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Audrey Sterk Opening
Audrey Sterk presented her collection of limited edition reproductions of her original panoramic murals inspired by coastal living and Nantucket at the Preservation Institute: Nantucket on September 25th. A resident of Nantucket for 10 years now, Audrey started her decorative painting business here; her work has appeared in Architectural Digest, New England Home, Fine Home Building, House & Garden, and island publications.
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Assisting me on this shoot was Amanda Morgan.
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Add comment October 20, 2007
Coming Up This Week
Founded in 1997, the Walden Chamber Players, comprised of 12 artists in various combinations of string, piano, and wind ensembles, showcase rarely heard works by past composers as well as music by contemporary composers. Friday, October 5th, 7:00 pm at the Whaling Museum. Then on Saturday, October 6, at 1:00 P.M., thirteen-year-old NCMC Nantucket School of Music student Nick Davies will join the Walden Chamber Players to perform a Mozart piece. Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street.
One of my favorite small and low key events, especially after a summer of dressy galas, is the Cranberry Harvest, presented by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation. Watch berries being harvested, listen to the history of the bogs, take a hay ride, eat some grilled burgers and dogs, and just generally enjoy the beautiful pastel vista of an Eastman Johnson painting. Saturday, October 6th, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Milestone Bog. Raindate: Sunday, Oct. 7.
This is the last Nantucket Farmers and Artisans Market for the season, with locally grown vegetables, berries, herbs, plants and cut flowers, eggs, baked goods and locally, hand-crafted pottery, jewelry, crafts and more. Let’s hope they did well enough to come back next year. If you haven’t gone by, make it there on Saturday to show your support. Saturday, October 6th, 9:00 am to noon, at the Nantucket New School, 15 Nobadeer Farm Road.
Saturday, October 6th, from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm, is the opening day celebration of the 7th Annual South Wharf Gallery Invitational Exhibition, running October 5th through 18th, wherein artists of the gallery will give talks and demonstrations. South Wharf Gallery, 3 India Street.
For additional details on these events and many more events, click to the Arts and Social Calendar, and the online Nantucket Arts Festival Program.
Add comment October 5, 2007
Coming Up on Nantucket (9/27/07)
The Village People takes the stage this Sunday night at the Nantucket AIDS Network Friendship Gala at the White Elephant, August 30th beginning with cocktails at 5 p.m. This always popular annual fund raiser features both a silent and live auction with auctioneer Rafael Osona, with trips to Hawaii and France, art from of the island best known artists, and much more. Tickets are still available by calling 508-228-3955. For more on the Gala, see the Nantucket Independent.
Today is the first day of the 15th Annual Nantucket Arts Festival, presented by the Nantucket Arts Council, 10 days of art, demonstrations, performance, book signings, music, lectures, walking tours, poetry, and photography. Three trunk shows give artists and craftspeople who don’t have retail space a chance to show their work. Festival headquarters is at the Preservation Institute, upstairs at 11 Centre Street, where the music, trunk shows and exhibition are held. The latest information can be found on weekends at the Main Street table in front of Congdon and Coleman’s. The free 24 page program, available all around town, is a comprehensive listing and schedule of all events.
Read the complete story in the Nantucket Independent.
The Festival needs volunteers to sit the Preservation Institute exhibition all week long. Call 508-325-8588 for information.
Friday, September 28th Highlights:
The first Farm & Fields Exhibition opens at the Hayloft at Bartlett’s Farm tonight from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Local artists will display their landscape paintings and photography of Bartlett’s fields and farm truck. The exhibit will be open 10 - 5 through October 2nd.
The 2007 Maria Mitchell Woman in Science Award will be given to former island resident Cynthia Brossman, Director of Learning Resource Network at Boston University, and once a teacher in the Nantucket Public School System. The Dinner and Award Ceremony begins at 6 pm. Coffin School, 4 Winter Street.
Maeve Hughes and Gokh-bi System are at The Muse tonight, beginning at 9. Maeve Hughes is a singer, pianist and composer, and plays jazz, R&B, and soul. The Gokh-Bi System originates from Senagal, and plays African hip-hop, mixing African rhythm with American urban beats.
Saturday, September 29th Highlights:
The official Opening Reception for the Nantucket Arts Festival, with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres from local restaurants while viewing a compilation of island artists’ expressions including photographs themed ‘Wind-blown on Nantucket.’. Free. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Preservation Institute, Upstairs at 11 Centre Street.
Sunday, September 30th Highlights:
The Festival live&local presents Jonathan Thayer and Jim Shaw, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Preservation Institute, Upstairs at 11 Centre Street.
The last Comedy Improv of the season, 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm downstairs in the Methodist Church.
The 25th Annual See Ya Later Alligator Party with free BBQ and raw bar, apps, and live music at the Chicken Box, 9:00 pm - 1:00 am.
Click here for the complete Mahon About Town/N Magazine Arts and Social Calendar.
