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SUMMER Double Feature

Nantucket is an island that is not easily impressed with celebrity. Rather, it is a place where senators and corporate titans have to wait in line at the Juice Bar like everybody else. Indeed, the famous seek out Nantucket because of the island’s lack of fascination with fame.

However, when two of Hollywood’s most legendary actors come together to support a new Nantucket institution, the Dreamland Theater Foundation, it is hard not to do a double take. What many do not know is that both Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro have Editor & Publisher connections to Nantucket and have made many low-key visits to the island over the years. For that reason, we are thrilled to have Michael Douglas appear on the cover our July 2013 issue, the biggest edition in our magazine’s history.

While on the subject of famous individuals, longtime island resident and old school journalistic photographer Frederick G.S. Clow shares with us extraordinary, never-before-seen photographs of John F. Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Winston Churchill and many others. It is a privilege for us to be able to share with our readers these remarkable photographs, which are indeed new pieces of history.

N Magazine also has the privilege of sharing spectacular images of whales from another world-renowned photographer, Tony Wu. Mr. Wu is presenting his work this July at the Whaling Museum, and gave N Magazine a sneak peek of his most breathtaking underwater images.

As our annual Home & Garden issue, we have a number of features on architecture, interior design and gardening, including an exclusive look at the spectacular residence built on the controversial former estate of imprisoned CEO Dennis Kozlowski. In its place sits a modern interpretation of Nantucket living, complete with jaw-dropping details and one of the island’s more spectacular swimming pools. From this extreme, we also feature the works of Sunny Wood, whose carvings using reclaimed timber from old homes are becoming sought after pieces of art around the island.

As we celebrate July 4th and continue to marvel in the richness of the Nantucket experience, we cannot forget how this idyllic place still sits in a difficult world that can produce events like the Boston Marathon bombings.

As Nantucketers and Americans, we need to cherish everything we have and never take our peaceful existence for granted. From everyone at N Magazine, have a wonderful Fourth of July.

Sincerely, N magazine

Bruce A. Percelay Editor and Publisher

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Nantucket native Meghan Trainor is singing her way to stardom with a voice and music talent that is truly homegrown.

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Local craftsman Sunny Wood has carved out his own niche in the Nantucket decorative arts scene with wooden whales hewn from reclaimed timber.

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Starting this July, The White Heron Theatre is showing open air performances.

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The Nantucket Conservation Foundation celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this July. Learn what it has in store for its nine thousand acres.

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After a year of ups and downs, Patty Roggeveen is hitting her stride and looking stronger than ever before.

70 FRESHMAN SELECTMAN Nantucket’s newest selectman Tobias Glidden has a story unlike any other politician on the ballot.

78 TAILS FROM THE DEEP Award-winning underwater photographer Tony Wu shares some of his most breathtaking photographs of whales and the stories behind them.

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The razing of a mansion gives way to a stunning modern estate in Squam.

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On July 13th, the Dreamland Theater hosts Academy Award-winning actors Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro at its inaugural gala on Nantucket.

96 FOCUSING ON HISTORY Nantucket photographer Frederick G.S. Clow shares exclusive images of the most iconic faces of the 21st century.

109 THRIFTY FASHION

With Nantucket’s wide selection of thrift stores, you don’t need to break the bank to look like a million bucks.

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Behold some spectacular uses of color in island kitchens, living rooms, bathrooms and beyond.

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HOME &GARDEN 144 TOP DESIGNER

World-renowned interior designer Alexa Hampton shares some of her tricks of the trade on designing island homes.

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New York Times bestselling author and avid gardener Amy Stewart talks about how she got her green thumb and gives tips for island gardens.

Go behind the scenes at Nantucket Memorial Airport and meet the air traffic controllers overseeing the busiest weekend of the year.

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A look back at the historic debate over Nantucket’s cobblestones.

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GUESTCONTRIBUTORS NINA MACLAUGHLIN Nina MacLaughlin works as a writer and carpenter in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She’s written for the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Globe, the L.A. Review of Books, the Believer, Time Out New York, the Billfold, and elsewhere.

Her book about leaving journalism and becoming a carpenter will be published by W.W. Norton next year.

For this July issue, Nina profiles legendary Nantucket photographer Frederick G.S. Clow in “Focusing on History” (page 96), and chats with recently elected selectman Tobias Glidden in “Freshman Selectman” (page 70).

TONY WU Tony Wu is one of the world’s leading underwater photographers. He has spent hundreds of hours in the water with sperm whales, humpbacks, and blue whales throughout the Pacific, Caribbean and Indian Oceans. Tony’s whale photography has earned him a number of awards and recognitions, including being named underwater photographer of the year by BBC Wildlife Magazine, the Natural History Museum in London, and Veolia Energy. For this July issue, Tony shares some of his most stunning whale photography as well as the stories behind them in “Tails from the Deep” (page 78).

VANESSA EMERY Nantucket native Vanessa Emery grew up traveling with her family. The experience enhanced her appreciation for Nantucket and inspired her to become a writer. She has since graduated from Warren Wilson College with a degree in Environmental Studies and has worked for several schools and non-profits, including the Island School, CIRENAS, The Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, and Proctor Academy. For this July issue, Vanessa drew upon both her love for Nantucket and her environmental studies when profiling island craftsman Sunny Wood in “Good Wood” (page 32) and investigating the

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island’s largest landowner in “Green Acres” (page 58).

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N NBUZZ SUMMER STRETCH After a tremendously successful opening year, the Nantucket Yoga Festival is back this

July with an exciting lineup of classes and workshops. Beginning on Friday, July 12th and stretching through the weekend, the festival will host celebrated yogis from across the country. The opening night celebration will take place at the Westmoor Club on Friday from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., while workshops and classes will be held on Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm. On Saturday night, there will be a farm-to-table dinner prepared by Chef Neil Hudson at Bartlett’s Farm, with limited seating available. For more information go to www.NantucketYogaFestival.com.

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UP A NEW CHEF

A NEW CELLAR The ladies of BRIX Wine Shop in Boston’s South End

Just in time for the summer season, the Great Harbor Yacht

and Financial District have taken over the former Cellar

Club has appointed a new chef to its kitchen. Chef Christopher

space on Surfside Road. Long rated a top wine

Brooks takes over for Tom Berry, who left the Great Harbor

shop on the island, the Cellar put a cork in it this

this spring to open The Proprietors on India Street. Brooks

past January when owners Leslie and Peter

is a British import who moved to the States in 1995 and was

Sheppard moved their family out west. At

awarded “Grand Chef” status in 2008. At press time, Chef

press time, co-owners Klaudia Mally and Carri

Brooks was finalizing his summer menu.

Wroblewski had hired Lynn Walsh to run their new shop across the street from The Muse.

TRI-UMPHANT TIMES There is an inspiring twist to this year’s Nantucket Triathlon to the race, it is also a primary goal to make the race an event be run on July 20th and 21st. Race co-founders Jamie Ranney that provides a lot of attention to para-athletes (amputees, and Bill Burnett have added the “Hero Triathlon” this year,

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partial paralysis, sight loss) and other physically challenged an Olympic distance race that will have athletes swimming .9 athletes,” explained Ranney. “I have raced with a number of miles, cycling 25, and running 6.2. The race is dedicated to para-athletes and their ability to motivate, set goals, overcome

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supporting veterans’ organizations, specifically the Women’s

adversity, dig deep, support, give back, and inspire is really

Veterans Network of Massachusetts, Holidays for Heroes

what the Hero Triathlon is designed to be about.” For those

on Nantucket, and the Marine Corp.’s Semper Fi Fund.

who might not be up for the Olympic distance race, there will

“Although I want to support several veterans causes through

still be the sprint triathlon held on July 20th.

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When once there were just two banks on Nantucket, now there are four. The newest addition is Hingham Savings Bank, which moved into 35 Main Street this June. Why has the number of banks doubled on Nantucket? To steal the famous quote from bank robber Willy Sutton: “Because that’s where the money is.”

A LOT MORE SPACE

Sixty new parking spots have been made available in town this summer after a new parking lot was designated behind the former Grand Union, what is now Stop & Shop. The lot will offer paid parking and could include a valet service. Many surrounding business welcome the new parking in hopes that they will help drive the economy downtown.

OPEN FOR SERVICE The wait is finally over for Nantucket’s newest eatery. The Proprietors Bar and Table on India Street opened its doors this June, boasting a complete renovation and delicious menu. Chef Tom Berry is cooking up stunning dishes with local fish and produce like his Fluke Sunomono, complete with crunchy kimchee,

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and indoor seating, The Proprietors is sure to be a hotspot this summer.

Despite a wet and muddy weekend, local businesses did not take a bath this past Memorial Day. On the contrary, many downtown shops and restaurants

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saw a dramatic increase in business compared to years past. “Overall, I thought the crowd was a little more tame this year,” says Michael Campbell,

NECN’s Emmy Award-winning food and dining

owner of Haul Over on 7 Salem Street.

show “TV Diner” took a big bite out of Nantucket

“For those of us downtown that are

this past June. Co-hosts Billy Costa and Jenny

selling clothes and food and drink, we

Johnson sampled several island eateries and

want people inside. So the rain really

hotspots, and even gave N Magazine a shout-out

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during the show, which premiered on June 22nd

arrests reported over that weekend,

and will rerun on August 10th. Catch TV Diner

Figawi kicked off the summer right

every Saturday on NECN at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

for many island businesses.

