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Other Desert Cities...see page 7photo by Pixel Perfect

Yesterdays Island/Todays Nantucket Vol. 45 No. 18 Our 45th Season! Sept. 3 - 9, 2015

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Celebrating 70 Yearsof Art on NantucketThis Friday, September 4, the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) will

open Seventy Years On, an exhibition celebrating the organizations 70th anniver-sary, with a reception from 5 to 7 pm in their new Visual Arts Center at 24 AmeliaDrive. Intended to celebrate Nantucket art and artists with historic artwork andphotographs, the exhibition will spotlight individual artists who have made a last-ing impression on the islands arts community over the last seven decades. Theexhibition will stay open for visitors to see free of charge through December 1,2015.

There willbe a decade bydecade timelinehistory, featuringmajor artworksfrom our Perma-nent Collection,said AANs cura-tor of exhibitionsRobert Frazier.Some of theartists featured inthe exhibition in-clude Frank SwiftChase, Emersonand Isabelle Tut-tle, Ruth Havi-

land Sutton, Bobby and Polly Bushong, Phil Hicken, and Robert Perrin.We will move through the past seventy years, stopping on significant mile-

stones and people right up to the current era, said Frazier. People will enjoy

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 38:30 AM - Historic Mansions of Main Street & the 1746 Windmill

A 2 mi, 45 min, non-stop exercise walk with historic commentary. Downstreets & lanes most visitors never find. $15. Cash Only. Meet at corner ofMain & Centre sts, by bank steps. Arrive 10 min. early. No reservations re-quired. 508-332-0953

8:30 to 9:30 AM - Whaling History Boat Tour with ShearwaterCruise Nantucket Harbor & learn what the waterfront was like in the 1800sduring the whaling era; see landmarks from that time. Coffee+a gift incl.Reservations 508-228-7037 or Shearwaterexcursions.com.

9 AM - Natural History Discovery TourAn oversand adventure tour of the Coskata-Coatue Wilfelife Refuge &Great Point. Again at 1 pm. 508 228 6799. www.thetrustees.org/ccwr.

10 AM - Nature WalkFree Guided Nature Walks for the whole family at UMass Boston NantucketField Station, 180 Polpis Rd. Other times by appt: 508-228-5268

10 to 11 AM - Harbor Tour & Ice Cream CruiseEnjoy complimentary Ice Cream on a relaxing, narrated tour of NantucketsInner Harbor with Shearwater Excursions. Reservations 508-228-7037 orShearwaterexcursions.com. Also at 11:15, 1:00 & 2:15

10 AM to 12 PM - Seal CruiseA Natures Lovers Dream! A cruise to Historic Great Point to see and learnabout seals and birds with Shearwater Excursions. Reservations 508-228-7037 or Shearwaterexcursions.com.

10 AM to 5:30 PM - Bead Trunk ShowThousands of Beads, Gemstones, Charms, Glass and Freshwater Pearls.Held at Akimbo Beads and Things, 119b Pleasant Street. 508-901-5032

10:30 AM - Inside the Graveyards Walk: Footprints to the PastStep back in time & visit the final resting places of interesting people wholeft a footprint on Nantucket. Each gravestone has a story to tell; on ourwalk well visit gravestones in 2 cemeteries. Meet at the Pacific Bank at the

top of Main St. $20, Seniors & Teens $15 & Kids $10. Reservations re-quired: 508-257-4586.

10:45 AM - Glorious Sconset A 2/3 mile, 90 minute historic walk through the radiant, beautiful village ofSiasconset. $20 adults, $15 for seniors (65+) and teens, $5 Kids (7-12).Cash only. No reservations necessary. Catch the 10:15 am bus at theGreenhound Depot on Washington Street for 20 minute ride to Siasconset.Meet guide at rotary bulletin board. 508-332-0953.

11:15 AM to 12:45 PM - Downtown Walking Tour Walk the Historic District with an NHA guide & learn what transformedNantucket to the whaling capital of the world, then to an acclaimed resortdestination. Departs from Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St.

1 PM - Pirate Walk: Tales of Pirates, Shipwrecks & Ghost ShipsJoin Pirate Robin on a walk to Brant Point Lighthouse & hear tales of infa-mous pirates who sailed past our shores, shipwrecks, & mysterious ghostships of New England. Meet at The Nantucket Hotel, 77 Easton St. $20; 65+& Teens $15; Kids $10. Reservations Required: 508-257-4586.

1 to 3 PM - Seal CruiseA Natures Lovers Dream! A cruise to Historic Great Point to see and learnabout seals and birds with Shearwater Excursions. Reservations 508-228-7037 or Shearwaterexcursions.com.

1:30 to 4 PM - Jacob Butler Performs LiveLive music at Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road.

2:15 to 3:45 PM - In the Heart of the Sea Walking TourExplore the world of the Essex& its crew, focusing on the survivors & theirlives on the island. Learn about whaling in 19th century Nantucket. Tourleaves from The Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street

3 to 5 PM - Apres la PlageEnjoy snacks & light menu items with summery cocktails in the peacefulgarden & back patio of Fifty-Six Union, 56 Union St. 508-228-6135

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land celebrations that pairs deliciouslywith champagne: chocolate oystershandmade by Nantucket Chocolatiers atthe aptly named Sweet Inspirations. Johnand Kathy West and their team love to de-sign unique confections and have be-come known for recreating island iconsand Nantucket favorites in fine chocolate.

The inspiration for chocolate oysterscame from islander Roni Roberts of theRetsyo Oyster Farms in Wauwinet.Roberts brought a large array of shells toSweet Inspirations, and the chocolatiers selected the best models for reproduc-tion in chocolate.

During the icy winter of 2015, the Sweet Inspirations Team all contributed tothe recipe and the design of the beautiful and authentic fine chocolate shells, cre-ating hundreds of first-generation models and tasting each one till they selectedthe perfect combination. Each shell is carefully made by the Sweet Inspirationschocolatiers, who fill the bowl of each shell with buttery caramel and a layer offine chocolate, and then sprinke each with grains of coarse sea salt. To mimicthe striations of an oyster shell, the outer shell is lightly brushed with edible golddust. The chocolate oysters are available in rich dark chocolate and in creamymilk chocolate. John and Kathy tell us that the creative process continues forthe Nantucket Chocolate Oysters with new recipes and surprises planned.Wed love to find a pearl in one of our chocolate oysters!

These delectable Nantucket Chocolate Oysters are sold individually or pre-sented in gift boxes and exclusive collectible tins at the Sweet Inspirations OpenKitchen and Retail Shop, located at Zero India Street, across from the AtheneumPark. Sweet Inspirations is open year round. For mail orders or to order a coupledozen chocolate oysters for your island celebration, call them at 508-228-5814or visit them at NantucketChocolate.com.


