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Welcome to August on Nantucket, a month that is the social and fundraising equivalent here of the Summer Olympics. It seems there are enough fundraisers on the island in August to fund the GNP of several small countries. From the NHA August Antiques Show to the Boys and Girls Club Summer Groove to the Pops on Nantucket, which benefits Nantucket Cottage Hospital, there are more events than there are days in which they can be attended.

But behind the torrid social scene, there are activities that voters are focused on to keep Nantucket’s uniqueness intact. It is this uniqueness that keeps summer visitors returning to the island year after year and makes Nantucket such a special refuge.

The most visible effort is in saving the Dreamland Theater, which has been closed for well over a year after a Boston developer gutted the building and failed in his efforts to reposition the property as luxury condominiums on top of a new theater. The Dreamland has been as much a part of the fabric of downtown as the cobblestones on Main Street or even the Whaling Museum, and its loss is palpable.

At a special Town Meeting in July, Selectman Michael Kopko saw his well intended effort to have the town purchase the building narrowly voted down by residents who felt the $9M price tag plus renovations was too much to pay. But the Dreamland still needs to be saved and a solution may still exist.

Continuing their efforts to maintain the natural integrity of Nantucket, Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Nantucket Land Council and other conservation groups have worked in recent years to preserve much of the island. In July, NCF and its supporters welcomed dozens of guests to an event at the cranberry bogs to celebrate their successes so far. Saying that local conservation leaders would like to see 50% of Nantucket eventually under some kind of conservation protection, NCF board president Richard Verney told listeners that about 47% of Nantucket is now protected. Surely, that is welcomed news, but as other speakers pointed out that night, the campaign continues to acquire a permanent conservation easement on UMass Boston’s Nantucket Field Station along Polpis Road and other parcels. We encourage everyone’s support in those efforts.

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Some people let challenging events rule their lives, but Bob and Suzanne have elected to fight back and may ultimately create permanent changes in how this mysterious condition is prevented and treated.

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Nthings An in-depth look at personal achievements, events and other things that make Nantucket special. In this issue, photographer Nathan Coe’s visually arresting campaign for Nantucket Children’s and Family Services and a run-down of books sure to interest island readers.

Artists & Nantucket Arts Festival The Nantucket Arts Festival is one of the best-kept secrets of Nantucket downtime. September’s weather is sweet, the streets are clear and the festival’s company includes some of the most interesting art personalities on Nantucket. They start with a get together at Preservation Institute: Nantucket to have something like a weeklong party, with exhibitions of their artwork as an ongoing exhibit. In this issue, we throw a few of these artists into high relief— photographing them in their native habitats and getting to know more about what keeps them inspired long after the last art buyer from New York has gone home.

Nhome: ‘Greater Light’ to shine again The politely ornery sisters Gertrude and Hanna Monaghan raised a few eyebrows on Nantucket in the early 20th century by renovating a pig barn into an inspired abode. At the time, islanders would ride by in elevated carriages to sneak a peek over the fence. Soon, all you’ll have to do is sidle up to the Nantucket Historical Association, which is renovating the property after 14 years. Lyndon Dupuis shares a look at the world travels, memorabilia and art that made the house so notable for its time — and ours.

Lush landscapes Who would move to one of the most naturally beautiful places in America and claim the ability to make improvements? Photographer and landscape designer Larry Cronin is the water gardening guru who has done just that by transforming backyards into scenes from a fairy tale. Take a look at his own photographic record of his designs.

nantucketfoggysheet Our ever-popular pages of event and party photos offer glimpses of early summer happenings, including the annual O-Zone Surf Classic, Boston Pops on Nantucket, Nantucket Antiques Show, the end-of-summer gallery scene and many other summer events.

Nantucket Arts & Social Calendar Our save-the-date appointment book, coordinated this year with Gene Mahon’s popular weekly e-mail mahonabouttown, looks at the best of on-island benefits and cultural events through fall on Nantucket.

Nvited In for a family feast A Bridget-loves-Birney couple, Sue McCollum and Todd Epsten open their table to readers of N Magazine for the family’s Rosh Hashanah holiday meal.

Nvited Out to American Seasons Years ago at American Seasons, Michael LaScola and Orla Murphy LaScola met as young staff in the kitchen and at the front of the house. A romance began—for food, wine and each other—that eventually birthed the prodigious, gastronomic love child we now as today’s American Seasons. Panos Kakaviatos writes on their marriage of food and wine.

Hot Dish The best rundown on Nantucket’s vibrant restaurant and food and wine business by food and wine writer Panos Kakaviatos, who looks at the special care local chefs take in their food creations.

Find the Golden Clicker Learn about the location of the golden clicker from our last issue and find out who’s name from among the five winners won the 50” plasma TV from Nantucket Sound in the N Magazine contest co-sponsored by Plum TV. Nantucket atists in their Warholian finest. Top row from left: Diane Dicker, Pamela Pindell and Reggie Levine.

Middle from left: Michael Rich, Gail Sharretts and Alison Hall Cooley. Bottom from left: Joanna Kane, Sara Boyce and Christine Sanford.

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Whale tales Acclaimed, award-winning documentary filmmaker Ric Burns credits much of his success to his subject matter: Andy Warhol, Ansell Adams, The Civil War, Eugene O’Neill, New York City—great American stories that many know in broad strokes and that Burns has now amplified with his analytical lens.

Soon, Burns’ list of subjects will include Nantucket herself, as he and his company Steeplechase Films prepare to film both a documentary on the whaling era and a 20-minute “orientation” film to introduce visitors at the Nantucket Whaling Museum to the Nantucket Historical Association and island history.

Burns first approached the NHA last year to express his interest in filming a documentary on the whaling industry.

“I was drawn by the extremeness of the story, of the extremity and savagery and importance of it, and of the way whaling suffused so many aspects of American culture,” he explained. “We forget, but it lit the world. In 1850, Nantucket was lighting the streets of London and powering the industrial revolution.

“The whaling experience was one of long periods of tedium at sea punctuated by moments of extreme terror,” Burns continued. “A whale is sited, and for an intense, three days, you’re at war. The savagery of what they had to do to kill the whale was astonishing. It’s counter intuitive to row a small boat to a 60-ton animal and stab it to death with a piece of iron, and that’s what whaling amounted to.”

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The son of a social anthropologist, Burns has won three Emmys—the first two for “The Civil War” documentary that he worked on with his brother and fellow documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.

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Today, Ric Burns may be best known for his seminal documentary series “New York,” which captivated viewers for 10 hours on a subject that many people think they already know in depth. His ability to hold the audience’s attention with familiar subjects, according to Burns, is due in large part to his approach of “not dumbing down the subject matter.”

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often the mistake is made in thinking that a general audience needs a homogenized, simplified view of things. People want ten thousand-watt insights that suddenly make clear the coherence of very complicated aspects of our experience.

One of the joys of doing these projects is that each of these projects is complex and matter to people.”

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and also Nantucket’s history, Burns will access NHA archives and collections.

Much of the full-length documentary’s establishing shots will be filmed on the ground, in the air and on the sea, which Burns characterized as being inhabited by the “fourth-dimension” of history.

“He has such an engaging way of teaching history,” said William Tramposch, NHA Executive Director, about Burns. “His documentary will focus even more national and international attention on the island.”

The 20-minute visitor orientation film will address the interpretative themes covered now by the NHA, according to Tramposch.

“It will really lift the bar of what we do as an organization,” Tramposch explained. “It will provide us with a gateway experience for people visiting Nantucket. I already know that when people see this orientation, they will be propelled out into the streets wanting to learn more.”

The first step for the NHA, as is often the case, is funding for the project. Burns’ movies cost approximately $1 million per hour, so the NHA needs to raise about $250,000 to finance the filming and is currently looking for donors.

“Nantucket, as a community, always pulls together, which is why this story we’re doing on Nantucket is so interesting,” said Burns of the mini-movie, which he said will move from the Native American population on Nantucket to the early colony to the whaling industry. He also try to capture Nantucket’s historic ideological forces from the island’s early Quaker culture to the rise of the local arts colony and today’s island society.

“You get a sense of Nantucket being a particularly fertile place for painters, writers, thinkers, oddballs—people who had some mission to create something,” noted Burns.

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Tramposch disclosed that he hopes both films will educate viewers about the island’s past and its present reality, in a way that supports his budding campaign to win recognition for Nantucket as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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“What we’d like people to appreciate is that this is a very American story, what Melville called this little elbow of sand,” Tramposch said. “This isn’t just about Nantucket, but about the country and world that it’s part of even today, dealing with issues of limited resources, reinvention, subsistence. It’s a microcosm of all that. It’s an American story about reinvention and innovation. This island continually reinvents itself.” Reported by Marli Guzzetta

Poster by Nathan Coe

Troubled minds Sometimes, a picture is worth more than a thousand words. It can also reveal something unsaid.

That’s the concept behind Nantucket Family and Children’s Services’ new advertising campaign “We’re Not Mind Readers,” created by island photographer and designer Nathan Coe to depict apparent and unapparent realities.

illness who need supportive living; The Sober House, a three-quarter way house that FCS owns and operates for people in recovery from substance abuse; and emergency help, which is available by phone for people who are in mental health emergencies or crises for which the police should intervene.

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In one photo, focusing on eating disorders, a thin young woman stares into a mirror that reflects her view of herself as being larger than she is.

Another image, addressing depression and suicide, shows two friends waving to one another as they pass on the street, running the ubiquitous polite conversation of “How are you? Fine, thanks.” In the background, an ad on the side of a bus reads, “Actually, no I’m not all right. I’m going to kill myself in five minutes.”

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The group selected the image as an anchor for its campaign to help solidify the name, brand and purpose of the organization.

