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n April 2015, Jeannie Critchley was coming to the end of another school year and looking ahead to summer on Nantucket. But Critchley, who has been a teacher at Nantucket Elementary School for nearly 30 years, was about to receive some health news that would change her life. After a routine mammogram at Nantucket Cottage Hospital and follow-up tests, Critchley was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. After the initial shock and deluge of information about her condition, Critchley and her physicians agreed on a plan that included two surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation. It was daunting to say the least. “The fear factor, the worry, and wondering what will this be like, it was pretty intense,” Critchley said. After a gauntlet of surgery and radiation over the following year, Critchley was relieved to discover that she could do her chemotherapy and many of her oncology consults right here on the island thanks to Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s partnership with the Mass General Cancer Center. “I had been thinking about the travel, the time, and the physical toll it takes to go back and forth with the boat ride and traffic and the whole thing,” she said. “So that was the best piece of information, that I would be able to do my treatment here.” Today, Critchley has completed her treatment, and is back to teaching and doing the things she loves on Nantucket.
Cancer care at Nantucket Cottage Hospital is partially funded by Swim Across America’s Nantucket Island Open Water Swim. Each August, swimmers of all ages and skill levels raise money to support cancer treatment and patient care at Nantucket Cottage Hospital as well as Palliative and Supportive Care of Nantucket. Since 2013, over $1,229,000 has been raised to help our families, friends and neighbors battle cancer on Nantucket.
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Steeped in history and tucked behind the beloved hedge tunnel sits what has long been referred to as ‘Aloha.’ It was 1903 when the well-known and famed Broadway actor, Henry Woodruff, purchased land on Morey Lane and hired O.W. Humes to build one of ‘Sconset’s most intriguing homes. After a visit to the Hawaiian tropics, Woodruff was mesmerized by the native architecture which led to the inspiration for Aloha. Once famously known for its annual summer lawn party open to the entire ‘Sconset community, Aloha preserves the historic allure and charm of old ‘Sconset. Courtesy of the Nantucket Historical Association
A recent and impressive renovation provides a fresh and modern flair to this historic and once simplistic property. First and second floor open air verandas are embellished and supported by aged cypress tree trunks, offering sweeping views over ‘Sconset Trust land to the sea. Expansive and gorgeous gardens frame the intricate and custom stone path leading to the main house and guest cottage. A whimsical tree house constructed in the same fashion as the main house, adds an element of enchantment to the property. One of the exquisite details includes a central staircase that has been recreated to its original design, complete with reconstructed balustrades. Luxurious interiors, geothermal cooling systems, a gourmet kitchen and detailed fine carpentry are but a few of the modern amenities offered in this home. Aloha is a sensational work of art that is not to be missed. EXCLUSIVELY SHOWCASED BY CHANDRA MILLER
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A numerical snapshot of Nantucket in September.
NEAT STUFF 30
Take a taste of Prospect Ciderworks, the perfect toast to fall.
NTOPTEN 32 The ultimate activities guide for island living in September and October.
Ntertainment you need to see, read 34 Everything and watch on the island this month.
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What went viral on Nantucket last month.
NBuzz 42
All the news, scuttlebutt and tidbits that’s fit to print.
Nteriors interior designer 44 Island Audrey Sterk shares some strokes of genius.
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How Sustainable Nantucket has blossomed into one of the island’s most vital organizations.
52 DREAM JOB 52 Meet the Dreamland Theater’s new director of education, Laura Gallagher Byrne.
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The mission to end the stigmatization of mental illness on Nantucket and beyond.
Nvestigate 67 BRAIN GAINS
The Nantucket Project has a lineup of speakers this September that will have attendees flexing their mental muscles.
Nquiry 72 WITNESS TO HISTORY MSNBC host and bestselling author Chris Matthews discusses the state of the country, the presidency and his latest book about Robert Kennedy.
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N Magazine speaks with Congressman Bill Keating during his recent trip to the island.
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Longtime Nantucket summer resident, bestselling author and MSNBC television host Chris Matthews appears on the cover of this September issue in a photograph by Kit Noble.
Chicken Box co-owner Packy Norton has become a maestro at booking big acts to play his small stage.
90 ON THE LINE
See why island fisherman Justin Bell calls himself “The Mental Oriental.”
96 Aboard THE M TRAIN
Gary Trainor has redefined what it means to be a stage parent.
N Magazine’s fashion squad trudged into Squam swamp to capture some fall fashions.
NHA 108 HISTORIC HOTELS
We book it back in time for a look at the hotels of yesteryear.
Nuptials 128
Katie & Josh Wojcik tied the knot on Nantucket.
Not so fast 130
A quick chat with Pumpkin Pond Farm owner Marty McGowan.
Gary Winn, Broker gary@maurypeople.com 508.330.3069 DIONIS | $19,950,000 An outstanding property consisting of two homes, each sitting on nearly two acres; offered together, the main house, studio and cottage overlook four acres of ocean-front real estate on the north shore of Nantucket Island. The property boundaries extend from the grassy dunes, across the beach to the mean high tide line of Nantucket Sound. This is a rare portion of the island undergoing accretion of land rather than erosion.
CLIFF | $9,875,000 This spectacular, impeccably maintained, nearly 10 acre estate is nestled in the gently rolling hills of Nantucket and located less than a mile from Main Street. Surrounded by three miles of groomed, 12’ wide bridle paths, the six bedroom home boasts antique floors, custom cabinetry, a gourmet chef’s kitchen and a lovely, manicured, terraced yard. Additionally, this property features an extensive pasture enclosed by fencing, beautifully scenic riding trails, as well as, an eight-stall horse barn, a tack room, a feed room and two oversized garages.
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Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Bruce A. Percelay Editor Robert Cocuzzo Art Director Paulette Chevalier Managing Editor Emme Duncan Chief Photographer Kit Noble Operations Consultant Adrian Wilkins Staff Photographer Brian Sager Contributors Susan Browne Vanessa Emery Jess Feldman Sarah Fraunfelder Josh Gray Jason Graziadei Rebecca Lockhart Emily Nantucket Rebecca Nimerfroh Photographers Kris Kinsely Hancock Zofia & Co. Rebecca Love Photography Advertising Director Fifi Greenberg Advertising Sales Emme Duncan Publisher N. LLC Chairman: Bruce A. Percelay
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While summer is a time to stretch our bodies on Nantucket,
fall begins a time to stretch our minds. This time of year, the island offers a variety of activities that are designed to provoke thought and raise our consciousness. Few television broadcasters generate more opinions and discussion than our cover feature, Chris Matthews. The host of MSNBC’s Hardball, Matthews is never one to shy away from taking a position, which is largely responsible for his excellent ratings over the past two decades. Matthews is also a bestselling author. In a wide-ranging interview, he talks about his new biography of Bobby Kennedy, which will be released by Simon and Schuster this October. No matter which side of the aisle you stand, it is hard to argue about Matthews’s passion for the sport of politics. On the subject of politics, N Magazine interviews our Cape and the Islands congressman Bill Keating who talks about a number of key concerns facing our community, including the opiate epidemic, H-2B visa shortage, and how the global economy impacts us here on the island. In its seventh year, The Nantucket Project will begin on September 14th and can be best described as mental boot camp. The event will feature Hollywood actress Jennifer Garner, radical environmentalist Paul Watson, controversial commentator Glenn Beck, legendary prosecutor Marcia Clark and many other speakers who will expand the minds of those attending. The mind can take us to wonderful places, but can also be a source of darkness. In a very personal and candid article, N Magazine’s Robert Cocuzzo discusses the state of mental health on Nantucket. The article covers a world that is often hidden, but one that is best dealt with when brought into the light. For those who are lucky enough to be on Nantucket during September and October, Nantucket is clearly the best of all worlds. It is a place to lie on empty beaches, swim in warm ocean water, and bask in many of the learning opportunities available on the island this time of year. Sincerely,
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Guests attended N Magazine’s Crystal Ball this summer.
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People read N Magazine’s investigation of the H-2B visa crisis online last month.
Loss of business for a local taxi driver due to Uber and Lyft.
666 Million + Cranberries are harvested every fall from the Nantucket Conservation Foundation bogs.
$1.5
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Cases of Lyme disease are treated on Nantucket each year.
Disabled children have participated in Sail To Prevail, which comes to Nantucket each summer.
500 People attend the Nantucket Project.
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Weeks it took the Boston Pops on Nantucket concert to sell out after the Beach Boys were announced as this year’s musical guest—the fastest sellout in the concert’s history.
25 MPH New speed limit signs posted throughout residential areas on Nantucket.
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Just Ripe Written by Rebecca Lockhart
Prospect Ciderworks has the perfect fall bevie for Nantucket
he brainchild of lifelong summer resident Mark Finnegan and his partners Chase Brooks and Sam Copeland, Prospect Ciderworks hit Nantucket’s package stores just in time to toast the fall. “I love the idea of someone having their first experience with our ciders sitting on the patio at Straight Wharf or grabbing a four-pack from Fresh and heading out to Great Point Rip to catch their first false albacore,” says Finnegan.
Prospect Ciderworks began brewing as an idea while the three co-owners were roommates at Holderness School in New Hampshire. After three years of fine-tuning their recipes and breaking into the Boston market, Prospect Ciderworks has now branched out to Nantucket as their only other distribution hub beyond the city. Porspect’s flavor portfolio can sate just about any palate. Their flagship cider “Sidro” is crafted with New England varietals, giving it that classic apple flavor without all the sugar. “Paradise” is delicately flavored with spice to bring out orange peel citrus and sweet pepper notes. Finally, “Missing Link” is a beer-drinker’s cider with hoppy, bitter notes. N magazine
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Constellations Opening Night
The Nantucket Project
Thursday, September 14 Friday, September 17 This year’s annual meeting of the minds will include actress and activist Jennifer Garner, former Mexican president Vicente Fox, former prosecutor Marcia Clarke and many more of the world’s most innovative thinkers. For more information, visit www.thenantucketproject.com.
Friday, September 8 @ 7:30 PM This fall, watch as science and romance collide in White Heron’s showing of “Constellations” by Nick Payne. Follow the unusual love story that unfolds across time and space, with each variation sending the relationship on an entirely new trajectory. For tickets and more information, visit www.whiteherontheatre.org
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Nantucket Island Fair
Holidays for Heroes Gala:
Saturday, September 16 Sunday, September 17 10 AM - 4 PM Turn a new leaf this month at the Nantucket Island Fair with seasonal activities perfect for the whole family including a giant pumpkin contest, a farm yard pet show, a sack race and more. For passes and more information, visit www. nantucketislandfair.com.