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You have just three more days to catch White Heron Theatres production ofthe deliriously funny Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, directed by TonyAward winner Martin Platt. Performed in The Dreamland Theatre, the play is amasterful, utterly hilarious comedy about grown siblings and the complicationsof managing their recently deceased parents and the familys country estate inBucks County, Pennsylvania. A mash-up of Chekovs comedies, the result is avery funny look at grown sibling relationships. Starring Lynn Boulton and LiamCraig (pictured above) along with Carol Halstead, Jack Fellows, and Brandy Zarle,the play is endearing and smart, wickedly funny and honest.

White Heron Theatres production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikeis running now until September 9 in The Dreamland Theatre, 17 So. Water Street.For tickets, call the box office at 508-228-2156 or visit whiteherontheatre.org.


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In this riveting drama by award-winning playwright Jon Robin Baitz,Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to cel-ebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother, and her aunt. Announcingthat she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic eventin the family's history, Brooke draws a line in the sand and dares them tocross it.

The New York Times said the play was Built with gleaming dialogue, tan-talizing hints of a dangerous mystery... TWNs production starring ColleenZenk, Katie Croyle, Davy Raphaely, and Nantuckets own Kate Splaine andJohn Devaney is razor sharp and will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Theatre Workshop of Nantuckets production of Other Desert Cities isrunning now until September 19 in TWNs Centre Stage, 2 Centre Street. Fortickets, call the box office at 508-228-4305 or visit theatreworkshop.com.


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September 12 is the deadline to enter the 2015 Yesterdays Island PhotoContest. For more than 20 years, this popular contest has been a terrific wayfor you to share your images of Nantucket Island. Any season, any view, anytime period (we love the old photos) are accepted, as long as the photo wastaken on Nantucket. You might even win one of the cash prizes.

Winning photos and many deserving honorable mention will be shared withour readers in our Autumn Edition, which hits the stands on October 1, 2015.They will also be posted at Nantucket.net and at YesterdaysIsland.com after theprint edition is published.

Photos are accepted in print format and in electronic format (high resolutiononly). If you mail in a CD with your images, remember to include your last namein every single image tag. Prints and CDs with digital photos should be mailedin with the entry form at Nantucket.net/photocontest to YI Photo Contest, P.O.Box 626, Nantucket, MA 02554. Entries must be postmarked by September 12,2015. Photos received later will be entered in the 2016 contest.

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Cicada Maniaby Dr. Sarah D. Oktay

Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station(see yesterdaysisland.com for expanded article, website links, & notations)

I was sifting through a bunch of rainfall data trying to wrap my writingaround the topic of drought, when the buzz of a cicada reminded me of oneof my favorite sounds of the summer. The long wailing buzzing noises com-ing from the trees can flummox people. I was in Washington DC around July19 and walking around the Capitol heading to a meeting when cicadas startedtrilling from the trees; they almost scared the poop out of a lady walking downthe street who was obviously distressed hearing them. I told her what theywere and that seemed to make her feel better. Knowledge is power, they say.

When I reflect upon a quintessential summer, I think of June bugs,grasshoppers, butterflies, perhaps on more cynical days, deer flies, mosqui-toes, waspsback to good daysfireflies, moths, and as the dog days of sum-mer come, the cicada. For the past three weeks weve been able to hear therasping, buzzing sound of cicadas emanating from trees from downtown toSconset. Often heard but rarely seen, these harbingers of late summer warmweather days remind us that fall is around the corner. According to folk leg-end, when you hear the first song of the dog-day cicadas, it means theresjust six weeks until frost. While this may not be a precise predictor, there issome merit to the claim. Dog-day cicadas, as their name implies, appear dur-ing the long, hot summer days of late July and August.

Cicadas are insects of the order Hemiptera (hemi or half + pteronwing), in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha and superfamily Cicadoidea, withlarge eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, strongly-veinedwings. Hemipteras are true bugs whose forewings have a thickened baseand membranous tip in many families.

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The Last Dayby Robert P. Barsanti

On his last day, he woke early. He eased out of bed, one foot, turned to aknee, and then slipped out without bouncing the mattress. She slept on; hewanted to be alone for a moment. No noise slipped from the girls room, whetherbecause they were deep in an digital sleeping bag or a real one. He inched downthe edge of the stairs, then along the hall and out the open front door. He easedthe screen closed.

He had missed the dawn. The sun had floated up into the middle of the crownof pines. Once, he saw each dawn on-island. He met it with a fishing pole inhand initially, and then with one little girl, then two. He led them out of the house,stepping carefully, buckled them into the car seats, and then drove off for coffee,donuts, and Hoods milk boxes. They drove to Sconset and the swings near thebeach while the day wore itself away, minute by minute. But all of those dayshad passed now. Donuts had shrunk to fruit smoothies with non-fat yogurt andthe time kept slipping away, breakfast after breakfast.

This morning held nothing but birds and surf. A twenty minute walk wouldbring him to the south shore and the slow breathing ocean. No more walking.Instead, he sat on the front step and watched the pine shadows move over thetwitching grass and the idle regrets. Once, in his childless youth, he swore to buyit. And a day had come when there had been money and the price was conceiv-able and he called Frenchie. And he paused for a day or an hour too long. Aminute later came children and a suburban house and the wrong man retired atthe firm. Then the boom fell on the island like a hurricane and his chance flewaloft.

Regrets soar on an impossible wind, freed from the grinding of gravity. Noarrow can fell them, no branch can grab them, no logic can slowly spiral them tothe ground; locked to the earth, you hold a string and watch the lost chance dancefar above you. On a morning like this, when the heat was building and the surfwas high, the years slipped away and regrets sweetened back into dreams.

The coffee maker and the blender splattered the morning and the day began.The last day walked in procession, clothed in ceremony. They always slippedaway at night, leaving one last day. They packed everything and stacked it in thefront room, they jenga-ed the back of the Suburban. Children had to be hurried,rooms had to be checked, garbage had to be thrown out, and one bottle of wineleft in the refrigerator. He wanted to think of whomever came next, even if it wasonly the cleaners. Someone, anyone, would open the clean refrigerator and ex-claim Hey, look what they left! He wanted to be remembered as the one wholeft the house clean and left a bottle of wine.

The sun witnessed the morning. They dropped off the keys. They troopedfrom gift store to candy store to clothing store to boutique while the last day evap-orated into gifts and Christmas presents. Then, as his phone battery died and thelast purchases were tucked in, they picked up one last bag of Henrys sandwichesand headed to the beach.

His secret beach had become the eyeroll Dads beach eyeroll. It involvedroadway chatter, brush scraping the sides of the car, pausing to let other carspass, and one stretch of deep sand, but, at last, he returned to his secret beach.Which isnt to say that it was a secret to others. Twenty other cars were tuckedamid the dune, grass, and road. He parked next to a white Land Rover Defender


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Gold Feverby Amy Jenness

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Published by the island newspaper Mirror on September 3, 1849, JethroC. Brocks list of Nantucket people who went to California was printed as abroadside called A Correct List of Persons Belonging to Nantucket, Now in Cal-ifornia, or on Their Way There.