“People know us by several different names, which is part of the reason we’re doing the campaign,” said Peter Swensen, executive director of Family and Children’s Services. “We want people to know that we’re one organization that runs multiple programs.”

Those programs include outpatient services for mental health and addiction; family and school-based programs for counseling and support; the Fairgrounds House and Sherman House, which FCS owns and operates for people with persistent mental

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Family and Children’s Services has also increased its psychiatric services to three psychiatrists on-staff for nine days out of the month.

The series of ads will appear in newspaper ads and perhaps in takeaway cards on Nantucket Regional Transit Authority busses. “Wherever people traffic on a regular basis,” said Swensen, who explained that Coe’s photos were selected for their “eye-catching” quality. “These issues are not easy to talk about,” explained Swensen “His images cause people to stop and think and ask questions about themselves.”

The year-long advertising campaign will be interspersed with education and awareness building around issues like domestic violence, underage drinking, substance abuse, eating disorders, depression and suicide, “which get touched on more than people would imagine here,” Swensen said.

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Making music One of the most artistically resonant stories to come out of this year’s Nantucket Arts Festival is the romantic ballad of Maeve Hughes, who as a teenager cut her musical teeth while playing on the streets and in the bars and clubs of Nantucket.

At last year’s Arts Festival, Hughes returned to her once and former home of Nantucket with only a piano and an overnight bag. Holding a performance upstairs at Preservation Institute: Nantucket, she chatted with the audience while relaxing on her piano stool.

At the time, Hughes was in the middle of completing “Begin from Within,” the album that documented her recovery from a near fatal accident and head injury, and her subsequent “intense transformation.”

A good portion of the album, which she released in May of this year, was inspired by quiet moments of reflection Hughes spent by the Nantucket shore.

“Music is what brought me back; it’s what I’m here for,” said Hughes. “My encounters with near death confirmed my need to play at whatever the cost. I don’t

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think my voice really developed until I came through the brunt of my recovery.

When my voice came through it was like a river ripping through a concrete dam.

Everything I went through directly translated into my music—my thoughts became my lyrics, my poems became my songs, like an incantation to heal into wholeness.”

Little did she know, during last year’s Arts Festival, that she was months away from meeting her future husband, Backa Niang, a vocalist and percussionist for Gokh Bi System— a performance group from Senegal that bills itself as “African

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Hughes brought Niang and GBS with her this year to the Nantucket Arts Festival, where they performed at the Muse on September 28, before the couple threw a second, Nantucket wedding for their friends on the island the next day. The ceremony took place along the shores of Cisco, where Hughes spent so much time compiling her thoughts for the album that brought the couple together in the recording booth, where Backa assisted in some of the producing. For more on Nantucket Arts Festival, produced by Nantucket Arts Council, see this month’s Social Calendar on page 49 or visit nantucketartscouncil.org.

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their “Nantucket Notable” portraits.

You’ll be happy to display your copy for all to see. ‘Nantucket Notables’ can be purchased at the gallery Hallam shares with fellow artist Jim Cromartie on Easy Street at the small inner harbor in addition to island bookstores.

Meanwhile, turn to the editor’s letter page in this issue of N for a look at one sketch that failed the editor’s cut.

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Inspired by his family’s love for Nantucket, 14-year-old Conor Bagley created the children’s book “Ziggy Mcfinster’s Nantucket Adventure,” which offers keen observations on Nantucket’s seasonal goings on. Written during the summer of 2006, the book stars the polymorphic Ziggy Mcfinster— a blue-eyed snake with magical powers who brings his wife Bitsy to Nantucket for their honeymoon. The couple slithers through some of Nantucket’s summer hot spots including Young’s Bicycle Shop, Mitchell’s Book Corner and The White Elephant Hotel. Their trip is a getaway for Ziggy to take a break from his duties saving flora and fauna to fawn over his own rosy-cheeked wife, who hails from Manhattan and has a tendency to be a little bit bossy. But before the trip is up, Ziggy is called back to work while on the road, and his efforts stall due to a ne’er-do-well local who threatens to make trouble. The book includes illustrations by Nadine Bernard Westcott.

“I got my inspiration for Ziggy, because I love animals,” said Bagley. “With the whole honeymoon thing, I thought, a little romance in there might be nice.” Like Ziggy, Bagley had his vacation to Nantucket this past summer occasionally interrupted by his career when visiting residents would pull him aside and compliment him on the book. “It was a lot of fun,” said the author, who then returned to his homework.

It’s a coffee table book that many Nantucketers will love, especially those who made the editor’s cut. “Nantucket Notables: Faces and Places on the Faraway Island,” by international Nantucket-based artist Kerry Hallam, offers 100 pages of water color sketches he made of Nantucket’s greatest resource: its people.

The portraits, each with its own page, are not titled, but the book includes two glossaries for easy identification. One is organized chronologically by page, while the other is ordered alphabetically. If, for example, you want to identify the person on page 67—the red-haired woman with a torn financial statement from the town of Nantucket—you can turn to the back and discover that, of course, it’s Nantucket Town Clerk Catherine Stover.

If you’re curious to find Dr. Timothy Lepore in the book, you’ll see in the back that he is indeed on page 25, where you’ll discover his familiar face, and a falcon—an indication of this island doctor’s love of falconry.

Clues about Nantucket personalities are sometimes subtle, but they pay the viewer back in new insights with each subsequent viewing. With so many of your fellow Nantucketers listed in its pages, you can’t afford not to have it, even at its price tag of $45. Just imagine the scene at your next dinner party if several of your guests mention the stories about

Good eating Island restaurateurs are the new ship captains — keeping the island’s tourist industry aloft in a sea of demanding palates. It’s nice to hear one of these helm-bearers share their thoughts on the voyage, as Donald E. DeMarco has done in “Nantucket Taste Memories: The DeMarco Restaurant Cookbook.”

Interspersing recipes with theories on everything from table setting to handling complaints, DeMarco intended the book to be “the story of one restaurant that could apply to many successful restaurants and businesses driven by the human spirit.”

“There are a few rules to abide by when creating a meal,” DeMarco writes. “Keep it simple; concentrate on five main ingredients or less.”

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Nantucket for decades, he opens the book with a look back to Dolgeville, a small village in upstate New York where his parents settled after emigrating from Italy. Like so many Italian parents, they re-created their homeland in their kitchen.

“Forget all that stuff you’ve heard about ‘you can’t go home again,’” DeMarco writes, “You can do it through food.”

Key West color Decorating guru and prolific author Leslie Linsley’s idea of order in Key West involves 22 adorable cottages with eccentric interiors and equally colorful owners. She’s compiled it all in “Key West: a Tropical Lifestyle,” a hardcover book with colorful images by Nantucket

photographer Terry Pommett, due out from Monicelli Press on October 4.

On Nantucket, Linsley owns a titular store that has become a staple for fans of the shabby chic and decoupage decorating style.

Of all the books she’s written on home decorating, Key West is the only sub-tropic locale she’s ever highlighted, in part because she’s rented homes there for 18 years. The main reason she chose Key West, however, is that the homes are absolutely unique.

“I’ve done so many books, but this one was so wonderful because the homes are all small conch houses, under 1200 square feet,” she explained. “And all of the houses have been renovated and decorated by really creative people who could live anywhere.” According to Linsley, the book includes some “innovative and fun” ideas for Nantucket decorators, both professional and amateur.

“For example, they use a lot of the tropical vegetation as points of departure for decorating and themes,” noted Linsley, who called the Key West style “fun, not serious, and more eclectic. Key West style is funk and flash with a whole lot of substance.”

For a peak at the book, Linsley will autograph copies in her Nantucket store on India Street near South Water during

business hours of 10 AM to 6 PM on Friday, October 5, through Sunday, October 7.

Island lore On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Michael Hite woke up early in his Nantucket home and began writing what became the beginning of his recently completed novel, “The Last Boat.”

“I don’t know what possessed me, but I wrote about ten pages,” he remembered.

“And then I got a phone call from my wife telling me to turn on the television.”

There he saw the events of 9-11-01.

Amelia Moorland was the character who emerged from Hite’s imagination that morning. He describes her as a “feisty”

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Reggie Levine, quintessential Nantucket artist, is now showing his recent constructions, exclusively at Graficas Gallery. Nantucket’s newest contemporary art gallery, Graficas, features a stable of renowned local, national and international artists. The gallery specializes in assembling custom designed art portfolios for your personal collection.

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protagonist who wakes on her 100th birthday knowing it will be the last day of her life, which has spanned the island of Manhattan, the battlefields of World War II France and Nantucket during the early 20th century. An ill-fated ferry ride from those Nantucket years haunts Amelia even on her deathbed.

Hite wanted the book to be a vehicle for old Nantucket traditions, featuring larger-than-life characters. To that end, he camped out at Nantucket Atheneum’s Great Hall, going through Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror archives on microfilm and then poring through William Macy’s “The Nantucket Scrap Basket,” a compendium of Nantucket phrases.

“People have said to me more than once, ‘I’ve never thought about what it was really like to live here in the past,’” Hite said over the phone while finishing dinner with his wife on the island of Capri. “They’ve said, ‘I know the history of Nantucket, but the book gives me a sense of what it was like to live during those times, and has given me a better appreciation of this special place we all enjoy.’”

Readers have compared Hite’s work of historic fiction to the notable “Ahab’s Wife,” by Sena J. Naslund. The publishing website iUniverse gave the book its Publisher’s Choice Award. A screenwriting and directing graduate of Columbia

University’s respected MFA program, Hite wrote, directed and co-produced 1995’s independent film “The Dinner Party.”

