Books & Ideas

Master Painter Will Teach Techniques for Portraits

Greg Watson is teaching a weekly portrait painting class at Featherstone. The class will study reproductions of master paintings. Mr. Watson will...

9:39 am, October 10, 2008
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Autumn

Autumn Dear Crickets, doomed to die, Bless you, for so am I. How bravely your song of Autumn Accepts without remorse The ordaining of...

10:09 pm, October 9, 2008
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Dog at the Funeral

Dog at the Funeral For Dave Willey (1947-2008) I didn’t see him when two planes did a fly-by, one on the right peeling off in missing-man...

10:07 pm, October 9, 2008
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Hail the Horseshoe Crab: Marine Paleobiologist Talk

Marine paleobiologist Fred Hotchkiss will discuss horseshoe crabs at the Chilmark Public Library on Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. A...

3:17 pm, October 9, 2008
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Chapter 21: Yankee Skulduggery

Nicole Galland

In this year-long serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after two decades to help her...

3:16 pm, October 9, 2008
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Featherstone Offers New And Returning Favorites

Featherstone Center for the Arts’ fall classes cover a wide range. A new instructor, Greg Watson, offers both figure drawing and portrait painting...

6:31 am, October 3, 2008
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Creative Drama Classes for Children Held Weekly

Phyllis Vecchia will be holding a fall creative drama workshop for four-and-half to 10-year-olds at the Oak Bluffs School. Classes began yesterday...

8:28 pm, October 2, 2008
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Chapter 20: Buoys Will Be Buoys

Nicole Galland

In this serialized year-long novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after two decades to help her...