GREEN THUMBS UP In its fifth year, the Nantucket Garden Festival has dug up some new and exciting events for the many green thumbs among us. From July 25th to 27th, the festival will host garden tours, potting competitions, workshops, lectures and even an island-wide bestselling botanical writer Amy Stewart on Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Attendees of this ‘Fete de Fleur’ will enjoy exotic plant-infused cocktails complemented by a delicious offering by Chef Seth Raynor. For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.NantucketGardenFestival.org.

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WITH A NAME LIKE SUNNY WOOD, THIS NANTUCKET CRAFTSMAN’S CALLING WAS DEEPLY ROOTED.

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he idea for Sunny Wood’s whale carvings swam into his mind last summer when a local interior designer commissioned him to build a custom whale-shaped

coatrack for a client. The client loved it and encouraged him to carve more whales of different shapes and sizes. People liked them and more sold. Soon Sunny quit his day job in construction and started carving out a new career.

Today, Sunny’s whales can be found in shops and galleries all over town including Marine Home Center, Nantucket Sewing and Design, Nantucket Looms, the Whaling Museum gift shop and Haul Over. All the wood Sunny uses to carve these whales is reclaimed from old Nantucket houses, the history of the homes embedded in the grain.

While he may not think of his art as recycled or ecoconscious, no new trees were cut in the production of his pieces, which also include sand pipers, striped bass, herons and more.

Sunny’s talents are a result of his ten years as a carpenter as well as inherited skill. His father was a master woodworker and craftsman who made the intricate weaving looms for Nantucket Looms. He trained his son at an early age, starting Sunny off by teaching him how to carve wooden spoons.

“Growing up on a homestead in New Hampshire we had a lot of time on our hands in the evening,” explains Sunny.

Woodworking became a family rite of passage.

Today, as customers are drawn to his one-of-a-kind carvings they often share their appreciation with the artist.

“I’m psyched that I’ve found something that people like and that I like to do,” he says. Of course, there’s still a carpenter’s share of sweat and sawdust with this new craft.

It’s hard work, but Sunny is happy to be making a splash in the Nantucket art scene.

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Meghan Trainor is singing her way from Nantucket to Nashville and beyond, leaving scores of love songs and catchy pop tunes in her wake.

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Just a year out of high school, Meghan spends her

music industry is a long and arduous road,

days working full-time in the music industry with

but nineteen-year-old singer-songwriter

some major players, writing songs for both male and

Meghan Trainor is paving the way with one success

female artists, for groups and solo acts. “It’s defi-

after another. Just last year, the Nantucket native

nitely a unique job, but very cool one,” she says. Her

signed a publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music, songs get pitched for television shows and films, as an award-winning music publisher in Nashville.

well as to national and international recording artists. Most recently, her song “In the Sun,” which she

As a professional songwriter, Meghan now travels

wrote with Thomas Stengaard and also features her

regularly from her homes on the Cape and Nantucket

on vocals and ukulele, was released in Denmark by

to Nashville, New York and Los Angeles to write and

the artist AYA.

help produce country and pop songs. Her tunes span many genres, though she describes most of them as “pop with a Caribbean influence.” This fall, the publishing company will be sending Meghan to Sweden to write new songs in one of the world’s most popcentric music capitals.

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ut this young musician didn’t achieve success overnight; she has been hard at work honing her musicianship for years. In addition to singing and songwriting, Meghan

plays guitar, piano, percussion, ukulele and trumpet. The daughter of Jewel of the Isle owners Gary and Kelli Trainor, Meghan attributes her early start to her musical family. “My father taught band at Nantucket High back in the late seventies and eighties and he plays the organ at the Methodist church. My aunt and uncle, Lisa and Burton Toney, are also performers and songwriters, so all of them have been encouraging me since I was eleven years old.”

At eleven, Meghan started writing her own original songs. “My dad bought me equipment to record the songs I was writing,” she recalls.

By twelve, she was performing regularly with her family band, Island Fusion, at local venues like The Chicken Box and The Muse, as well as at Jetties and Children’s Beaches.

Between fifteen and seventeen, Meghan wrote, recorded, performed and self-produced three albums. During that time, she also received many honors and awards for her singing and songwriting, including winning Best Female Artist at the International Acoustic Music Awards in 2009, the Grand Prize at the New Orleans Songwriter’s Festival in 2010, and the 2011 John Lennon Love Song Songwriting Contest.

These days, Meghan is often traveling for work, doing daily writing sessions that can sometimes last all night. “Every day I’m with someone different,” she explains. “I will go to a studio and meet a songwriter for the first time and have to create a three-minute song with them.” In addition to writing, Meghan also sings the demos, both the lead and background vocals. “Even if it’s for a male artist,” she adds. Sometimes, her vocals are even used in the final cut. When she’s not traveling, Meghan works in her home studio, writing songs and emailing tracks back and forth with producers.

“I honestly don’t know what I would be doing without music,” says Meghan. “I’d probably be lost at college trying to find something to do for a living.” Though she was offered a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music, Meghan has decided to forgo college for now and put her time and energy into her career. In the next five years Meghan

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GROUND CONTROL WRITTEN BY ROBERT COCUZZO

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

LIFE INSIDE NEW ENGLAND’S SECOND BUSIEST AIRPORT

On Fourth of July weekend, Nantucket Memorial Airport becomes the second busiest airport in New England.

Its tarmac can have up to 120 takeoffs and landings per hour. To put that in perspective, Boston Logan usually turns out around sixty to seventy an hour. With only two runways and hundreds of planes flying in from all

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THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS SEEM TO SPEAK IN TONGUES AS THEY RAPIDLY GIVE WEATHER REPORTS, CALL SIGNS, AND CLEARANCES OVER THE RADIO. They sound like auctioneers selling off their runways to the inbound aircraft. On a weekend when most people on Nantucket are lying back to watch the fireworks, the air traffic controllers are working overtime. It’s no wonder they have a mandatory retirement age of fifty-six.

Pulling a map of Nantucket off a bulletin board behind his desk, tower operations supervisor Jake Allegrini shows me just how busy July can get. The map is covered in lines, each representing a flight in or out of Nantucket. “This was July 24, 2005 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.,” he says. “We did 950 operations.”

Unlike planes that can cruise on autopilot, the tower depends entirely on the people behind the controls. In fact, the tower itself seems surprisingly low-tech. Computers span generations across a counter, from boxy, beige monitors from the early nineties to sleek flat screens of today. In the top corners of the room are radars called DBrites that look like relics retrieved from Soviet-era submarines. Little blips swarm from the periphery of the green screens, tracking planes that are lining up with Altar Rock as their waypoint, bearing 240 degrees southwest into the wind for landing.

The controllers are the conductors, orchestrating a symphony of aircraft. When one aircraft is off key, the whole symphony suffers. A tire pops while taxiing. A plane overshoots the runway. A pilot can’t be raised on the radio. “That’s when we earn our money,” says Patrick Topham, Nantucket’s air traffic manager.

Topham recalls the first time he was “humbled” by the job some thirteen years ago when he first started. It was Christmas Stroll and planes were coming in non-stop. “I just remember looking up at the DBrite and seeing nothing but planes,” he says with a laugh. “I couldn’t write down call signs fast enough. I was just getting destroyed.” Just as Topham was about to be overwhelmed by the fleet of inbound planes, his supervisor plugged in his headset and took over. “Everyone needs to get humbled,” N magazine

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threshold further, so when you go back to your old threshold, it’s easy.” Today, Topham and operations supervisor Jake Allegrini are the ones occasionally coming to the aid for their controllers, a group of eleven who appear strikingly young when considering the gravity of their responsibilities.

THE CONTROLLERS ARE THE CONDUCTORS, ORCHESTRATING A SYMPHONY OF AIRCRAFT. WHEN ONE AIRCRAFT IS OFF KEY, THE WHOLE SYMPHONY SUFFERS.

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So if there is airspace available, some private jets or prop planes will lower their landing gear when there is as little as three hundred feet of visibility on the runway. Some newer jets even have “auto land” and can safely touchdown in zero visibility. The air traffic controllers are then left to hold their breath and try to pick the planes out of the fog.

There is a method to the madness, however, and it’s directed by the tower. The traffic controllers divide into two groups: ground and local. Ground controllers talk to the planes on the runway, and set the departure sequence on a first come, first served basis. It’s their job to manage the pace and frequency of the departures. Meanwhile, local controllers talk to all the planes in the air. On busy days, the local controllers work in two groups: outer and inner. The outer local controller talks to the planes flying in and puts them in sequence. Once the planes come within five to Air traffic manager Patrick Topham surveying the scene from the tower’s catwalk.

ten miles of the island, the outer controller passes them off to the inner controller “who owns the runway” and clears them for land-

“I WOULD EASILY PUT THIS GROUP OF CONTROLLERS UP AGAINST ANY OTHER GROUP OF CONTROLLERS,” Topham says.

ing. It all sounds pretty manageable, until Topham describes

“Most of the crew has been here for over ten years. So it doesn’t matter

Jersey, Bridgeport, Providence and several other cites pass

what you throw at them, they’ve all seen it before and they’ll just plug in

through. “You’re talking about

and work.” An impressive line of controllers has gone on from Nantucket

well over a half a million

Memorial to work in the towers of major international airports like Logan,

people that our coming and

JFK, and the granddaddy of them all, Atlanta International. The waiting list

going to this island every year

to train and work at Nantucket Memorial is over a year long. Beyond the

through this airport,” he says.

tests of high volume in limited space and time, Nantucket poses a unique

“That’s a lot of people to be

variable for controllers to train in: fog.

responsible for. And it all

Nantucket Memorial as “the end of the funnel” through which flights from Hyannis, Boston, New Bedford, New York, New

comes down to those eleven When the fog rolls in, the maximum number of operations the tower can do per

controllers, five technicians,

hour is thirty in, and thirty out. “Thirty-two if we’re really moving planes,” says

myself and the supervisor.”