Hite said his next book will take place in Manhattan’s Plaza Hotel during the great Depression.

Cold War memories “The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War,” is the last work by the respected journalist-author and Nantucket resident, David Halberstam who died in April of this year in an auto accident.

In this non-fiction work, Halberstam dissects what many identify to be the single, biggest logistical misstep of the Korean War—General Douglass

McArthur’s decision to send outnumbered American troops across the Yalu River and into the mountains.

McArthur mistakenly believed that the Chinese Communist Army would not follow them. Released September 25, “The Coldest Winter” peppers this lesser-known military campaign with some of the most prominent Cold War leaders, told with the same level of insight and big-picture understanding that has made Halberstam’s previous works so forceful.

Much of the story is familiar. What distinguishes this version by Halberstam is his reportorial skill, honed during Vietnam in Pulitzer-winning dispatches from the war to the New York Times.

“His pounding narrative whisks the reader along, even though we know the ending,” wrote James Brady in his review of “Coldest War” for Publisher’s Weekly.

Nathaniel Philbrick, award-winning Nantucket author and director of the island’s Egan Maritime Foundation, will read from the book on Saturday, October 13, at 7 PM in Nantucket Atheneum’s Great Hall. The reading—part of a nationwide series of readings of the book

by Halberstam’s many friends and colleagues—is free to the public but requires a ticket. For more information visit nantucketathenum.org or call 508-228-1110.

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Regulated by the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy, compounding pharmacists are licensed and must work within the jurisdiction of ingredients approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration. Patients who benefit from compounding services include people who must take amended, small dosages—like infants—and people who might be allergic to an isolated ingredient of a certain drug.

A pharmacist who still wields his mortal and pestle is hard to find. But Dan Balling at Dan’s Pharmacy offers the service of compounding pharmacy, an increasingly rare practice once common among early druggists, who combined ingredients or extracted them from cruder compounds to create more personalized pharmaceuticals.

“Compounded prescriptions can be used to treat the entire family, from children and adult needs to prescriptions for your pets,” assured Balling. “Compound prescriptions for multiple patient needs including pain management, sports medicine, bio-identical hormone replacement, dental compounding, pediatric compounding and important veterinary compounding.”

“Pharmacy compounding is a unique way of providing customized prescriptions to treat individual patient needs,” explained Balling, who has been compounding prescriptions on Nantucket for the last seven of the 20 years he’s been providing pharmacy services on island. “Usually giving options for treatments that are commercially

Many islanders have used compounding, including N Magazine general manager Jenny Garneau, who prefers a compounded cream for one of her prescriptions as opposed to the orally digested form. “The dosage can be lower, because the delivery system is direct through the skin,” she explained.

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compounding techniques for over 15 years. In August 2003, he became a member of Prescription Compounding Centers of America (PCCA), which is “the most renowned prescription compound training company in the world,” according to Balling. Like an omniscient Mary Poppins ready with a spoonful of sugar, compounding pharmacists can even work with people who find their pills difficult to swallow because of their size or taste. To learn more, visits Dan’s Pharmacy at 5 Bayberry Court, between Orange Street and Sparks Avenue, or call 508-825-9100 to determine if a compounded prescription is appropriate for you or a family member.

Autism speaking Driving behind numerous Nantucket cars this summer, you might have noticed little blue puzzle pieces, signifiers that their driver supports Autism Speaks, the international non-profit organization dedicated to autism awareness and treatment.

The puzzle piece is an apt emblem for Autism Speaks, because any puzzle piece fits into a larger whole in a similar fashion that a single autistic child can so dramatically affect the lives of parents, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, cousins, neighbors, teachers and friends.

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“The inaugural Nantucket Walk Now for Autism was a great success and a wonderful day for so many families,” said Autism Speaks co-founder Suzanne Wright, who credited everyone from the walkers, donors and volunteers to the merchants who allowed Autism Speaks to promote the event in their shop windows.

The walk raised more than $340,000, with at least $10,000 of the monies raised earmarked for a new Autism Resource Center on Nantucket to service the Nantucket School System, where 14 students have been identified with the condition.

Autism now affects at least one in every 150 children, according to recent studies.

The condition results from a complex brain disorder that inhibits a person’s ability to communicate and develop social relationships, and is often accompanied by extreme behavioral challenges. Another child is diagnosed every 20 minutes.

The Nantucket walk crowned an islandwide awareness campaign begun this summer with a screening of the documentary film ‘Autism Everyday’ at the Nantucket Film Festival. Nantucket seasonal residents Heather and Chris

islander Marilyn Burns.

Published in 2003, “Tilt” is the wrenching but hopeful story of a mother’s life with a 5-year-old daughter who “can’t let you know she loves you back.” Burn’s own autistic daughter is now 14 years old.

Kennedy co-founded the local chapter of Autism Speaks along with Suzanne Wright and Bob Wright. The Wrights’ grandson was diagnosed with the neurological disorder in 2004, when Bob Wright was still chairman of NBC/Universal.

Shortly after the book’s release, Elizabeth Burns— or Betsy as her family calls her—held a reading of “Tilt” at Nantucket Atheneum. The large turnout included many Burns family friends, but Betsy Burns recently attributed her reading’s success to the notion that, “Nantucket is a pretty sophisticated community of well-read people and a lot of writers.

Outside of New York and Minneapolis, it was the warmest reception I received.”

“It’s a comfort to live in a community where people show they love and care about you,” said Marilyn Burns.

Earlier this summer, Bob Wright recalled hearing veteran autism activist Bernie Marcus say, “The lack of awareness is killing us.”

According to Wright, “Marcus said, ‘If we could really bring out awareness, it will make everything else easier, to be able to raise money, to be able to get people to focus on treatments, to be able to get research.’”

Following the Nantucket walk, Suzanne Wright spoke at Nantucket High School’s Professional Development Day to announce the development of the autism resource center at the school. As the puzzle pieces are coming together locally, other autism-related projects from Nantucket families are being consulted, including the recent book by Elizabeth Burns, sister to island funny woman Susan Burns and daughter of

Autism Speaks is hosting a series of walks throughout New England this fall. For more information on the organization itself or to participate in future walks, visit autismspeaks.org.

“We are very much looking forward to next year’s walk,” said Suzanne Wright.

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Inspiration and method During this time when Nantucket Arts Council showcases the island’s arts through its 15th annual Nantucket Arts Festival, we asked nine local artists—each well known to regular patrons of Nantucket’s more than 100 art galleries— to share how they work and to tell us what inspires them. Within this group, artistic styles range from formal portraiture to highly abstract imagery, created in many different media. Through the lenses of Nantucket photographer Terry Pommett, we offer a look inside the working studios where these artists create works that eventually make their way onto gallery walls here and elsewhere. The breadth and depth of their work, in our opinion, well represents the great variety of the serious artists and their work to be found on Nantucket today.

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Gail Sharretts, painter

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I am largely inspired by landscapes.

I love to travel to new places to discover challenges [as an artist]‌ the Mediterranean blues in southern France, the melancholy of Ireland or all the beautiful colors of India. This direct experience with the landscape influences and informs all of my abstract painting.

Turning inward, an internal dialog can begin where intellect and emotion meet.

My inspiration is not limited to the landscape, however. I will paint almost anything that catches my interest—vintage cameras, typewriters, fruit, flowers and the occasional portrait commission.

Some pieces will be finished within three to ten sessions; abstract paintings can sometimes take up to two years. I often have to just revisit a painting over and over again to fully understand what it is trying to say to me. ... My first true love was sculpture. I work in clay and then cast in plaster, which then will be cast in bronze. I am experimenting with casting methods such as cement or self-hardening clays so that I can preserve the immediacy and movement in the clay, resulting in a more abstract and less figurative end product. Call 508-2289843 to visit her gallery or see her work at gailsharretts.com.

Sara Boyce, Brigham Galleries owner

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The true mark of a gifted portrait artist is their ability to capture and portray personality in a two-dimensional painting, mixed media work or a three-dimensional statue. Does the glint in the eye come out; can you tell whether they are serious, lighthearted or passionate? There are special challenges in being a portrait artist. Each artist works differently, some in the traditional manner from life, and some work with a combination of sittings and photographs.

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We act as a broker between the client and the artist, so the artist can focus on creating and the client can focus on the end result: the anticipated portrait. We work with the client to choose an artist who will create a portrait in the style and medium they like. We arrange the details all the way through to working with the client to select the appropriate frame for their new portrait. The real treasure in portraiture is that portraits last‌ and become an instant heirloom that usually follows the subject through their life and then lives on with a relative. Visit Brigham Galleries at 54 Centre Street or see brighamgalleries.com.

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I am a total two-timer. This year in particular, I have been working equally in mixed media on paper and oil on canvas.

I always have multiple pieces in the works.

I just paint, rotate, paint, let it breathe, paint, and then finally something comes to a close. My non-representational work really began with large-scale landscape drawing as a student at Sarah Lawrence College. That naturally morphed into pen and ink with watercolor, then I just kept adding things like pastel, gesso, gouache and pencil. I like the immediacy of building layers in mixed media and the ability to roll, tear, and move the paper. Oil painting is a goopier, glossier, slower process.

I am most satisfied when I am completely absorbed in my work and I find a new mark, new shape, or new color—small things that point you to the next step. My methods require music, music and music. I paint sitting on the floor with my stuff all around me. I am very messy.

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My inspiration comes from nature that I see everyday: poetry, melodies, old buildings, worn-out surfaces, feathers, satin shoes, cake frosting ... the usual stuff. See her work at alisonhalcooley.com or at Old Spouter Gallery, 1881 Orange Street.