American Dream Tribute & Gala
Saturday, September 9 @ 5 PM Celebrate our nation’s veterans at the annual American Dream Tribute & Gala at the Boys & Girls Club. Proceeds from the event fund American Dream grants, awards and scholarships that guarantee our heroes the chance to live the life they fought for. For tickets and more information, visit www.holidaysforheroes.com.
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Thursday, September 21 @ 5:30 PM Join NAMI CC&I in their 2nd annual Dragonfly Nantucket fundraiser to benefit individuals and families affected by mental illness on Nantucket. In an effort to stop the stigma of mental illness, raise awareness, and support new and existing programs on island, Dragonfly Nantucket will be hosted at The Nantucket Hotel & Resort, complete with music by Jeff Ross, hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction. For tickets and more information, visit www.namicapecod.org.
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
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Tuesday, September 12 @ 8 PM For one night only at the Dreamland, delve into the lives of two brothers from a small town in North Carolina who became Grammy Awardnominated artists, through the intimate documentary, “May it Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers.” For tickets and more information, visit www.nantucketdreamland.org.
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Restaurant Week
September 25 - October 1 Indulge in the taste of culinary tradition for Nantucket Restaurant Week. With over thirty participating restaurants, you can savor and save with prix fixe menus by Nantucket’s favorite chefs. For more information, visit www. nantucketrestaurantweek.com.
8 Nantucket Maritime Festival
Saturday, September 30 @ 10 AM Celebrate Nantucket’s seas with time-honored contests, crafts, and community for the 8th annual Maritime Festival. Located at Children’s Beach, Brant Point Light, and the Coast Guard Station, the festival offers free activities welcome to all ages. For more information, visit www.nantucketshipwreck.org.
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Nantucket Shorts Festival
Saturday, October 7 4 PM - 6 PM Keep it short and sweet for Nantucket Arts Festival’s Fourth annual Shorts Festival at the Dreamland Theatre. Hosted by John Shea and open to filmmakers of all levels, the festival will include only films produced on or inspired by Nantucket. For more information, visit www. nantucketshorts.com.
Nothing about the 14th annual Cranberry Festival will bog you down! With family activities, live music, local food, and experts sharing their secrets toward cultivating the finest cranberries organically, the Cranberry Festival is a completely free event welcome to all ages. For more information, visit www.nantucketconservation.org.
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WHAT TO see... WHAT TO Read... Written by Jess Feldman & Rebecca Lockhart
Written by Tim Ehrenberg
As part of the Nantucket Arts Festival,
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
the Nantucket Arts Council and NCTV
The phrase “lost in a good book” was
present the 4th annual Nantucket
made for novels such as this, with a
Shorts Festival. Welcome to first-time
scope reminiscent of a Charles Dickens
filmmakers and veteran videographers
classic and the heart of a John Irving
alike, the Shorts Fest will highlight a
novel. The Heart’s Invisible Furies is
series of ten short films created on or
a big story with memorable charac-
inspired by Nantucket. Ten finalists
ters that will stay with you long after
will watch their work come to life on
the last page is turned. It’s a saga all
the big screen at the Dreamland The-
around one man’s life, Cyril Avery, his
atre on October 7th. Submissions are
journey of self-discovery from Ireland
due September 15th. For more infor-
to Amsterdam to New York, that re-
mation, visit www.nantucketshorts.
minds us all of the redemptive power
com.
of the human spirit. It will be no sur-
Nantucket Shorts Festival
prise to me if it’s my favorite book of
White Heron Theatre’s Constellations
the year because it’s now one of my
Starting September 8th, watch as sci-
favorites of all time.
ence and romance collide at the White Heron Theatre in “Constellations”
A Column of Fire by Ken Follett
written by Nick Payne. Follow the un-
EPIC. That is what you call a Ken Fol-
usual love story between Roland and
lett novel. The saga beginning with Pil-
Marianne in a show that touches on
lars of the Earth and World Without
how communication is often imperfect,
End, two stories of the Middle Ages set
even with those closest to you and how
in the fictional city of Knightsbridge,
just a subtle change in tone can alter the
continues with A Column of Fire. It is
course of life events. “Constellations”
the year 1558 and England is torn apart
will remain written in the stars through
by religious conflict. As power shifts
September 23rd. Tickets available at
between Catholics and Protestants,
www.whiteherontheatre.org.
royalty and commoners clash, testing friendship, loyalty, and love during one
Ripe at the Chicken Box
of the most turbulent and revolutionary
On September 15th and 16th, head
times in history. It is another big novel
over to the Chicken Box and rock out
to get lost in this month.
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With a psychedelic sound, Ripe has
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
perfected a rhythm that makes people
From the author of Everything I Never
want to move. The band has performed
Told You comes another book that
on the Chicken Box stage before and is
expertly blends a riveting story into an
excited to return this fall for a perfor-
important literary work. Little Fires
mance that is sure to bring dancing and
Everywhere explores the weight of
pure joy to all. For more information,
secrets, the nature of art and identity,
visit www.ripetheband.com.
and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster.
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This year’s highly-anticipated August Boston Pops on Nantucket featuring The Beach Boys was one of the most memorable moments of the summer. The show sold out faster than ever before with ticket sales ending on July 28th, more than two weeks before the event.
Whale, Hello There!
Business is Blooming
It seems Nantucket’s whales took a vacation on the south shore this summer with whale sightings (and whale Instagram posts) higher than ever. From Madequecham to Madaket, beachgoers were treated to a show of beautiful Right and Humpback Whales from the comfort of their beach chairs.
Grey Lady Revelry Co. adorned some the island’s hottest events this summer with magical crowns fit for a queen. The Boston-based flower design company brings beauty and life to any event or celebration both on and off island.
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NBUZZ Louder than the enthusiastic cheers for the Beach Boys from eight-thousand concertgoers at the Boston Pops Concert at Jetties Beach on August 12th , more exciting than the 1812 Overture by Keith Lockhart, and more dramatic than the traditional fireworks display at the end of the concert was the stunning announcement that the Nantucket Cottage Hospital capital campaign has raised a staggering $100 million to build the new hospital. According to Bruce Percelay, chairman of the capital campaign, this is the largest fundraise for any rural hospital in American history. The $100 million is earmarked for the new state-of the-art hospital only. It was also announced at the concert that an additional $20 million will be required to build an on-campus housing facility for traveling nurses and visiting specialist to replace substandard housing currently operated by the hospital. According to Dr. Margot Hartmann, the hospital fully expects to reach its goal by the next Pops concert, which should take care of the island’s hospital needs for the next generation.
Vice President Joe Biden has a special treat in store for Nantucketers when he makes his annual visit to the island for
NOBLE ADVENTURE
Thanksgiving. As a stop on his American Promise Tour,
After five years serving at N Magazine’s chief
Biden will take part in the Dreamland Theater’s Page to
photographer, Kit Noble is taking a yearlong
Stage program on Saturday November 25th. He will discuss
hiatus to pursue a new documentary project.
his forthcoming memoir Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope,
Beginning this month, Noble will be travel-
Hardship, and Purpose ($27, on sale November 14th from Flat-
ing around the world with a family from Con-
iron Books). As many islanders have become aware over the years,
necticut to create a documentary about their
Nantucket holds a special place in Biden’s heart, all the more poignant since the passing of his
adventures abroad. Highlights of the trip will
son, Beau. At press time, there were still tickets available at www.NantucketDreamland.org.
include diving with whales in Moorea, exploring the Gold Coast of Australia, meditating with the Dalai Lama in Tibet, and living
According to the Cape Cod Times and The Inquirer Mirror, after the Steamship Authority’s fast ferry ran into a jetty in Hyannis this past June, the ferry service lost $1.5 million in revenue.
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required to repair the Iyanough cost $150,000. Now back up and running, the Steamship looks to have weathered the financial storm and will be staying afloat for the foreseeable future.
at an ashram in India. While Noble will certainly be missed, N Magazine’s veteran fashion photographer Brian Sager will be keeping the magazine popping with his spectacular images.
SEEING STARS
A number of celebrities were spotted on the island this summer, beginning with a return of Kourtney Kardashian and her husband Scott Diskin this July. Seen walking the docks and shopping at the Stop & Shop with their children, Kourtney and Scott had some of the island’s makeshift paparazzi trying to keep up with the Kardashians. Then in August, Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon was found eating at B-ACK Yard Barbecue. At press time, Billy Bush was also seen seeking a quiet reprieve from the blowback of the now infamous Access Hollywood tape. While Nantucket has been known to provide a level of anonymity for the famous, these stars still turn heads when they’re in our midst.
GOVERNOR’s On September 9th, the Nantucket
PROCLAMATION Capping off N Magazine’s 15th
community will honor members
anniversary Crystal Ball this
of our military at the Holidays
summer, Lieutenant Governor
for Heroes annual gala held at
Karyn Politio presented N Mag-
the Nantucket Boys and Girls
azine with a proclamation from
Club. With a delicious dinner
Governor Charlie Baker before
prepared by Chef EJ Harvey
the crowd of more than 300 par-
of the Seagrille, the gala will
tygoers. “Whereas Nantucket
feature speakers Jacob Schick and
Magazine is now celebrating 15
BJ Ganem, retired marines who can
years of uninterrupted growth
speak to the power of this program. Tommy
in revenue, page count, circula-
Bressette will then auction off a number of items, including
tion, and press run,” the proc-
a custom-built shed and office space by Chris Hayes, which
lamation began. “And whereas Nantucket Magazine assists local
will help raise funds to provide wounded warriors with service
charities and non-profits in the Nantucket community…I, Charles D.
dogs. The night will be made all the more meaningful by the
Baker, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby
performance of a band composed of wounded warriors. For
proclaim July 21st, 2017, to be, Nantucket Magazine Day.”
more information, visit www.holidaysforheroes.com.
VAVA VOOM
Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli and his wife Kristy made waves this August when they pulled into Nantucket harbor aboard their 315-foot mega yacht Vava II. At a cost of well over a $100 million, the yacht was built by two hundred craftsmen and comes equipped with a pool, Bertarelli is a pharmaceutical tycoon, while his wife Kristy is the former Miss United Kingdom. One thing is for certain, the couple certainly knows how to make a splash.