Topham. Two minutes of air space is required for each operation, and there must be at least 1,800 feet of visibility on the runway for a commercial aircraft to land

In this new age of aviation,

or takeoff. So on Fourth of July weekend, when there could be over a thousand

where some planes can even

flights coming in and out of Nantucket, the fog can really muck things up. The

land themselves, Nantucket’s air traffic controllers prove that

longer the fog lingers, the more the delays compound, and ultimately the more

flight still depends on good old fashioned manpower and

aggravated the family stuck in Boston or New York becomes.

know-how. So if you’re lying on Nobadeer Beach this Fourth

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There’s really no way around the fog, unless you are flying in on your own

flying in overhead, remember that they’re powerless without

aircraft. That 1,800-foot visibility rule applies only to commercial planes.

the voices on the other end of their radios.

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WHITE HERON THEATRE COMPANY Takes Flight

WRITTEN BY MARIE-CLAIRE ROCHAT

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A new acting company revives outdoor theatre on Nantucket this July

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Nantucket has long been a stomping ground for theatre people. ‘Sconset was the summer colony of the most celebrated Broadway actors and movie stars of the early 20th century. The Straight Wharf Theatre served as the venue for productions by community groups, including the Fawcett Players and Theatre Workshop of Nantucket. The Tony award-winning production of “Dracula” originally premiered on an island stage in 1973. Continuing in that tradition, a new theatre company has come to town.

Last January, Michael Kopko and Lynne Bolton, co-artistic directors of the White Heron Theatre Company, announced acquired property at 5 North Water Street. Their multi-faceted mission centers on the development and implementation of workshops, seminars and forums for prominent theatre professionals designed to foster the growth and advance the art form on a global level. They also plan an active professional theatre company under the arm of White Heron. “One of the things we are most excited about is that the Institute will bring people in the industry to the island from all over the country and the world,” says Kopko. “We love Nantucket – this is a great way to give something back.”

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he company will launch its first season with a program of Rotating Repertory Theatre featuring three plays: Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage,” A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” and David Mamet’s “Boston

Marriage.” The plays will be staged under a seventy-person tent at 5 North Water, with the box office and lobby located in the existing building on the property. The plays will rotate nightly, with each running twice a week, and will feature a revolving roster of professional stage, screen and television actors from New York.

Visiting stars include Damian Young (Sex in the City), Welker White (Good Fellas) Sean Cullen (Michael Clayton), Amy Van Nostrand (The Practice), Howard Overshown (Law and Order) and many others.

The three plays being performed under the White Heron’s tent this July are representational of the genre known as transformational theatre, which is defined as art that communicates a common, universal truth and relays a message that is relatable and meaningful for everyone in the audience. The production of

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5th with a reading of “4,000 miles” by Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog, directed by Gordon Edelstein, and starring Patch Darragh, Elvy Yost, and Tony award nominee Judith Ivey.

The White Heron Theatre was founded in 2006

by Bolton and Earle Gister, the former Graduate Acting Dean of the Yale Drama School. Over the next three years, the company staged classical and neo-classical theatre in New York City. With Gister’s retirement in 2009, White Heron entered a dormant phase until it was revived by Bolton and Kopko last year.

The subsequent formation of the Nantucket Theatre Institute is the culmination of a longtime dream for Bolton, who has been actively involved in the industry in various capacities for more than forty years. This fall, the Institute will host a weeklong playwright’s conference, which will bring together directors, actors and playwrights to analyze a chosen script in early draft and, ultimately, prep it for production. The public is invited to sit in and observe this very creative process.

The Institute’s programming will be ongoing and year-round, said Bolton, adding that they hope to collaborate with other island cultural organizations and institutions, such as the Nantucket Historical Association and the Nantucket Film Festival. There is likely to be little overlap with Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, the island’s community theatre group.

Kopko and Bolton have already begun the process of planning for their new building and hope to break ground in late fall. Funds raised to date have been secured through private solicitation, but they see their first summer season as a golden opportunity to raise awareness and garner excitement about the mission of the Nantucket Theatre Institute.

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ROM A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW, NANTUCKET LOOKS MUCH LIKE IT DID OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, WITH HOUSES AND PROPERTIES SPRINKLED AMIDST SPRAWLING FORESTS, BEACHES, MOORS AND WETLANDS. BUT THIS DIDN’T HAPPEN NATURALLY. FOR FIFTY YEARS, THE NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION HAS BEEN PURCHASING LAND TO KEEP UNDEVELOPED AND PRISTINE. WITH NEARLY NINE THOUSAND ACRES NOW UNDER ITS PROTECTION, SOME MAY WONDER WHAT’S LEFT FOR THE FOUNDATION TO BUY.

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Exactly fifty years after it was founded, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation added a massive plot of land to its already sprawling portfolio of island property. For a price tag of $19 million, the foundation purchased of land on the island, and the purchase may just mark the end of giant land acquisitions on Nantucket. So what will the next fifty years hold for Nantucket’s largest landowner?

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e have to take care of the land we own,” says Jim Lentowski, who has been NCF’s executive director since 1971, “and we take being stewards of the land very seriously.”

Going forward, the foundation will focus more on management, science, education and membership in the organization rather than primarily on land acquisition. That’s not to say that buying more land is off their agenda. At press time, the foundation had its eye on the property surrounding the Loran Tower owned by the Coast Guard in ‘Sconset, and the Head of Plains property in Madaket where the town is considering putting a wastewater treatment plant. For now, the management of their nearly nine thousand acres is the foundation’s top priority.

It’s hard to picture Nantucket without the Conservation Foundation. Imagine looking out over Madequecham Valley and having it covered in condominiums. Or if the Haulover passage to Coatue was off limits to the public. Thankfully, the places where many Nantucketers played as children and later retreated to for solitude as teenagers and adults

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are preserved in perpetuity. Many love jogging or walking their dogs at the foundation’s

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Sanford Farm and Tupency Links, while others cruise the middle moors by bicycle under the moonlight where there is a spectacular view of the island from Altar Rock.

Even if you never step foot on the foundation’s property, it’s impossible to come to Nantucket without seeing the serenity of the landscapes in their care. “Nantucket has the feeling of not changing and people appreciate that,” says Lentowski. “Open space has protected the quality of life here. Without open space, people might not come back to Nantucket.” Lentowski was hired as the foundation’s first paid employee back in 1971. Four hundred and fifty land acquisitions later, he’s a walking Wikipedia on the conservation history of Nantucket. The first property purchased by the foundation was the bird sanctuary on North Beach Street near Jetties Beach, which was less than one acre. With the outspoken trustees, many of whom were donating land themselves, the acreage started growing. It’s unusual for a private conservation organization in the United States to own land, let alone 30 percent of a county. In this regard, the NCF is a national leader.

The year Lentwoski was hired, the foundation made its first major land purchase: 625 acres known as Ram’s Pasture. This piece of land, like the many that came thereafter, was purchased by the foundation because of its dearness to the community and potential for development. As Lentwoski explains, “We targeted land that was enjoyed by the public and was taken for granted to the point where people thought it was in public ownership. But in reality it was under private ownership. And the time had come for that private ownership to be remains public to this day.

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n 1992, the foundation took on a new commitment to scientific research and land stewardship by hiring Karen Beattie, a rare species ecologist. Her work protecting nesting shore birds continues today, as well as protecting rare species through controlled burns and clearings. Under Beattie’s tenure, the foundation collaborates with the University of Massachusetts, The Biodiversity Initiative, individual researchers and many island nonprofits to conduct research that in turn influences land management decisions.

This is undoubtedly an exciting time for the Nantucket Conservation Foundation. The grueling legwork of amassing properties is over, with the exception of a few small but strategic parcels. The foundation can now focus more on its partnerships with other programs and organizations, like the newly returned UMass Boston’s Environmental Semester Program, as well as collaboration with its members. Meanwhile the foundation will continue to search out the best land management strategies for the times, considering

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PATTY INDOMITABLE ROGGOVEEN WRITTEN BY ROBERT COCUZZO

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Did losing her reelection bid for the Board of Selectmen make Patty Roggeveen stronger than ever?

Patty Roggeveen has had a rollercoaster year. It all started last July. After leading the Dreamland Theater’s multi-million dollar capital campaign and then overseeing its construction, Roggeveen resigned as the theater’s executive director.

It was a peculiar scene there on the back deck of the newly opened theater, watching Roggeveen bid farewell to a small gathering of guests and board members. After five years of orchestrating Nantucket’s version of the Big Dig, a job that often subjected her to harsh media criticism and public scrutiny, this was Roggeveen’s final curtain call. The Dreamland’s doors had only just opened and she was already walking out of them.

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osing is what you need to learn, not winning,” Roggeveen tells me today. “If you can lose and keep going that’s the trick.” It’s a little over a month since Roggeveen lost her reelection bid to Nantucket’s Board of Selectmen, on which she served as chairman. This

would have been her seventh year on the board. She lost by fifty votes to a candidate half her age and with not a fraction of her experience in town planning. Coming some nine months after her unexpected departure from the Dreamland, one would think that the defeat was doubly painful. And yet when talking to her, there is no bitterness in her voice, but rather relief, optimism and maybe slight concern.

“I feel a sense of adventure all of a sudden that I have the time again to look at the kinds of things I’d like to do and to have the freedom to select particular projects I want to work on.”