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Joanna Kane, painter Drawing became a serious habit during junior high and high school. It was my way of paying attention while not paying attention. I usually work with “Court TV” on, which I think duplicates to some extent the conditions in high school, where I was in a concentrated state of listening to someone talk while creating at the same time. Now it really doesn’t matter whether I am paying attention.

I create a certain level of order in my studio that slowly gives way to chaos. My work is an arrangement of color, shape, line and texture, which hopefully all look like they are somewhat surprised to be next to each other. I primarily work with milk paint, which is a combination of natural pigment, lime and milk powder.

It has to be hand mixed with water and then strained. My paintings can vary in work from three hours to 20 hours.

Inspiration comes directly from the painting I am working on. The paintings and I are in a serious conversation and often a duel. We are trying to outdo the other. Hopefully, I can keep blowing my own mind and land somewhere new on a consistent basis. See her work at Old Spouter Gallery, 118 Orange Street.

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Before starting a painting, I usually will make a series of rough sketches in order to get some idea of how to proceed.

Generally I rough out the composition, covering the entire surface with thin, watery pigment. I try to be as free as possible with no attempt at finish. The hope is to keep the original spontaneity and not lose that freshness and immediacy developing the painting. For the past five years or so, I have concentrated on collage, which involves mixed media. Last year I began a series of assemblages, which were featured at my solo exhibition at the Graficas gallery. These pieces were my first serious attempt at three dimensionality even though they are dependent and are an extension of my two-dimensional work. Inspiration is to be found almost anywhere at any time. In my case, other art is a major catalyst. Images to be found in magazines, newspapers or TV can start the process. My garden in particular and the island in general has inspired and given me the ingredients to develop and incorporate into my work.

Music has taught me a great deal, particularly Bach, about structure and the richness of texture. See his work at Graficus Gallery, 1 Old South Wharf.

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Michael Rich, abstract artist At the Rhode Island School of Design in the late ‘80s we were taken to the museum to look at the drawing collection. Master drawings by Degas and Van Gogh were passed around the room, without glass or framing, almost like playing cards. In awe, I began at that moment what has become a long exploration of the language of drawing and painting. Today, I have two bodies of work, which are in constant dialogue with one another. The first are the canvases, painted in oil and wax. The second consists of mixed-media "drawings" in a variety of water-based materials. In both media, I begin first with drawing, making marks in an automatic fashion, without preconception or expectations. Colors are mixed in large puddles or bowls then splashed and poured in the early layers. From there, I begin a long process of adding color and marks, bits of drawing, scraping away or sanding—or in the case of the paper works—editing the initial layers by painting over the less satisfactory parts with gesso. The paintings that result are not abstract scenes but simply shapes and marks, which might suggest a landscape and a human connection to space and place. See his work at South Wharf Gallery, 3 India Street, or visit michael-rich.com.

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Pamela Pindell, portrait artist

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I had a very unusual and terrific high school teacher who brought in people and sat them on a table, [then] we drew and painted watercolor from life. I remember a middle aged man and an old woman in a head wrap in particular, and I got a good likeness with both. I guess that did it for me: the surprise and intrigue. I am attracted to many kinds of people. I don't think I would be able to say why, except that I usually find them beautiful. Everyone is difficult. I set something or someone up in my studio and just start painting. I used to draw first, but haven't done that for some time.

Sometimes I'll sit in my garden and paint for the brief time that the light comes from the same direction. The best subjects for me to paint were my daughters. I started painting them when they were 4 and 6 years old, bribing them, then gifting at the end of a picture.

I have gotten so I can get a likeness in one or two sittings, and have many, many paintings of them. This past winter I began painting my grandchildren. See her work at The Gallery at Four India Street or visit galleryatfourindia.com.

Christine Sanford, painter

Christine Sanford

I started painting about seven years ago.

I am mainly self-taught, but I have taken many painting, drawing and critique workshops and classes at the Artists, Association of Nantucket. My commitment to trying to establish a painting language of my own has been exciting. I would describe my paintings as color meditations.

Above all, I value my personal experience in the studio. I find inspiration from nature—flora and fauna, antique woven textiles and quilts and looking at other paintings. Presently I am most interested in painting with oils on canvas or board.

Occasionally I will paint with watercolor.

I begin with an undercoat of acrylic paint, dividing the canvas into three general areas. Then I begin the long process of building up the surface with oil paint mixed with wax, various mediums and turpentine. I would describe my style as pentimento—the technique of layering color. I use lots of mark-making tools besides regular painting brushes. These days I have been using mini brooms for their stiff bristles and wide covering capabilities. Having them in my studio makes me laugh because at one time I started collecting brooms, never imaging that someday I would be painting with them! See her work at South Wharf Gallery, 3 India Street, or visit southwharfgallery.com.

Diane Dicker, portrait painter

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I always loved painting and drawing but it didn’t occur to me that I could do this as a profession until I went to Australia 22 years ago on a year’s “working holiday.”

There, I sold or bartered murals and paintings to fund my travels. Three years later, I was living in Paris, where I stayed for the next 10 years. For the first two years, I studied painting in a private ‘Atelier,’ learning 15th and 16th century, ‘old master’ techniques in oil and fresco. I also studied morphology [anatomy] and sculpture. I work mainly in oil for my portraits, but also watercolor, fresco and dry-point etching, which I find is a great forum for pure drawing. Each brings a totally different quality to a subject. The realm of portraiture is inherently charged with the human condition. I think portraiture takes the painter to a level of intimacy with the client that most painters are either not interested in or don’t want to deal with. When you’re painting a portrait, that person becomes a part of your life for the duration of the painting, and sometimes beyond. This doesn’t appeal to everyone, but I like it. See her work at dianedicker.com or call her at 508-325-7098.

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of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, whose members took pride in their tolerance, which was one of the sect’s guiding principles. But Nantucket was also an isolated small town, still firmly entrenched in the Victorian era and not partial to change.

The cause of the ruckus? One summer’s day, while following a young cow herder who was prodding his charges up Main Street, the sisters stumbled upon the dilapidated barn that was home to the cows. It was also a delight to their eyes.

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n 1929, two artistic and intriguing young ladies arrived from Philadelphia to summer on Nantucket. Immediately drawn to the island as being a superb place to paint, sisters Hanna and Gertrude Monahgan took a studio on Commercial Wharf and became active members of the summer Nantucket Art Colony, exhibiting at the Candle Street Studio and Easy Street Gallery. Several years later, the “strangers”—as all off-islanders were called then—unwittingly created a commotion such as the island had never seen. Nantucket at that time was still a bastion of the religious Society

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or Nantucket homeowners Beverly Hall and Sascha Ilich, the three fresh water gardens created on their property by Nantucket photographer and designer Larry Cronin “represent the trinity of love, life and beyond,” Hall told the Boston Globe last year. Cronin appreciated that particular portrayal of his work. After 35 years with a camera in his hands and with 25 years spent shaping watery oases, Cronin said he still marvels at “nature’s majesty through the lens.

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“I marvel at nature’s majesty through the lens”

Left: Cronin leads a recent tour of his water gardens.

Cronin creates balanced mini-ecosystems that incorporate aquatic and wetland plants, koi fish and amphibian life, stonework or architectural elements and still or moving water. As one who keeps an “active curiosity” in maritime, Nantucket and Native American history, Cronin assured that his designs often reflect those cultures, and they integrate his concerns as a naturalist.

His accomplishments in creating lush, liquid pools of flora and fauna have achieved their own splendor. Cronin shares that with enthusiasts at least twice annually through island-wide tours of his water gardens, under the auspices of Nantucket Island School of the Arts & Design. At each stop of the

tour, Cronin provides listeners with that location’s place in Nantucket history, noting native wildlife to be found in the area and elements of the surrounding environment. During the Nantucket Arts Festival, on Thursday, October 4, Cronin reprises his “Lotus, Koi & Sounds of Water” tour to benefit NISDA, its studio facilities and its scholarships for children. Suggested donation for the tours is $50, which is tax-deductible. Call 508-325-6659 for more information.

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Crawl, walk, dance, surf We could fill many more than the total pages of this magazine with photos from the dozens of summer events on Nantucket.

But in this selection of 100 images, we hope you get a good sampling of who was where and doing what. As might be expected, many of this summer’s numerous social and other events took place outdoors. Captains and their crews turned out in droves for Nantucket Community Sailing’s annual Nantucket Race Week, culminating in the venerable wooden-hull sailboat classic, the Opera House Cup Race. A thousand islanders strolled for a good cause at Nantucket’s first Walk Now for Autism. Artists’ Association of Nantucket drew croquet players to the manicured courts at Westmoor Club. Boston Pops again drew 8,000 listeners to Jetties Beach to benefit Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Surfers hung ten for this summer’s Ozone Surf Classic. Back in the great indoors, Nantucket Historical Association brought antiques buyers to its Summer Antiques Show. Rock and Roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis in concert turned out Nantucket Boys & Girls Club boosters. Great Harbor Yacht Club kicked off its inaugural season being up and running. Art enthusiasts crawled island galleries every weekend throughout the summer.

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For Nantucket Conservation Foundation. Photo by Katie Kaizer

Some of the more than 1,000 who joined Walk Now for Autism on Nantucket in August.

