BENEFITS
Benefit for Sean Marcaurelle
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 from 5:00pm – 6:30pm at Coffin School, 4 Winter Street
Sean Marcaurelle has been diagnosed with Sarcoma Cancer, which has spread to his lungs and liver. Sean is only 35; his girlfriend Rhonda is an active member of our community. There will be a fundraiser for Sean this Thursday night, the 25th, at the Rose & Crown from 7 – 10PM, with packages and auction items. Tickets are $25 at the door. All proceeds will help Sean with medical, travel and housing expenses. For information, call Kristin at 508-685-2150 or Tommy at 508-325-3210.
CONCERTS & NIGHTLIFE
Matt Haimovitz, cellist & Geoff Burleson, piano
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 from 5:00pm – 6:30pm at Coffin School, 4 Winter Street
Included in the program: the Sonata for Cello and Piano by Elliot Carter, a tribute to Carter ‘s 100th Birthday. Program: Beethoven, Carter, Schumann, Barber. Matt is known as a maverick cellist; after a classical concert, he often performs a completely different program for a different audience (younger) in unusual venues: bars, coffee houses, jazz clubs. Matt will present an outreach program in the New School on Friday during school time, a Friday evening classical concert with Goeff, and a master class for Mollie Glaser’s cello students on Saturday, Sep 27, open for all to attend. A fundraising concert for the Young People’s Concert Series presented by the Nantucket Arts Council. Tickets: Adults $25; Council Members $20; Students: Free. Available: Mitchell’s Book Corner, Nantucket Bookworks, at the door day of concert. 508-325-8588.
Walden Chamber Players
Fri, Sep 26 at 7:00pm and Sun at 1 pm, Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street.
Founded in 1997, the Walden Chamber Players present a variety of educational programs and concerts designed to increase musical awareness and appreciation. They showcase rarely heard works by composers of the past as well as music by contemporary composers. The Friday concert will include pieces by Boccherini, Augusta Read Thomas, Haydn, Handel / Halvorsen, Schedl, and Boccherini. The Sunday afternoon concert will feature cellist River Bennett, a senior at NHS who began playing cello eight years ago, with pieces by Boccherini, Paganini, Leclaire, Bach / Mozart, and William Ryden. Admission for the Friday evening concert is $5 for NHA members and $15 for nonmembers. Sunday’s concert is free for NHA members and $15 for nonmembers. 508-228-1894, ext. 0. Presented by the Nantucket Historical Association
Brightwings
Fri, Sep 26 to Sat, Sep 27, 2008 from 10:00pm – 1:00am at Chicken Box
Trivia Night
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:00pm at Rose & Crown
Jamie Howarth, Piano
Wed – Sun from 7:00pm – 12:00am at Summer House Restaurant
Jeff Ross
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 from 7:30pm – 10:30pm at Brant Point Grill at the White Elephant
Thu – Sat from 9:00pm – 12:00am at Starlight Theatre
80′s Video Dance Party
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:00pm at Rose & Crown
Bob Lehman Trio
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 from 7:30pm – 10:00pm at Brant Point Grill at the White Elephant
Disco Night
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:00pm at Rose & Crown
THEATER
Opening Night Party: Wait Until Dark
Thu, Sep 25, 2008 from 7:00pm – 8:30pm at Arno’s
followed by performance at 2 Center St. Tickets $50….
Wait Until Dark
Thu – Sat at 8:30pm at Methodist Church, 2 Centre Street
This edge-of-your-seat thriller is about a mysterious woman who preys on a blind woman and her husband. This story unfolds, leaving us with the question: how does a blind woman defend herself? You will have to “wait until dark” to find out. Written by Frederick Knott. Directed by Jane Karakula and featuring Virginia Bullington, Ciaran Byrne, Mark Carapezza, Chuck Gifford, Doug Lind, Pam Murphy, Adam Noonan and Vince Veilleux. Downstairs stage, Methodist Church, 2 Centre St., Tickets $25. 508-228-4305 or http://www.theatreworkshop.com.
Sept 25,26,27,Oct 1,2,3,4,8,9,10,11 at 8:30 PM
Oct 5 at 3:00 PM & Oct 11 at 3:00 PM
ART OPENINGS
Art Opening: Susan Jositas
Thu, Sep 25, 2008 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at Nantucket Stock Exchange
An exhibition of new oil paintings. Artist’s cocktail reception tonight….
SPEAKERS & DEMONSTRATIONS
“Mammoth, Walrus & Whales, Oh My!”
Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:00pm at Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum
Join other carving enthusiasts and watch as island basketmaker and carver Tim Parsons demonstrates the art of carving wood, ivory and fossilized mammoth.
FILM
Everything’s Cool
Sat, Sep 27, 2008 from 7:00pm at Nantucket Atheneum
‘Everything’s Cool’ tells the story of what it takes to talk about global warming — the art of duking it out with collective denial, the struggle to communicate the urgency of the crisis. It follows veteran global warming messengers like Ross Gelbspan, as he launches ‘Boiling Point’ — his ‘last’ and ‘final’ book on the issue; Dr. Heidi Cullen, a climatologist for the Weather Channel, a group of citizen-activists — ages 18 to 80 – waiting for their chance to rouse a sleeping country; and organizations like the National Resources Defense Council, Greenpeace, Environmental Defense, and Moveon.org, who pin their hopes on a Hollywood film called ‘The Day After Tomorrow,’ which does what they’ve never been able to do by fictionalizing global warming into a nightmarish, but undeniably compelling message. Cosponsored with Sustainable Nantucket.