“I feel a sense of adventure all of a sudden that I have the time again to look at the kinds of things I’d like to do and to have the freedom to select particular projects I want to work on,” she says.

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new.” As for her concerns, Roggeveen worries about the current board achieving the cohesiveness that’s necessary to get things done. She’s sat in on some meetings and says that she hasn’t seen that “gelling” just yet, or the leadership to unite the five selectmen.

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lthough Roggoveen is back to being a mere civilian,

Roggeveen wasn’t a month out of the Dreamland when the

she still has the air of a politician and community

Maria Mitchell Association snatched her up as its director of

organizer. If for nothing else, it’s in her blood. Back

development and campaign counsel. The Maria Mitchell has

when growing up on Long Island, her uncle was an assem-

grand designs to build a new aquarium and science center

blyman and mayor in New York State, and participating in

slated for 2015, and who could be better to lead the charge

his reelection campaigns every two years became a family

than the woman who helped get the Dreamland up and

tradition. Even more so, Roggeveen has good reason to stay

running? “The difference with the Maria Mitchell is that

involved on the island, three of them actually. Her son James

it’s been around so long,” she says. “So when you have this

and daughter Irena attend Nantucket High School, and her

history that goes back through generations of islanders that

youngest Christiana is entering the eighth grade. Not surpris-

remember being part of it—going to summer camps, visiting

ingly, the three Roggeveen children are exceptional students.

the facilities— it’s really fun to be part of that legacy.” Writing

“They’ve never come home with a B,” says the proud mother.

the next chapter of this legacy will be no small feat. The

“Typically they have all A+s, maybe one A in the mix.”

Nantucket Aquarium and Science Center planned for 33 Washington Street will host 30,000 visitors year-round with an

Returning to civilian life also offers Roggeveen relief

aquarium, a planetarium, habitat exhibits and a science library.

from the media attention she’s attracted over recent years.

She was often the topic of scathing editorials that she says

And that’s what Roggeveen is all about: creating a better

“got old quick” and gunked up the works for the Board of

Nantucket. It’s one of the reasons she left the Dreamland

Selectmen. “We have five selectmen, but the press can play

when she did: The job was done. “I not only needed to go

“There is a lot of power in the press and we hope that the press has responsibility, but I’m not sure it always exercises it.” a sixth role because they

forward,” she says, “but

can have the capacity to

I also needed to change

actually make commen-

it up.” Reflecting on this,

taries that are visible,

she compares herself to a

that are public, and in

performer she watched on

many cases they have

the Ed Sullivan Show as a

more power than the rest

young girl.

of us, because I have to be accountable and they

The performer would spin

don’t,” she says. “There

plates on poles, running

is a lot of power in the

from one pole to another

press and we hope that

to keep them spinning, as

the press has responsi-

he added more and more

bility, but I’m not sure it always exercises it.” She continues,

plates to the performance. “There are times I wake up in the

“I think it starts to motivate, control and slightly make a

morning and that’s the first thing I think of, the plates spin-

difference in what the selectmen are doing and how they take

ning,” she says. “You spin the plate, but your goal is to keep

their steps. Do they ask themselves: Is this something that

adding plates and not let them fall off.” There are no signs of

Marianne Stanton will agree with? And is that right? I don’t

Patty Roggoveen falling off anytime soon. Rather the ques-

think so. We all have an opportunity to run for the board. If

tion is what plate will she start spinning next?

ballot. It’s irresponsible to do it any other way.”

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The Freshman

SELECT WRITTEN BY NINA MACLAUGHLIN

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

MEET NANTUCKET’S MOST UNLIKELY POLITICIAN Walking on the streets just outside the heart of town, Tobias Glidden gestures at the sidewalk and names the different types of stone. “There,” he says, “that’s pink leviathan.” He talks of the nature of bricks made from Nantucket clay. His attention comes in part from his work as a mason and in part from his deep connection to his environment. At twenty-four years old, Tobias Glidden is Nantucket’s youngest selectman on record, recently winning the election with more votes than any of his competitors, some of which were entrenched island politicos with deeper pockets and more experience.

Nantucket is in his blood: seven or eight generations (he’s not exactly sure) of Gliddens have made their home on the island. His family has been running Glidden’s Island Seafood for the past five generations, and he recalls mornings as a boy spent chopping fifty-pound bags of onions for his dad. The second oldest of six kids, and home schooled until high school, Glidden has an approach to learning that has little to do with diplomas or certificates and much more to do with experience. “I’m part of this organism,” he says of Nantucket. “I’ve become part of the island and the island is part of me. We are linked together. We share a destiny and a story together.”

Glidden’s reason for running for the Board of Selectmen came from a realization that the problems Nantucket faces loom large and need addressing. “When we look at the way the world is going to be in 2050, we’re looking at huge energy problems, an incredibly different climate,” he says. “People aren’t going to be able to grow food.” He notes that the UN is looking at a 40 percent reduction in food pro-

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y 2015, Glidden hopes to have

Glidden considers this “disconnect between the

helped put Nantucket on track to

people who come here and the people who live

becoming wholly energy independ-

here” to be one of the biggest problems Nan-

ent and a community that is able to locally grow

tucket faces. He has worked in catering. He’s

its own food. He likewise wants to develop

served people’s meals and he’s laid people’s

water policies, as well as create incentives for

bricks. Glidden talks of the way he’s been

gardens, farms and pastures to develop the

treated by visitors who don’t know who he is

island’s soil resources. Beyond environmental

and who don’t care to. But it’s more than an

and energy policies, Glidden’s goal is to make

issue of ignoring the help. He believes the dis-

people understand the gravity of the situation.

connect between the two worlds leads to more

“If we don’t have a planet to work with, we

significant problems. “It’s sad to see,” he says

don’t have anything,” he says. “And that inter-

of visitors’ indifference to the realities of the

plays with human justice and living in an ethical

island. “As an island, part of our job is to bring

way.”

those people into reality and talk about what our hardships are.” He mentions the island’s drug problem — people getting addicted to opiates and moving on to heroin because it’s cheaper.

“The reason why it’s so prevalent is because of that disconnect. People don’t feel that sense of place, that sense of community.”

Glidden’s cheeks flush when he talks, particularly as he gets more stirred by what he’s talking about. He sounds most like a politician when he says that one of the biggest problems “is forgetting our legacy, our history and who we really are as Nantucketers. We do have an influence on the world, and we can make the world a better place.” Nantucket, he explains, is one of the most influential places on the East Coast, a leader in human rights, women’s rights and environmental consciousness. “I want to continue that legacy on,” he says. “I want to spread that to the next generation.”

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simple ways, and conversation is a start. He

Not long ago, Glidden returned from a year

ran his campaign largely by standing in front

and a half stint on the West Coast where he

of the Stop & Shop, making himself available

studied architecture and spent a lot of time

to people to talk to. It’s something he wishes

“meditating, doing yoga, and trying to live this

he saw more of on the island. For example,

alternative life where people just try to enjoy

“There’s a number of Hispanic people who

their lifestyle.” During his time around San

come here and landscape, and you’d be amazed

Francisco, he lived for four months without

how many have been farmers and know a ton of

money. “It was the best four months of my life,”

information about how to cultivate crops, and

he says, smiling. He describes living in a house

yet they’re never tapped for their resources,”

called Casa de Paza with three friends, spend-

Glidden says. He believes that taking the time

ing an hour every morning in meditation, and

to listen and to talk has a large part to play in

then “living a life of service.” “We never really

improving the island, socially, economically and

wanted for anything,” he says. “People were

environmentally. “A lot of summer people are

always giving us vegetables or fruit...It was all

awesome —engaged, in love with the island,”

just people sharing, living together and it was

he says. “But some of them are in their own

good.”

world, are disconnected.”

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lidden’s voice rises with passion as he talks

imaginations. “Part of what’s cool about Nantucket,” he

about the housing problems on Nantucket.

says, “is that we have our secrets. We’re key holders.”

“All these mansions are completely empty

except for two weeks a year, and at the same time there

Every Labor Day, the Glidden family has a picnic on Brant

are people sleeping in crawl spaces just to work for them,

Point in what’s become something of a family tradition.

just so they can send a little money home to their family

They wait for the last slow boat to round the corner on

in El Salvador.” The island, he explains, is more expen-

the way back to Hyannis. When it passes they shout and

sive than New York, London and Shanghai. Glidden has

wave, holding flags and a big sign saying “goodbye.” It’s a

his own peculiar living situation, one he’s not entirely keen on advertising. He built his 144-square-foot “dwell-

I’M PART OF THIS ORGANISM, I’VE BECOME PART OF THE ISLAND AND THE ISLAND IS PART OF ME.

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relief and marks the close of the season. Glidden cites it as one of the main reasons he returned to Nantucket from

It’s made of 90 percent recycled materials: old couch

California, for the spectacle of the changing of the seasons.

cushions as insulation, recycled granite floors. He sleeps

He talks about awareness of shifting light, of the moon and

under a skylight beneath the stars. “I just need a place to

tides, of seeing time pass. “Taking that connection that we

sleep and a place to have my books,” he says. Some fa-

feel with the earth and spreading that to the people who are

vorites include Thoreau’s Walden, Don Quixote and Dos-

coming here is really important,” he says. Glidden is work-

toevsky’s Notes from the Underground. As for the rest of

ing to “convert them over to what it means to live a compas-

the details of his living space, he wants to leave it to our

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TAILS FROM THE DEEP PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY WU

On July 8th, award-winning underwater photographer Tony Wu will present “My Life with Whales” at the Nantucket Whaling Museum. As a preview to his presentation, Wu gave N Magazine an exclusive look at a selection of his most stunning photographs and shared

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ver the years, I’ve come to consider myself a photo-naturalist. Of course, my primary goal is to capture beautiful images, but I take photographs to convey information about my subjects. I spend all my time studying whales and other marine life, communicating with researchers, examining my own notes from the field. The purpose of my efforts is to understand the behavior, and for lack of better terms, the thinking and personalities, of my subjects. Developing an in-depth understanding of my chosen subjects, then forming a personal relationship while I’m in the water with them, gives me the opportunity to observe and sometimes participate in their lives.