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XXXX, Melanie Sablehaus, Danielle Dibenidictis, Valerie XXXX, XXXX & XXXX for American Red Cross at Summer House. Photo by Gene Mahon

Autism Speaks co-chair Suzanne Wright leads the way at Walk Now for Autism for her autistic grandson, Christian. Photo by William Ferrall

XXX and Michael May at Nantucket Charles Bernon (center) with his mother Kay Bernon (right) at Nantucket’s Walk Now for Preservation Trust Darling Street house tour. Photo by Gene Mahon Autism. Photo by William Ferrall

New Loring Foundation director Kitty Pochman, philanthropist Linda Loring and new foundation biologist Vernon Loch at Land Council fall dinner. Photo by Gene Mahon

XXXX, artist Bill Welch and XXXX at Artists Association of Nantucket croquet tourney at Westmoor. Photo by Fifi Greenberg

Flapper Stacey Stuart and dapper Peter J. Greenhalgh at at Artists Association croquet tourney at Westmoor. Photo by Fifi Greenberg

XXXXX, XXXXXX, XXXX and XXXXX at Artists Association of Nantucket croquet tourney at Westmoor. Photo by Fifi Greenberg

Ethan, Jim Pignato and Billy Bartleman at Ozone Surf Classic at Cisco Beach. Photo by Katie Kaizer

Kids having fun at the Ozone Surf Classic. Photo by by Katie Kaizer

Judy Seinfeld, Susan Learnard and Susie Locke at Old Spouter Gallery. Photo by William Ferrall

Natalie Ciminero, Arlene O’Reilly, Louis Guarnaccia and Geno Gang at Dan Sutherland photo exhibit for Nantucket Conservation Foundation. Photo by William Ferrall

Lynette Koplitz, Bart Cosgrove, Brent Young and Annye Camara at Old Spouter Gallery. Photo by William Ferrall

XXX and Illya Kaga at Kagan’s annual summer exhibit at Westmoor Club. Photo by Gene Mahon

Bill Learnard and Betsy Deitz at Old Spouter Gallery. Photo by William Ferrall

Tom and Eileen Meilko say farewell to his gallery on Old South Wharf. Photo by Fifi Greenberg

XXX and gallery director Robert Foster at Brigham Gallery. Photo by Gene Mahon

John Shea and Melissa MacCleod with Chris Matthews at Nantucket Film Festival August screening. Photo by Gene Mahon

Angela Raynor and Cheryl Fudge at Nantucket Film Festival August screening. Photo by Gene Mahon

Phil Osley and Pete Osley at the Ozone Surf Classic in August. Photo by Katie Kaizer

Owen Cobb clowning around at the Ozone Surf Classic. Photo by Katie Kaizer

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Blake Drexler with Dana and David Boyce at Great Harbor Yacht Club’s opening gala.

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Joan and XXX Stephanak at Great Harbor Yacht Club’s opening gala. Photo by Fifi Greenberg

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Maureen Hackett, XXX and Lisa Petkevich at Great Harbor Yacht Club’s opening gala. Photo by Fifi Greenberg

Producer Ed Romanoff and colleagues bring folk artist Josh Ritter (2nd fr L) to an island concert. Photo by Gene Mahon

Susan McGinnis, Hadley St. John Dutra and Sara Boyce at reception for Shakespeare by the Sea. Photo by Fifi

Jane Schnitzer, Alice Breed, hostess Sharon Lorenzo and Rebecca Lambert at reception for Shakespeare by the Sea. Photo by Fifi Greenberg

Dave and Andrea Murphy at Nantucket Film Festival August screening. Photo by Gene Mahon

Cheryl Fudge, Amy Stiller and Susan Lucier reading “The Vagina Monolgues” at the Chicken Box for Seaside Shakespeare. Photo by XXX

Josh Ritter warbles and plays his melodies in ‘Sconset in August. Photo by Gene Mahon

Laura Gallagher- Byrne (at left) and Pam Murphy with XXX (back) and Dominick Costanzo at opening party for Moby Dick! The Musical. Photo by Gene Mahon

Pepper and Libby Frazier cut a rug at Boys & Girls Club Jerry Lee Lewis concert.

Photo by Gene Mahon

Plum TV founder Tom Scott and Nantucket Plum manager Kate Brosnan during Nantucket Race Week. Photo by Gene Mahon

Nantucket Community Sailing’s Nic Judson announces winner of Opera House Cup Race.

Richard Glidden and Vaughan Machada at Opera House Cup Race awards night.

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XXX, XXX, XXX and XXX dressed for Nantucket Race Week’s Shipwreck Ball. Photo by Gene Mahon

Atalntic Monthly’s XXXX, moderator XXXX and author Christopher Hitchins at Plum TV’s Bookmark on the Beach in August. Photo by Gene Mahon

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XXX, XXX and XXX decked out for Nantucket Race Week’s Shipwreck Ball. Photo by Gene Mahon

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XXX receives her winner’s award at OHC awards party from Community Sailing Director Diana Brown White. Photo by Gene Mahon

Fatherly Skip XXX leads costumed revelers at Nantucket Race Week’s Shipwreck Ball.

Photo by Gene Mahon.

XXX Kennedy, The Box’s Seaweed and Malcolm Brooks Mark Anderwald and Ellen Anderwald sign in captains at OHC awards party. Photo by Gene Mahon for Nantucket Race Week. Photo by Gene Mahon

Neil Martilla and XXX at the Boys & Girls Club of Nantucket’s concert with Jerry Lee Lewis. Photo by Gene Mahon

Lucile Hays gets special recognition for her volunteer contributions to Boys & Girls Club from Whitney Gifford.

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Keyboard player Matt Hutchinson makes it look easy at Boys & Girls Club Concert. Photo by Gene Mahon

Courtney and Greg Mckechnie at the Boys & Girls Club of Joan Allen, Chuck and XXX Gifford (back) and Peggy Gifford at Boys & Girls Club concert. Photo by Gene Mahon Nantucket’s concert with Jerry Lee Lewis. Photo by Gene Mahon

White Wings winning crew of Opera House Cup 2-metre race.

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Amanda and Richard Congdon at Boys & Girls Club concert.

Opera House Cup placing finishers receiving their trophies.

Photo by Katie Kaizer

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Binth Rustad and Normand Berthelette cut a rug at Boys & Girls Club concert. Photo by Katie Kaizer

Diane and Richard Beuchel at Boys & Girls Club concert.

Photo by Katie Kaizer

Tim Russert, Jerry Lee Lewis and tech producer Jim Warwick at the Nantucket Boys and Girls Club’s Summer Groove. Photo by Katie Kaizer

Michael and Phyllis McInerney at Boys & Girls Club concert.

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Auctioneer Rafael Osona and furniture guy Abbott ‘Sid’ Davidson having fun at Boys & Girls Club Concert. Photo by Gene Mahon

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Dinner hosts Jay and Binny Bauer and Shelton Ellis at Nantucket Historical Association Antiques Show dinner. Photo by Fifi

XXX and XXX with daughter XXX at Nantucket Historical Association Antiques Show preview. Photo by Gene Mahon

XXXX, Michel Gondreau, Marian XXX, XXX and XXX and XXX at Nantucket Historical Association Antiques Show dinner. Photo by Fifi

Coco Kopelman, NHA director Bill Tramposch and Ari Kopelman at Nantucket Historical Association Antiques Show dinner. Photo by Fifi

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XXX, XXX, XXX and XXX at Nantucket Historical Association Antiques Show preview. Photo by Fifi

Bill and Julie Bryan Jensen at Nantucket Historical Association Antiques Show dinner.

XXX and Kathleen Knight at Nantucket Historical Association Antiques Show dinner.

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XXX, XXX and XXX at Nantucket Historical Association Antiques Show preview.

XXX and XXX at Nantucket Historical Association Antiques Show preview. Photo by Fifi

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Jean and Garth Grimmer at Nantucket Historical Association Antiques Show preview. Photo by Fifi

Smith and Elizabeth Bagley with Chris and Kathleen Matthews at the Boston Pops on Jetties Beach. Photo by Gene Mahon XXX and Tom Kershaw at the Boston Pops on Jetties Beach. NCH Medical Surgical Nurse Manager Macy Smith singing the Photo by Gene Mahon national anthem at the Boston Pops. Photo by Gene Mahon

XXX, Melanie Sabelhaus, Rhonda Cassity at the Boston Pops. Photo by Fifi

Kathryn and Robert Young at Boston Pops. Photo by Gene Mahon

XXX and XXX at the Boston Pops. Photo by Gene Mahon

Marian and Bob Pearson and family at the Boston Pops.

Photo by Gene Mahon

Michael Molinar, Jill Karp and Gordon McGregor at the Boston Pops. Photo by Gene Mahon XXX and XXX at the Boston Pops. Photo by Gene Mahon

Siblings Kelly Flynn and Kevin Flynn at the Boston Pops.

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Sheila Egan and NCH Board President Margaretta Andrews greet the Rory Radding and Nina Duchaine Radding at the Boston Pops. crowd at the Boston Pops. Photo by Gene Mahon Photo by Gene Mahon

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Nantucket Restaurant Week Photo by Terry Pommett

2007 Nantucket Arts Festival live & local October 3 - 6, 7 PM Open mic night organized by Christie Cure features original poetry and music. Contact Christie at 508-228-4051 for details (Oct. 3); Mira Lakostova and Billy Desmond: Bulgarian opera with hip-hop (Oct. 4); Featuring the talents of Dave Provost, Mike Kopko, Andy Bullington, Cary Hazlegrove and Chris Westerlund.

Al Louderer and Ben Briere opening. (Oct. 5); Featuring the talents of Amy England and Susan Berman (Oct. 6). All at Preservation Institute: Nantucket, upstairs at 11 Centre Street.

15th Annual Organ Crawl Saturday, Oct. 6, 9:15 AM – 12 Noon Mini-concerts throughout the day in island churches.

Comedy Improv: Fresh, Live & Local 508-228-4305 Sunday, Oct. 7, 8:30 PM Nantucket’s own comedy improve troupe, staged by Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, performs their version of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Tons of fun and lots of

laughs. Downstairs at United Methodist Church, 2 Centre St. Tickets are $15. Visit theatreworkshop.com for info.

Visit nantucketartscouncil.org for more listings and additional details

Signature Fall Arts Exhibition Sept. 28 – Oct. 7, 1 PM – 7 PM Nantucket artists’ expressions on view all week long. Genres include mosaic, painting, textiles, sculpture and more. New photography explores “Wind-blown on Nantucket.” At Preservation Institute: Nantucket, upstairs at 11 Centre Street, 508-228-2429.

Farm & Fields Exhibition Sept. 28 – Oct. 2, 10 AM – 5 PM Local artists will display their landscape paintings and photography of Bartlett’s fields and farm truck. The Hayloft at Bartlett’s Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road, 508-228-9403, ext. 812

Nantucket Lighthouse School Children’s Art Show Sept. 28 – Oct. 7, 10 AM – 4 PM Student artwork will be displayed in a variety of media including painting, drawing, clay, sculpture and textiles, sharing the colorful

Biodiversity Initiative Photo by Daniel Sutherland

and exuberant work of students ages 3 1/2 - 11 years of age. Easy Street Gallery, 27 Easy Street, 508-228-7003

Silo Show at the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts Wednesday, Oct. 3, 7 – 8 PM Exhibition and sale of Father Osario’s collage works and paintings to benefit his school in South America.

Call NISDA for details.

NISDA, 23 Wauwinet Rd., 508-325-6659 or 508-228-9248. Visit nisda.org for more information.

Exhibition 11 - General Members Show Reception Artists’ Association of Nantucket Friday, Oct. 5, 6 – 8 PM Exhibition runs through October 15.

Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington Street, Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery 19 Washington Street, 508-228-0722.

Visit nantucketarts.org for more information.

Signature Trunk Show Saturday, Oct. 6 and Sun., Oct., 7, noon - 7 PM Featuring the talents of textile artist Miki Lovett, potter Barbara Toole, Karin Sheppard of Island Weaves,

Biodiversity Initiative Photo by Daniel Sutherland

the creative Kent Martling of Kent’s Kards, contemporary portrait artist Hannah Stone and Brooke Booth design and monogramming (Oct. 6.); Featuring Glenora K. Smith’s sophisticated fiber art including masks, clothing, accessories and home decor, Karin Sheppard of Island Weaves, Beth English of current Vintage, Cheryl Fudge and Heidi Weddendorf’s jewelry (Oct. 7).

At Preservation Institute: Nantucket, upstairs at 11 Centre Street, 508-228-2429.

Around the island Food for Thought Brown Bag Lunch Series Thursdays at noon Bring your lunch and join us for this popular series of talks given by notable Nantucketers. Free admission. At Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket Whaling Museum at 13 Broad Street, 508-2281894. Visit nha.org for information.

Seniors Showing Off Oct. 1-30, 8 AM – 4 PM Saltmarsh Senior Center showcases artistic expressions and the creative talents of both year-round and seasonal senior citizens of Nantucket. At 81 Washington Street Ext., 508-228-4490.

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Nantucket Cranberry Festival

Scalloper’s Ball

Saturday, Oct. 6, 11 AM – 4 PM

Friday, Oct. 12, 6 PM

See cranberries being picked and enjoy hayrides, bog tours, refreshments and activities for the whole family. Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Milestone Cranberry Bog, Milestone Rd. 508-228-2884. Visit nantucketconservationfoundation.org for info.

With appetizers, music and an auction produced by Sustainable Nantucket and Nantucket Shellfish Association at Nantucket Yacht Club. Proceeds benefit the groups’ efforts to preserve the largest wild bay scallop fishery on the East Coast. For tickets or more information, call 508-228-3399 or visit sustainablenantucket.org.

Chris Matthews presented by Nantucket Atheneum Saturday, Oct. 6, 5 PM Television host and MSNBC Hardball moderator Chris Matthews discusses his recent memoir “Life’s a Campaign: What Politics Has Taught me about Friendship, Rivalry, Reputation and Success.” Booksigning at Mitchell’s Book Corner to follow.

Tickets are $15 at Unitarian Church, 11 Orange Street, 508-228-1110.

Visit nantucketatheneum.org for more information.

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Sunday, Oct. 7, 5 PM Hosted by the Artists’ Association of Nantucket with a preview at 4 PM. Auction starts promptly at 5 PM and features ‘fresh from the easel’ artwork by some of Nantucket’s finest artists. At American Legion Hall Post 0082, 21 Washington Street, 508-228-0294, or visit nantucketarts.org.

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Nantucket Historical Association Harvest Fair

over show. Tickets $15, at Nantucket High School auditorium, 2 Surfside Rd. Call 228-3778.

Nantucket Restaurant Week Sunday, Oct. 14 – Saturday, Oct. 20.

Kick-off Gala offers samples from participating restaurants on Sunday, October 15, from 6 – 8 PM at Nantucket Whaling Museum, to benefit Nantucket Culinary Arts Foundation. See the notice on pages 4-5 of this issue or visit nantucketrestaurantweek.com.

Poe & Company

Saturday, Oct. 13, 11 AM – 2 PM Traditional crafts and lively Native American and colonial games.

Pumpkin decorating, bobbing for apples and more. Weather permitting. A fun way to learn about Nantucket’s agricultural heritage. At Old Mill, 50 Prospect Street. Call 508-228-1894

Thursday, Oct 25, 7 PM Three eerie selections, including ‘The Raven’, performed in an intimate setting accompanied with a wine tasting and light fare. At The Brigham Galleries, 54 Centre Street.

Visit nantucketartscouncil.org for more info.

Annual Chowder Contest

Short Play Festival

Saturday, Oct. 13, 2 – 3:30 PM Taste a variety of chowders created by some of Nantucket’s best chefs and vote for your favorite. Tickets are $5 per person.

Sponsored by the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce and the Nantucket Restaurant Association. Grand Union Parking Lot, bottom of Main Street, 508-228-1700, or visit nantucketchamber.org.

Oct. 18-20, 25-27 Nantucket Theatrical Productions stages three new works by upcoming playwrights from around the country. At Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, downstairs at United Methodist Church, 2 Centre Street.

Call 508-228-4305 or visit theatreworkshop.com.

Save the date Election Day

Comedy Night Saturday, Oct. 13, 7:30 PM – 9 PM The Nantucket Permanent Firefighter Association presents four Boston comics for this 18 and

Tues., Nov. 6

Turkey Plunge Thurs., Nov. 22, 10 AM Join hundreds of brave plungers as they jump into the chilly ocean on Thanksgiving morning to raise funds for the Nantucket Atheneum Children’s Beach, Harborview Way. 508-228-1110.

Festival of Wreaths Nov. 21 – 25, 10 AM – 5 PM Silent Auction showcasing more than 80 wreaths designed by community members, local artists, school children, non-profits and merchants. Auction proceeds support the Nantucket Historical Association’s educational programs.

At Nantucket Historical Association’s Peter Foulger Museum, 15 Broad Street.

Festival of Trees Preview party, Nov. 29, 6 PM; Open to public 11 AM to 4 PM beginning Nov. 30.

Enjoy over 70 brilliantly decorated trees designed by local merchants, nonprofit organizations, community members, artists, artisans and schoolchildren. The Nantucket Whaling Museum will be transformed into a shimmering winter wonderland.

For up-to-date information about island events visit the Nantucket Arts & Social Calendar, a joint effort of Gene Mahon and N Magazine, at mahonabouttown.com or at nantuckettimes.com. Compiled with help from Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce.

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“No one will notice us.”

Hanna Monaghan

Immediately, they envisioned a glorious, European-style summer villa within the framework of the old building and persuaded its reluctant owner, a Main Street grocer named William Holland, to sell the barn to them. It may be that “Greater Light,” the house Hanna and Gertrude designed and set about to build within the barn, was considered by the natives to be Nantucket’s first “trophy house.” And neither it nor the sisters were much appreciated in their day.

progressive and enlightened mother encouraged them to pursue their intellectual and artistic leanings while being guided by their “Inner Light,” or the presence of God within the individual mind and heart. That was a fundamental distinction of their faith, as described by the 17th–century founder of Quakerism, Englishman George Fox. In her autobiographical book “Greater Light on Nantucket Island,” Hanna wrote, “In the town where we lived [as youth], the social world and the size of the pocketbook became the paramount issues. Mother said that her little family should not grow up with such notions.”

The notions they grew up with included equality between men and women, a lack of snobbery, the pursuit of truth

Many grand houses, built mostly by ships’ captains during the prosperous whaling era, already graced the streets of Nantucket. Those, however, were built according to the architectural norms on the island: restrained colonial, Georgian, Federal or neo-classical styles. Even though those homes might have been lovingly filled with Chinese and other Asian objets d’art, their owners for the most part shunned fanciful ornamentation as excessive and as an obstacle to one’s spiritual health.

But the Monaghans’ house was destined to be something entirely different. When onlookers saw extraordinary materials such as elaborate, gold polychrome Venetian columns and stained glass windows being carted in, they were aghast. Observers’ biggest source of consternation seemed to be that what they were building—or to be more exact, remodeling so lavishly—was a cow and pig barn. “Unheard of! Once a pig barn, always a pig barn,” declared one of the island’s architectural gurus.

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Above right, the Monaghan’s personal bookplate.

Below right, Hanna Monaghan and Gertrude Monaghan.

and the belief that the Holy Spirit mediated Jesus Christ and guided them in their ways. The sisters’ love of art did tend to alienate them from their Quaker community, which stressed plain dress and décor, but they remained undeterred in their passions.

Their Inner Light guided the fortunate sisters to The Philadelphia School of Design for Women and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and to a residency at the prestigious MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire.