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Keeper
Mid-island scores another top-notch restaurant
n recent years, mid-island restaurants have not only served up alternatives to the downtown staples but become legitimate dining destinations in their own right. New to the lineup this summer is Keepers, which took up residence in the former space of Cinco’s. After Mark and Anne Dawson of Fog Island Café purchased the space in 2012, the restaurant on 5 Amelia Drive—then known as Fog Island Grill—had a couple of false starts. But now under the management of the Dawsons’ daughter, Sabrina, and her boyfriend, Gaven Norton, the N magazine
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“I grew up at Fog Island Café,” says Dawson. “I was there my whole childhood, working my way up from bussing tables to waiting, and then managing during college.” After graduating last year, Dawson took the next big step by running Keepers on behalf of her parents. Living above the restaurant, she and Norton are quite literally on top of every detail that’s made Keepers a success this summer. Indeed, they run a tight ship despite being only in their twenties. “I’m twenty-six,” says Norton, “so I’m kind of the old man of the bunch.” The collective youth of Keepers managers, kitchen crew, and wait staff injects a lively energy to the space. “We’re running at 400 percent at all times,” Dawson says. Keepers’ fairly priced menu is user friendly and doesn’t overthink triedand-true favorites. Chef Doug Ferrell is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America who came up working the line at Fog Island Café for three years. The skills he developed at the café now shine through in his menu at Keepers. Ferrell works alongside his girlfriend and sous chef, Gina Russo, in whipping up
delicious entrées of boneless chicken under a brick, mustard-crusted salmon, grilled flat-iron steak, lobster salad sliders, and a veggie bowl. Of all their offerings, Keepers’ chicken wings, which are brined, spiced, smoked, and then grilled to order (not fried), have become the biggest fan favorite. The Keepers space has a warm, casual feel, with three dining areas, a bar, and a sprawling patio that helps distribute its clientele. “The space has worked to our advantage,” says Norton. “If it’s slow we can close off rooms. Or if it’s really busy, we can rent out rooms… Even though we pack the place, because it’s divided between multiple rooms it’s never overly loud.” Having grown up in and around mid-island, Norton and Dawson have watched this out-of-town dining scene take shape. “Ten years ago, when Cinco’s first opened, it was the start to it,” Norton says. “But it was almost too early.” Today, there are the Sea Grille, Fusaro’s, Atlas, Island Kitchen, Lola Burger, and Pi Pizzeria all within casting distance of Keepers. The continued success of these restaurants will further solidify mid-island as a mainstay dining destination. As for Keepers, this year-round restaurant will no doubt continue N magazine
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All Grown Up Written by Vanessa Emery
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Sustainable Nantucket has blossomed into one of the island’s most vital organizations
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ince taking her post as the executive
able Nantucket’s year-round work to preserve
nary offerings that could have a positive impact
director of Sustainable Nantucket
the agricultural character of Nantucket by sus-
on the environment. The opening night will fea-
nearly a decade ago, Michelle Whelan
taining its economic and environmental vitality.
ture seven chefs from top island restaurants and
has quietly cultivated the organization into one
Last year, six hundred people enjoyed twenty-
six local growers executing their take on local
of the most vibrant and expansive nonprofits
three events spread out over three days. In fact,
foods not often seen on menus, including kelp,
on the island. Sustainable Nantucket holds the
demand was so high for these events that an ex-
invasive green crab, and other wild plants. Festi-
weekly farmers’ and artisans’ market, publishes
tra day has been added to this year’s festival in
val attendees with less daring palates will still be
its own magazine, has a trademarked brand,
an effort to celebrate, educate, and support local
able to enjoy mainstay delicacies like oysters,
maintains its own community farm, and offers
and regional food. The festival aligns with the
chocolate, cheese, bread, and local libations by
a wide variety of educational programs. On
harvests of oysters, vegetables, and the almighty
Cisco Brewers. Sustainable Nantucket hopes
October 12th, Whelan and her team will add to
Nantucket bay scallops.
people will give these new flavors a shot. Intro-
its mission with the second-annual NantucketGrown Food Festival. The festival is a natural extension of Sustain-
The theme of this year’s festival is reimagin-
ducing festivalgoers to uncommon foods like
ing the sustainable plate. Sustainable Nantucket
kelp and green crab is part of the organization’s
wants to introduce people to uncommon culi-
overarching mission of sustainability.
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reating a market for green crab,
the point that kelp is the new kale. Smith
with local chef Mayumi Hattori, a mushroom
for instance, serves the dual pur-
will give a free presentation, called “Future
cultivation lesson, a nose-to-tail butchering
pose of controlling the burgeoning
of Food,” on 3-D ocean farming, a style of
workshop, beekeeping lessons, and more.
green crab population that is wreaking havoc
aquatic farming akin to permaculture. In-
Festivalgoers can tour the town’s shellfish
on Nantucket’s eel-grass habitat, while also
stead of farming a monoculture of oysters,
hatchery, Pumpkin Pond Farm, the Sustain-
generating revenue for local fishermen. Sus-
his ocean farm on Long Island Sound in Con-
able Nantucket Community Farm Institute,
tainable Nantucket is already working with
necticut cultivates oysters alongside a forest
oyster farms by boat, and the island’s last
local fisherman Carl Shirland, town biologist
of kelp, scallops, and other species. Smith’s
commercial fishing vessel, the Ruthie B.
Tara Riley, and local restaurants to bring the
goal is to popularize kelp not for the sake
While Michelle Whelan is visibly excited
green crab to local menus. The partner res-
of potential short-term profits from a trendy
about all the events, she is especially hopeful
taurants are currently using the green crab in
new superfood but to introduce a viable al-
about the impact Bren Smith could have in
seafood stock, but Sustainable Nantucket is
ternative to traditional fishing practices. With
catalyzing a new model of ocean farming on
working to research when the crabs molt in
local and regional fisheries in decline, kelp
Nantucket. “If you want to spend time on the
hopes that they can also satisfy local demand
might be the answer to providing nutrition,
water and make money, I think you should be
for soft-shell crabs.
filtering water, and even sequestering carbon
there,” she says of Smith’s “Future of Food”
from the atmosphere.
presentation. And while Whelan admits that
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Nantucket wants festivalgoers to acquire
The Food Festival will take place through-
not everyone is cut out to be an ocean farmer,
a taste for fresh sea kelp, a super seaweed
out the island, anchored by key events at the
if Sustainable Nantucket has taught her any-
that is greatly underutilized in local menus.
Nantucket Yacht Club and the Nantucket Cu-
thing, it’s that you never know what will hap-
Whelan has brought in nationally recognized
linary Center. For those eager for hands-on
pen with the seeds you sow.
ocean farmer Bren Smith to drive home
experience, there are private cooking lessons
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The new director of education at The Dreamland, Laura Gallagher Byrne Growing up in a suburb just outside of New York City, Laura Gallagher Byrne made frequent trips to Broadway, attending as many plays and musicals as she could and dreaming of someday entering the world of theater. Years later, this veteran actor, director, screenwriter, and teacher is now center stage of an inspiring new program at the Dreamland Theater that’s dedicated to cultivating the same passion she felt as a girl in young people on the island. “The earlier a child is exposed to theater, the greater their sense of empathy,” says Byrne. “As an artist, I cannot imagine a more powerful reason to include programming for our youngest audience members.” Formerly the theater arts teacher at Cyrus Peirce Middle School, Byrne is striving to make the arts more accessible to families and children on Nantucket in her new role as director of education at the Dreamland. She believes in the educational power of theater—that children in her programs are not only experiencing what it’s like to be on stage, but also developing vital life skills for when the curtain closes. “My goal for the young people I work with has very little to do with that child’s future career in the performing arts,” she says. “Instead, rehearsals are a rigorous process that teach twenty-first century skills, such as critical thinking, creative thinking, collaborating, communicating, flexibility, and social skills. I cannot think of N magazine
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n an effort to cast a bigger net in the Nantucket community, Byrne has helped expand the Dreamland’s scholarship program to a year-round offering. She has also personally reached out to underrepresented segments of the community and enrolled children whose lives have since been changed from being on stage. “As the cultural center of the island, we have a responsibility to make sure our entire community has access to the arts,” Byrne explains. “Statistically, data tells us there is an inequality in education for students of color. I believe the arts are the conduit through which we can change that data.” Byrne is also exploring new programming designed for especially young audiences. “We are now seeing more theater for babies and toddlers,” she says. “And it’s of a quality that captures the child as well as the caregiver.” Her first foray into what’s known as theater for the very young was a lyrically beautiful play called Blue by Annie Cusick Wood. “When speaking with [Annie] about theater for the very young, she
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to enjoy the same kinds of programming as the very young,” Byrne explains. “The idea of serving these two age ranges at the same time has an exquisite simplicity to me.” The great success of her summer programming has only added more fuel to Byrne’s theatrical fire moving into the fall. On September 27th, the American classic To Kill a Mockingbird will open at the Dreamland, followed a month later by the tween favorite Goosebumps. All along the way, Byrne will continue to instill her childlike enthusiasm for theater arts into all aspects of the community. “As an artist and educator, I have been given the opportunity to create programming that will represent and involve the entire community,” she says. “It’s exciting to think about the partnerships that will be formed as we include all of the voices of our population. And I’m excited to hear those voices and how those voices will influence our programming.”
To purchase tickets for To Kill A Mockingbird, premiering September 27th, or Goosebumps, premiering October 27th, visit www.nantucketdreamland.org.
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SHADOWS Written by Robert Cocuzzo
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Ending the stigma around mental illness on Nantucket have grappled with bouts of anxiety and depression for most of my adult life. The majority of that time, I never uttered a word about it to anyone. Instead, I’d isolate myself and try to think my way out of the way I was feeling. I’d reason and plead with myself that I had no right to feel depressed. After all, I was healthy, came from a good family, loved my job, had loyal friends. I mean, I lived on Nantucket—how could I possibly be depressed? But no matter how much brainpower I flexed, no matter how much logic I threw at it, nothing could deliver me out from the dark shadow I routinely found myself in. I eventually decided that all I could do was wait it out, like a boat beached in the shallows waiting for the tide to come in and lift it up again.
