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PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF WEQUASSETT RESORT AND GOLF CLUB (JAZZ); MIKE COPPOLA/GETTY IMAGES FOR FEMMY AWARDS 2014 (CAROLINE RHEA) // cutting edge // OFF THE STREETS OUTSIDER ART GETS THE GALLERY TREATMENT AT DTR. Ever stop to look at a piece of street art and wonder who created it? DTR Modern Galleries will remove some of the mystery shrouding these mavericks by exhibiting works by Mr. Brainwash, Desire Obtain Cherish, Shepard Fairey, and other top street artists through July 24. Featuring paintings, prints, and sculptures, the gallery's fi rst exhibition devoted to street art is designed to show how these former outsiders have been integrated into the mainstream art world, fi nding places in collections alongside renowned fi ne artists. 167 Newbury St., 617- 424-9700; dtrmodern.com LET THE SWEET AND SULTRY SOUNDS of horns and strings carry you away this summer at the annual Cape Cod Jazz Festival at Wequassett Resort and Golf Club. The newly renovated venue will present music by the likes of Dr. Michael White and the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble every Tuesday and Wednesday evening throughout July and August. Start with dinner at the resort's AAA Four Diamond restaurant, Twenty-Eight Atlantic, before falling into a Jazz Age reverie. 2173 MA-28, Harwich; wequassett.com Art of the Elements NATURE-INSPIRED ARTISTS ATHY BUIST AND RICHARD ERDMAN TAKE OVER GALERIE D'ORSAY. The natural world is a unifying theme for abstract landscape pa inter K at hy Buist a nd sculptor R icha rd Erdma n, whose work is being show n toget her for t he f irst t ime at Ga ler ie d'Orsay. Buist's captivating scenes, imbue d with sunlight in a ll it s ma ny for ms, ref lect her nont radit iona l approach to painting: She lays her canvases on the f loor of her seaside studio so the drying paint can be manipulated by the ocean breeze. Buist also mixes bits of crushed shell and sand into her pa int s to g ive her works — such a s Solitude ( A BOV E)—a n u nusua l text u re. E rd ma n, mea nwh i le, d raws i nspi rat ion from the woods and mountains near his childhood home in Vermont. He also takes cues from the marble of Carrera, Italy, where he maintains a studio in addition to one in Williston, Vermont, and his stone, bronze, and steel sculptures can be found in private and public collections in more than 40 coun- t r ies. T he a r t ist s' st u n n i ng pieces a re on v iew at Ga ler ie d'Orsay t h rough Ju ly 31. 33 Newbury St., 617-266-8001; galerie-dorsay.com BC ALL THAT JAZZ on view Obey Lotus Crescent (White & Gold) by Shepard Fairey Bang Bang by Dan Monteavaro Designer Drugs Soft Pack of 4 by Desire Obtain Cherish Power and Glory by Shepard Fairey must see Every year, the Nantucket Comedy Festival, created by Kevin Flynn, does the impossible, luring some of the country's funniest, most famous comics to the island for four days. Eight years after its inception, the festival, which runs July 15–18, is still going strong, with a roster of top comedi- ans—like Caroline Rhea ( ABOVE)—and a crowd that regularly includes the corporate, political, and comedy elite. Don't be surprised to run into Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, or Jack Welch while taking in Women's Night, the always entertaining Boston vs. New York Smackdown, or the annual "Man From Nantucket" Award, which brings out stars like last year's recipient, Dick Cavett. 508-901- 9281; nantucketcomedy festival.org FUNNY BUSINESS CULTURE Spotlight 56 BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM