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 [...]

Grace Potter on Nantucket

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 at The Chicken Box By Regan Flynn</i Photos by Amanda Morgan Waiting anxiously for Grace Potter’s sold out show to begin, I noticed that I was at a decidedly different Chicken Box. The predominately over twenty-five crowd pushed closer to the stage as the countdown to [...]

Nantucket Youth Concert

At student performances here on the island, I’m always surprised by the caliber of the performances, the seriousness and aplomb of these young artists, and the acceptance, encouragement, and appreciation of the student audience – a well played difficult and esoteric classical cello piece is applauded as enthusiastically as a lively acoustic rock tune. Their [...]

Nantucket Arts

Nat Philbrick’s book “In the Heart of the Sea”, the National Book Award winner about the Nantucket whaling ship Essex, will be made into a major motion picture directed by Edward Zwick, according to Variety. Zwick has written, directed, and/or produced “thirtysomething”, “Once and Again”, “Legends of the Fall”, “Glory”, “About Last Night…”, “The Last [...]

This Week on Nantucket 1.26.09

CONCERTS Nantucket School of Music Faculty Concert Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 2:00pm at Preservation Hall Classical, Baroque, Jazz, Popular, Blues, Folk and original compositions. Cherie Cseley and Robert Behrman: Messiaen theme and variations for violin and piano Mollie Glazer: Pieces for solo viola da gamba of C.F Abel and Marin Marais Jason Sullivan & [...]

Nantucket Winter Concert Series

NANTUCKET ARTS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES 2009 WINTER CONCERT SERIES PERFORMERS AND DATES “Opera, Operetta & Art Songs,” a performance by internationally renowned soprano Maria Ferrante on Sunday, February 8, will lead off the Nantucket Arts Council’s Winter Concert Series. Under the direction of Arts Council board member Dr. Gerry Mack, the four concert series will bring [...]

Nantucket Arts News

Joe Landry who wrote the adaptation for “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play”, will be in the audience for the Friday, December 12th production, and will do a Q & A either before or after the show. Joe Landry’s plays have been produced across the country, and include “It’s a Wonderful Life: A [...]

Donick Cary and The Irresistibles

Comedy writer Donick Cary celebrated his 40th birthday at the Muse on August 23rd with the reunion of the Irresistibles, the 1980s legends first appearance in more than 20 years, with Nantucket High School graduates David Yacus, Chris Glowacki, and Henry Hastings. Other members were Geoff Mattoon, Cal Farney, and Ted Donat. With the help [...]

Nantucket Arts Festival Live & Local

The Nantucket Arts Council presented several Live & Local concerts at the Rose & Crown during the Nantucket Arts Festival between August 29 and September 7. Photographs by Gene Mahon and Amanda Morgan.

Nantucket ClamStock Music Festival

Nantucket Arts Festival ClamStock, Saturday, August 31st. Photographs by Gene Mahon. Click on any photo to see more from this event or the archive of past events. For a high quality digital file you can use to make as many prints as you like, contact me. To order a copy of any photograph, click on [...]