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
July 28, 2009
Martha’s Vineyard Antiques Show Opening Thursday
The Rotary Club of Martha’s Vineyard along with the Boys’ & Girls’ Club, the Island Affordable Housing Fund and the Martha’s Vineyard Museum will host its annual, three-day Martha’s Vineyard Antiques Show. The benefit show kicks off on July 30 with a preview party, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., offering an opportunity to see the…
Shipwrecks and Mermaids at Old Whaling Church
A concert called Shipwrecks, Pirates and Mermaids, with songs and stories tied to seafaring around the Vineyard, begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 30 at the Whaling Church in Edgartown.
The event is a fund-raiser for the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust and the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Admission is $15, children and seniors…
Cellist Inbal Segev Will Open Chappy Summer Music Festival
The Chappaquiddick Summer Music Festival opens its 14th season on Thursday, July 30, with a recital by internationally acclaimed cellist Inbal Segev, accompanied by pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera.
Kid Critic: Hilary Joie Lowitz Reviews Cinema Circus’ Shorts
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 — a…
Haitian Situation
Haitian Situation
Film producer George Rivera will screen three segments on the situation in Haiti, on Thursday, July 30, at 8 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center. Mr. Rivera calls Haiti a country long past the point of desperation, resulting in a dangerous level of donor fatigue made all the more significant by…
Housing on the Tube Weekend Telethon Makes $650,000 Goal
The affordable housing cause got another boost this weekend when the annual Housing on the Tube fundraiser broke its goal of $650,000.
“We exceeded every benchmark that we set out for ourselves this year,” said Island Affordable Housing Fund executive director Patrick Manning. “We have surpassed our goal of $650,000. That was our…
Bikram Yoga Puts Sweat Over Spirituality in a Heated Workout
Yoga was founded as a spiritual practice: the physical poses, or asanas, were merely one element of a lifestyle that also included vegetarianism, community service and meditation. Though all these may be desirable, none is necessary for someone who wishes to benefit from yoga — and there are many benefits to be had. Yoga has…
Tuesday Chronicle: Sammy George Mingo
From a Gazette edition of 1929:
Letters to the Editor
BIRDS AND WIND
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I appreciated Susan Whiting giving us the thoughtful comments of David Nash on wind power and bird safety. I completely agree that we should make our wind turbines as safe for birds as possible. However, not mentioned in the article is the bird death rate…
Vineyard Notebook
Someone says let’s write about water.
Water? I say. Why not the history of the solar system, or maybe some ideas about infinity?
Water? It supports our life, we come from the water, it is our treasure, what we are made of, and die without. I rejoice in the rain and…
Lecture: Some Hazards of Moral Thinking
Cultural anthropologist and University of Chicago professor Dr. Richard Shweder will deliver a talk titled Some Hazards of Moral Thinking at the Chilmark Public Library on Wednesday, July 29 at 5:30 p.m.
Dr. Shweder, the William Claude Reavis Distinguished Service Professor in the department of comparative human development at the University of Chicago,…
News Without Walls
News Without Walls
The world has changed since the Vineyard last had a sitting President come to visit. When terrorists attacked the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, a day that went down in history, it changed the way people travel. The necessary but time-consuming added security in airports and at bus…
Muranese Glass Maestro Comes to West Tisbury
Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks, located on State Road in West Tisbury, has announced that Maestro Glassblower Davide Fuin, of Murano, Italy, is visiting the State Road class studio this summer.
Mr. Fuin is a lifelong and world-famous glassblower. From July 30 to 31, Mr. Fuin will demonstrate his methods of Venetian glassblowing, making intricate…
Early Blight Arrives
Late blight: the first part of the name given to the vicious plant disease that affects tomatoes and potatoes is somewhat misleading, at least this year.
Evidence of the fungus has never arrived so early in the season, nor has it ever been so widespread in the United States as it is now,…
High Summer: Busy Weekend for Police
Island police responded to a slew of motor vehicle accidents, broke up numerous parties and made several drunk driving arrests over the weekend, one for a boat operator.
Tisbury police first received a call of a possible intoxicated boater at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, when the manager of the West Chop Club called…
Edgartown Waterfront Remembers Walter
The loss of Walter Cronkite, the yachtsman, was felt on the waterfront on Saturday morning, when Edgartown deputy harbor master Mike Hathaway took a moment from a busy morning to honor the sailor in a quiet, small way.
At the worn white mooring ball painted with the name Wyntje, the name of Cronkite’s…
Oak Bluffs Chief is Fit for Challenge
It wasn’t long ago that Oak Bluffs police chief Erik Blake could not imagine riding a bike across town, never mind across the Island, or halfway across the state.
“Let’s put it this way: I wasn’t much of a cyclist,” the chief bluntly remarked last week. “I had the usual mountain bike and…
Edgartown Selectmen Commend Lifesavers
Edgartown selectmen yesterday commended three South Beach lifeguards for saving the life of a bather at the right fork on July 18.
John McMahon, 55, from Braintree was swimming in high waves when he was knocked into the seabed, injuring his spine. He was unconscious and bleeding from the head when David Espindle,…
Monster Shark Tournament Is Hampered by High Seas, Wind
A 361-pound porbeagle shark was the winning fish in the weekend’s 23rd annual Monster Shark Tournament in Oak Bluffs. The fish was caught by the crew of a Marshfield fishing boat called Karen Jean II. The captain of the vessel was David Dion of Galveston, Tex.; the boat owner was John Anderson of Marshfield and…
Seven Gates Land Reclassified, Bringing Tax Relief to Owners
The state Department of Revenue has agreed to allow a large portion of Seven Gates Farm in West Tisbury to be classified as a working farm and recreational land under chapter 61A and 61B of the Massachusetts General Laws, a decision that will cost the town of West Tisbury some $100,000 in lost property tax…
Three Women Honored by NAACP
They are affectionately referred to as long-distance runners. Combined, Carrie Tankard, Marie Araujo and Lorna Andrade have provided over 85 years of service to the Martha’s Vineyard branch of the NAACP. At noon today, the organization will honor the women for their marathon of service to the Island branch, which is one of the most…
Eroding Bluff Threatens Scenic Drive Along East Chop; Repairs Are Needed
An engineering report examining the stability of scenic East Chop Drive in Oak Bluffs concludes the fragile coastal slope is extremely unstable and showing signs of distress and imminent failure.
The eight-page draft report from the firm of Stearns and Wheler recommends that the town repair the bluff as quickly as possible by…
