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NANTUCKET Light pollution on Nantucket has increased by 2.4% each year since 2012, according to data obtained by satellites. So that means there is 22% more light pollution on the island today than just nine years ago.
A group of year-round and seasonal residents has started Nantucket Lights, a new citizen advocacy group, to try to do something about that.
Its mission is to preserve and protect Nantucket s nighttime environment and heritage of dark skies. Members are striving to raise awareness about light pollution there as well as advocating for environmentally responsible outdoor lighting.
One member noted the island is among only a few places on the East Coast that still has the opportunity to make sure the skies stay dark enough. An announcement of the new group s formation said: Thirty miles at sea, far from the glow of major cities, the island can feel at times like an ocean liner, alone beneath a canopy of stars. It’s a view to stir the soul. But now that velvety b
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NANTUCKET The White Heron Theatre Company will develop a musical about pioneering 19th-century Nantucket astronomer/scientist Maria Mitchell, a show that will be the cornerstone of its 10th anniversary season in 2022 prior to a New York City production.
The workshop to create the world premiere of “Miss Mitchell” will be funded in part by a $10,000 grant announced Wednesday by the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Nantucket project was one of three grants awarded locally out of 1,100 grants nationwide, with money also funding projects for The Yard dance collective in Chilmark and Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole.
In an announcement about the grant, Lynne Bolton, artistic director at the island-based White Heron company, expressed thanks for the federal support and said that with the planned later New York show, it is gratifying to be able to bring a piece of Nantucket to the national scene.”
A boost to arts and tourism
“This funding is critical to shining a bright light on the beauty, power and depth that arts and culture have on our region,” she said in an announcement of the state grant.
By showcasing cultural offerings, Wake said, “we have an opportunity to not only provide exposure, but an essential boost to our artists and arts organizations that desperately need all the help they can get.”
The foundation’s grant is the largest of the 14 grants distributed to Cape and Islands organizations. Those represent nearly one-quarter of the 59 grants and about 19% of the more than $1.58 million in funding available through the newly created Travel and Tourism Recovery Grant Pilot Program.