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25 Aug 2014

Perspective – On Nantucket Island

  Photo courtesy of TWN and Pixel Perfect Nantucket In their riveting performance of “The Last Five Years,” Vanessa Calantropo and Donald Dallaire of the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket compelled the audience to reflect on their own lives through the lens of the last five years. Artistically presented from two different perspectives, Jamie (the husband) tells…

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12 Aug 2014

Strike Up The Band – Nantucket Style

It’s been said, “You can’t play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it.” The famed Boston Pops exhibited this to perfection this past weekend as they presented a spectacular musical symphony during what has become THE Nantucket summer event of the season. Each POPS virtuoso was brilliantly gifted in their own right,…

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29 Jul 2014

Nantucket Haute Dogs

In the 2008 heartwarming film Marley and Me, John Grogan reminded all of us that “a dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes or designer clothes…he doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he’ll give you his.” The dogs, cats and other…

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15 Jul 2014

Coming Up Roses in Nantucket Gardens

In her upbeat and optimistic rendition of “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” from the award winning musical Gypsy, Ethel Merman made us believe in the power of positive thinking. She convinced us that maybe…just maybe…everything really is coming up roses and daffodils…sunshine and lollipops…for you and for me. On Nantucket, all you have to do is…

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01 Jul 2014

In Her Shoes for A Safe Place On Nantucket

In her bestselling novel “In Her Shoes,” author Jennifer Weiner’s character Sydelle gives readers a glimpse into her past when she explains “you don’t know what it was like to live in this house…never being able to put a foot right.” It reminds us that we truly never know what someone else is going through…

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