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ne out of every five Americans
have shown that suicide rates in affluent
from my point of view, everything was
experiences anxiety, depres-
communities have steadily been on the
fine.” But in the course of their conver-
sion, or other forms of mental
rise. In recent years, Nantucket has lost
sation, Kling learned that Christine had
illness. As far as Massachusetts is con-
a number of long-standing community
been struggling on and off with depres-
cerned, the Cape and the islands are hit
members. With each tragedy comes the
sion. Now she felt as though she was spi-
particularly hard. Despite the fact that it’s
collective shock of discovering the level
raling out of control. “It was almost like
a medical condition not unlike diabetes
of suffering happening silently just below
a virus had overtaken her brain, and she
or cancer, mental illness comes with the
the surface.
was a different person,” Kling says. “She
added symptom of societal stigma,
hid her depression because the stigma
which prevents many people from
exists.”
seeking out care. That can be espe-
When Kling’s sister revealed that
cially the case for a well-off commu-
she was feeling badly about herself and
nity like Nantucket, where living on
had thoughts of suicide, her parents
an island paradise is antithetical to
admitted her to the hospital. “Mental Nantucket resident Kate Kling ex-
illness is such a devastating disease be-
“Mental illness is like any other
perienced that revelation two years ago
cause it is invisible,” Kling says. “My
illness,” says Jackie Lane, the execu-
when her phone rang early one morning
sister suffered in silence for years, which
tive director of the National Alliance of
with her sister Christine on the other line.
is so heartbreaking to me. I wish more
Mental Health (NAMI) for Cape Cod
“She was three years older than me, mar-
than anything she could have shared her
and the Islands. “And mental illness does
ried, had three beautiful daughters, and
struggles sooner so our family could have
not discriminate.” In fact, recent studies
lived in Connecticut,” Kling says, “so
understood her illness better, gotten her
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the right medical care, and supported her
cause if my sister talked to me about it,
NAMI on Nantucket by creating a fund-
more.” Tragically, after being in and out
if she talked to her husband about it, we
raising event in honor of her sister, called
of the hospital, Christine took her life.
would have figured this out. But she was
Dragonfly. “My sister always loved drag-
embarrassed and ashamed.”
onflies and I learned they are a symbol
Writing her obituary in the funeral parlor, completely devastated and dis-
Kling and her family asked that in
of change,” Kling explains. “I thought it
traught, Kling and her family struggled
lieu of flowers, people donate to NAMI,
was fitting since my goal with the fun-
to come to terms with Christine’s loss. If
the country’s largest grassroots advocacy
draiser is to inspire change with mental
only they could have learned about her
organization dedicated to helping those
illness.” The event was held last Septem-
suffering sooner, they thought. “We man-
affected by mental illness and fighting to
ber and raised over $60,000 for NAMI
age heart disease, we manage diabetes,
end the stigma around it. When she re-
on Nantucket, enabling the organization
why can’t we learn to manage and talk
turned home to the island, Kling contin-
to expand its vital services to islanders.
about mental illness?” Kling says. “Be-
ued to channel her sorrow into supporting
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uth Blount is the program coordinator for NAMI on Nantucket and has had her own journey with mental illness. Five years ago, Blount discovered that one of her children suffered from schizoaffective disorder. “I was completely unprepared,” she says. “I had no idea N magazine
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the agony of not knowing what to do.” Blount’s therapist suggested connecting with NAMI Cape and the Islands, which was planning on bringing its Family-to-Family program to the island in nine months. Blount called NAMI and said, “We need the program right now; what can I do to help?”
NAMI’s Family-to-Family program is a free, twelve-session course for family members of individuals with mental illness. What makes the program uniquely impactful is that it’s not run by clinicians or therapists, but rather by laypeople who have had experiences with mental illness in their family. “The day that I met another mother with a child with schizophrenia, that’s the day my healing started,” Blount says. “I had heard lectures by doctors and clinicians, I had read books and articles, but it was in meeting another person who had traveled the same journey that I felt hope.” After going through the course and recognizing the great need for Family-to-Family on Nantucket, Blount joined other islanders in receiving training to conduct the course herself. NAMI on Nantucket has since expanded to offer a robust lineup of programs, including a new support group dedicated to Kate Kling’s sister, Christine. The Dragonfly Emotional Wellness Group was made possible by the significant funding raised by last year’s Dragonfly event. With a therapist present, the peer-driven group meets twice a month in the fall and is open to anyone facing all levels of behavioral health and recovery challenges. “I feel so grateful to Dr. Richard Ross [the therapist who monitors the sessions] and Ruth Blount for working to create the Dragonfly Emotional Wellness Group,” says Kling. “It is a very heartwarming tribute to Christine, knowing the group will offer a safe place for people and their families to share their struggles, learn about resources, and know they are not alone.” Indeed, knowing you’re not alone is a powerful step toward recovery. A tremendous weight is lifted off those who struggle with mental illness and behavioral health when they can openly voice their troubles without fear of judgment. When the stigma is dissolved and mental health is brought out from the shadows, more people will be able to seek out the vital help provided by organizations like NAMI. Instead of waiting for the tide to pick them up off the shallows, others can help push them back to sea. But the power to spur change also rests in the hands of those who suffer in silence—because the more we share our stories, the more we can help others understand just how deep this disease runs. This year’s Dragonfly event will take place at the Nantucket Hotel on September 21st from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. For more information on services on Nantucket, visit namicapecod. org. To purchase tickets or donate to the Dragonfly Fundraiser, visit www.namicapecod.org/ Dragonfly-Event-Registration.
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BRAIN GAINS Written by Robert Cocuzzo
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The Nantucket Project’s speaker lineup will have attendees flexing their mental muscles this September
nother mental marathon kicks off this September with the seventh annual Nantucket Project (TNP). Over the course of four days at the White Elephant, TNP attendees will be exposed to a radical range of topics designed to stretch their understanding of the world. “Each speaker lights up a different part of your brain,” says Kate Brosnan, who co-founded the Project with Tom Scott in 2010. “My brain is most alive when it’s exposed to perspectives that are unfamiliar.” With that in mind, this year’s TNP speaker lineup covers the gamut from head and heart,” says Tom Scott. “Generally, we feel the world calls for us to intelligently mix the two. So we’ve worked hard to find a combo of the human and the more scientific. Four days separated from the noise to hopefully step back into it with a stronger center.”
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rguably the most recognizable face in the TNP speaker lineup this year is that of actress Jennifer Garner. While audiences might be familiar with Garner’s parts in Hollywood blockbusters, fewer are aware of her role as an advocate for childhood poverty initiatives in her home state of West Virginia. “A child who is not touched, who is not spoken to, who is not read to or sung to in the first five years of his or her life will not fully recover,” Garner testified before Congress earlier this spring. “Poverty dulls the senses, it saps hope, it destroys the will.” Undoubtedly, this message will be particularly poignant for audiences on Nantucket. At a time when the news cycle is dominated almost entirely by President Trump, TNP will welcome two foreign presidents to the stage, one of which has had some choice words for the commander in chief. Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, has been a vocal opponent of President Trump’s pledge to build a wall on the southern border that he will make Mexico pay for. “We’re not paying for that f-----g wall,” has become President Fox’s now-famous refrain. As a presenter at the Nantucket Project, Fox will explore how there can be some form of reconciliation on the southern border. Meanwhile, Rwandan President Paul Kagame will be discussing a different form of reconciliation. President Kagame led his country from one of the worst genocides in history to a period of sustained peace and prosperity. He has accomplished this by making forgiveness a national priority. The science of forgiveness tells us that resolving anger is associated with the same parts of the brain that
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Forgiveness is also a theme relevant to TNP presenter Marcia Clark, the legendary prosecutor from the OJ Simpson murder trial. Earlier this summer, Simpson was granted parole after serving nine years in prison for armed burglary and kidnapping. This capped a year of renewed public fascination around the former football star that was spurred by a hit television series, American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson, and an Oscarnominated three-part documentary, OJ: Made in America. Few people witnessed this
“Each speaker lights up a different part of your brain.”
case closer than Marcia Clark, who will be sharing her thoughts about the Juice being loose…again.
— Kate Brosnan
“One of the most powerful things we can do at TNP is change your mind,” says Brosnan. “And so we look for presenters who have undergone a transformation that they have learned from.” This is where Glenn Beck fits in. The former loudmouth TV and radio host has found a new calling as a voice for healing through listening and open conversation. Beck will hardly be the only controversial voice heard at the Project. Paul Watson, the polarizing captain of the environmental group Sea Shepherd, will also be present. Watson’s radical exploits thwarting Japanese the television docuseries Whale Wars, which holds unique relevance here on Nantucket.
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“Our program is both head and heart... Four days separated from the noise to hopefully step back into it with a stronger center.” — Tom Scott
hese and many other speakers will be accompanied by world-class entertainers such as the guitar virtuoso Kevin Eubanks, who led the Tonight Show Band with Jay Leno. The visual artist Shantell Martin will invite the audience to play a role in the process of creating her stream-of-consciousness drawings. TNP will also produce a special live performance of the NPR (WBUR) podcast Modern Love featuring Emmy Award winner Cynthia Nixon, known for her portrayal of Miranda Hobbes in the HBO series Sex and the City. So where is this all headed? Over the years, TNP has produced a series of short films that were inspired by the onstage talks. “Our films have been in the most prestigious film festivals in the country,” says Scott. “They’ve won awards and been viewed by millions.” Now Scott, Brosnan, and their TNP team want to take their work a step further by engaging audiences in person. Starting this fall, N magazine
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WITNESS To History Interview by Bruce A. Percelay
Photography by Kit Noble
Chris Matthews from Carter to the Kennedys Chris Matthews is best known as the long-standing host of MSNBC’s Hardball where he has served as a political commentator for twenty-three years. His insight into politics dates back to when he was a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter. Since entering the media, Matthews has become a prolific author of bestselling books that focus on the inner workings of politics and some of its most significant players. After years of research, Matthews is about to release his latest book, an in-depth and revealing profile of Bobby Kennedy, which comes nearly fifty years after his assassination. N Magazine sat down with Chris Matthews at his home on Nantucket to discuss his career, his passion for politics and his thoughts on the late Bobby Kennedy.
N MAGAZINE: You and your wife, Kathleen, have been coming to Nantucket for many years. How did you first discover the island?
MATTHEWS: We had our honeymoon here in 1980. I didn’t have a ton of money. I was a speechwriter for President Carter and I got a house on Quince Street in town. I was basically living on the money they had paid me back for my rooms during the campaign. The money paid for the hotel rooms and the engagement ring. Then sometime in the 1990s, Susan and Bob [Wright] invited us up here for the Film Festival and we’ve been involved in that ever since.
N MAGAZINE: Where did your interest in politics first take root? MATTHEWS: I remember [leaving] a movie theater in Philly, walking downtown with my dad in 1952, when I looked at a general getting off a plane. I said, “Is that guy president?” And he said, “No, but he will be.” I think [Eisenhower] was coming back from NATO or something like that, which would’ve been March in that year. I followed it all through the fifties and the 1960 campaign.
N MAGAZINE: What was your path to Washington? MATTHEWS: I went to Holy Cross, which brought me up here again to Massachusetts. Then I went to graduate school in North Carolina. I got a free ride at North Carolina Chapel Hill. I went to Peace Corps in Africa. I was a trade development adviser in Africa for two years in Swaziland. I trekked around Africa by myself—my great adventures. Maybe that’s the next book: Two Years in Africa or something. I worked my way back through Israel for a month. Then I worked my way back through England.