Nantucket first heard about the discovery of gold in California in late1848. Like the rest of the country, the pull of glory and wealth took a hold,and by the end of 1849 more than 500 Nantucket men had left to seek theirfortune. The exodus took a toll on the whaling industry. More than 42 whale-ships were withdrawn to be refitted to carry goods and passengers to thegoldfields. And numerous whaleships in the middle of a voyage were luredto California or lost men who deserted in order to seek gold.

The national mania for California gold deeply worried those who wereheavily invested in Nantucket whaling. In January of 1849, whaling agentFrederick Coleman Sanford wrote to fellow Nantucket whaling master DavidBunker, Every ship's taken from the business of whaling as fast as they comein, to go to California, the Aurora sailed last week with passengers from here,Seth Swain master and 100 ships from other ports, provisions we hear arevery high at San Francisco ... In another letter to Bunker Sanford said, Iwrite to say the fever for California 'Gold digging' is all the rage now, andthinking it would derange you people in the same way. I think it would bewell to keep clear of the coast, recruit at the Marquesas till the rage is over.

The loss of ships and seamen to California was one of four setbacks thatlead to the end of Nantucket whaling: An 1846 fire devastated the town,wharves and several ships; shifting sand filled in the entrance to the harbor,making it difficult for whaleships to pass through; more than 500 men left forCalifornia between 1848 and 1849; and the island lost another 400 men whoenlisted to fight in the Civil War in 1861. The islands once powerful whaling


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Cemetery Route (Sun, Weds, & Thurs, no walk 9/10): A 1 1/3 mile, 90 min. walk featuring: the Old North Burial Ground, the Oldest House, Mary Abby Swain, and the islands 2 most haunted hotels. Please arrive 15 minutes early.

Town Route (Mon, Fri, & Sat): An 80 min., 1 mile, eerie evening stroll featuring: the most haunted restaurant and the most haunted house on Nantucket. Please arrive 15 minutes early.

Both tours start at 8:30pm at Main and Centre, top of Main Street in front of the bank steps. Every night thru Labor Day.

Hidden Nantucket (8:30am Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)A 2-2 1/2 mile, 45-55 min. non-stop exercise walk, with historical commentary, down beautiful streets and lanes few visitors ever find. $15 per person

MON & THURS: Historic Houses, 1746 Windmill Route WEDS: Hidden Parks of Nantucket Town FRI: Fabulous Mansions of the Cliff & Brant PointAll walks start at 8:30am at Centre & Main, top of Main Street, in front of the bank steps. Please arrive 10 minutes early.

Glorious Sconset (10:40am Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday)Revel in the transcendent beauty of Nantuckets most radiant villiage on this 2/3 mile, 90 min. historic walk overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Gathers 10:40am at therotary bulletin board in Siasconset. Ride, drive, or catch the 10:15am bus at the Greenhound Station on Washington Street for the 20 min. bus ride to Siasconset.

Great Writers on Nantucket (10:30am Wednesday)Hear how Melville, Hemingway, Steinbeck, and others were inspired by this magical island on a 2/3 mi, 90 min. downtown stroll.

Starts at 10:30am at the corner of Federal & India Streets, outside the Atheneum fence. Please arrive 10 minutes early.

Notorious Nantucket (10:30am Friday, for ages 13 and up)Conmen, loose women, hippies, gigolos, bordellos, and opium dens are all featured in this 2/3 mile, 80min. stroll focusing on the islands colorful past.

Starts at 10:30am at Centre & Main, top of Main Street, in front of the bank steps. Please arrive 10 minutes early.

Fifty Shades of Fabulous: The Story of Nantucket (10:30am Monday)A 2/3 mile, 90 min. downtown historic walk led by the 3-time runner-up in the 2015 History Quiz Bowl.

Starts at 10:30am at Centre & Main, top of Main Street, in front of the bank steps. Please arrive 10 minutes early.

Prices for all tours (except Hidden Nantucket) $20 adults, $15 seniors (65+) and teens, $5 for kids 7-12, children under 7 are FREE. Cash only.20% off for groups of 6 or more, 33% off for 10 or more. Afternoon private tours available.

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Proprietress of pernay Wine & Spirits

Sometimes in life rules are meant to be broken (or at least adjusted to thesituation at hand). You probably wouldnt even be noticed if you didnt at leasttry to bend them every once in awhile. We arent talking about breaking the lawhere or doing something that would be harmful to yourself or others, but a littletweak in the system to benefit the common good of the people probably wouldntbe frowned upon.

The same holds true for drinking white wines. They dont always have tobe paired with fish or only served with the first course of a meal. And drinkingwhite wine only in the summer is a thing of the past. While summer whites aremeant to keep you cool and refreshed while enjoying the sun and surf of Fisher-mans Beach, there is a vast selection of white wines that can carry you overthrough the fall. This will be when you break out your more expensive winterwhites of Burgundy and Crozes-Hermitage Blanc that you may only drink onthose high holidays or special occasions. As the temperature begins to drop andnights get a little cooler, now is the time to shift your focus on white wines thatare best served slightly cooler than cellar temperature, but not as cold as Sauvi-gnon Blanc or your favorite Provenal Ros.

A perfect place to start is with Pinot Gris, aka Pinot Grigio. Pinot Grigio,mostly grown in the cooler Alto Adige region of Northeast Italy, is typically alighter, easily quaffable wine for the beach without much serious consideration.Pinot Gris is the French translation, literally meaning grey skinned grape. Al-sace, where this grape is traditionally grown in France, is a warmer climatewhere the wine can be rich, full, and viscous on the palate with concentratedflavors that linger long after you have taken that sip. A perfect rendition of this



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ISLAND COOKING

Fruit of the Vineby Wendy McConnell

Tomatoes are one of the most popular plants among home gardeners.By now, if youve successfully kept the island deer and the hornworms away,you should be harvesting your crop.

Tomato plants like a hot, sunny, humid climate; these past few weeks onNantucket have been perfect. Tomatoes should be firm and fully red (or yel-low or whatever color youve grown). They are of best quality when theyripen on healthy vines and when summer temperatures average 75F. Whentemperatures are 90F or higher, the quality is not as good. So, during thehottest summer weather, pick tomatoes every day or two, harvesting themwhen color has started to develop and ripening them further indoors (at 70to 75F). To ripen tomatoes off the vine, place them in a paper bag, stem endup. Punch holes all around the bag and fold over the top. The bag will helpto keep in some of the natural ethylene gas, which aids in ripening. Checkthe tomatoes every day: they should take from one to four days to ripen.