They enjoyed traveling abroad with their parents while in their teens, and later their talents earned them educational traveling fellowships.

Their exposure to foreign arts and architecture endowed them with a great wellspring of beauty and design from which to draw.

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“Such stuff as dreams are made of” Hanna Monaghan Island-wide ‘drift’ After persuading the grocer Holland to sell to them, the sisters hired a Greek builder named Mack Paradis and began to plan their dream house. Hanna casually assured the builder, “No one will notice us.” She could not have been more wrong. As they proceeded, the project naturally aroused great curiosity among their neighbors, but it hardly ended there.

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Daily, the winds of “the drift,” as news and gossip were called then, bore ever more disparaging criticism of the Monaghans and their house. Some sneaked onto the property to spy.

“Peepers” watched the Monaghans through the cracks in their garden fence.

An enterprising fellow with a tall surrey drove other curious townsfolk by so they could get a really good look, a practice that he continued for years after the Monaghans settled in. The sisters sometimes heard insults hurled from strollers on the street. A neighbor who barely deigned to speak to them

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continued to beat a path across their land, usually leaving their gate open and freeing their curious greyhound, which caused them great difficulty.

Through it all, the “girls,” as they were called, never lost faith in their vision and in their Inner Light, which they believed to continually inform the creation of their home. They devoutly believed that the Creator of all the beauty in the universe loved art and was present in all acts of creativity.

Indeed, many of the exquisite architectural features they incorporated appeared serendipitously. A few weeks before their first visit to the island, Hanna had impulsively bought and stored two 12-foot-tall ornate gates with no place to use them. They eventually embraced the patio. Other items appeared regularly when needed. As Hanna recounted in her book, just as she and Gertrude realized their desire for a 16-foot-long iron railing, without the slightest idea how to acquire it, the phone rang “like a clap of thunder.”

The owner of a demolition company was

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Above, a Greater Light bedroom then and now.

Below, a Greater Light living room and parlor, both then.

Great Light redux Greater Light is the first of four key historical sites scheduled for restoration and reinterpretation beginning in 2008 by Nantucket Historical Association. Part of the NHA’s long-term initiative to reclaim some of their properties for public enjoyment, the house will reflect the island’s Art Colony in the 1920s, as well as the continuing local enthusiasm for the arts. Scheduled to be open year-round, the dramatic property will host community activities involving the arts on Nantucket. Its Great Hall will hold gatherings for discussions, exhibitions and other events.

The charming patio and gardens—

calling to ask if they wanted a 16-foot iron balcony rail complete with its stair railing—exactly what they needed to complete the balcony and staircase from the patio to the house.

Their gold Venetian columns, accidentally discovered on one of their junkyard forays, became the pillars that anchored the handsome living room fireplace. Two smaller ones serve the same function around the patio-level fireplace. Stained glass windows, exquisite tiles, old brick and other features tended to show up in unexpected ways, verifying their certainty that a “Divine Mind” was guiding it all.

Through it all, Paradis and his excellent team of craftsman did what the sisters directed. An elderly and renowned “lady gardener” defied local scoffers to design and install the lovely gardens, which are kept up today.

Exuberant style In her excellent article about Greater Light, published in the summer of 1991 in Historic Nantucket, writer Gayle

which have been the site of small wedding parties in recent years—will once again be a venue for garden parties, small concerts and literary readings.

The Great Hall will be equipped with a large projection screen, up-to-date audio-visual technology and Internet access. The NHA will return the professionally conserved, original furnishings to the house once work is done.

The NHA encourages donors to help fund the historic site’s rehabilitation and to provide a permanent endowment for its care. Naming opportunities are available for various areas such as the parlor, Hanna’s bedroom, the patio and other locations.

Michael described the finished product: “The design elements are reminiscent of the philosophy of the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 20th century.

Three parallel elements of this period are preoccupation with light, the notion of indoor-outdoor living spaces, and the use and development of gardens. The types of fenestration used illuminate the sisters’ need to create the play of light and shadow and the play of colors on surfaces, in addition to physically interpreting the connotations of the Greater Light.”

Angela Mazaris, in the same publication dated 2001, said “Greater Light can be understood as a physical embodiment of a spiritual vision.”

The house was conceived as the forwardthinking Monaghans’ personal refuge, but also as a stage for parties and performances. Both the two-story great hall with its large beams and interior balconies, and the generous patio with its iron balcony, served the sisters well for many decades. These two free-spirited

The NHA has already been awarded a $400,000 grant from the Nantucket Community Preservation Committee, but it must be matched by July, 2008 in order to receive the grant.

The total project is estimated to cost $5,433,475, according to NHA Executive Director Bill Tramposch. Meanwhile, visitors may continue to enjoy the building exterior and the gardens of Greater Light, located at Howard Court, just a block from the Main Street Civil War monument and left off Gardner Street. For inquiries about participating in this exciting project, call the NHA at 508-228-1894. LD

Quakers and their friends acted, read poetry, played music, sang, danced and celebrated art. Many gala events enlivened their enchanting retreat, including teas, garden parties and candlelit concerts held to benefit the Nantucket Historical Association, which had been founded four decades earlier.

The Monaghans bequeathed Greater Light to the Nantucket Historical Association after Gertrude’s death in 1962 and Hanna’s in 1972. Filled with original furnishings, the house was open to the public from 1974 to 1994, when it was closed for major structural repairs and restoration. It is now scheduled for its first major renovation and will be used “in all ways possible to benefit the public,” as Hanna requested.

Hanna Monaghan’s “Greater Light on Nantucket,” about their lengthy Nantucket adventure, is dedicated to her sister Gertrude with the words: “As together we created the house from ‘such stuff as dreams are made of.’” N

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A Buffalo Bills flag marks the Epsten residence in Dionis, representing both the football team and the Nantucket outdoor family summers cherished by Buffalo native, Sue McCollum.

“Growing up in Buffalo, like here, we spent much of our summers outside,” said McCollum, who gathered together her family and friends for a drink outdoors

DAYENU IN DIONIS A NANTUCKET ROSH HASHANAH

By Marli Guzzetta with Jeanette Garneau Photography by Laurie Richards

“In the end, we recognize and offer gratitude for our many blessings, which include family, friends and of course our time on Nantucket.”

— Sue McCollum

on Nantucket to begin the family’s celebration of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah —a time to look back and a time to look forward.

“It is different than the end-of-year, December 31, New Year’s celebrations we all know,” said McCollum, an Irish Catholic who married into the Jewish family of her husband Todd Epsten. “It is more about reflection than celebration.

We take time to consider our last year: what we would do the same; what we might do differently. It’s a happy, yet serious holiday, and a holiday about sharing a meal with those important to us.”

On the Jewish holiday, Nantucket was the perfect place for the Epsten family members to commune with each other and friends including Becky Becker, Todd’s parents Bobby and Jackee Epsten, Todd’s sister and her husband Judy and Bill McLoughlin, and their sons Michael and Brian Epsten.

Above, Sue McCollum and Todd Epsten

“Here, we can relax and spend uninterrupted time with extended family and friends,” McCollum said. “I also like the simplicity and quality of life Nantucket offers. Nothing compares to a run through Sanford farm or simply down Eel Point Road, or riding your bike through foggy bike paths. Nantucket is a special place to us.”

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Above, Bobby Epsten.

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As the sun set, with a fall chill sneaking into the late summer sky, the company moved in from the patio and to a table set with beautiful, fresh flowers from Flowers on Chestnut and a warm loaf of challah bread, customarily broken during Jewish holidays and on the Sabbath.

Because the holiday occurred while the family was on island this summer, McCollum relied on local vendors for some of the other foods she’d traditionally prepare for the Jewish holidays while at home in St. Louis.

McCollum prepared a main dish of chicken Marbella with classic Mediterranean ingredients including garlic, green olives, capers, prunes and oregano. “The recipe came from my children’s dentist,” McCollum said.

From Taste of Nantucket, she procured brisket, salmon with chopped eggs, roasted red potatoes and apple and walnut salad. “She called me with loose suggestions,” said Kimberly Reed, owner of Taste of Nantucket. “I did some

CHICKEN MARBELLA

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INGREDIENTS

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Overnight marinating is essential to the moistness of the finished product: the chicken keeps and even improves over several days of refrigeration; it travels well and makes excellent picnic fare.

Since chicken Marbella is such a spectacular party dish, we give quantities to serve as 10 to 12, but the recipe can be divided to make smaller amounts if you wish. Makes 16 pieces or 10 or more portions

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CHICKEN MARBELLA . . . Continued In a large bowl combine chicken quarters, garlic, oregano, pepper and coarse salt to taste, vinegar, olive oil, prunes, olives, capers and juice, and bay leaves. Cover and let marinate, refrigerated, overnight.

research on my end for some suitable dishes that would work for the evening she was planning.”

The carrot cake and the challah bread came fresh from Something Natural.

But the honey cake McCollum saved for herself. “Honey cake is made for Rosh Hashanah to ensure a sweet New Year, but also prepared for special occasions,” said McCollum, who identified Rosh Hashanah as her favorite Jewish holiday.

“In the end we recognize and offer gratitude for our many blessings, which include family, friends and, of course, our time on Nantucket,” she said. “We wish we could spend Rosh Hashanah on Nantucket every year.” N

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Arrange chicken in a single layer in one or two large, shallow baking pans and spoon marinade over it evenly. Sprinkle chicken pieces with brown sugar and pour white wine around them. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, basting frequently with pan juices. Chicken is done when thigh pieces, pricked with a fork at their thickest, yield clear yellow (rather than pink) juice.