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Then I worked my way home and got to the Hill.
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N MAGAZINE: What was your first job on Capitol Hill? MATTHEWS: I was a Capitol cop for about three months during the nighttime. I worked in the office during the day learning how to write speeches. I’d be sitting down somewhere in the Capitol in the middle of the night practicing writing speeches. It was a patron job, but you had a uniform, you had a gun, you had a week of training. I liked it.
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N MAGAZINE: Can you share a memory from the Carter days? MATTHEWS: You don’t know how great the old Air Force One
gan’s relationship. What was at the center of that relationship?
was. You’d get on the plane at five in the afternoon and smell
MATTHEWS: It was a down-and-out fight, except they understood
the steaks. [I was thinking,] “this is great. We’re going to have
the urgency of getting things done. They had a different phi-
wine and steaks and peanuts and buckets of M&Ms.” If you
losophy. They’d argued in the back room. This was authen-
asked for something, you had it. And you’d be smoking ciga-
tic, true political debate. Not for the cameras. They really
N MAGAZINE: You wrote a bestselling book about Tip’s and Rea-
rettes. And you go, “This is
argued because they
great.” This is old 1960s liv-
disagreed. Tip O’Neill
ing. That’s how it was work-
was an authentic, true
ing on Air Force One. It was
liberal. What I mean
fantastic.
by that is he wasn’t some haughty, intel-
N MAGAZINE: How did you end
lectual
up working for Tip O’Neill?
around with his nose
MATTHEWS: By ’79, I became
up in the air. He was a
that
walked
a speechwriter for President Carter. Marty Franks was a re-
guy that cared about the average person. He was a congress-
searcher for us at the White House. He called up and said, “I’ve
man for fifty years. He would worry about the kid that couldn’t
just been made the executive director of the Democratic Con-
get into college.
gressional Campaign Committee. We’ve lost the Senate. We’ve lost the White House. We got to make our stand in the House.
N MAGAZINE: What has changed today where there isn’t a work-
Tip O’Neill needs some help.”
ing relationship between Democrats and Republicans? Where
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I said, “What the heck. Don’t mess up my resume. I still
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did the schism start?
want to be a presidential speechwriter so I’ll work as a consul-
MATTHEWS: First of all, free air travel. [Politicians] can basically
tant.” Eventually I worked behind the scenes with the Speaker.
go home anytime they want [and do not hang around Washing-
I’d give advice on little things and start writing short one-liners
ton]. Newt Gingrich came along and told the new Republican
for him. [When] his top guy, Gary Hymel, quit a couple weeks
members to keep their spouses and families at home. So they
later, he gave me the job [of Chief of Staff]. Nobody could be-
all go home on the weekends. [In the past] they would have
lieve it because there were so many people waiting in line. He
barbecues and hang out with each other and their families got
gave me the job, and he gave me the top title and the top money.
to know each other. They all became great friends. [My wife]
So I did that for six years, and then Tip retired.
Kathy’s theory was that because they all knew each other as
I don’t doubt the facts and honest testi-
into the room and come out scared to death
mony—he was incredibly good as a boss.
with what he’d said to them. He got them
And I think a lot of people would tell you
in line. He kept the team in line. He was
that.
tough and ruthless for his brother. He also kept the old man in line. Joseph Kennedy
N MAGAZINE: When did you start writing
had great skills as a business guy, but he
books?
had no political skills. None. And Bobby
MATTHEWS: I started writing books in ’88. I
had to keep him out of the race.
families, they didn’t fight to the death. Be-
wrote Hardball, which is required read-
cause the wife or spouse would say, “You
ing in a lot of schools and colleges. It’s
N MAGAZINE: What role did Bobby play in the
know that guy well, cool it. Why do you
just basically to understand the culture of
White House?
make it into this big personal thing?” Now
politics, what it was like, the way people
MATTHEWS: Starting with the Bay of Pigs,
that they don’t really know each other,
talked, the lingo, and what is everything:
Jack relied on Bobby all the time. Bobby
they fight to the death. The other thing was
retail, wholesale, background, rules, the
made the decisions in the Cuban Missile
that the Republicans got tired of being a
culture, people like Tip O’Neill, Lyndon
Crisis. The Civil Rights Bill of ’63, it was
minority. Fifty years of being the minor-
Johnson and Reagan.
Bobby that pushed Jack to go on televi-
ity does make you a little bitter. They said,
sion and give that amazing speech for civil
“Enough of getting along with the boss,
N MAGAZINE: Your latest book explores the
rights. On all the big issues, it’s amazing
getting along with the majority. It’s time
life of Bobby Kennedy. How integral was
the role he played. He also integrated the
for us to play a little rough here.”
Bobby to JFK’s presidency?
University of Mississippi and the Univer-
MATTHEWS: Everything. He got him elected
sity of Alabama. He’s the guy that did the
N MAGAZINE: How did you end up as a mem-
to the Senate. He ran the campaign. He
whole thing against Wallace. He’s the one
ber of the media?
was the ramrod. He was the guy that had
that handled the Freedom Riders. I’m not
MATTHEWS: Larry Kramer called me, who
to bring the governors in line. He had to
saying he did it all, but he was absolutely
had been a city editor of the Washington
strong-arm these guys. They would go
indispensable.
Post, and said, “We just lost our bureau chief to the New York Times; do you want to be Washington bureau chief of the San Francisco Examiner and run a column?” I did that in ’87 and almost immediately I was on CBS Morning News every week. That’s really what started everything. I met Roger Ailes and we clicked. We talked about doing a fast-paced TV show. When he took over CNBC and started America’s
(Top left) Chris Matthews with Tip O’Neill. (Above) Chris Matthews interviewing then candidate Donald Trump. (Left) Chris Matthews aboard Air Force One with President Jimmy Carter.
Talking, I called him up and said, “How about the show?” He said, “Okay.” We every night since. It was really fortuitous that after everything else I’d done, we clicked. Whatever Roger did wrong—and
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started the show in ’94 and I’ve been on
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N MAGAZINE: Where does Bobby Kennedy
ing class at its heart across the board. He
ot and dump all over him. I think that’s the
stand amongst the great leaders of history?
wouldn’t have made that mistake. He was
Democrats’ problem now. They just discarded
MATTHEWS: I agree with British Prime Min-
sticking to his roots.
people. Hillary, the “deplorables.” Everybody heard that.
ister Harold Macmillan. Bobby was one of the “two great men” who led us through
N MAGAZINE: What role did the Democrats have
the most frightening moment of the nucle-
in the rise of Trumpism?
ar age. His central role in putting the US
MATTHEWS: A friend of mine in the Peace Corps
N MAGAZINE: How has Trump changed politics? MATTHEWS: There’s a difference between Trump
government on record for civil rights puts
said, “People don’t mind being used; they
and Trumpism. Trump you can argue about.
him at the inflection point in
You can talk about the clown-
American history. For those
ish tweeting, the bullying and
reasons, I put Bobby Kennedy
making fun of people. Some of
alongside his brother among
it is truly funny: “Little Marco”
our country’s indispensable
and “Low-energy Jeb.” “Lying
leaders.
Ted.” “Crooked Hillary.” It’s
high school stuff, but it worked.
N MAGAZINE: Why is Bobby’s
It’s not resume against resume.
story particularly timely for
You can have the best resume in
readers today?
the world, but when you walk
MATTHEWS: As I wrote in the
into the ring with that other guy,
book, Bobby Kennedy’s leg-
you’ve got to beat him in that
acy is a statement of what we
moment. Trump always wins in
lack in 2017: a national lead-
that moment. It’s not about who
er committed to those in our
wins the debate. It’s afterwards,
country too often discarded
who do you want to vote for?
and overlooked: AfricanAmericans, Latinos and Na-
N MAGAZINE: What do you imagine
tive Americans but also those
the experience is like losing the
white working people cast
presidency?
aside by economic change.
MATTHEWS:
When you lose an
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election and your career is over,
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N MAGAZINE: Have you ever
I think every time you spill a
thought how the trajectory of
drink or any little incident of
history would change had Bob-
failure echoes that you lost.
by Kennedy become president?
Every time somebody consoles
MATTHEWS:
you, it hurts.
I think he
I don’t think
would’ve kept
you’re going to
the compassion
walk away from
in the
defeat—it’s deep
Democratic
in you. That’s
Party, caring
why politics is so
about people
unusual. I know
whose votes really didn’t matter like Na-
mind being discarded.” The white working
Johnson never got over it. Nixon never got
tive Americans and California farm work-
class feels discarded. [The Democrats] have
over it. Humphrey always looked like he had
ers. He cared about them long before they
this combination of the elite, big entertainers
been beaten. Hillary spent a year or two think-
became a political force. But most impor-
from Hollywood, and the minorities—what
ing she was president. But Hillary’s problem
tant to me, he would’ve kept the country
happened to the middle class? And so Trump
was the lack of a compelling message. “Why
together. The working-class whites and
says, “Okay, I need you. You’re my people.”
do you want to be president?” is still the best
blacks, minorities—he wouldn’t have
People want to be needed. Democrats didn’t
question in the world. When you can’t answer
separated them. I think that was really im-
say they needed them. It started with Archie
it, it tells you everything.
portant to him. I don’t like the fact that the
Bunker in the seventies. Let’s make fun of
Democratic Party doesn’t have the work-
the working-class, Irish guy. Call him a big*Due to space limitations, some answers were edited and condensed.
EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT of BOBBY KENNEDY: RAGING SPIRIT Written by Chris Matthews On March 16, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy stood in the high-ceilinged, marble-walled Senate Caucus Room where, eight years earlier, his brother Jack had announced for president. Bobby now was doing the same. After months of agonizing and secondguessing, he’d decided to step up and make the commitment he’d been hanging back from, fearful the timing at this moment was wrong for his future political career.
Walking into the Caucus Room that Saturday morning was
something more than a simple announcement. It was, in fact, a declaration of all-out political war. Which would see him doing battle not just on one front, but two. The first enemy Bobby was facing down was Lyndon Johnson, the vice-president who’d taken the oath of office in the shadow
have such strong feelings about
of Jack’s assassination. His aggressive pros-
what must be done --- and I feel
ecution of the U. S. war in Vietnam had gener-
that I’m obliged to do all that I
ated an ongoing national conflict, especially
can.”
on college campuses.