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he threat from whaling is clearly nowhere near the level it was in the past.

That era is over. These days, the biggest threats to whales are collisions with large ships, which happen much more than we acknowledge; entanglements in fishing gear; and pollution. All three of these take a tremendous toll on whales and other marine life worldwide. Worse, they are indiscriminate killers.

Ships, nets, and pollution don’t distinguish among endangered and non-endangered species.

Collectively, humanity does not have a handle on how serious these problems are. I can say from personal experience that these issues pose a very real, clear and present dan-

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he first time I photographed a sperm whale underwater, it approached quickly, slammed me with loud, painful sonar, planted me on its head,

and took my leg into its mouth. I panicked and thought I would probably be eaten. But it was just being inquisitive, behaving much as a friendly puppy would. With fourteen years of experience with whales under my belt since that first encounter, I can say in hindsight that my fear was largely a product of ignorance, stemming from scary stories I’d read, and those related to me by local fishermen who remembered antagonistic encounters with sperm whales from whaling days. As is often the case, the most harrowing part of the experience was in my own mind. Facing an eleven-meter long whale with a big mouth is clearly intimidating, but ignorance served to heighten my emotional response. They can often be as friendly and gentle as puppy dogs.

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y doing my best to understand what’s taking place, and fitting in

among the whales, my goal is to take photos that convey behind-the-scenes stories, providing insight into behaviors and aspects of cetacean life that few, if any, people have witnessed, much less documented. What I hope sets my photos apart from others is the story and personality that shine through, the face-to-face element, interspecies interaction and communication. I aim for images that are not documentary snapshots but carefully selected portraits that impart mood, feeling, passion, and understanding.

Whales are far, far more interesting, complex, and nuanced than 99.99% of people can imagine. I am extraordinarily fortunate to have had so many opportunities to catch glimpses into the lives of these magnificent animals, and I hope that anyone who attends my talk will end the evening sharing my fascination and passion for whales.

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After playing the most iconic roles in cinematic history, Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro star on the Dreamland Theater’s stage this summer.

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Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro are no strangers to Nantucket. In fact, Douglas has extended family on the island, and he has been vacationing on Nantucket with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones for years. “I try to get to Nantucket at least once during the summer,” Douglas says, “because it gives me time to spend with my friends Gerry and Heather in their beautiful home, and a chance to see my cousins Seward, Joyce and Johnny Johnson who are also in Nantucket.” Douglas and ZetaJones can often be found dining in the candle light at Lola 41, golfing at Sankaty or Miacomet, and hitting the beach out at Surfside with their regular island hosts Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman.

“Each summer I look forward to knowing I am going to Nantucket,” Douglas says.

Many people aren’t aware that Robert De Niro is also a Nantucket regular, although his appearances around the island are far less public than Douglas’s.

Known for his privacy, De Niro enjoys the quiet refuge the island can afford a star of his renown.

Interestingly, his connection to Nantucket extends tenuously to his late father. Robert De Niro Sr. was an acclaimed abstract expressionist painter, and his works have hung in Cavalier Gallery on Main Street in recent years.

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antucket has never been an island driven by celebrity. Quite the contrary, celebrities are drawn to the island for the reprieve it

offers them from the limelight. That is unless you put them on center stage. Enter Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro. On July 13th, the Dreamland

Theater will honor these two Oscar-winning actors at its first anniversary gala. “The inaugural event is about reminding people of the power and importance of cinema,” says the Dreamland’s executive director, Melissa Murphy, “and who better to celebrate that with us than these two world-

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“I do pictures for myself,” Douglas says, “because I figure if I like them, some other crazy people out there might like them, too. You know, once you’ve gained your confidence and done some bizarre, strange films with some roles that have been successful, it gives you the confidence to go out there and take more chances.”

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oth De Niro and Douglas are finding their way back to the island this July with the help of filmmaker Armyan Bernstein who is both a friend of the ac-

tors and a friend of the Dreamland. “I’ve known Michael for many years,” Bernstein says. “I met him when we were young men, and I know him now as we enter the autumn of our years as a friend, and colleague, and fellow filmmaker and especially as a fan.” Bernstein gives a lot of credit to Nantucket for bringing the two actors to the event. “I’m sure neither would have accepted our invitation if they hadn’t

have found themselves here and found themselves enchanted by this place,” he says. “The magic of the island surely got to them. They have a special attachment to the island. And they have a fondness to the notion that movie theaters are beautiful things that should be cherished.”

Indeed, Douglas and De Niro haven’t so much worked in the movie industry as defined it for a generation. Just a year apart in age, the two actors ascended the echelons of Hollywood, leaving behind films that serve as time capsules of American culture. They have starred in a combined 152 films, but not one together—until now. Their appearance at the Dreamland comes just after wrapping up their first film collaboration: a Hangover-meets-Ocean’s-11-comedy called Last Vegas.

De Niro is the method actor, the Godfather who can say more with the furrow of his brow and the squint of his eyes than most scripts. He’s played the full spectrum of drama, from the tragic Raging Bull, Jake La Motta, to the comedic father-in-law Jack Byrnes. However, De Niro’s contribution to film extends beyond his Oscar-winning work as an actor and director. A lifelong New Yorker, he founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002 to promote cinema in the Big Apple and beyond.

Douglas is Hollywood royalty, the son of Kirk Douglas whose legendary role as Spartacus left big sandals for his son to fill. Despite winning his first Academy Award at the age of thirty-one for his work as a producer on One Flew

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an actor, and he languished in minor roles until 1984 when he starred in Romancing the Stone. Then came Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, another Academy Award, and the rest is Hollywood history.

De Niro is the method actor, the Godfather who can say more with the furrow of his brow and the squint of his eyes than most scripts.

He’s played the full spectrum of drama, from the tragic Raging Bull, Jake LA Motta, to the comedic father-in-law Jack Byrnes

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do pictures for myself,” Douglas says, “because I figure if I like them, some other crazy people out there might like them, too. You know, once you’ve gained

your confidence and done some bizarre, strange films with some roles that have been successful, it gives you the confidence to go out there and take more chances.”

For Douglas, the event at the Dreamland comes at a pivotal time in his career and personal life.

After miraculously defeating stage IV throat cancer, he took on a role strikingly different than that of his trademark repertoire. In HBO’s Behind the Candelabra, Douglas plays Liberace during the showman’s five-year relationship with Scott Thorson, played by Matt Damon.

Beneath the extravagant costumes and makeup, Douglas abandons the cunning masculinity that has defined many of his roles and embraces

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makes his portrayal of the flamboyant showman Oscar-worthy.

“What appealed to me most about playing Liberace was when I was doing my research everybody I spoke to who knew the man only had positive things to say about him,” Douglas says. “They said he was the nicest, fun person to be around. He loved performing and having direct contact with his audiences. I’ve never had the opportunity to play someone like that, which is obvious from my resume. I’m usually the troubled bad guy.” The performance has been lauded around the world, and with the help of Liberace’s legacy, Douglas’s comeback to film has truly started off on the right note.

Douglas and De Niro’s appearance also comes at a pivotal time for the Dreamland. As with every institution on Nantucket, the theater is trying to define itself and establish its own unique niche on the island. “The question we still get asked the most is ‘Why would I support a movie theater or why is a movie theater a nonprofit?’” says Melissa Murphy. “This year we are trying to focus our messaging on helping people understand the broader picture of the Dreamland and what our role is in the community.” Ultimately, the Dreamland is about nostalgia. It’s about keeping the movie theater experience alive. In bringing in the likes of Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro, two actors who have drawn millions into theaters around the world for decades, the Dreamland reminds audiences that its movie reels will continue to spin for many years to come on Nantucket.

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Congratulations

to the proprietors on its opening

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Named for Nantucket’s original landowners, The Proprietors Bar & Table embraces the island’s unique history as a whaling hub – every aspect of the dining experience is inspired by sailors returning home with influences from their travels abroad.

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HISTORY WRITTEN BY NINA MACLAUGHLIN

PHOTOGRAPHY BY FREDERICK G.S. CLOW

NANTUCKET PHOTOGRAPHER FREDERICK G. S. CLOW SHARES RARELY SEEN IMAGES OF THE MOST ICONIC FIGURES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

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TED, GENE AND ROSE KENNEDY IN HYANNIS PORT, JULY 22, 1982 “Teddy was magnificent around his family. Totally dedicated to the family. He didn’t miss anything at all. He scored big points with his relationship with his mother. He had a beautiful relationship with his mother.”

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he Kennedy family was gathered at their compound in Hyannis some forty-five years ago, and Frederick Clow was photographing them on the lawn overlooking the water. He’d been there before, and he’d be there again—cameras around his neck, clicking and winding, in and out of conversations— covering the family, getting to know them, Ted Kennedy in particular. A practiced eye behind the lens, Clow observed and documented public events and quiet moments in the lives of the Kennedys for decades.

“Jack was a very sincere individual, very friendly.