Add comment September 29, 2007
Coming Up (8/23/07)
The Artists Association’s Artist-Patron Night is tonight, Thursday, August 23 from 6 - 8 PM.
Another special invitation to subscribers for a very special event - another House Concert, this time with critically acclaimed Josh Ritter, this Saturday (25th) from 7 to 10 p.m. You’ll never be in as intimate a setting with this artist just about to break out.
“You’re presently reading about what may be the best album of 2007,
Hands down, by the most under-accorded american musical genius…”
Amazon.com Editorial Review. The newest CD from Josh Ritter, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, has just been released.
Light appetizers, beer and wine provided. Space is very limited, and the first people who call will get the seats. RSVP to ykwon@ascap.com, 212-621-6264. The $25 ticket price will go to the artist.
Josh will also be at this next event:
The Atlantic, a magazine celebrating its 150th anniversary, and PlumTV have formed a multiplatform partnership that celebrates books, ideas, and the spirit of community. The first installment is called Bookmark 2007, which on Sunday presents the “Bookmark on the Beach” Festival, featuring a “civilized debate” on God between Christopher Hitchens, author of “God is Not Great”, and Atlantic Associate Editor and conservative blogger Ross Douthat, moderated by Paul Holdengraber. Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter will also perform. A cocktail reception with authors follows. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at Nantucket Bookworks, 25 Broad Street, (508) 228-4000. Bookmarks takes place on Sunday, August 26, starting at 5:00 p.m. at Jetties Beach.
An interesting dining event coming up next week, Tuesday, August 28, an “Outstanding in the Field” Dinner. Chef Seth Raynor of The Pearl partners with Outstanding in the Field to present a meal served at a linen-draped table set between the soil and the sky in the fields of Bartlett’s Farm. Outstanding in the Field (OitF) was founded in Santa Cruz, California, by chef/artist Jim Denevan. The goal: To bring diners literally to the source of the food on their plates. Since its first farm dinner in 1999, Outstanding in the Field has presented nearly 70 dinners in farmlands across North America. This is the first such dinner on Nantucket.
The night will begin with a leisurely tour of the farm, followed by a five-course al fresco dinner served family style, accompanied by wines paired with each course. Guests will be joined at the table by John Bartlett, whose family has farmed this land since the early 1800s, and other local food producers who have contributed ingredients for the feast.
Host Farmer: John Bartlett
Guest Chef: Seth Raynor -The Pearl
Guest Fisherman: Skip Bennett -Island Creek Oyster Farm
Guest Brewer: Randy Hudson of Cisco Brewers
All-inclusive per-person price of $200 per guest includes five courses paired with wine, and all taxes and gratuities.
For information and reservations, go to www.outstandinginthefield.com/events.html, or call 831.247.1041.
10% of proceeds will be donated to Sustainable Nantucket: www.sustainablenantucket.org
The jazz starts at Cinco, 5 Amelia Drive, Thursdays at about 7:30 out on the patio, and reservations are necessary. It’s the Richard Sylvester Trio or quartet or quintet, depending on who drops in. The music plus spillover into the bar and lounge have made Cinco a hot spot for Thursday nights.
And more Presidential candidates are coming.
Barack and Rudy has been here already. Hillary Clinton will be here for a Town Hall Conversation and reception on Friday, August 24, sponsored by Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley and Smith Bagley. Reception only is $1000, conversation and reception is $2300. Call Ambassador Bagley at 508-228-4279, or kgasperine@hillaryclinton.com.
Ann Romney, wife of Mitt, to the home of Marilyn Whitney, sponsored by Marilyn Whitney and Melanie and Bob Sabelhouse. Thursday, August 28. Reception with photo op, $500, 6 p.m.; Reception only, $250, at 6:30 p.m. Info at 857-288-6663, or JKilcoyne@MittRomney.com.
Details for all events are on the Arts and Social Calendar.
Add comment August 23, 2007
Update 8/4/07
I ran into a dozen or more subscribers at Jetties last night, listening to blues singer/songwriter/guitar player Chris Bergson. Tonight’s his last night though, so get on over. 6:30 to 9.
A last minute addition to the line up at the Starlight. Tonight and Sunday night, Nicole Miller will join Jeff Ross out on the patio. Nicole performs with Julian Marley’s band, and is a joy to watch and hear.
I caught Nicole and Jeff last time around in mid June. Jeff most generously gave Nicole all the space and background she needed to shine, and their duets were magical. Katie Kaizer has contributed the photos you see here - the rest are on Mahon About Town.
This is worth a trip to town on a busy August night. That’s tonight (Saturday) and Sunday, from 9:30 to 1.
Another late listing: Alastair Crawford has a reception tonight at 3 Old South Wharf, introducing “The Inglefield Collection,” nautical bracelets and necklaces of sterling silver and 18k gold, designed by Alastair Crawford using the “Inglefield Clip,” a shackle invented by his great grandfather Admiral Sir Frederick Inglefield.
Add comment August 4, 2007