But besides LBJ, Bobby had a second ad-
that held such power and still
versary, Democratic Senator Eugene McCar-
would today: “I run to seek new policies --- policies to
thy, who was now holding aloft the banner
end the bloodshed in Vietnam and in our cities, poli-
of the growing anti-Vietnam War movement.
cies to close the gaps that now exist between black and
But it’s what he said next
The Minnesota lawmaker, with his cool professorial manner, had
white, between rich and poor, between young and old, in this
just, four days earlier, simultaneously thrilled the young while
country and around the rest of the world. I run for the presidency
frightening Lyndon Johnson with a strong showing against the
because I want the Democratic Party and the United States of
sitting president in the pivotal New Hampshire primary.
America to stand for hope instead of despair, for reconciliation
of men instead of the growing risk of world war.”
Thus, two very different men now obstructed the path to a
Kennedy restoration.
Nonetheless, standing there at the lectern, surrounded by
egon—where he himself was campaigning—was Richard Nix-
family members along with loyalist veterans of his brother’s
on, the Republican Jack Kennedy had narrowly beaten in 1960.
campaigns, the forty-two-year-old Robert Kennedy was about to
Now certain of gaining the Republican nomination and having
take both on. He began his statement by paying homage to his
expected to face Johnson, the two-term vice-president turned off
brother, a tribute clear to many listening. The opening words
the TV set only to continue staring at the blank screen.
he’d chosen were the ones Jack had spoken in that very place:
He felt a foreboding. “We’ve just seen some
“I am announcing today my candidacy for the presidency of the
terrible forces unleashed,” he pronounced
United States.”
grimly. He knew the force of the Kennedy
magic knowing its power to thrill but also
With the sentence that followed, Jack’s steadfast
Watching intently from his hotel suite in Portland, Or-
its power to disturb. “Something bad is
troubled moment that was early 1968: “I run because I am con-
going to come of this,” he added. “God
vinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I
knows where this is going to lead.”
TOP: President-elect Kennedy declaring the appointment of his brother as US Attorney General. Photo by AP. Left: Bobby and fellow anti-war candidate Eugene McCarthy. Photo by AP. Right: “Martin Luther King was shot and killed tonight.” Bobby Kennedy, Indianapolis, April 4, 1968. Photo by AP
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brother left the past behind and went straight to the heart of the
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Cape and the Islands congressman Bill Keating discusses the many issues impacting Nantucket and the rest of the country
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or nearly seven years, Congressman Bill Keating has represented the Cape and the Islands in the House of Representatives, championing a number of causes that hold particular significance to Nantucketers. This past August, Congressman Keating was on the island meeting with community leaders and learning about new concerns facing the island that might require federal assistance. N Magazine met with Congressman Keating to discuss these issues and others across the country.
N MAGAZINE: One of the critical issues facing the island that you’ve taken a leadership role in is the H-2B work visa program.
KEATING: The program impacts the whole country. Every six months, the country is allowed 33,000 H-2B visas. That’s not a lot. Four times in the last eleven years, we’ve dealt with demand [for H-2B visa workers] by raising the cap on returning workers. Why returning workers? These are people that have been trained and hit the ground running. Many of them go back to the same establishments. All the visa problems that some of my colleagues are sensitive to—people overstaying their visas as a way of getting around immigration—are not problems with H-2B visas. What we sought to do this year is what has been done those other times in the past: just simply raise the cap. In April, I was able to amass over thirty of my colleagues, bipartisan colleagues, to help raise the cap.
N MAGAZINE: How has the Trump administration impacted the H-2B visa program?
KEATING: Once we got them on board, they came up with a new process that created a whole new set of problems for people around the country. The irony is that an administration that said it was pro-business and was going to do away with restrictions, requirements and regulations created a process that did just that. It made business people reluctant think we should work to do away with that language and go back to the concept of just raising the cap again.
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to even participate in it. So going forward I
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addiction is a recurring brain disease. We have 140 or so people die every day in our country right now. It’s clearly an epidemic. The resources have to be in place.
N MAGAZINE: There’s a contingent of Nantucket charter fishermen that have taken political action to ward off commercial fishermen they say are decimating our squid population, and in turn, our fishery. What’s your take on this situation?
KEATING: The fishing issue is a complex one. I have every aspect of the fishing industry represented in my district. In New Bedford, I have the highest per-dollar yield for any commercial port. I have the hook fishermen in Cape Cod and the Islands. Then I have hybrids of those in the South Shore. They run into conflict, but there has been a change in tone over the last few years. Everyone is on board as far as sustainability. Many of the commercial fishermen get
N MAGAZINE: Another issue that dovetails with the worker short-
a bad rap because people think they don’t care about sus-
age on Nantucket is housing. What have you learned about this?
tainability—they do. But people have to realize on a bigger
KEATING: The housing initiative that’s taking place on Nantucket
scale that climate change is a huge factor in what’s going
is really impressive. Their plan is to immediately go from 2
on. When we look at sustainability, we better acknowledge
percent affordable housing to seven, maybe 9 percent. This
climate change. Also, there’s an overwhelming amount of
community deserves enormous credit for taking the initiative
fish out there. More than we’d ever need. But they’re not the
themselves. They’re doing it because they understand how im-
typical variety that we’re used to eating around here. We’ve
portant housing is to the economy and to the makeup of the
got to be able to look at those fish and create a market for
community. People who live here should be very pleased with
them.
their local leadership.
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N MAGAZINE: As with most of the country, the opiate crisis is
tucketers should be more aware of?
crushing the Cape and the Islands. What’s one of your great-
KEATING: People should be more aware of how global issues
est concerns on this front?
affect them right in their communities in terms of jobs. For
KEATING: One of the greatest threats, both here on Nantucket and
instance, during the G20 summit, Japan came in with a free
around the country, to dealing with this terrible epidemic is
trade agreement with the European Union. That should have
undercutting the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care
been the US. I’m not a free-trader generally speaking, but
Act requires all insurance companies treat opiate addiction
the ability for the United States and the European Union
as a basic healthcare coverage. This was extremely signifi-
to have a trade agreement would be enormous. That trade
cant in fighting this epidemic. The bill that passed the House
agreement would have resulted in a 20 percent increase in
and the one considered in the Senate did away with that
Massachusetts exports in the first year. Those exports trans-
guarantee. That was frontline treatment that is necessary in
late directly to good jobs that pay well and have a future.
dealing with this, and it’s effective. I’ve lost a cousin to opi-
I don’t think people understand how these international
ate overdose. I also have a relative very close to me that’s a
agreements can affect them here at home.
decade and a half into recovery—and it’s not easy. Opiate
N MAGAZINE: Does President
ers is nudge them on these
just so you understand the
administration. I think they
Trump understand that?
issues. But it’s pretty hard
situation: The redistricting
have to get beyond that be-
KEATING: No. Walling our-
to do that when you have
that was so radically done
fore they can even get to a
selves off is the exact op-
the president of the United
created these super districts
dialogue with us. I’ve had
posite of what we should be
States calling the press the
on both sides where the con-
success on moving across
doing. That translates directly
fake press. When he fires his
centration is so great for one
the aisle on the committees
to our standard of living, our
FBI director. When he says
party or the other. Many of
I’m on—Foreign Affairs
jobs, the ability of our kids
judges are phonies because
those House members repre-
and Homeland Security. I’ve had rank-and-file colleagues come together. But it’s not happening fast enough. And it’s not happening successfully enough.
N MAGAZINE: How are the issues facing Nantucket unique to to get jobs. Those jobs are
their family came from an-
sent districts where the ma-
those facing the country as a
going to go elsewhere. We
other country. It’s pretty hard
jority are Trump supporters
whole?
have to make people more
to talk about human rights
and they don’t want to [lose]
KEATING: When I look at Nan-
aware that if they want more
when he’s saying he’s going
them. That’s why you’re
tucket, I see the needs that
jobs in this country, if they
to backtrack on transgenders
seeing more of the people
I see all across the country.
want a better standard of liv-
in the military who are risk-
speaking out in the Senate,
Yet I see so many of them
ing for themselves and their
ing their lives for us right
where they represent an en-
magnified here. They’re so
children, if they want rev-
now. I was in Korea just sev-
tire state. There’s much more
important in a shorter term
enues so we can have social
eral months ago meeting with
allegiance to Trump in the
here than elsewhere.
programs, we have to be a
officials there, and I met with
House.
global partner.
Japan as well. The word was
There are access issues, veterans issues, the opioid issue,
to be careful what you say, be
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economic issues, and envi-
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clear about what you’re say-
the divide between the parties?
ronmental issues that are so
risk losing our leadership po-
ing, and have resolve. That’s
KEATING: There’s been a mis-
sensitive here in terms of
sition in the world?
what China and those coun-
characterization that it’s the
wastewater, water quality,
KEATING: We already are. I’m
tries see and we’ve moved
Democrats fighting with the
and the effects of climate
one of the more senior mem-
away from that.
Republicans. This adminis-
change. Those are all issues
tration is fighting internally.
that are magnified here on
There’s civil war in its own
Nantucket.
bers on Foreign Affairs. I have private conversations
N MAGAZINE: What is too far for
all the time with leaders from
the Republican leadership
other countries and with
in Congress as it relates to
companies from other coun-
Trump?
KEATING: This congressional
that are creating jobs in the
session started out as the
US. This administration is al-
“Unity Session.” All the
ready affecting them. We are
throttles of the three parts
the beacon for democracy,
of government were in one
human rights, freedom of the
hand. It is disappointing on
press, gender equality—all of
the House side that my Re-
these issues. Part of what I do
publican colleagues aren’t
when I meet with other lead-
speaking up about this. But
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PACKING THE BOX Written by Josh Gray
Photography by Kit Noble
How Packy Norton brings some of the biggest acts to The Chicken Box
There’s a moment at the beginning of each concert at The Chicken Box when co-owner Packy Norton walks his visiting band to the stage doors, hears the crowd erupt, listens to the first few notes being played, and then lets out a giant sigh of relief. That moment is the culmination of months, sometimes years, of the pleading and planning required to bring world-renowned musical acts to play this tiny dive bar thirty miles out to sea. This year alone, Packy and his co-owners John Jordin and Rocky Fox have managed to bring nearly a dozen national acts—ranging from reggae icon Ziggy Marley to rock legend Blues Traveler–to perform sold-out shows at The Chicken Box. While it’s a team effort to pull off, convincing these bands to play on Nantucket has become Packy Norton’s specialty.