You would always feel at ease around him. I never saw any negatives with him. He was totally dedicated to his family. That’s the kind of guy he was. It was just the two of us here, one-on-one. It’s very rare to get that kind of access. This image has never been printed.”

— Frederick G.S. Clow

On that particular afternoon on the Cape, Clow decided he’d take a trip. He left the Kennedy compound, made his way to the docks, and boarded the ferry for Nantucket. He’d never been before. “I walked up Main Street and I made a decision,” he says. He vowed then and there that he’d live on the island someday. He made good on the promise in 1968 when he bought a house on Lyon Street. Today, Clow still considers Nantucket home, despite a business card that lists addresses in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood, as well as in Nova Scotia.

A photojournalist for half a century, Frederick Clow is the type of person who gets what he wants, not by elbowing or barging, not by being brash or bullying, but with focus and determined politeness. Perhaps most importantly and rare, he knows exactly what he wants and how to ask for it. It’s a story that repeats itself as we sit at a banquette against a wall covered with photographs of sports stars, actors and N magazine

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Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Clow is eighty-one years old, but the spark in his eye, the firm grip of his handshake and his head of full, floppy white hair belies his age.

JOHN F. KENNEDY IN HYANNIS PORT, JULY 31, 1960

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JACQUELINE KENNEDY AT THE GOLDEN TRUMPET BALL, THE 85TH BIRTHDAY OF BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, SEPTEMBER 24, 1965 “I was never that close to her. I would politely ask for a photo and always got a positive response from her. She was a fun person. She seemed very well at ease.”

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“This was one of my first shots I took with my first camera, the camera my father Charles Clow bought me, a Brownie Kodak camera. It’s one of my achievements.

This never got printed. That’s a magnificent photo.

Other photographers thought I shot it with Leica camera!”

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WINSTON CHURCHILL LEAVING THE RITZ CARLTON IN BOSTON, MARCH 31, 1949.

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e’re in a good place, Clow remarks on the address. “We’re sitting at 35 JFK Street,” he says, “and JFK was our thirty-fifth president.”

He’s got a hard briefcase with him, and he lays it on the counter, clicks it open and pulls out a folder thick with black-and-white prints of the Kennedys, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Ella Fitzgerald, John Kerry, Winston Churchill and many more. There are many photos of the Kennedys. A friendship was forged with Ted Kennedy; the late Senator wrote the foreword to the book of photographs Clow is working on.

His instincts for getting exclusive shots started early. In 1949, when he was eighteen years old, a Boston cop gave him a tip that Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, would be leaving a local hotel at a certain time. Clow came ready with his camera and shot a picture of Nehru and his sister in traditional dress. He took the image to the Boston Post, but was met with ambivalence from the editor there. “It was defeating the way he talked about it,” he says. Fortunately, Grace Davidson, the society editor at the time, happened to overhear the conversation. “‘Print it up,’ she said. She used it in the Sunday Post, and I got paid five dollars,” Clow explains. “This lady saved my life.”

It was his first published photograph. And, as Clow says, “It happened the first time I walked in the door.” So he kept walking in the door.

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RONALD REAGAN AT QUINCY MARKET, OCTOBER 15, 1980 “That was in Faneuil Hall. He was campaigning. I think I made him nervous because I was down right on top of him. He sort of jumped back and looked at me.”

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n the Air Force, he was thrown into the supply section, not where he wanted to be. He put his photos in his briefcase, defied protocol and went directly to the colonel. “I showed him my photographs and I told him that I signed up to be a photographer.” The colonel said, “We’re working on it.” And Clow said, “Colonel, I’m an impatient man.” The colonel leaned back in his chair and gave Clow a hard look. He picked up his telephone and made a call and said, “I’m sending you a guy with a lot of promise.” Clow smiles in the telling. “I’ve got a way with people,” he says. “I don’t slam dunk people. I don’t smother. I try to be as natural as I can.” He pauses here and laughs to himself. “People get the message.” Eleanor Roosevelt got the message when Clow slipped into the backseat of a car with her. How did she react? Clow shuffles through the photographs and shows me the answer. There’s Mrs. Roosevelt, her face filling most of the frame, beaming a smile of surprise.

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RICHARD NIXON AT HIS INAUGURATION, JANUARY 20, 1969

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT LEAVING THE HOTEL SOMERSET, MAY 19, 1955

THE KENNEDYS A HEADED DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO THE WHITE HOUSE, JANUARY 20, 1961.

“The thing that is sort of interesting is that John’s life ended in a similar format. It’s sort of eerie in a way. That was a lucky photo. I got so close to him that the secret service agent told me, ‘You’re off limits!’ I just got so close. I just ran and snapped the photo. I took two photos, but that was the best one.” — FREDERICK G.S. CLO

King has a mischievous smile on his face, a winking sort of impishness. “As soon as he stood at the podium, it was all business,” Clow says. The next shot shows the reverend speaking, eyes clear, mid-word, mouth open as though in song. As he tours me through his photographs, there’s one image we linger on. It’s John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy in the back seat of a limo. They’re on their way to the White House after the inauguration ceremony. Secret service men flank the car on foot. Kennedy, in a glossy top-hat, waves to the crowds.

The first lady sits composed on his left, hands tucked in a fur muffler, a smile on her face. It’s an eerie image, one that immediately conjures the limo ride in Dallas on that fateful day in November 1963.

Clow puts his finger down on one of the men on foot at the side of the car. That’s Clint Hill, he explains. That’s the man who threw himself on the back of the limo on that day in Dallas, who covered the body of the president and the first lady with his body. Clow met Hill this past August in Hyannis. “I introduced myself,” Clow says. “He grabbed my hand and I started to cry.” Clow’s voice gets latched in his throat here and his eyes cloud arms.” Hill lives in Arlington, Virginia, less than a mile from the cemetery where Kennedy is buried, Clow says. “You don’t have to be a psychiatrist to know what that’s about,” he says. “That’s powerful stuff.”

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“That’s a historical piece. There are three points of view here. It’s intriguing to see LBJ with Jack Valenti, who was in the car with Kennedy on that day in Dallas. He became the point man for Johnson. And then you have the Kennedy sign over his head, and the police officer striking an unusual pose. It’s all interesting.”

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LYNDON JOHNSON IN POST OFFICE SQUARE, OCTOBER 27, 1964

FREDERICK CLOW FREDERICK G.S. CLOW (LEFT) WITH FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGENT CLINT HILL IN HYANNIS JULY 16, 2012. Photo by Ivan Ranbhadjan

low collects himself. We move on to other images, and finally he asks if I’d seen the one of him up on the wall there at Leo’s. I hadn’t. We move towards the window and there’s Clow with Martin Luther King at the New England Conservatory, Clow smiling, King, grave-faced. There’d been a bomb threat that day.

Clow says, “You can understand why he had such a tense face.” King and Clow were neighbors in the South End in Boston for a time while King studied at Boston University. “I like to think that maybe he saw me around,” Clow says, “that maybe he knew my face.”

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The demolition of Dennis Kozlowski’s controversial home gives way to a new modern compound on Squam Street

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t’s rare for the community to unite around the

free rein,” says Brown. With its emphasis on clean

razing of a Nantucket home, but 37 Squam Street

lines and unfamiliar use of familiar materials, Mark

was different. This house, as builder Josh Brown Cutone of BPC Architecture describes the project as

of JBrown Builders puts it, had “bad juju.” Formerly

“New York loft meets Nantucket.” The new owners

owned by convicted corporate looter and Tyco execu-

are a sophisticated, urbane clan of five who place a

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the home to flow seamlessly from indoors to outdoors,

2011 for $13.4 million, nearly $10 million less than

allowing light to suffuse every room, from the master

Kozlowski originally put it on the market for. “There

suite to the basement game room.

really was a bitter taste in everyone’s mouth over the Kozlowski scandal,” says interior designer Anne

With that in mind, Cutone incorporated more glass in

Becker. “He’d donated so much money to Nantucket

the 21,000-square-foot main house than he typically

endeavors, we all felt a little swindled.” So it was no

uses for island homes he designs. “Whenever we could

wonder that neighbors cheered both the razing and the

use glass, we did,” he says. The lower level is the per-

newcomers, a London family that has long revered

fect case in point. “The owners didn’t want a basement

Nantucket as their special summer retreat.

that felt like a basement,” Cutone says. “They wanted light and air.” So they created high ceilings by pouring

As demolition crews dismantled the old home (and

a deep foundation, and, instead of window wells, Cu-

bad vibe)––with much of the materials being donated

tone designed a 30-foot-long skylight—digging out the

to Habitat for Humanity—a modern new space took

grass above so natural sunlight could stream in—and

shape with a pool and five structures: a six-bedroom,

glass curtain walls at either end. “Wherever you stand

nine-bath main house; a four-bedroom, five-bath guest

in the basement you can look outside,” Brown says.

house; stand-alone gym; garage cum studio; and a pool Aboveground at night, when it’s lit from below, the cabana. While the white cedar exterior looks like most

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skylight glows like a glass pathway.

That skylight mirrors the shape and feel of a glass bridge in the entry hall, crafted of stainless steel and frosted glass and connecting the second floor landing with the hallway. Backlit by LED lights, at night it turns a frosty white. “It really worked with the New York loft theme,” Cutone says. Taking the theme one step further, the balustrade and banister rails are also glass, “transparent, so light could work its way deeply central London during the offseason, so they don’t have that same access to light and space.”

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wo of the home’s most interesting design and engineering feats also incorporate glass. The first originally had Cutone scratching his head: The owner wanted a bridge as an entrance into the home. His solution? Dig

out along one wall of the foundation – allowing more light into the basement as well as space for a wide descending staircase – and over the gap, build a glass bridge to the mudroom entrance.