Take care not to put your fresh tomatoes in the refrigerator. Texture andflavor of tomatoes begin to deteriorate when the temperature drops below54F, so store ripe tomatoes at room temperature for two or three days, awayfrom direct sunlight.

At the end of the tomato season, which on Nantucket can be November,just before a killing freeze is expected, harvest all the green mature tomatoes.Wrap them individually in paper and store them carefully at 60 to 65F. Theyshould continue to ripen slowly over the next few weeks. If you have thestorage space, entire plants may be uprooted and hung upside down in shel-tered locations, and the fruit should continue to ripen.

If youve been successful in growing tomatoes, then youre likely to havemore fresh fruit that you can use. After sharing with your less fortunatefriends, you can freeze the fresh tomatoes or can them.

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jumping back into different periods of art on Nantucket like the water-front sceneof the 1940s, the influential 1970s, and the impact of the X Gallery in the 1990s.

I am particularly pleased to remind our visitors about some of the most in-fluential artists of each period, said Frazier. Rae Carpenter, Reggie Levine, Eliz-abeth Saltonstall, George Thomas, and others played significant roles indocumenting or nurturing the island art community.

In addition to the exhibition, visitors are welcome to attend a free GalleryTalk with RobertFrazier this Sat-urday, Septem-ber 5, 11 a.m. atthe Visual ArtsCenter, 24Amelia Drive.

A 70th An-niversary Picnichas also beenscheduled forSunday, Septem-ber 6, 5 p.m. atthe Visual ArtsCenter, 24Amelia Drive.Planned as athrowback cele-bration of 1945, the year AAN was founded, guests are asked to create their ownpicnic with festive blankets, flatware, and goodies to eat and share. Prizes willbe awarded for the Best Classic Picnic Spread, Most Creative Picnic Spread, andthe Most Elaborate Use of Jell-O. AAN will provide music, cake, and non-alcoholicbeverages. This event is free and open to the public.

To learn more about the AAN, its programs and events, visitnantucketarts.org or call 508-228-0722.


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with seats for eight and a Shimmo sticker on the back window. Somewhere,somehow, in the dark web, his secret beach had been recommended and fa-vorited.

But it remained at the end of a path lined with sandals and rosa rugosa, sev-enty-five yards of sand slipped under the waves and became a sand bar thattripped the breakers and set them rolling into shore. Not deserted, but notjammed, the beach held large family groups ordered in seminar half circles. Heand his small family set up the chairs, freed their sandwiches from their wrappers,and settled one last time at the edge of both ocean and cell-phone coverage.

He picked out the Shimmo group. Mr. Range Rover was ten years older thanhe was, with four boys in the water and one daughter, in a careless bikini, by hisside. He skipped a ball out to the boys and watched them fight over it likelabrador retrievers, before throwing it back to the daughter. Behind him, wifeand brother read their books and someones soon to be ex-girlfriend lay on thesand and only watched. Mr. Range Rover threw deep off the waves, ricochetingthe ball with a lazy familiarity. His back was thoroughly and evenly tanned; hewas a man who summered, he was a man who owned. He was a man in full.

Dad put down his Henrys Italian, left his wife and his daughters, and dovethrough the waves. He swam twenty strokes out.

At this distance, the incoming waves lifted and settled him. His family hadshrunk to Lego size; they waved and he waved back. The ball game continuedin miniature. He eased back and lifted his toes to the surface. Somewhere, downbelow him, fish swam, crabs crawled, and a current nudged him along the southshore. The sun had warmed the water to a fairly pleasant chill. It heated thoseparts of him that floated.

And it was fine. He didn't have the Range Rover and he didnt have the Shimmo house and

he never would. He had today. He had the afternoon sun, though sinking, andhe had the warm water and he had this moment, tethered to a wife who lovedhim and daughters whose love broke out in acne. Today, he had lunch and com-pany and an afternoon, on August, on Nantucket in the warm water.

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THE ORIGINAL PEARLS ON SUEDEPBY JACKIE ROBINSON OF NANTUCKET AND PALM BEACHGraduate gemologist, specializing in pearls for over 27 years. Come see her new

collection of rare, high luster natural pearls in all shapes, sizes, and colors.

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industry never recovered from the loss of manpower and infrastructure. But other Nantucketers sensed a new business opportunity in the Cali-

fornia Gold Rush and several Nantucket companies organized to providetransportation to those heading west. These ventures not only moved people,but also moved the building materials and home goods.

And others formed mining companies. The Astor Mining Co was formedon Nantucket, and its proprietors purchased the ship Henry Astor which hadjust returned from a whaling voyage. The companys constitution banned al-cohol and enforced a Sabbath worship. The Henry Astor crew consisted ofthe captain, three mates, 44 seamen, a cook, a steward, and a physician, plus15 passengers. She sailed in March 1849 and was among the first to departfrom Nantucket for California.

Two years after publishing his broadsheet, Jethro C. Brock re-publishedthe list and included the names of those who had returned from California.But not everyone was fortunate enough to become wealthy or to returnhome.

In January of 1850 the Inquirer & Mirror published an obituary eulogizingJosiah Sturtevant, a Nantucket resident who had left for California in Marchof 1849 and died at age 40 at Mormon Island Diggings where he and otherNantucketers had been mining.

The obituary quotes an eyewitness. After Mr. Sturtevant arrived at thisplace, he appeared to be well and often said he thought the climate agreedwith him. He died on the 4th (of November, 1849), suddenly, and I think un-expectedly to himself. He died towards morning. Sturtevant left a widowand 11 year old son on Nantucket.

Mormon Island, or Morman Island Diggings as it was known in 1850, wasa thriving gold rush camp during its peak with 2,500 residents, 4 hotels, 7 sa-loons, and 1 school. As its name implies, the majority of the camp was in-habited by Mormons. As the gold rush declined so did Morman Island and itwas completely abandoned by the 1950s.

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4 to 5 PM - Harbor Tour & Ice Cream CruiseEnjoy complimentary Ice Cream on a relaxing, narrated tour of NantucketsInner Harbor with Shearwater Excursions. Reservations 508-228-7037 orShearwaterexcursions.com. Also at 5:15

4:30 to 7 PM - 4EZ Payments Performs LiveLive music at Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road.