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Cape Cod native, Packy—whose given name is a closely held secret that he jokes can be used as a password to get into the Box’s sold-out shows—served in the Marine Corps prior to discovering Nantucket. “At the time, the Marines was a better option for me than college and I ended up with a logistics job in the Corps,” says Packy, who was stationed at Paris Island and Cherry Point before serving in Desert Storm in both Iraq and Saudi Arabia. “I’m glad and proud I did it,” he says. “I wouldn’t trade that experience for the world.” When he finished his tour of duty in 1992, Packy took a job bartending at the Nantucket Inn as a way to spend a summer on the island. Shortly thereafter, he began working the door at The Chicken Box, then owned by Robert “Cap’n Seaweed” Reed. “Seaweed got to a point where he wanted to sell the Box, and there was a lot of interest from all sorts of people,” Packy N magazine
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very gracious in the way he structured our deal, and Nantucket Bank helped out a lot, too.”
motoring Grace Potter and the Nocturnals over from the Vineyard for an impromptu show at the Box, Packy has forged friendships with top musical talents by going the extra mile. He often finds himself mingling with some of the big wheelers and dealers in the music industry, observing their craft and continuing to make connections that benefit Nantucket’s music fans. “A big part of what we do is because of the friendships that Packy has built over the past few years,” says co-owner Rocky Fox. Packy’s phone is a treasure trove of musical contacts, each of which have helped open doors for him to connect with the next big act. “Packy is a loyal, consistent, and fair friend, willing to listen and drop whatever he’s doing to help someone out,” Rocky says. “He’s always just a phone call away and these bands recognize that.” “A lot of these bands don’t play venues this small anymore, and it really takes the hospitality of the whole island to convince them to come year after year,” Packy says. “From The Steamship Authority, to Beachside hotel, to the transportation, it would be impossible to do Ziggy Marley
For the first half dozen years, the owners ran the office during the day and tended the bar at night, with John Jordin handling the musical bookings, Rocky Fox running the office and community outreach, and Packy managing the front-of-house bar operations. In 2007, Jordin was looking to take a break from the booking game and handed off the mantle to Packy. Ten years later, Packy has turned the Box into Nantucket’s version of the House of Blues, offering concertgoers a chance to see big acts in a small, intimate venue.
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“I just picked up where John left off, and my lifestyle made it possible for me to see a lot of bands,” Packy says. “I began traveling to Jazz Fest in New Orleans every year. I became good friends with one of the owners of the House of Blues and the Paradise in Boston, where I have an apartment— so I go to a lot of shows.” But Packy doesn’t just go to the shows. He has a magical ability to become genuine friends with the musicians he meets, who often lead him backstage where Whether he’s backstage with Meghan Trainor at the Grammys, linking up with The Revivalists on tour, or
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stage, and his business partners trust him completely to strike the right balance and take appropriate risks. All this might sound tiring or stressful to the uninitiated, but Packy says he’s driven by his love of music and the satisfaction he gets in that moment he hears his bands play those first few notes. As he lingers there just
Packy with Eddie Vedder
outside the stage doors, listening contentedly, Packy thinks to him-
what we do without the help of so
self, “Maybe we could get Snoop
many people.” From the moment
Dogg next.”
they arrive, Packy plans every detail of the bands’ visits to offer the most enjoyable experience possible, in hopes that they’ll return the following year to play. Of course, business often remains the bottom line when band negotiations get underway. Packy says there’s a lot of back and forth before the final offer is proffered and accepted. Given The Chicken Box’s capacity and the limit to how high they can reasonably charge per ticket, Packy’s offer differs in comparison to some of the other venues these bands are playing. For instance, shortly after Ziggy Marley performed at the Box, he went on to play a sold-out show at a London ven-
The Wailers
The Revivalists sold out multiple nights at the Box this past August in less than forty-five minutes, raising the question of how much longer this small island venue will be able to book the band. Without their positive Nantucket experiences and the friendships formed along the way, business would have dictated long ago that they move on to larger venues and greener pastures. Packy keeps a mental wish
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list of the bands he would love to see hit their small, well-worn
ue that had a capacity of twenty
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Packy with Steel Pulse
Packy at Grammys with Meghan Trainor
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LIFE ON THE
LINE Written by Jason Grazaidei Photography by Kit Noble
Nantucket fisherman Justin Bell goes to extremes to land the ultimate catch There are more than a few good fishermen who call Nantucket home, but none are quite like Justin Bell. The forty-fouryear-old island landscaper calls himself the “Mental Oriental” on Instagram, lives in a midisland basement apartment, and doesn’t own a boat. You won’t see him showing off his catch to the tourists on Straight Wharf. In fact, you probably won’t see him fishing at all. But that’s just the way Bell likes it. He does his fishing by kayak and paddleboard, often in the darkness of late night or early morning, prowling the lesser-known spots around Nantucket’s ponds and harbors.
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t definitely is a way of life for
ed by a Catholic family from New
worked at places like The Juice Bar,
me now,” Bell says. His Ins-
York. Bell’s adopted father was an
the Indian Summer surf shop, and
tagram feed is a window into
investment banker, his new mother
the White Dog Café. He even had a
that way of life, filled with
a nurse, and the couple had been
brief stint folding Nantucket Reds at
photos of the forty-inch striped bass
vacationing on Nantucket since the
Murray’s Toggery Shop. By night,
he regularly pulls from the ocean
mid-1960s. They quickly introduced
he’d do his best to sneak into The
and of his other exploits from the
their new son to the island.
Chicken Box or The Muse.
beach. “Most of Nantucket’s great
Nantucket is where Bell “caught
While the island was where he
fishing spots are located where cars
the bug” for fishing. Some of his ear-
wanted to be, there was still a sense
can’t go,” Bell said in a recent post.
liest memories, he says, are of riding
of isolation due to the lack of diver-
“This is my solution to the madness.”
his bike down to Straight Wharf in
sity on the island at that time, Bell
While you might not recognize
the morning and fishing from the
says, something that has begun to
his name, if you’ve spent any time
pier until he had to come home for
change only recently. “In the seven-
on Nantucket, you will probably
dinner. Back in New York, Bell
ties, eighties, and nineties, even un-
recognize Bell’s face and his unique
bounced around
til about four or
style. Maybe you’ve seen him cut-
to
five years ago,
ting hedges in ’Sconset. Or perhaps
schools,
both
I was one of
he was riding his skateboard down-
public and pri-
the only Asians
town. Or maybe it’s a fuzzy memory
vate,
out here for a
of the guy who used to dance to the
ing an all-boys
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includ-
while,”
Bell
DJ until the sun
says. “It was
came up. He’s
weird being one
worn many hats
of only a handful of Asians on the is-
over his years
land, or people that were different.”
on the island
Meanwhile, though, he was still
and even earned
honing his craft on the water. While
the
nickname
his father and grandfather taught
Legend”
him the basics, Bell is largely self-
from a group
taught when it comes to fishing. “It
of local teenag-
was a lot of trial and error, and I’d
ers who were in
watch a lot of redneck TV, all the old
“The
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different
awe of the fact
school. He was an athlete in
fishing guys,” Bell says. “And just
that Bell does
his high school days, play-
doing mad-scientist type stuff. Like
not appear to
ing football and lacrosse,
seeing if this works or that works.”
age like the rest
and excelling in wrestling.
While many of his fishing expe-
of us (he could
But a freak injury to his face
ditions are still solo, Bell’s fifteen-
pass for a twen-
during a practice required
year-old son Francis now joins him
tysomething). “You don’t choose
reconstructive surgery and dashed
occasionally, although he is current-
your nicknames,” he says with a
any hopes he had of a wrestling
ly living with his mother on Maui.
laugh.
scholarship.
And Bell’s skills have also earned
A series of unlikely circum-
After a year at Colby-Sawyer
him a few new disciples: two young
stances brought Bell to the island at
College in New Hampshire, Bell
men who sought Bell out to take
a young age. He was born in 1973
quickly realized it wasn’t for him.
them fishing. What generally was
a world away from Nantucket in
At nineteen, he returned to the place
a solitary hobby for Bell has now
Seoul, South Korea. Around his
that felt like home: Nantucket. It was
become an opportunity to teach and
second birthday, Bell was placed in
the mid-1990s, and Bell was finding
share his knowledge.
an orphanage and was soon adopt-
his niche on the island. By day, he
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“In the seventies, eighties, and nineties, even until about four or five years ago, I was one of the only Asians out here for a while...It was weird being one of only a handful of Asians on the island, or people that were different.�
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ut four years ago, his passion for fishing nearly got him killed. Today, he refers to the incident as his “swim.” It was late May of 2013, and Bell was fishing for stripers on a sandbar in Polpis Harbor, a spot where he’d cast a line hundreds of times before. Long after the sun had gone down, he decided to call it a day, but as he started walking back to the shore, Bell came across an unexpected drop-off in the sandbar. The tide was coming in, his backpack filled with water, and Bell suddenly found himself fighting against the current and the wind. He ditched his fishing gear, cut loose his waders, and swam toward a small buoy he spotted above the surf. At this point it was pitch black, and Bell was freezing, tired, and disoriented. He swallowed his pride, pulled his cell phone out from a waterproof case, and called 911. The island’s public-safety agencies sprang into action, and after a harrowing search coordinated by police dispatchers, Bell was rescued about two hundred yards from shore after more than two hours in the water. His rescuer was a familiar face: firefighter John Allen, who reached Bell on a paddleboard. After an ambulance ride and a brief stay at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Bell was back to work and fishing again within the week. It wasn’t clear to him at first, but in hindsight, he sees that the experience changed him. “I’m less of an introvert now and more of an extrovert,” Bell says. “People came up to me on the street after that. It’s hard to describe other than to say it’s good to be alive.” Today, Bell is toying with the idea of parlaying his love for fishing into a venture that could make him a living, not just dinner. He has begun to explore what he calls foot-guiding: taking people out to his spots and putting them on fish, a sort of ecotourism that Bell believes there is a strong market for during N magazine
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fun first.”
all philosophy on fishing will remain: “First of all, go out and have fun. Go out and try. That’s how I catch fish. I’m going out to have
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Aboard TRAIN Written by Robert Cocuzzo
Photography by Brian Sager
How Gary Trainor went from living on the rock to living like a rock star A year ago, Gary Trainor put his home on the market and closed up his successful jewelry store on Straight Wharf after twenty-nine years in business. He and his wife, Kelli, then moved their lives to Hollywood at the behest of their daughter, the international pop sensation Meghan Trainor. Ever since joining her on the red carpet at the Grammys in 2015, Gary Trainor has become something of a celebrity in his own right—appearing in music videos and shoe commercials, and dancing on stage in front of thousands of screaming fans. It’s a life the sixty-nine-year-old never could have imagined. But sitting outside his old jewelry store during a recent visit to the island, Gary Trainor is the same affable guy with the megawatt smile who played the organ every Sunday for nearly thirty years at Nantucket United Methodist Church.