The second feat, a first on the island, includes two glass walls that retract into the floors of the kitchen and an adjacent entertainment space. The walls look like ordinary French doors, which are functional, but at the flick of a switch, down they go, and the kids can navigate their Razor scooters from the blue stone pool deck straight onto the kitchen’s durable concrete floors.

Family and fun provided much of the inspiration behind some of the most interesting aspects of the home. “Family drove most of the decisions,” Cutone says, from those receding doors to the light-filled basement to an outdoor sport court for tennis and basketball to Becker’s interior design choices. “The owners wanted the kids to feel part of the process,” she says, so each child picked a signature color, and that color was threaded throughout the home: bedroom doors, hand towels in their en suite baths, cubbies in their crafts room, thin stripes identifying their mudroom lockers and

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vessel sinks custom made to match each bedroom’s color.

In one of the children’s rooms, the bed hangs from the ceiling suspended by red rope. Like the bed, many of the details “float,” adding an airiness to the home: the fireplace benches, the staircase, bath vanities and nightstands, and even a special hideaway for the kids down the hall from the master suite where they can crash, watch television, read and play games. “It’s the biggest window seat you’ll ever see. We had fun with it,” Cutone says.

While he and Brown kept family in mind by using durable surfaces like concrete in the high traffic kitchen, Becker went for durability and contemporary chic with the furnishings and a few statement pieces, sourcing them from Boston showrooms like Ligne Roset, Montage and Showroom. With seating for eighteen, a white dining room table with rounded edges like the wing of an airplane became one of those durable statement pieces. So did the Mr. Impossible chairs from Kartel in gray acrylic that surround it. Becker discovered so much while working on this contemporary project that she decided to fill a void in the island’s home décor boutique offerings and open a new store. She launched Bodega last summer.

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hroughout the home, she used mostly neutrals with pops of orange and citrus green in her design scheme. In the master bath she created interest

with three-dimensional tiles in a mix of matte and polished glass. “They’re like little reliefs in irregular shapes,” she says. “It’s subtle, so there’s texture there, but it’s not too loud.”

While the master suite soothes, there’s plenty of loud fun around the rest of the property, from the racing stripe tiles in the pool to the custom white pool table with red felt and vintage pinball machine in the game room.

Cutone, Brown and Becker were thrilled with the results – from the contrast between traditional exterior and the industrial interior to the engineering feats they pulled off on a very tight one-year schedule—but they were even more thrilled with the family’s reaction when they first saw it. “The parents’ jaws dropped,” Brown says, “and the kids were running around like it was a carnival.”

It’s a big improvement from the former circus of the property’s Kozlowski days, and a refreshing breeze of

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Behind many gray shingles on Nantucket, local designers, architects and homeowners are exploring creative and colorful design for island homes. Whether it’s a lacquered, lime green study, or a stained teak shower stall, or a stenciled yellow vanity, the options for brightening up a space have never been more enlightening.

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Located off the mudroom in a historic renovation in town by Cheney Brothers Builders, this shower emulates the look and feel of an outdoor shower, and is mainly used to rinse off the salt and sand after a day at the beach. “It provides a utilitarian contrast to the more neo-classical elements in the house,� explains Matthew MacEachern of the architecture firm Emeritus Development 133 Ltd.

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The owner of this contemporary home just outside of town wanted to make a strong and playful statement with this bold color choice for his study. With millwork by Jake Pickman, the study balances mid-19th century vernacular with slightly contemporary details.

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OLD & NEW As part of a historic renovation on Main Street by Arena Construction, this bathroom fuses old and new by including the original wood from the home’s frame. “The wood species, dimension and intricate joinery are something to be celebrated,” says Matthew MacEachern of Emeritus Development Ltd. “In this bath we thought this post was an opportunity to highlight the underlying beauty of the ‘build.’”

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EAT IT UP With simple, elegant cabinetry, a ship lapped ceiling and a herringbone oak floor, this kitchen by Cheney Brothers marries a number of different textures and subtle colors to provide detail and unique design for this home in town.

Located just outside of town, this build by Blue Star Construction implements a measure of austerity and utility in every detail to achieve the look of a contemporary farmhouse.

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THE SUMMERTIME BLUES Clean, ornate tiling and soothing color choice cool down this bathroom in the heat of summer.

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Alexa Hampton is widely regarded as one of the top interior designers in the world. Her name has been listed on Architectural Digest’s elite “AD100” for over a decade, and she continues to win praise from both inside and outside of the design industry.

The daughter of legendary designer Mark Hampton, Alexa masterfully fuses classical, traditional, and eclectic design in projects spanning the globe from New York to China. On July 18th, Alexa brings her expertise to Nantucket as the keynote speaker at the NHA’s Designer Luncheon.

Just before the event, N Magazine got a chance to ask Alexa her thoughts on how best to design island interiors.

N MAGAZINE: When did you first come to Nantucket? What do you find most special about the island?

HAMPTON: I first came as a little girl with my family. Nantucket has such charm. I love that it seems unspoiled by time.

N MAGAZINE: How would you describe your design style?

HAMPTON: Classic, eclectic, logical. However, I am drawn to classic forms, and I prefer logical spaces to impractical ones. Interiors that combine great beauty with livability are always the goal.

N MAGAZINE: How do you successfully incorporate antiques into modern design?

HAMPTON: One of, if not the most, important things to consider when mixing antiques and reproductions is dimensions. Many antiques are scaled smaller than reproduction pieces so, for instance, if pairing two tables on either side of a sofa, make sure that their heights relate. They don’t need to be the same, but neither can they look like an image out of the tale of Goldilocks.

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N MAGAZINE: If there was one design element that changes the feel of a room instantly, what would it be?

HAMPTON: Paint. The color of the walls can change a room’s mood drastically. This is also a great way to update a tired room.

N MAGAZINE: Is designing an “island” residence different than other locations?

HAMPTON: In designing an island residence it is important to make sure the chosen fabrics will hold up. So many fabric showrooms now offer indoor/outdoor fabrics that feel nice and these can be great to use inside.

N MAGAZINE: Which designer has most impacted your career?

HAMPTON: Who hasn’t?! I grew up with my father and with family friends like Albert Hadley, David Hicks and Bill Blass. And in this day and age, I count myself lucky to know and admire Bunny Williams, Victoria Hagan, Miles Redd, Mariette Himes Gomez and many, many more. I am totally influenced by the numerous talented people working today, not the least of whom work in my office with me.

N MAGAZINE: What are the greatest differences between your style and that of your late father, designer Mark Hampton?

HAMPTON: After fifteen long years since his death, it’s hard to know what germs of his taste, style and professional practices flower in my projects; but, I hope there are many. He is and will always be my design hero.

To my mind, he should be yours, too.

N MAGAZINE: What role do historical buildings play in the 21st century?

HAMPTON: As a board member of New York Landmarks Conservancy, I would say historical houses play an important part. I can’t imagine a world without them.

N MAGAZINE: Is there a period of antiques or style that you think works particularly well for houses on Nantucket?

HAMPTON: I always like houses to be appropriate to their setting. Beyond that, sky’s the limit.

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HAMPTON: Never forget that you’re in a service industry.

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BLOSSOMING Garden expert Amy Stewart plants ideas for the Nantucket Garden Festival Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the Nantucket Garden Festival brings awardwinning gardening expert Amy Stewart to the island this July. The bestselling author of six entertaining books about gardening, Stewart will be sharing her expertise to festivalgoers at three events held on Friday, July 26th. N Magazine caught up with this accomplished green thumb to learn where her inspiration stems from, and to see what advice she has for Nantucket gardeners.

N MAGAZINE: What do you think are the most common misconceptions people have in tending to their home gardens, particularly in coastal climates like Nantucket?

AMY STEWART: Well, this will be my first time to visit Nantucket, so I can’t speak to those gardens specifically, but I do live just a few blocks away from the Pacific Ocean. As with all gardens, the trick is to grow what works. We get six months of rain in winter and six months of drought in summer, and lots of plants won’t grow under those conditions, so you find what works and learn to appreciate that!

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AMY STEWART: Well, I think there are a lot of issues that people are concerned about right now. Protecting wildlife habitat and native plants, reducing chemical use, and preserving heirloom varieties are three that come to mind.

N MAGAZINE: What plants would you recommend to someone who doesn’t have a lot of time to tend them or wants to get started in gardening?

AMY STEWART: That really depends on where you live and what your interests are. Go to a good, local, independent garden center and tell them what you want to do. Do you want to grow your own tomatoes? Plant some colorful shrubs around your house? Grow cut flowers? Get advice about what works in your particular climate from a local expert—that’s the only way to start.

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N MAGAZINE: From where does your unique approach to botany stem?

AMY STEWART: I am primarily interested in telling stories about people, and those stories just happen to revolve around plants. A plant growing alone in the jungle is not terribly interesting, from a writer’s point of view. But when a person comes along and figures out how to make money from it, or kill someone with it, or make a drink out of it—now things get interesting.

N MAGAZINE: You’ve grown a tremendously successful career off plant-focused books.

How do you cultivate the topics for your books?

AMY STEWART: The ideas for my books come from what’s going on around me. My first book was a memoir about my garden in Santa Cruz, CA. I just wanted to write, and what was happening in my life at the time was that I was planting a garden for the first time, so I wrote about that. There was a chapter in that book about earthworms, which led to my second book, The Earth Moved, a kind of natural history of earthworms. Then I was living near the largest cut flower farm in the country, and that led to Flower Confidential.

