Dylan Thomas
The birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses I rose in rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. – Dylan Thomas
August 5, 2008
Island Baseball
Island Baseball The big turnout for the Cape Cod Baseball League game held two weeks ago at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is strong evidence that the league and Vineyard baseball enthusiasts should seriously explore creating a league team for the Island, or moving a league team here.
Bridge to Baseball
Bridge to Baseball Walk-offs, Last Licks, and Final Outs: Baseball’s Grand (and-not-so-grand) Finales is the title of former Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jim Kaplan’s latest book — and an evening talk he’s giving Wednesday, August 6, at 7 p.m. at the West Tisbury Library. Mr. Kaplan will chat about the connection between baseball and bridge,…
Housing Bank Dies in Boston
After more than two years of debate and planning at the local and state level, time literally ran out last week on a proposal to impose a one per cent tax increase on the sale of more expensive homes on the Vineyard to pay for affordable housing.
Vineyard Notebook: Speed Walking
At a dinner party recently, I listened as the person next to me answered my standard dinner party question: what brought you to the Vineyard? The response: “I wanted to go someplace where I could walk a little slower.” It made me stop and think. I myself am a fast walker. And this time of…
Dreams Auction Raises Over $560,000
In previous years at the annual Martha’s Vineyard Community Services Possible Dreams auction, the final dream was Art Buchwald’s straw hat. This year it happened to be a round of golf for three with Vernon Jordan, though winner Barbara Walsh would likely have bid on anything. “I just wanted to win something,” said Mrs. Walsh…
Scramble to Find Accord on Town Energy Bylaw
Two days before a special town meeting, Aquinnah selectmen are sharply divided over whether a pioneering energy bylaw should go to a vote, leaving the future uncertain for the Island’s first set of regulations on energy use. A 16-page document, the energy bylaw remains largely unchanged from when it failed to achieve a needed two-thirds…
When Summer Was Simpler
Here we stand at the beginning of August, the maw of summer where the maelstrom of Vineyard life swallows us whole each year. Instead of the mythical long lazy days of summer we all secretly hunger for, we are faced with the prospect of plunging into the morass of fund-raisers, silent auctions, galas and champagne…
Defender of President Clinton, Greg Craig Stumps for Obama
Greg Craig first came to the Vineyard at the invitation of his future wife, Derry Noyes, for the end of summer 1973. A year later they came back for their honeymoon. As you might expect, it was a time of high excitement. “We were married on July 27,” he recalled on Sunday, sitting on the…
Letters to the Editor
MISQUOTED Editors, Vineyard Gazette: Maybe you have had this experience: a reporter from one of the local newspapers calls you and asks your opinion about something — for example, how you’re finding this season — is it slow, is it strong, whatever? Maybe you are even flattered that you’re being asked. And maybe you’re naive…
All Island Art Show Paints a Pretty Picture
How about this for an odd economic twist: the NASDAQ is down, gas is five dollars a gallon, and no one is buying anything except . . . art! Could that be? “Yes!” Vineyard artist Peg Thayer said yesterday at the All Island Art Show at the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs. “We all enjoyed…
Strolling Down the Island’s Arty Avenues
The Vineyard in August: ample time to amble, more than enough moments to mosey, and reasons aplenty to roam and rove. But when it comes to art, there is only one way to take it in and that is to stroll. “It’s like an arts block party with people just mingling in the warmest, friendliest…
Mitch Posin, Clarissa Allen Take Blue Ribbon for Creative Living
For Mitchell Posin, who runs the Allen Sheep and Wool Company with his wife Clarissa Allen, the most exciting thing on the farm right now is compost. “This compost tea has really got my juices flowing,” said the farmer, a stone-hard hand resting on the 50-gallon plastic drum he uses in his barn to brew…
Radcliffe Party
Radcliffe Party All Radcliffe and Harvard-Radcliffe alumnae and their guests are invited to a party on Monday, August 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. on the porch at 143 Munroe avenue, East Chop, Oak Bluffs. Bring an hors d’oeuvres dish if you come. Beverages will be provided. Please call Wini Young Blacklow at 508-693-3346 or…
Menemsha Coast Guardsmen Rescue Crew from Burning Tug
Coast Guardsmen from the Menemsha station were the first on the scene to rescue three crewmen from a burning tugboat in Buzzards Bay early Friday morning. “After we pulled the third crewman off, we were backing away when the boat exploded and flames shot up into the air,” coxswain William P. Robertson said yesterday.
