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 20, 2010
Celebrate the Sea, Its Keepers and Songs
Celebrate the Sea, Its Keepers and Songs
On Thursday night, Mark Alan Lovewell, a singer, storyteller and Vineyard Gazette reporter and photographer, will give a program called Celebration of the Sea, at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown. The event is a fundraiser for the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust and the Martha’s Vineyard…
Walter Cronkite Tribute Rewards Future Leaders
Memories of Walter Cronkite — as both a sailor on the Vineyard waterfront and as the nation’s favorite television journalist — were shared Sunday night at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown. Titled A Celebration of the Life of Walter Cronkite, it was an evening of stories, pictures, tributes of Mr. Cronkite and a look…
Celebrating Personal Stories From War at Museum Dinner
Clifton Athearn helped liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Curtis Jones spent 26 months as a prisoner of war. Nelson Smith was a member of the Navy’s construction battalion, building pontoon barges. These are just a few of the stories and people honored for their roles in World War II last Thursday evening at…
Shamar Rinpoche Returns to Bodhi Path
Bodhi Path Buddhist Center founder Shamar Rinpoche, the 14th Sharmapa, will be on Martha’s Vineyard for a weekend teaching series July 24 and 25, teaching from his latest book, The Path To Awakening. Teachings will be 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 4 p.m. both days. There will be a welcoming reception and…
Nell Irvin Painter to Discuss The History of White People
Nell Irvin Painter’s The History of White People examines the concept of white as a racial category: what is considered a white race, what is not, what such distinctions mean and how notions of whiteness have changed in response to shifting demographics, aesthetic tastes and politics.
She will discuss these ideas on Thursday,…
Kid’s Drama Workshop
Kids’ Drama Workshop
Phyllis Vecchia Creative Drama will be holding a summer workshop for children four-and-a-half to nine years old at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School summer camp program. It will begin Monday, July 26, through Friday, July 30, daily from 9 to 11 a.m.
Each class will consist of…
Louisa Gould Photography Workshop Sails a t Sunset
Come aboard for a golden hours sail in Vineyard Haven harbor and workshop with Island photographer and artist Louisa Gould, shooting from about 5 p.m. through sunset on Wednesday, July 21.
Jennifer O’Neill to Speak
Jennifer O’Neill to Speak
Jennifer O’Neill, Hollywood star of the film Summer of ‘42, model and cover girl, will share her story about how she found hope and peace in the midst of her tumultuous movie career, on Thursday, July 22, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at the Tabernacle on the Camp Ground…
Eighth Graders Serve Tea
Eighth Graders Serve Tea
The eighth grade class of 2011 is hosting the 21st annual Edgartown Garden Walking Tour and Tea on Wednesday, July 21 (rain date, Thursday, July 22), from 1 to 4 p.m.
The popular tour benefits the class trip to Washington, D.C. Tickets are $5 and can be…
Miles Sidoti Spills the Reel Deal on Kid’s Films
Gone are the grownup gatekeepers of movie merit — kids are the audience for the weekly Cinema Circus films. So the Gazette and the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival bring you the big view from the smaller viewers with weekly kid critics.
Bass Fisherman Is One of Many Who Pitched In to Help Others
By PETER BRANNEN
As the charred remains of the drive-on dock at Menemsha stand as a reminder of last Monday’s fire, the unselfish actions of a few individuals during the frenzied confusion of the blaze have come into sharp relief.
One such individual is Menemsha bass fisherman Casey Elliston, who salvaged…
Traditions Live in Holy Ghost Festival
With the mercury topping 90, Islanders elsewhere complained about the mugginess, but at the weekend’s annual Feast of the Holy Ghost, the prevailing atmosphere was, as ever, the light spirit of generosity.
Flights of History
Flights of History
Update on Wind Energy Plan for Dukes County
In the coming year the Vineyard and Gosnold communities will be deciding what kind of wind energy development we want, both on land and offshore in state and federal waters. We’d like to give the community an update on preparation of a Wind Energy Plan for Dukes County, an effort begun early this year by…
Letters to the Editor
FROM MENEMSHA
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Thank you to everyone who helped put out the boathouse fire on July 12. Without this all-island effort, so much more would have been lost. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.
Barbara and John Armstrong
Menemsha
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Flowers Feed the Soul
Food is for your stomach, and flowers are for your soul. That’s what Victoria Riger tells people when they ask why she sells flowers rather than produce. Ms. Riger, Krishana Collins, and Ken DeBettencourt are all farmers. You won’t see their names among the big farm names on the Island, but their bouquets of flowers…
Heat, Hundreds Welcome Historic Planes to Grass Strip in Katama
History buffs and aviation enthusiasts alike gathered at the Katama Airfield in Edgartown on Saturday afternoon for a chance to see restored World War II airplanes in action. The planes — two trainer aircraft and a transport plane — were flown in as a spinoff event to the Those Who Serve exhibit at the Martha’s…
Police Searching for Gun Used in Home Invasion
Oak Bluffs police arrested a 35-year-old Oak Bluffs man last Thursday morning after he reportedly broke into an apartment on Uncas avenue and threatened to kill a man and woman living there while brandishing a handgun.
According to a press release from police, Richard J. Brymer kicked in the door to the apartment…
Corrections
Corrections
A story in Friday’s Gazette about Sail Martha’s Vineyard reported inaccurately on the origins of the program. The program was founded by the late Nancy Haskell and Nancy Hoffman.
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A story in Friday’s Gazette about commercial fishermen affected by the Menemsha Coast Guard fire contained errors. Stanley Larsen’s blue…
Farm Institute Grows Community
Hay bales in the distance, belted Galloways grazing in the fields, the sun setting softly over Katama Farm — it was a picturesque Vineyard evening for the Farm Institute’s Meals in the Meadow event Saturday night that was full of local food, drink, fun, and most importantly, education. The annual fundraiser was held to raise…
Books, Not Bumper Stickers: Stephen Carter Defends Debate
Best-selling author and Yale law professor Stephen Carter deplores those bumper stickers with which people advertise their views on political and social issues.
He’s sorry if that offends anyone, but he really can’t stand them, for a couple of reasons.
First, they are overwhelmingly stuck on the backs of cars; thus…
Torts Amid the Tombstones? Author Probes Afterlife Laws
When Boston College Law School professor Ray Madoff set out to write a book about the legal rights of the dead in America, she only intended to include one chapter on the law itself, devoting the rest of the book to a philosophical, psychological, sociological and even religious interpretation. But as she began prying into…
Illustrious Cookery Editor On Eating the American Way
When editor Judith Jones received the manuscript for Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, it was exactly what she had been looking for in her own kitchen. “And if I felt that way, there must be others out there,” Mrs. Jones said from her summer home in Vermont. For her and many Americans,…
Coast Guard Questions Origin of Fire
A Coast Guard captain assisting with the investigation into the fire that destroyed the Coast Guard boathouse in Menemsha last Monday said the fire may not have started in the boathouse.
Menemsha Open for Business Again
Parking lots are filled and people are once again crowding the restaurants, shops and fish markets of Menemsha.
But the village did take a hit to business, at least in the few days following the fire.