So it’s usually a chance encounter or a conversation I have with somebody, or some issue I become aware of.

N MAGAZINE: Your latest New York Times Best Seller, The Drunken Botanist, explores “the plants that create the world’s great drinks.” Can you point to one drink that people might be surprised comes from a plant?

AMY STEWART: Well, all alcohol is derived from plant sources, so I hope there are no drinks that people would be surprised to learn comes from a plant—what else would they come from? Rum is made from sugarcane, bourbon from corn, wine from grapes, beer from barley, and so on. They’re all plants. I think what may surprise people are some of the more unusual plants that can be made into alcohol. The nuts of the monkey puzzle tree, a strange and beautiful conifer from Chile, are made into a sort of homemade beer by native tribes. The cashew apple, the fruit of the cashew tree, is made into a highproof spirit in the tiny Indian state of Goa. There are all kinds of plants from around the world that people have figured out how to make into alcohol, and I wanted to explore the interesting stories behind the common and not-socommon plants that are used.

N MAGAZINE: You will be attending the Nantucket Garden Festival this July. How do festivals like this one support the gardening community and why are they important?

AMY STEWART: Festivals, garden shows, and the like are great for bringing people together. Gardening is, by definition, something that you do in your own backyard, so gardeners tend to be off by themselves, doing their own thing. A festival is a great way to get together with like-minded people and get some ideas and inspiration.

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Anyone who has driven up Main Street in the past month has probably secretly

wondered what it would be like if it was paved. This same thought was the center of a raging debate on Nantucket in 1919 when The Inquirer & Mirror championed the idea of tarring over Nantucket’s historic cobblestones. The debate centered around maintaining the charm of Nantucket versus the practical reality of maintaining the new automobiles driving on the island. So what saved the cobblestones from being steamrolled into the future?

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ave the cobbles! Save the town! Save Nantucket’s old renown! Turner doesn’t know his biz Save Nantucket as she is! That was the rallying cry of The Cobble, a newspaper published on Nantucket in September 1919. There was only one issue of The Cobble, and all four of its pages advocated a single cause: support for the cobble

stones on Nantucket’s Main Street, especially the area between the Pacific Club and the Pacific National Bank.

Cobbles were first laid on the “business section” of Main Street Supporters of the cobblestones argued that the island’s aesthetic—the beauty and quaintness of its downtown and surroundin 1837. By 1852, they extended west to Pleasant Street. Before the cobblestones were put down, the busy dirt road created ing residential area—had a direct economic impact. Nantucket depended on its summer visitors, and the historic town center dust or mud, depending on the weather. In addition to making the road more comfortable, the cobblestone paving helped lo-

helped distinguish it from other seaside resorts. They argued that

cal businesses. Carts carrying heavy barrels of whale oil could

modern asphalt paving would look out of place with the hand-

traverse the cobbled street more easily than along a dirt road,

some nineteenth-century buildings fronting on Main Street, and

and the weight of the barrels caused less damage to the stones

that the higher cost of paving with cobblestones would be offset

than to the soil, keeping the roads in better condition for longer. by the economic benefit of an attractive historic area that lured tourists and continued to draw summer residents. .

Masthead of The Cobble, published once in September 1919. NHA Collection.

In 1918, the condition of lower Main Street became a topic of

The attractiveness of the streets wasn’t the only aesthetic

public discussion. In the spring of that year, Nantucket’s long-

argument in favor of the cobblestones. Stately trees lined Main

standing ban on automobiles was lifted. Less than two weeks

Street and contributed to the look and feel of the downtown

after the ban ended, twenty-four cars and a car dealership had

area as well. Opponents of asphalt paving worried that an

come to the island. Nantucketers anticipated that the number of impervious road surface would affect their roots, ultimately cars would continue its dramatic increase, and the suitability of necessitating removal of the trees. The Cobble included a statethe island’s roads for automobiles rather than horses became a

ment by Professor J. W. Toumey, director of the Yale Univer-

concern. Lower Main Street, in particular, was acknowledged

sity School of Forestry, favoring a cobblestoned road surface

to be in poor condition. The question of what to do about the

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known as “the Square,” was also up for debate. Two alterna-

Harry B. Turner was the editor of The Inquirer and Mirror in

tives emerged: Repave the road with cobbles or pave it with

1919. His support for paving with asphalt is well documented

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in the pages of the newspaper. In July 1919, he wrote of his belief that, even for summer visitors, comfort and convenience trumped the “uniqueness” of the cobblestones.

Masthead of The Cobble, published once in September 1919. NHA Collection.

Cobblestone enthusiasts protested that Turner refused to publish their letters and gave too much coverage to the benefits of paving with asphalt. The Cobble emerged in this atmosphere as an alternative to the I&M’s coverage of the controversy. Its articles called out Turner by name and, while proclaiming that the editor had Nantucket’s interests at heart, declared him on the wrong side of the issue. An editorial cartoon in The Cobble, titled “The Child of Progress, or ‘From Baby Carriage to Steam Roller,’” depicted a paving machine labeled The Inquirer and Mirror pouring tar over Main Street, while small kneeling figures pleaded for leniency.

Top: Harry B. Turner, circa 1900. Turner, editor of the Inquirer and Mirror in 1919 favored paving over the cobblestones on lower Main Street. NHA Collection, gift of Kenneth Blackshaw.

Middle:“The Child of Progress, or ‘From Baby Carriage to Steam Roller,’” published in The Cobble.

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Turner promised that lower Main Street would one day be resur-

image, the threat to the trees, and the fear of future “encroachments”

faced with asphalt, writing that “It may not be next year, or the

on the business section of Main Street. Petitions collected the names

year after, or the year after that, but it will be smoothed over some

of year-round residents and summer visitors who favored cobble-

year—when the time arrives that common sense takes precedence

stones over asphalt. The Board of Selectmen asked if cobblestone

over sentiment.” The publishers of The Cobble would be gratified

supporters would be willing to finance repairs to the cobbled paving

to know that the year has still not arrived.

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NSCENE NANTUCKET BLACKBOOK PRESENTS

WRITTEN BY HOLLY FINIGAN

WHAT TO WEAR & WHERE TO WEAR IT There are two things on Nantucket that I excel at: sipping and shopping. With all the world-class restaurants mixed in with so many stylish clothing boutiques, there’s nothing more entertaining for me than some leisure shopping followed up by dinner and drinks! So as the summer season hits full force, get fashion forward with my what to wear, where to wear it guide.

ERICA WILSON + CRU Nowhere is it more nautical than at the harbor-side hotspot Cru. The restaurant at the end of Straight Wharf is a fabulous place to people watch, as you snack on Pocomo oysters and blue crab dip and sip on some of the best champagnes out there.

Pair your Pol Roger bubbles with a classic and fresh look from Erica Wilson. Start with a perfectly casual navy linen shirtdress and then jazz it up with a leather rope belt. Add Penelope Chilvers espadrilles in metallic gold and accessorize with a Nantucket knot bracelet and a gold fresh water pearl bangle from island jewelry designer Heidi Weddendorf.

THE LOVELY + THE CHANTICLEER Going to ‘Sconset to dine at the beloved Chanticleer calls for elegance mixed with flirty accessories. Head on over to The Lovely and chat with proprietress Julie Biondi as she shows you her gorgeous collections of super-soft floral maxi dresses and bohemian bangles that will have you gliding through the Chanticleer garden with grace. Having dinner inside? Make sure to put your best foot forward and browse through the Lovely’s selection of timeless dresses in neutral colors that you can enhance with fun statement jewelry.

LETARTE + GALLEY BEACH My ideal afternoon is spent at Galley Beach lounging on the wicker furniture with my feet in the sand and my hand wrapped around a crisp glass of Domaine Ott Rose. Make sure to look your best at this ultimate daytime see-and-be-seen spot by dressing in the latest in hot resort wear from Letarte. Pair their flow-y tunics in whites and purples with layers of their boho beaded necklaces. Add a super cute teal skull and crossbones bikini—just in case you want to take a dip in the ocean after a few libations!

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Sitting at the bar at the Pearl, with its majestic blue lighting and whimsical white drapes, makes me want to wear something that really makes a statement. So I skip on over next door to check out the latest and greatest from veteran Nantucket stylist Karen Starr Golov of Eye of the Needle. This summer, she says invest in strongly striped dresses that translate from day to night with just the right pump—the higher the heel, the better!

It’s all about the accessories with leather and pearl necklaces, a bright clutch and tons of carefully collected bracelets that stem from wrist to elbow.

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FASHION FOREWARD As owner of the fabulously feminine boutique Milly & Grace, Emily Ott Hollister seamlessly combines “timeless” and “trendy” with her cool early summer collections. Here, she offers four outfits boasting the island’s latest trends.

1. FLORAL PRINTS: Floral prints are in bloom this season and Milly & Grace has many different prints to pick from! Ali Ro Dress ($355)

2. BLACK & WHITE: Black and white is a classic trend that will never go out of style.

Rebecca Taylor Polka Dot Dress ($350)

4. CLASSIC NANTUCKET: For an effortless Nantucket look, choose blues and grays, and take the island by storm with this versatile look from Joie. Joie shorts in blue ($138), soft Joie top in dark grey ($64) Joie jacket in cloud blue ($258)

3. POP OF COLOR: Nothing brightens up a room like a pop of color. If you invest in your wardrobe this season, put your green in the color green. It always pays off. Joie Dress in green ($338) Rebecca Taylor denim jacket ($295) Coral necklace ($30)

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