With a slotted spoon transfer chicken, prunes, olives and capers to a serving platter. Moisten with a few spoonfuls of pan juices and sprinkle generously with parsley or cilantro. Pass remaining pan juices in a sauceboat.

To serve chicken Marbella cold, cool to room temperature in cooking juices before transferring to a serving platter. If chicken has been covered and refrigerated, allow it to return to room temperature before serving. Spoon some of the reserved juices over chicken.

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“Sumptuous” might best describe the food at American Seasons, the gourmet dining establishment near downtown Nantucket. “Highly sought out” might be the best description of the restaurant’s growing reputation for consistent superiority among the island’s many fine restaurants. American Seasons’ meticulously prepared food and seasonally changing menu is matched only in quality by its over 500 carefully chosen all-American wines.

Encased by two colorful murals depicting a just-finished wine harvest

and food bounty, the cozy dining area holds candlelit tables that provide an ideal setting for co-owner Michael LaScola’s culinary creativity. The Massachusetts native and Culinary Institute of America graduate had worked at the restaurant as a 19-yearold line cook back in 1992, before climbing his way to head chef and co-owner some four years ago with his wife Orla Murphy LaScola. A native of Ireland, Murphy met LaScola while working as a waitress at American Seasons during their early years there.

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“We want you to be satiated, not stuffed.”

–Orla Murphy LaScola

Their approach to food—distinguished by manageable portions made from succulent, fine and eclectic ingredients—takes its cue from principles of the “slow food” movement to which the LaScolas adhere. Ingredients are chosen to ensure clean and healthy eating and are often organic, “sustainable” and from local sources. “We seek lighter preparations, not over saucing,” Orla Murphy LaScola noted. “We want you to be satiated, not stuffed.”

American Season’s user-friendly menu divides its offerings up into American regions of “Down South,” “New England,” “Pacific Coast” and “Wild West.” Each category highlights regional foods, tastefully embellished with complementary and sometimes surprising elements.

LaScola’s sous chef Shaun Hussey and first cook Ethan Hensley constantly bounce new ideas off each other to incorporate food styles from the four regions, including the international culinary influences in those areas.

For example, a New England summer entrée of pan-seared Nantucket summer flounder arrives with crushed peas, ricotta and herb ravioli that reflect the Italian influences particularly felt in the Northeastern U.S. The Pacific Coast’s cumin-rubbed, rare yellow fin tuna and sesame potato gyoza—a kind of Japanese wonton—with snap pea and shitake mushroom salad showcase Asian influences.

“We break the menu into four main regions, but we do whatever we want, as American cuisine is a melting pot of so many cultures,” Michael LaScola explained. “One of the hardest things to do is to evolve.

Food can become dated, so you have to go with what people are into without simply following trends.” Trendy diners, though, are often among American Seasons’ customers.

Left, Orla Murphy LaScola and Michael LaScolo.

Below, The American Seasons staff.

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Loyal fans Murphy LaScola, who described her multifaceted role as “sommelier, ‘busser,’ runner and waiter,” has served celebrity diners including actors Robert Redford, Jim Carrey and Harrison Ford. In their first year, the LaScolas welcomed thenpresidential candidate John Kerry two nights in a row. “We made sandwiches for the secret service agents,” she recalled.

“Some people want sameness,” noted Murphy LaScola. “Fog in the morning, sunshine in the afternoons.” But the restaurant relies heavily on loyal

customers including prominent island homeowners John and Theresa Heinz Kerry, Trudy and Meryl Cohen, Lyle and Jack Manning, and Arie and Coco Kopelman to open their hearts and palates to some variety. “We appreciate a strong customer base trusting our innovation and [we] could not survive without it.”

After visiting the restaurant recently for a dinner party with his business colleagues, Washington D.C.-based music producer Ed Romanoff compared American Seasons to music: “A good restaurant and music are similar in that

Food & Music Besides bringing emerging songwritermusicians to Nantucket, producer Ed Romanoff, president of production company PineRock, has long been a fan of Nantucket and especially of American Seasons.

“American Seasons is my favorite restaurant because of its incredible atmosphere,” said Romanoff. “The menu is amazing and I love how it is grouped regionally.” For this late summer dinner, Romanoff brought along Gabriel Unger of Rolling Thunder Artist Management, Lynn Grossman of Secret Road Management, Washington DC’s City Tavern Club manager Steven Andronico and Ben Champioux of Nantucket’s Champioux Landscaping. Romanoff and Unger are collaborating on the Nantucket effort, which in late summer brought musiciansongwriter Josh Ritter for a small concert in ‘Sconset and for Plum TV’s first Bookmark on the Beach event.

Since first visiting Nantucket several years ago, Romanoff—pictured above center—said his goal has been to get singer-songwriters here “to have them come and play, collaborate and write.” For more on Romanoff’s company, visit pinerock.com.

“American cuisine is a melting pot of many cultures.”

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both are about coordinating different ingredients and bringing them together in a beautiful way.” Romanoff, who has launched an effort to bring budding singer-songwriters to Nantucket, counts American Seasons among his favorite local eateries.

Both LaScolas commended their restaurant staff. Bartenders Carla Nordby and Alyssa Billings are part of a “very efficient” group of servers including the “phenomenal” Heather Williams, affirmed Murphy LaScola, who went on to say that input from both Hussey and Hensley are also essential assets to creativity from their kitchen.

The excellence of the American Seasons staff extends to their afterdinner offerings as well. This year, pastry chef Natasha Misanko won the pastry chef award for New England from New England Travel and Leisure Magazine. Indeed, dessert can be among the most exciting and innovative menu items here, with concoctions ranging from tarts and crème brule to a fig and blue cheese brioche bread pudding topped with home-made strawberry ice cream—a dish enjoyed recently by this writer.

With some 525 wines stored in the restaurant—the wine list is currently

limited to 450 choices, because some need to age in the cellar before being sold—Murphy LaScola is as passionate a wine enthusiast as her husband is a chef. The two regularly visit U.S. wineries to obtain the best choices for their food. “We have been known to stalk winemakers,” Murphy LaScola said coyly. Many wines that are not normally sold on the East Coast find their way onto Nantucket at American Seasons because of the couple’s regular visits to California and elsewhere.

The couple also stressed that their success would not have been possible without the continued administrative

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Chefs across Nantucket seem to reject artifice and complex ingredients for the sake of serious simplicity, from marinating baby short ribs to searing scallops.

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Consider the French fry. It sounds easy to make, unless you want a very good one. Chris Colburn, chef de cuisine at The Chanticleer restaurant in ‘Sconset, prepares his French fries with earnest attention: “For 24 hours we soak them in water to remove the starch,” he said.

Afterwards, they are cooked twice. “We blanch them at 325 degrees for five minutes, not making them yet crisp, but tender and soft,” he explained. “The next day, we cook them in granola oil at 375

With fewer ingredients, it’s harder to cover up errors degrees for three minutes—you want to start gently then finish aggressively; otherwise the outside will be too crisp and the inside slightly raw.”

Club Car chef Tom Proch explained how to properly prepare beef short ribs “so you don’t have to wrestle them with a fork and knife.” For two days he marinates them in a mirepoix—a French marinade of chopped carrots, celery, onions, bay leaves, olive oil, fresh thyme, black pepper and a splash of wine. “I braise the ribs on a smoking-hot, heavygauge pot, to brown them off with a bit of caramelization.” Back in the mirepoix, with veal and chicken stock, the ribs are then cooked at low temperature for three hours. The result is a very tender concoction, more than one may imagine from ribs. “Someone could throw them in a crock pot with a can of tomatoes and maybe not marinade them at all beforehand, but it would not be the same,” Proch said.

“Less is more,” Oran Mor owner-chef Chris Freeman affirmed. “Simple food is

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Freeman’s pan-seared day boat scallops with lentils, pear and parsnips may seem simple. Break down the elements, though, and the chef’s art is revealed.

For the lentils alone, overcooking results in a mushy texture, crunchy if undercooked. “You cook them out with water and chicken stock—but just enough that when they are done they absorb all the liquid,” Freeman explained. Roasting peeled and seeded pears with butter can result in a delectably tender pear with browned butter, but one can burn the butter or get mealy pears if they’re not roasted completely. Balance is also essential: The fatness and richness of the seared scallops and sweetness of the pear are balanced by the earthiness of the lentil and parsnips.

A “media-driven, visually-conscious society” expects elaboration in food, according to Don DeMarco, author of

“Nantucket Taste Memories: The DeMarco Restaurant Cookbook,” about his DeMarco Restaurant. “In this day, people expect food to look like a wedding cake,” he said. “But many people overcook chicken or seafood.

Some of the simplest foods are the hardest to prepare, like correctly cooking fresh pasta, making eggs over easy or

French, actually, if you can build a perfect sauce to highlight the meat,” he said. Indeed, the sauce contains four types of peppers, tomato, blood orange purée and a bittersweet chocolate. The orange purée lends an acidic note to balance the sweetness of the chocolate.

The final lushness of the sauce accentuates the richness of the meat.

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Back at the Chanticleer, Colburn stressed the importance of sauce when preparing a relatively simple cut of meat. One example: a prime cut of Japanese wagyu beef with mole’ sauce—a rich, dark and spicy Mexican sauce. “That is very

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The second part of this article will focus on the ingredients used to make foods at Nantucket restaurants and how some island-based businesses actively promote sustainable and organic products. One impetus for food made simple is the “slow food” movement, which promotes “a fundamental right to pleasure and consequently the responsibility to protect the heritage of food, tradition and culture,” according to the movement’s Website slowfood.com. Founded in Italy in 1986, Slow Food currently counts over 80,000 members worldwide—including some on Nantucket—who advocate a concept of eco-gastronomy, or recognition of the strong connections between plate and planet.

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