5 PM - Wine & Cheese on the Wine DeckTasting of 8 wines, incl our reserve reds on the Wine Deck of NantucketVineyard, overlooking Cisco Brewers Courtyard. Learn how we make greatwine. $25 or $40 with a cheese plate. Reservations recommended: 415-548-0374; [email protected]

5 to 7 PM - Wine Club: Monthly Pick-Up PartySample four wines featured in 1 of our 2 Wine Club selections Village andPremier Cru. These wines are new discoveries that Chief Tasting Officer,Kirk Baker, has hand selected for our members. Not a member yet? Comeget a taste at this event at pernay, 1 N Beach St. Parking in Back.www.epernaywines.com. 508.228.2755

6 to 7 PM - Free LVA Drop-In English ClassEnglish classes for beginners, intermediate, & advanced speakers. LiteracyVolunteers of the Atheneum. Atheneum, 1 India Street

6 PM - Sunset Sail Aboard the EndeavorWatch the sun set over our magnificent harbor. Capt. James Genthner willacquaint you with Nantuckets maritime history & waterfront sights $55.508-228-5585. Endeavor Sailing, Slip #1015, Straight Wharf.

6 to 9 PM - Live Music by Sean Lee at Breeze CafeEnjoy dinner & live acoustic guitar music with Sean Lee in Breeze Bar &Cafe Patio at The Nantucket Hotel. 77 Easton Street. 508-228-4730.

6:30 to 8 PM - Sunset Cruise with Shearwater ExcursionsBring a favorite beverage & witness one of the best sunsets in the world.Reservations 508-228-7037 or Shearwaterexcursions.com. (Daily trip timemay change with the setting sun)

7 PM - Movie: Shaun the Sheep MoviePG, Showing in The Dreamland Studio Theater, 17 South Water St.

7:30 PM - Movie: No EscapeRated R, Showing in The Dreamland Main Theater, 17 South Water St.

7:30 PM - Other Desert Cities by Theatre WorkshopIn this riveting drama Brooke returns home after a 6-year absence to cele-brate Christmas with her parents, brother, & aunt. Shes about to publish amemoir dredging up a pivotal & tragic event in the familys history, &Brooke draws a line in the sand & dares them to cross it. Centre Stage, 2Centre Street. Tickets at theatreworkshop.com

8 PM - The Ravens Night Walk: Ghosts of Nantuckets PastA haunted history tour of Nantucket Town. Hear about Nantuckets incredi-ble history & ghostly tales of its past. Visit houses that have stories to tell,see mysterious pictures from Nantuckets haunted places. Meet at TheHub, Main & Federal sts. $20, 65+ & Teens $15, Kids $10.

8:30 PM - The Original Nantucket Ghost Walk - Cemetery Route1-1/3 Mile, 90 min. walk featuring Old North Burial Ground, Oldest House& 2 haunted hotels. $20; $15 for 65+ & Teens; $5 age 7-12. Cash only.Meet at Main & Centre sts by the bank, at 8:20pm.

9:15 PM - Movie: Straight Outta ComptonRated R, Showing in The Dreamland Studio Theater, 17 South Water St.

9:45 PM - Movie: The Diary of a Teenage GirlRated R, Showing in The Dreamland Main Theater, 17 South Water St.

9 to 11 PM - Live Musicat Kitty Murtaghs, 4 West Creek Road

10 PM to 1 AM - KaraokeEvery Thursday night at the Rose & Crown, 23 S. Water St.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 48 AM to 2 PM - Whale Watch with Shearwater Excursions

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8:30 AM - Fabulous Mansions of NantucketA 2-1/2 mi, 50 min, non-stop exercise walk with historic commentary pastspectacular homes of The Cliff & Brant Point. Gather at 8:20 am at Main &Centre sts by bank steps. Cash only. $15 508-332-0953.

8:30 to 9:30 AM - Whaling History Boat Tour with ShearwaterCruise Nantucket Harbor & learn what the waterfront was like in the 1800sduring the whaling era; see landmarks from that time. Coffee+a gift incl.Reservations 508-228-7037 or Shearwaterexcursions.com.


- SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE -ROUTES/FARES:AIRPORT ROUTE.....$2.00 each way, 10am-6pm every 20 mins. from 6/22-9/7FERRY CONNECTOR.....Ferry riders free, $2.00 others; 7am-10pm every 20 mins. from 5/21-10/12MID-ISLAND LOOP.....$1.00 each way, 7am-11:30pm, every 30 mins. from 5/18-6/14 & 9/8-10/12; 7am-12am every 30 mins. from 6/15-6/21; 7am-12am every 15 mins. from 6/22-9/7MIACOMET LOOP.....$1.00 each way, 7am-11:30pm, every 30 mins. from 5/18-6/14 & 9/8-10/12; 7am-12am every 20 mins. from 6/15-9/7MADAKET ROUTE.....$2.00 each way, 7am-11:30pm, every 60 mins. from 5/22-6/21 & 9/8-9/13; every 30 mins. from 6/22-9/7SCONSET VIA OLD SOUTH RD.....$2.00 each way, 7am-11:30pm, every 60 mins. 5/19-6/14 & 9/8-10/12; 7am-12am 6/15-9/7 (last bus leaves Sconset at 11:35pm and last bus leaves town at 12am)SCONSET VIA MILESTONE RD.....$2.00 each way, 7:15am-7:15pm every 60 mins. from 6/22-9/7 SCONSET VIA POLPIS RD.....$2.00 each way, 10am-6pm every 80 mins. from 6/29-9/7SURFSIDE BEACH.....$2.00 each way, 10am-6pm every 40 mins. from 6/22-9/7JETTIES BEACH ROUTE.....$1.00 each way, 10am-6pm every 30 mins. from 6/22-9/7

Half fares: 65 and older, individuals with disabilities, veterans and active military personnel.Children 6 and under ride free when accompanied by a fare-paying adult passenger.1, 3, and 7-day passes may be purchased aboard all busses & provide unlimited rides for theduration of the pass.

Downtown Bus Stops: Madaket and Jetties - Broad Street (in front of the WhalingMuseum); Mid-Island, Miacomet, Sconset via Old South Road and Milestone Road -Washington Street, Greenhound Site; Airport, Surfside, and Sconset via Polpis Road -Washington Street. Park & Ride lots are available along the routes. Designated stops areconveniently located along the routes - look for grey posts with blue stripes.

Park and Ride Lots: The Muse - 44 Surfside Road, The Chicken Box - 5 Daves Street,Faregrounds Restaurant (7am-5pm) - 27 Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket Elementary (6/28-9/1)

All busses carry 2 bikes and are handicap accessible. For complementary paratransit and TDDcall (508) 325-7516. Bus information (508) 228-7025.

Riders Guides are available at NRTA-3 East Chestnut Street, Visitor Services-25 Federal St, Chamber of Commerce-0 Main St., Greenhound Building, on all buses, and at downtown stops.

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Henry (age 16) and Edward (age 20) landed in San Francisco in early May of1850. James or J.A. as he was called, was hired to build a coffee and spicemill. In 1860, after working for other companies, he opened Folgers Coffee

Company. Despite abankruptcy in 1864,Folger ended up creat-ing a coffee dynastywith a national brandknown today as Fol-gers Coffee.

