind power from the failed attempts at backyard windmills in the early 1980s to projects now underway or on the drawing board. Both films are about 10 minutes long and will be followed by a discussion.
I reported last December that production on a two part miniseries adopted from Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick” by Germany’s Tele Muenchen Group was scheduled to start this year, with much of the filming to take place on Nantucket. Their last mini-series was an adaptation of Jack London’s ‘The Sea Wolf,’ with Tim Roth, Sebastian Koch and Neve Campbell. The budget is expected to be about $16 million. Now it turns out that “Moby Dick” will be mostly filmed in Malta, with Canadian South Shore towns of Lunenburg and Shelburne standing in for Nantucket exteriors. The tall ship playing the whaleship Pequod is European, and didn’t want to cross the Atlantic for the ocean sequences.
Former island resident and photographer David Halliday now has a show of his work on New Orleans food and its artistic versatility at the San Antonio Museum of Art, running through February 21, 2010. David is now living in New Orleans, and his photographs are in the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Add comment September 11, 2009
Nantucket Film Festive Last Night Storytelling
The Nantucket Film festival Late Night Storytelling took place on June 19, 2009 at the ‘Sconset Casino. The theme this year was “Stories of Change”, stories about something lifechanging. The night was again hosted by Anne Meara and Peter Farrelly.
Some of the people we saw: Bobby Farrelly, Donnick Cary, Susan Cary, Bill Farrell, Amy Stiller, Ben Foster, Kate Bayer, Christine Mallia, Will & Julia Conroy, Rene Gold, Helen Hennigam, Nickii, Scott Thomas, Tania Jones, Lisa Kolp, Paul Nicholson, Linda Just, Sherri DeLott, Brandon Winston, Dan Ross, Blake Young, Nick Scott, Amelia O’Connor, Connor Wells, Gabi Burnham, Courtney O’Neil, Bruce Beni, Jamie & EBob Dickenson, Emily and Doug Forregger, Elisa Allen, Jennifer DiMartino, Melanie Hajjar, Susan Daltroy, Scott Simonsen, Joe Zito, John Stanton, Darya Afshari, Chris Oberg, jay Harmon, Rhoda Weinman & Joe McLaughlin, Kathryn Kay, Robert Young, Bruce Miller, Jean Casey, Mystelle Brabbee, Peter Farrelly, Ben Stiller, Anne Meara, Gerry Stiller, Fisher Stevens, Cheryl Hines, Brian Williams, and Dr. Mary Murray. Photos by Gene Mahon, assisted by Amanda Morgan. More photos online.
Add comment July 16, 2009
Nantucket Arts News
Mystelle Brabbee, co-founder of the Nantucket Children’s Film Festival originally announced for this summer, has been postponed until August, 2010.”
The Nantucket Historical Association’s “Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850″, a traveling exhibition organized by Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, is now open in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. The show explores the largely unstudied region of New England furniture — specifically the area between Boston and Providence, including the Cape and islands. Also included are paintings, portraits, maps, prints, and ship furniture. The NHA has in the show pieces from the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association and the Max and Heidi Berry Acquisition Fund, including Nantucket cabinetmaker Heman Ellis and Walter Folger Jr., who made the 1790 astronomical tall-case clock frequently cited as one of the most important American clocks to have been made during the days of the early republic.
The Nantucket appearance of the exhibition is made possible with support from Wilmington Trust FSB Massachusetts, Mr. and Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Hampton S. Lynch, and Mr. and Mrs. Jay Wilson, and Anonymous.
The exhibition is on display in the Peter Foulger Gallery through November 2. The museum is open daily, 10 A.M.–5 P.M. and on the first and third Wednesdays in July and August until 8 P.M.
Add comment July 9, 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.
Add comment July 6, 2009
Nantucket Film Festival Wrap
The 14th Annual Nantucket Film Festival finished up it’s four day run on Sunday, June 21, after presenting more than 40 features and shorts. By all accounts, it was agreat success – all events and films were full or nearly full houses. Executive Director Colin Stanfield said “after the end of our first full festival day, we had already matched last year’s box office.” Ticket sales were organized and smooth, and the Festival web site was up and functional several weeks earlier this year. I heard dozens of friends and attendees say that this was the best Festival ever. Just wait until the Dreamland opens again.
The big news was “The Cove”, winning both Best Storytelling in a Documentary Film, and the Audience Award for Best Feature. Roadside Attractions will release the film on July 31, 2009.
Fisher Stevens (producer, The Cove), Richard O’Barry (star, The Cove)
The Festival’s annual Screenwriting Award went to Harold Ramis. The All-Star Comedy Roundtable featured Ben Stiller, Harold Ramis, Peter Farrelly, and Jon Hamburg, moderated by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews. Late Night Storytelling was again hosted by Peter Farrelly and Anne Meara.
Harold Ramis
Peter Farrelly, Harold Ramis, Ben Stiller, Jon Hamberg, and Chris Matthews
Peter Farrelly and Anne Meara
Other special guests who attended NFF 2009 included Paul Giamatti, Meg Ryan, Christine Taylor, Ben Foster, Fisher Stevens, Cheryl Hines, Brian Williams, Lili Taylor, Jessie Nelson, Sophie Barthes, Kathryn Bigelow, and Oren Moverman.
For this year’s Showtime Tony Cox Screenplay Competition, Jenny Deller was chosen for her script “Future Weather” from over 600 submissions. The jury was comprised of Fisher Stevens, Jessie Nelson, and Lili Taylor.
Jenny Deller accepts her award.
The third annual Adrienne Shelley Excellence in Filmmaking Award, a cash prize awarded to a female filmmaker in honor of the late director, was presented to Cherien Dabis, director of “Amreeka.”
Showtime/s Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting was presented to Mark Boal for the movie “The Hurt Locker,” opening in theaters this week.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting (Best Short): Adam Leon and Jack Pettibone Riccobono (Killer)
The Audience Award for Best Short went to Abuelo (dir. Mary Ann Kellogg), and the Teen View on NFF Award to Charlie Thistle (dir. Bragi Schut Jr.)
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Add comment June 28, 2009