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Meghan and Gary Trainor at the 57th Grammy Awards, 2015
e’ve seen three or four parents that have taken an active role in managing their child,” Gary says. “I haven’t seen a great deal of success with that.” Instead, Gary has left his daughter’s business in the hands of professionals while he and his family enjoy the extraordinary ride of her catapulting career. Meghan Trainor literally set a Guinness World Record for the speed of her ascent to stardom when her breakout single “All About That Bass” topped the charts in London before it was even available for purchase. “They put that song out in June,” Gary says. “By September, she was an international pop star.” As Meghan’s fame took off into the stratosphere, she pulled her family in tighter and tighter. Her brothers moved into her mansion in Hollywood, with the eldest, Ryan, managing her social media and behind-the-scenes video production. She spent over a year trying to convince her parents to join them in California, but Gary was reluctant to close the business he’d spent
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sisters Katie Denny and Megan Pearson, to take over the business under a new name, Jewel in the Sea, Gary finally agreed to head west. Today, he still owns the building of his former jewelry store as well as his home on the island, which he took off the market and now rents to the store’s new owners.
Meghan Trainor and Gary Trainor, NYC 9/8/16
Now living a short drive from their children in Hollywood, the Trainors see each other four days a week, with Sundays devoted entirely to family time. “Meghan embraces her family,” Gary says. “Even in her professional life, she tries to involve her parents.” For Gary, this has meant cameos in Skechers sneaker commercials and Meghan’s music videos. When she toured her Thank You album, Gary made surprise appearances on stage to the delight of the audiences while she sang her hit “Dance Like Your Daddy.” But of all the memories Gary cherishes, none will top the Grammys, at which he was his daughter’s date two years in a row. Last year, Meghan took home the Grammy for Best New Artist. “I leaned over to her and said, ‘Baby, you made it,’” Gary remembers. “I tear up just Meghan Trainor and Gary Trainor at the iHeartRadio Music Awards April 3, 2016
thinking about it.” From then on, his daughter would be introduced as Meghan Trainor, the Grammy Award winner. Gary and Kelli never could have predicted Meghan’s extraordi-
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nary path to stardom when they were raising her on Nantucket. “She
only his daughter’s accomplishments, but the manner in which she’s
grew up with the boys,” Gary says. “You put her in the room with forty
achieved them. Beyond earning her chops as a musician and busi-
guys and she was very, very comfortable. You put her in a room with
nessperson, Meghan has also emerged as an outspoken role model
six girls she went to high school with and she’d be a nervous wreck.”
for millions of young girls and women. When filmmakers photo-
Meghan was a talented athlete growing up and never shied away from
shopped one of her music videos to make her look thinner, Meghan
mixing it up with the boys. “She played football until the eighth grade
demanded that the video be taken down and returned to the original.
at the Boys and Girls Club,” he says. “She hiked the ball and her broth-
(The story went viral and inadvertently multiplied the music video’s
er Ryan was the quarterback—it was the cutest thing I ever saw.”
number of views.)
Beyond her transformation from tomboy to pop icon, Gary didn’t
Awash in flashbulbs and with millions of fans around the globe,
anticipate how Meghan would break through the insurmountable rigors
Meghan seems to have stayed grounded by keeping her family close.
of making it to the big time. He knew those rigors personally. “I traveled
And it comes through in her music. “You look out into the audience
on the road for seven years as an entertainer but I didn’t have stars in
and it was packed with families,” Gary says. “Whether you’re two
my eyes,” Gary says. “I knew my limitations as a musician and as a per-
years old or ninety-four, parents, kids, adults—her audience crosses
former and never saw myself as a superstar.” Instead, Gary taught music
over generations. That’s the sweetest thing.” As for his future on
on the island for seven years until a bad motorcycle accident prompted
stage, Gary Trainor doesn’t look to be getting off the M Train any
him to switch to a profession that allowed him to sit. He studied watch
time soon. He’s ready and eager for his next cue, playing the greatest
repair and then jewelry making, which ultimately led to Jewel of the Isle
role of his life: Dad.
on Straight Wharf. “I really enjoyed it,” he says. “I’d probably still be in business, but Meghan really wanted us out there.”
coordinating this story with Gary Trainor.
Gary & Meghan Trainor Premiere 20th Century Fox “The Peanuts Movie”
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Meghan & Gary Trainor at the 58th Grammy Awards, 2016
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Postcard image of stairway and boardwalk to the beach, Beach House, Siasconset, Postmarked 1951
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HOTELS Images courtesy of the Nantucket Historic Association
A look back at the hottest places to stay The words “Nantucket” and “hospitality” go hand in hand, with the island boasting some of the most beautiful accommodations in the world, many of which are consistently awarded top honors by travel publications. Nantucket has long been a relaxing escape away from the busy hubbub of “American” life, with hotels for all types of visitors, whether it be in the middle of the lively downtown scene or in the more remote and N magazine
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look at some of the lodging options of Nantucket’s past, many of which still stand (and serve) today.
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Sunbathing on beach in front of the Beach House Hotel, Siasconset, 1954 Celebration of the Wauwinet House Hotel’s centennial (1876–1976)
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A: Aerial view of the Beach House Hotel, Siasconset, ca. 1930. It was demolished in 1957. B: Total collapse of the Surfside Hotel, 1899 C: The Nantucket Hotel, Brant Point, ca. 1890 D: Dining room at the Nantucket Hotel, ca. 1900s E: Ad for the Ocean House Hotel from the Handbook of Nantucket, with notes of interest to summer visitors
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F: Architect’s 1930s rendering of a proposed new hotel to be named Broadview Hotel “to be erected on the site of what is now known as Broadview Tavern at Lincoln Circle on
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C G: Several years after
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A: View of The Nantucket Hotel at Brant Point, ca. 1888. In 1904, the midsection was floated across the
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harbor to become the Dreamland Theatre. B: Reverse of Nantucket Central Railroad timetable, 1900, with ads for ‘Sconset Express Co. and the Springfield Hotel, W.H. Gooch,
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A: The main dining room of the Jared Coffin House before the 1962 renovation by the Nantucket Historical Trust. B: The ballroom of the Nantucket Hotel, ca. 1900s C: Summer waitresses at the
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A: The private house known in 1922 as The Breakers, which rented rooms and later became an annex of the White Elephant Hotel.
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Ana-Katarina Vinkler-Petrovic
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Henry & Jennifer Askew
Evan, Ruth & John Leclare
Felicia Silver
Melvin, Savi, Siri & Kiran Akal
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Kiran Akal & John Fleming of Chai Rum
Elizabeth & Brian Harris
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Crystal Ball Sunset Hour
FoggysheeT nantucket
Grant & Peggy Cambridge
Will & Caitlin Cottrell
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Bruce & Lisa Lawler, Craig Hawkins & Stan Harvey
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Neil & Lauren Marttila
Rebekah Schwartz & Amy Ruby
Jen Shalley, Tim Ehrenberg, Annie Hauser, Santi Scheurell & Mike Allen
Doug Smith & Virginia Maria
Adam Dread & Fifi Greenberg
Chris Glowacki & Krissy Campbell
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Virginia Marina, Willem Hoogenboezem & Kirsi Williams Photography by Kris Kinsley Hancock
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Nuptials
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Featured Wedding
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Bride & Groom: Katie & Josh Wojcik
Hair: Elaine Browne with RJ Miller Salon
Reception Food/Venue: Nantucket Yacht Club
Photographer: Rebecca Love Photography
Makeup: Yolanda Grant
Ceremony: First Congregational Church
Dress: Oscar de La Renta
Cake: Nantucket Bake Shop
Rehearsal Dinner: Galley Beach
Groom: Brooks Brothers
Band: The Sultans of Swing
Flowers: Flowers on Chestnut
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Not so fast
harvest time Photography by Brian Sager
A quick chat with Pumpkin Pond Farm’s Marty McGowan
exterior space?
McGowan: The design was about the memory of Nantucket, the historical facts that were important, and the garden design is my interpretation. It has fragrance, it has food, it has summer flowers, but it really speaks to interest. It’s interesting
N MAGAZINE: Did you grow up want- So the farm was designed with art people don’t know about you? in mind. Number two: Pumpkin McGowan: Unfortunately, I’m one ing to be a farmer?
and Nantucket is a damn interesting place.
McGowan: I didn’t grow up saying Pond Farm is the only all-certified of those people where you see I wanted to be a gardener, but I’ve
organic farm with California Certi-
what you get. I’ve always been
N MAGAZINE: What makes up a quint-
always been a gardener and I still
fied Organic Farmers on Nantucket.
committed to the beauty of Nan-
essential fall dinner for you?
am a gardener. When all my friends
tucket. What most people don’t
went to New York City to do fi-
N MAGAZINE: What’s your top tip for know is that I’ve been in business
McGowan: The bounty of harvest
nance, I didn’t. I stayed on Nan-
keeping a healthy garden?
tucket and it’s been good for me.
McGowan: The biggest tip to keep- years. For the last forty-plus years ing a healthy garden is to look at
since ’74, so that’s forty-three
that I collect for myself and my family from Pumpkin Pond Farm accents every fall dinner we have.
I have been planting roses all over
For me, dinner is about the vegeta-
N MAGAZINE: What’s one thing most it. Your plants are your window this island and adding to the cot-
bles. I just love the root vegetables,
people don’t know about Pumpkin
into the garden. When you look
tage quality of life that you see in
cauliflower, fresh lettuces, and the
Pond Farm?
over and you see a plant doing re-
all the magazines.
end-of-summer tomatoes are so de-
McGowan: Number one: the farm ally well, then your garden is do-
licious.
was designed with impressionist
ing well. If it isn’t doing well, then
N MAGAZINE: Speaking of magazines,
cubism from the artist Paul Klee. I
there’s probably something wrong
you were just featured in Architec-
N MAGAZINE: If you could change
always loved a painting of his ex-
and that’s when you Google it.
tural Digest for your work on the
one thing about Nantucket, what
tension landscape and I patterned
Greydon House. What was your
the farm after that when I started.
N MAGAZINE: What’s one thing most inspiration behind designing that
would it be?
McGowan: I would keep the fall a secret. It’s such a great season here, and anywhere on Nantucket becomes so lovely. If I were to say something selfish, I would say I want everyone to eat more organic. I wish that more people would eat more organically.
N MAGAZINE: What’s the best piece of advice you ever received?
McGowan: “You’re in charge of making all of your choices. If this isn’t right for you, you have the power to make another choice.” You actually have the right to make a decision that will change your life.
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McGowan: The beach with friends. Because in the fall, it’s all yours. I think I’ve been to the beach three times this year so far, so now it’s on the top of my list.
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