Pablo Neruda
I knew rooms full of ashes, Tunnels where the moon lived, Rough warehouses that growled ‘get lost’, Questions that insisted in the sand.-Pablo Neruda
July 21, 2009
Specialist Advocates Parental Participation Over Scare Tactics
Sitting barefoot and Indian-style in white linen pants on a couch in Aquinnah, Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair recaps How Can You Be a Go-To Parent (or Grandparent)?, a package of parenting advice she shared Thursday evening at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven.
Scene
At one end of the Oak Bluffs Arts Stroll, at the glasswork studio of Jeri Dantzig, soothing harp music lured strollers into a colorful glass menagerie of assorted dishwares, barrettes, and other glass pieces. Dantzig’s first arts stroll appearance was slightly off the beaten path (on Vineyard Ave.), a fitting location for her glasswares, which…
Island Voices Heard Loud And Clear at Che’s Lounge
A new poetry performance series, Island Voices, continues at Che’s Lounge on Wednesday, July 22nd at 7:30 p.m. Clark Myers will host the event, with poets Jill Jupen, Don Nitchie and John Maloney performing their work, followed by an open reading. All Island poets are invited.
Film: Goodbye Solo
Film: Goodbye Solo
High School Basketball Fantasy Screens Thursday
In Max Minsky and Me, 13-year-old Nelly’s obsession of making the school basketball team (so she can meet the handsome Prince of Luxembourg) depends on Max Minsky, aged 15. With an introduction by Jaymie Saks, Managing Director of the Boston Jewish Film Festival, the Hebrew Center’s Summer Institute will screen this film about teen romance,…
Vineyard Herbs Award
Vineyard Herbs Award
Herbalist Holly Bellebuono of Vineyard Herbs was awarded third place at the 2009 International Herb Symposium at Wheaton College, Mass., in June for her medicinal salves. Ms. Bellebuono wild-harvests all of the herbs in her salves, which can be purchased at the West Tisbury Farmer’s Market or online atVineyardHerbs.com.
Tiger’s Eye: Kid Critic Reviews Two Brothers
You can bring the kids for the stilt walkers and jugglers, for the popcorn, pizza and face-painting, for all the under-the-big-tent fun that is Cinema Circus at the Chilmark Community Center every Wednesday at 5 p.m. The main act, of course, is the movie. Here to review what’s on the big screen tomorrow is Island…
The Rap on Willy Anderson
The Rap on Willy Anderson
Parents: Andy Anderson and Cola Parker
Siblings: Ella and Lucy Anderson
School: Applewild School, Fitchburg, Mass.
Going into: seventh grade
Favorite subject: Math
Favorite movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Favorite book: Brisingr
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New on the VCS Board
New on the VCS Board
The Vineyard Conservation Society, at its annual meeting on June 29, voted to approve the nomination of four new directors: former Martha’s Vineyard Commissioner Mimi Davisson; Richard Toole, who currently serves on the Oak Bluffs conservation commission and the zoning board of appeals; marketing and nonprofit management consultant…
Workshop for Educators
The Island Grown Schools’ Summer Institute for Teachers, a three-day workshop for educators on the Vineyard interested in incorporating curriculum tied to farms and gardens into their classes, will run from August 10 to 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a number of Island locations.
The program is free for Vineyard…
Walter Cronkite: 1916-2009
Walter Cronkite: 1916-2009
Walter Cronkite Devoted Time to Island Philanthropic Causes
Walter Cronkite, CBS Evening News anchorman from 1962 to 1981, and a devoted Edgartown seasonal resident for more than three decades, died on Friday at his home in New York after a lengthy illness. He was 92.
Tuscany Inn to Reopen as Buyer Finds Auction Property Bargains
A Duxbury businessman walked away as the owner of a waterfront home in Oak Bluffs after bidding nearly $4 million at a foreclosure auction on Friday, indicating the top of the market on Martha’s Vineyard is also cracking in the credit crunch that so far has largely been contained to lower priced Island homes.
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Voices Carry Wampanoag Lives, Tribal History Back to the Cliffs
The Aquinnah Cultural Center has opened a new exhibit, celebrating the history of the town through voices.
The center is located on the cliffs, at the homestead of the Vanderhoop family. The beautiful white house which now has a role of preserving the town’s history has stunning views of the shoreline. This is…
Shark Tournament Participation Down From a Year Ago
The Oak Bluffs Monster Shark tournament resumes this weekend when some of the top fishermen from up and down the East Coast descend on the Island in hopes of landing the prize-winning fish. But with it also comes the return of the debate over the ethical aspects of the event and opposition from several…
Obama Air Space Curbs Worry Pilots
For Mike Creato of Classic Aviators this is a crunch year and, while other business owners are jumping up and down about next month’s visit by President Obama, he’s fretting over the possibility that the First Family’s Island vacation will ruin his fragile biplane tours enterprise at Katama Airfield.
Fathers, Sons and Holy Ghost Festival: Families Carry On Portuguese Tradition
The scene at the Portuguese-American Club Saturday night smelled of fresh fried dough, sweet bread, marinated shish-kebabs over the fire, Cacoila (Portuguese stew), and of course, of sopa, the soup that Islanders of all heritages associate so much with this annual celebration of the Feast of the Holy Ghost.
“It takes a lot…
SSA Projects Threatened by Stimulus Money Snarl
If the experience of the Steamship Authority is any guide, perhaps the slogan for the federal government’s stimulus program should be “hurry up and wait.”
For the money intended to speed up new infrastructure projects now threatens to delay three SSA projects by as much as a year.
The boat line is…
Police Beat: Alcohol Likely a Factor
Several residents of State Road in Tisbury contacted police early Sunday morning to report a disruptive argument between two men that quickly escalated into a physical altercation. Police were alerted to the fracas near the entrance of the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road around 3:20 a.m., and arrived to find two men yelling at each other and…
Della Hardman Day Brings Much Fanfare to Ocean Park
A Jazz Tribute to President Obama, an original work of words and music by Columbia Law School professor and columnist for The Nation Patricia Williams and composer and saxophonist Oliver Lake, will be performed on Saturday, July 25, at 4 p.m. in Ocean Park as the centerpiece of Della Hardman Day. The performance is free…
Chilmark Filmmaker Carries Acclaim Back to Home Festival
Most filmmakers expect years of struggle and sacrifice before enjoying a moment of success in the film industry. Some never even catch a glimpse of it. The costs of making a film are high, the changes of making a hit low. But every once in a while, a filmmaker can change all the rules.
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River Arrives
River Arrives
Allie Horowitz and Noah Maxner of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, River Laylee Maxner, born on July 10, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. River weighed 6 pounds, 15 3/4 ounces at birth.
Fair Time for Album from the Heart
For the first time in her rich musical history, Vineyard musician Kate Taylor is prepared to release an album with a distinctly personal touch: she has written, or cowritten, all the songs on the album. And throughout Fair Time! — the title track is a reference to the West Tisbury Agricultural and Livestock Fair —…