Nantucket nativeCaptain Laban Coffindied in Oregon at age66 in 1890. After livinga peripatetic life travel-ling the world onwhaleships and clipperships, living in Spainwhile recuperating

from a whaling accident, and running a business in Hong Kong, Coffin helpedsettle Oregon as a miner and agent of the U.S. Land Office.

And, Nantucket natives continued to settle the west after the Gold Rushfever settled down.

Engineer Charles Tracy was born on Nantucket in 1853 and worked onsteamships all along the west coast from Washington State to Mexico. WalterSwain was born in 1855, reached California in 1881 and went to Seattle, WAin 1887 where he worked on steamships. Engineer Alexander C Riddell wasborn in 1852 and moved west in 1874 where he worked on steamships in SanFrancisco, CA., Seattle and Olympia, WA until his death at age 53. CaptainSamuel B Randall was born in 1840, married in Australia and moved to SanFrancisco, CA. Later he operated tug boats in the Pacific Northwest in PugetSound and on the Columbia Bar.


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wine after Labor Day is finding one that has the balance in between these twoextremes. Enter Pinot Grigio from Monterey, California.

RECOMMENDED WINE for September: Barrymore by Carmel Road Pinot Grigio, Monterey 2013

While Drew Barrymore does not spend her entire summer on island, she isknown to make quiet appearances here at some point during the busy seasonin order to visit with her in-laws who have a summer residence on Nantucket.Her passion for wine encouraged her to travel and find an area best suited tomake a wine that her family can share with yours. In the coastal California re-gion of Monterey, where the grapes are grown to produce her eponymous wine,the grapes achieve a distinctive purity without lacking structure or being tooshowy. Moderate acidity and just enough alcohol showcase the exotic fruit fla-vors and layers of minerality found in the wine. This wine is produced entirelyin stainless steel and pairs perfectly with a variety of foods, yet is ideal for justsipping in the late afternoon.

Traveling outside the realm of traditionally known white wine grape vari-eties, there are lesser-known ones that make great transitional wines whenmade as single varietals or blended.

Pax Mahle is no stranger to the island as he learned to love wine while work-ing in restaurants here on Nantucket. He began to immerse himself in prepara-tion for the Master Sommelier exam. Along the way during his wine travels, herealized that he would prefer to produce the wine himself versus just selling itto the customer on the restaurant floor at night. His first winery, named PAX,garnered high scores and much notoriety based on his bold, powerful Syrahs.After experimenting with fruit from cooler regions harvested as lower sugar lev-els, he created his new label Wind Gap in order to produce wines that were head-ing in a different direction than when he first started to make wine.

RECOMMENDED WINE for October:Wind Gap Trousseau Gris, Russian River Valley 2014

A very uncommon French grape, Trousseau Gris was once widely plantedin California under the name Gray Riesling. While it can thrive in a variety of

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warm weather climates, it shows best in the coolerclimes of places such as Russian River Valley. Whenproduced as a single varietal wine as in this case, itproduces a fresh, yet meaty, aromatic wine with aflowery bouquet of peaches, spices and warm tropicalfruit. The wine is fermented in mostly concrete andsome stainless steel tanks, then aged for just a fewshort months in neutral French oak and stainlesssteel.

Ray Coursen of Elyse Winery, on the other hand,has become an expert on the blending on Frenchwhite grape varietals. Ray grew up on a dairy farm inNew Jersey and after serving in the Army during theVietnam era, attending college and traveling theworld, he worked at a fine wine shop in Boston wherehe developed an interest in fine wines from France.This eventually led him to produce his own wines andmake his way to the island via the Nantucket WineFestival back in its inaugural years.

RECOMMENDED WINE for November &Thanksgiving: Elyse, LIngnue, A White Wine,

Naggiar Vineyard, Sierra Foothills 2012The name LIngnue, meaning nave girl, is apro-

pos for this wine composed of four white grape vari-etals well known in the Rhone Valley of France(Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier, Grenache Blanc).These grapes took well to the terroir of the inlandSierra Foothills of California. The wine is aged surlees (on the spent yeast used to turn the grape juiceinto alcohol) for 16 months in experienced (read:used) French oak barrels. This aging allows the wineto develop layers and textures to the summer freshfruit flavors without overpowering the moderate acid-ity and creating too much structure in the wine. Theend result wine is juicy, voluptuous and should beconsumed with fine food and even better company.

Heading back to France and to white wines thatyou may be familiar with, Winemaker Alex Gambal isalso no stranger to the island or the Nantucket WineFestival. Alex left the world of real estate to followhis passion for Burgundy wines. He attended the viti-cultural school in Beaune and created his own ngo-ciant wine business under the label Maison AlexGambal in 1997. (Did you know that Beaune and Nan-tucket are sister cities?) In recent years, Alex becamethe first American (and non-French) to purchase landin the Grand Cru vineyards of Montrachet in Bur-gundy.

RECOMMENDED WINE for December and toring in the New Year: Alex Gambal, Btard-Montra-

chet; 2011 ALTERNATIVE WINE: Alex Gambal, Puligny-Montrachet, Les En-

seignires 2011The Btard-Montrachet, made from 100%

Chardonnay, is elegant and sleek with notes of toastedhazelnut, hints of warm baked pastries and floralpeach components. The wines is so rare (and with ahefty price tag when it is available), when Alex isasked if he has tried a bottle yet from his first vintageof the vineyard which produced less than 2 barrels, hestates not yet. As for the more affordable, yet slightlyeasier to source, alternative wine of Puligny-Montra-chet also made from 100% Chardonnay, this wine isclassified as a single vineyard village wine and con-sidered by most to be similar to a baby Btard butwithout the hefty price tag.

As summer flows into Nantuckets famed IndianSummer, dont throw in the proverbial towel on whitewines just yet. Take time to transition into next sea-sons drinking patterns and discover a handful thatallow you to bend the rules and indulge in white afterLabor Day. Cheers to that!

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9 AM - Natural History Discovery TourAn oversand adventure tour of the Coskata-Coatue Wilfelife Refuge &Great Point. Again at 1 pm. 508 228 6799. www.thetrustees.org/ccwr.

9 AM to 12:30 PM - Childrens Creative MovementChildrens Creative Movement on the bandstand with Marjory Trott, held atChildrens Beach, Harbor View Way. Fee charged/class

9 AM to 1 PM - Introduction to Letterpress PrintingCreate personalized letterpress cards and envelopes featuring historic im-ages & typefaces. $175 pre-registration required, call 508-228-1894.

10 AM - Nature WalkFree Guided Nature Walks for the whole family at UMass Boston NantucketField Station, 180 Polpis Rd. Other times by appt: 508-228-5268

10 to 11 AM - Harbor Tour & Ice Cream CruiseEnjoy complimentary Ice Cream on a relaxing, narrated tour of NantucketsInner Harbor with Shearwater Excursions. Reservations 508-228-7037 orShearwaterexcursions.com. Also at 11:15, 1:00 & 2:15

10 AM to 12 PM - Book Signing with Local Author Kathy RichenLocal author Kathy Richen will sign copies of her Book - Graceful, held atMitchells Book Corner, 54 Main Street.

10 AM to 5 PM - Summer Sale at Ireland GalleriesLabor Day Weekend Sale on select items, 13 Old South Wharf

10 AM to 5 PM - Annual Labor Day Sale30% off this weekend at Freedmans of Nantucket, 14 Centre Street.

10 AM to 6 PM - Summer SaleLabor Day Weekend at Vivi G Shoes, 25 Centre Street

10:30 AM - Notorious Nantucket Walking TourDiscover the hidden history of Old Nantucket they dare not tell you any-where else on a 2/3 mi, 80 min walking tour. Ages 13 & up. $20; $15 65+& Teens. Cash Only. Meet on the corner of Main & Centre sts, in front ofthe bank. Gathers at 10:20 am. 508-332-0953

10:30 AM - Widows Walk: The Remarkable Women of NantucketA few island women went whaling with their husbands; others stayed &got involved in astronomy, womens suffrage, Abolitionist movement...Hear their stories. Meet at corner of Centre & Broad sts. $20; 65+ & Teens$15; & Kids $10. Reservations required: 508-257-4586.

10:30 AM - Nantucket Bike Tour - TownPedal thru town center & around various historical locations. We providebikes, helmets, water bottles & passionate guides to help you enjoy the ulti-mate island experience. Book in advance at nantucketbybike.com or call508-825-5362. Meet at 31 Washington St.

11 AM to 5 PM - Jewelry and Art ShowcaseSee jewelry and artwork by Jessica Hicks, Clay Twombly, Jen Greenwood,Angela Phillips, Sharon Sterk, and meet the artists at 2 Union St.

11:15 AM to 12:45 PM - Downtown Walking Tour Walk the Historic District with an NHA guide & learn what transformedNantucket to the whaling capital of the world, then to an acclaimed resortdestination. Departs from Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St.

1 PM - Great Expectations: The History of NantucketJoin us as we walk though Nantuckets past. Hear all about the foundingsettlers. Mary Coffin Starbuck and the impact of Quakerism, whaling as aglobal economy, the effect of three wars, and the tragedy of the whale shipEssex. Meet at the intersection of Main and Federal Streets. $20, Seniors &Teens $15. Children $10. 508-257-4586

1:30 to 4 PM - Grass is Dead Performs LiveLive music at Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road.

2 PM - Nantucket Bike Tour - Town & Cisco BrewersPedal thru town center, around historical locations & out to Cisco Brewery.We provide bikes, helmets, water bottles, & passionate guides to help youenjoy the ultimate island experience. Book in advance at nantucketby-bike.com or 508-825-5362. Meet at 31 Washington St.

2:15 to 3:45 PM - In the Heart of the Sea Walking TourExplore the world of the Essex& its crew, focusing on the survivors & theirlives on the island. Learn about whaling in 19th century Nantucket. Tourleaves from The Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street

3 to 5 PM - Apres la PlageEnjoy snacks & light menu items with summery cocktails in the peacefulgarden & back patio of Fifty-Six Union, 56 Union St. 508-228-6135

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4:30 to 7 PM - Lance Mountain Dance Party Performs LiveLive music at Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road.

5 PM - Wine & Cheese on the Wine DeckTasting of 8 wines, incl our reserve reds on the Wine Deck of NantucketVineyard, overlooking Cisco Brewers Courtyard. Learn how we make greatwine. $25 or $40 with a cheese plate. Reservations recommended: 415-548-0374; [email protected]

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5 to 7 PM - AAN - Seventy Years On ExhibitionThis exhibition features island artworks from the AAN Permanent Collec-tion in celebration of our 70th anniversary. Open to the public through Oc-tober 9. Held at the Visual Arts Gallery, 24 Amelia Drive

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6 PM - Sunset Sail Aboard the EndeavorWatch the sun set over our magnificent harbor. Capt. James Genthner willacquaint you with Nantuckets maritime history & waterfront sights $55.508-228-5585. Endeavor Sailing, Slip #1015, Straight Wharf.

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6 to 8 PM - Artist Reception at Hostetler GalleryOpening Reception for Its ALL about the LINE, held at Hostetler Gallery,42 Centre Street. 508-228-5152

6 to 8 PM - Artist Reception with Jessica SosebeeArtist Reception with Jessica Sosebee at The Sosebee Studio and Fine ArtGallery. 8 Washington Street. 508-228-0014

6 to 8 PM - Art Reception at Philip Bloom GalleryArt Reception for Undressed, A group exhibition curated by KristinSancken, showing until October 4. Held at Philip Bloom Gallery, 117 Or-ange Street

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and are eaten in China, Malaysia, Burma, Latin America, and the Congo. Ci-cadas are plant eaters or phytophagous fauna and they are dependent ontrees or woody shrubs. Way back in 1930 Charles Willison Johnson publishedA List of the Insect Fauna of Nantucket, Massachusetts in which he statedno cicadas could be found on Nantucket which he attributed to the islandslack of trees . Over the past several decades, when trees returned to the is-land, so did the cicadas.

Cicadas range in length from a colossal 110 mm (4.33 inches! includingthe wings) down to 14 mm. The hind legs of adult cicadas are not modifiedfor jumping. Cicadas have three small eyes, or ocelli, located on the top ofthe head between the two large eyes. Males of most species (and also fe-males of the Tettigarctidae) have abdominal organs called tymbals, which areused to produce acoustic signals. In addition, unlike most Auchenorrhyncha,members of the family Cicadidae (both males and females) have distinctivesound receptor organs (tympana) on the underside of the abdomen. Nymphsof many cicadas resemble adults in morphology and habits, but lack ocelli(eyes), may have fewer tarsal segments than the adults, and develop wingbuds only in their later instars. Cicada nymphs differ from the immatures ofother Auchenorrhyncha in having fossorial forelegs (modified for digging)which makes sense since they need to burrow into the soil and hang out therefor two to seventeen years.

Hemiptera are different from other insects in that both the nymph andadult forms have a beak (aka rostrum), which they use to suck fluids calledxylem from plants. This is how they both eat and drink. Cicada nymphs sucksap from the xylem of various species of tree, including oak, cypress, willow,ash, and maple. Cicadas are sometimes mistakenly called locusts, a termproperly used to describe certain migratory grasshoppers. This error origi-nated when early European settlers encountered huge masses of periodicalcicadas in the Northeast. As they had not previously seen cicada outbreaks,they likened them to the locusts described in the Bible. Cicadas cannot biteor sting; although they may try to taste you to see if you are a tree if you leave

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one on your skin long enough!We often think about cicadas in the dog days of summer because many

of them start their singing now. The Dog Days are named after the periodwhen Sirius (the Dog Star) and the constellation Canis Major begin to appearin the early morning sky. There are about four species of cicadas in Massa-chusetts. Our local cicadas are typically Neotibicen lyricen lyricen. The genusname for all North American Species has changed recently to Neotibicen fromthe genus Tibicen. Neotibicen contains most of the larger, louder North Amer-ican cicada species, which are commonly referred to as the "Dog Day Ci-cadas." All are large-bodied with green or orange, brown, and blackcoloration. Most Neotibicen emerge during mid-to-late summer and havelong song phrases, although some have continuous songs, and most preferdeciduous forest trees although a significant minority specialize on southernconifers. A few species extend into Canada and Mexico.

Did you know you can approximately tell the temperature if you hear acricket sing? I remember this bit of folklore going back (way back) to mychildhood, and I was happy to find out that it is true. Crickets are pretty ac-curate thermometers; you can count the number of chirps in 15 seconds andthen add 37 to arrive at an approximate temperature. Cicadas also can gaugethe temperature to figure out when to emerge from the soil and for syn-chronicity and variance in the loudness and syncopation of their songs. Ci-cadas like heat and do their most spirited singing during the hotter hours ofa summer day, in a roughly 24-hour cycle. Scientists have found that theirsong will vary in pitch and intensity based on temperature cues.

You may recall the recent outburst of the periodical cicadas that inun-dated the mid-Atlantic States a few years back. These are members of thegenus Magicicada. Often when people think of cicadas they are thinking ofthese periodical cicadas whose long life span and spectacular emergenceevery 13 or 17 years tends to be a show-stopper. Twelve broods of 17-yearcicadas appear in different areas of the northeastern U.S. in different years,emerging from late May through June. Their bright red eyes and reddish



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markings distinguish the periodical cicadas from the annual or dog day ci-cadas which emerge later in the summer (July through August) and havegreen markings. That biblical outpouring of periodical adults is a satiationstrategy which is designed to produce so much meat on the hoof that pred-ators like birds or squirrels cant eat them all which allows cicadas to singtheir song and mate in peace.

So who is doing all that singing? As usual, it is the male cicada who issinging his heart out in order to attract a, now slightly deaf, female. Most ci-cadas have a pair of tymbals or domed, drum-like organs on the sides of theabdomen. They alternately contract and release muscles to make the tymbalsresonate. A large air sac in the abdomen with a thin exterior eardrum actsas an echo chamber that greatly amplifies the sound. These muscles do gettired as you may notice when you hear a cicadas racket taper off. Some ci-cadas produce sounds up to 120 dB, among the loudest of all insect-producedsounds. In Costa Rica, cicadas are so loud you often have to stop talking tolet them do their thing. I think my husband may start importing those tropicalspecies just for that reason. Some scientists have determined that a cicadais technically loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss in humans,should the cicada sing just outside the listeners ear. So your deafness mightnot be a result of that Metallica concert years ago.

A cicadas high-pitched song not only attracts females (and other maleswho join in the cacophony) but it also repels birds. In some cases the din isenough to throw off avian communication and disrupt their group huntingbehavior. Even cicadas must protect themselves from the volume of theirown singing. Males and females have a pair of large, mirror-like membranescalled the tympana, which function as ears. The tympana are connected toan auditory organ by a short tendon. When a male sings, the tendon retracts,creasing the tympana so that it wont be damaged by the sound.

Some tiny cicada species have songs so high in pitch that the noise is in-audible to humans. Every species of cicada has a unique call to ensure theyattract the appropriate mate. It can be difficult to determine from which di-rection(s) cicada song is coming, because the low pitch carries well and be-cause it may, in fact, be coming from many directions at once, as cicadas invarious trees often will sing in unison. Females can make a clicking noisewith their wings, but its nothing like the noise the males make (aint that the


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truth). In addition to the mating song, many species also have a distinct dis-tress call, usually a somewhat broken and erratic sound emitted when an in-dividual is seized. A number of species also have a courtship song, which isoften a quieter, Barry White type melody produced after a female has beendrawn by the calling song.

After mating, the female woodland cicadas use their specially modifiedovipositors to cut short slits in the twigs of the trees they are in. They laytheir eggs in the slits and the young nymphs drop to the ground when theyhatch. The nymphs burrow underground and spend the next two to five yearsfeeding on plant roots. When they are ready to become adults, and if the soiltemperature is just right, the nymphs tunnel to the surface and crawl up onthe side of the nearest object. Then the skin splits down the middle of theirback and they emerge to inflate and dry their wings, gradually pumping bloodthroughout their bodies to harden their exoskeleton. This is usually done atnight. Adults are present for about four to six weeks following emergence.After mating, females lay eggs in bark or twigs and the cycle starts again.

Cicadas are important in the food chain and are commonly eaten by birds,and sometimes by squirrels, but Massospora cicadina (a fungal disease) is thebiggest enemy of cicadas. Another known predator is the cicada killer wasp,which as the name suggests, have evolved simply to feed on one creature.When theyre underground theyre often eaten by moles and other furry in-sectivores, but enough of them escape the moles to survive. Cicadas can sur-vive freezing temperatures underground. But they only emerge when the soilis warm, typically a relatively toasty 64 degrees Fahrenheit. So they are na-tures thermometers in the sense that they are broadcasting the soil temper-ature. It has to be relatively warm to reach 63- 66 degrees Fahrenheit at adepth of 20 cm in the soil. When it gets that warm, the cicada nymphs beganto emerge. In some of our cities and suburbs, fewer cicadas are seen due toa combination of factors like tree removal, pesticide use, and construction.

You can lose a day or twelve reading about cicadas. I got the name of thiscolumn from cicadamania.com, which is a treasure trove of cicada songs,pictures and general nuttiness.




6:30 to 8 PM - Sunset Cruise with Shearwater ExcursionsBring a favorite beverage & witness one of the best sunsets in the world.Reservations 508-228-7037 or Shearwaterexcursions.com. (Daily trip timemay change with the setting sun)

7 to 8 PM - Free Concert: Ann Martindale & Richard BuschAnn Martindale and Richard Busch have been performing classic Americansongs and jazz standards at venues in Massachusetts, Florida, New Yorkand Connecticut. Nantucket Atheneum Great Hall. 1 India St.

7 to 9 PM - Live MusicJacob Butler performs live at Kitty Murtaghs, 4 West Creek Road

7:30 PM - Other Desert Cities by Theatre WorkshopIn this riveting drama Brooke returns home after a 6-year absence to cele-brate Christmas with her parents, brother, & aunt. Shes about to publish amemoir dredging up a pivotal & tragic event in the familys history, &Brooke draws a line in the sand & dares them to cross it. Centre Stage, 2Centre Street. Tickets at theatreworkshop.com

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