Singer Bella Opens Suitcase of Bossa Nova to Che’s
Singer-songwriter Bella will be performing a bossa nova show at Che’s Lounge every Tuesday through August at 7 p.m. Called Bossa on the Moon, the show includes original songs and classics of samba, jazz and blues that Bella swings on her guitar and her cavaquinho, a soprano Brazilian guitar. On the set list there will…
Vineyarders Remember Maynard Silva
Lightning and thunder couldn’t have been timed more appropriately for Maynard Silva’s memorial service at the agricultural hall in West Tisbury on Saturday afternoon. But the gathering of hundreds of friends, fans and anyone else began and ended with sunshine. Maynard Silva, 57, died July 16 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after a three-year struggle…
Black Filmmakers Bring Family Focus to Six-Year-Old Festival
Stephanie and Floyd Rance are parents of six-year-old, though their child is a film festival. And this year, their Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival is pitching a family-friendly theme: there will be a new focus on children’s entertainment, and new limits on language in the selections. The Rances, who own Run and Shoot Filmworks…
Corrections
Corrections A story on Island recycling in Friday’s Gazette incorrectly reported on the role of Allied Waste. The company does offer residential recycling and since May has offered single stream recycling, which co-mingles all recyclables, including paper. The service now operates everywhere except Chappaquiddick, and will begin collections there starting Sept. 4. •
Theatre Award Nomination for Island’s Emily Hartford
Edgartown native Emily Hartford is nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for outstanding ensemble for her work in The Night of Nosferatu, which was produced by Rabbit Hole Ensemble (online rabbitholeensemble.com). The nominees were announced at a sold-out event on July 21 that was attended by over 500 artists and guests. The Awards…
Make Way for the Fair, and a New Barn
In just a few weeks, the agricultural hall grounds in West Tisbury will be abuzz with activity. Already there are signs that the annual Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair — the first day is August 21 — is just around the corner.
Peace Council to Gather for Hiroshima Ceremony
On Wednesday morning, August 6, at 6 a.m. the Martha’s Vineyard Peace Council invites the Island to gather at sunrise by the Gay Head Light atop the Aquinnah Cliffs. This will be the group’s 31st consecutive remembrance of the August 6 atomic bombing in 1945. Each person will be given opportunity to offer a word,…
Raffle Raises Funds for Island Resident Hillary Landers
On July 18, Edgartown resident Hillary Landers drew three names for a pair of tickets each for field box seats for a Red Sox vs. Yankees series at Fenway Park. The three winners were Kate and Sam Sherman of Edgartown, Carol and Richard Walton of Oak Bluffs and Linda and Peter Leahy of Chilmark and…
Rev. Dr. Dorothy W. Tatem will Preach at Union Chapel
Rev. Dr. Dorothy W. Tatem Will Preach at Union Chapel The Rev. Dr. Dorothy Watson Tatem will be the guest preacher at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs this Sunday, August 10. An organ prelude by Garrett Brown begins at 9:40 a.m. and the service starts at 10 a.m. Union Chapel is at the south end…
Welcome Ayelet
Welcome Ayelet Meg Dole and Seth Abramowitz are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Ayelet Fiona Abramowitz, on June 6 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. Ayelet weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces. Her mother grew up in West Tisbury.
Award-Winning Cartoonists to Talk Graphic Novels
At the 2008 San Diego Comic Con, West Tisbury’s Paul Karasik won a prestigous Eisner Award. Mr. Kararsik’s book I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets won the award for best archival collection. Mr. Karasik will release a second volume in 2009 for The Complete Fletcher Hanks. Volume 2 will be titled, You Shall Die…
John Brown’s Body Will Play Show at Outerland
John Brown’s Body, the eight-piece band which hails from Boston and upstate New York, releases their sixth studio album this September, but you can sample the tunes early on Thursday, August 7, at Outerland at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport.
Perceptive Author Matches Odd Couple
David Lebedoff is a Minneapolis attorney, political figure and writer known for provocative thinking. In the interest of full disclosure, he is also an old friend.
Parenting Talk
Parenting Talk Dayle Pomerantz, a parent skills coach and child development specialist will share her latest book, Secrets of Great Parents, and explore successful parent-child relationships, on Thursday, August 7, at 4:30 p.m. at the West Tisbury library. The talk is free with refreshments. For details, call 508-693-3366.
Gosnold’s Grave May Be in Jamestown: Dr. Kelso
Jamestown and Captain Bartholmew Gosnold, the Buried Truth, is the title of a free talk by archaeologist William Kelso on Thursday, August 7, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.
Receives Degree
Receives Degree Michelle Holmberg of Oak Bluffs recently received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn.
Bass Talks Side Effects
Bass Talks Side Effects Pulitzer Prize nominee Alison Bass will discuss her book Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial, today, August 5, at 5 p.m. at the West Tisbury Free Public Library. Side Effects is based on a true story of a landmark case that exposed greed, corruption and…
Researchers Track Resurgence of Ospreys Throughout Island
They’re back — in record numbers. After capturing and releasing four osprey fledglings last week from two Island locations, Dr. Rob Bierregaard said the Island now hosts 70 pair of summering osprey, “as many as there have ever been [in recorded history] on the Island.” The University of North Carolina biologist should know. He’s been…
Sexton Brings Soul
Sexton Brings Soul American soul man Martin Sexton got his start playing on the streets and subways of Boston in the 1990s; Friday night he is playing at Outerland. He released his seventh album, Seeds, last April on his label Kitchen Table Records. “I believe songs are seeds,” Mr. Sexton says about the collection, “once…
