By her own definition, artist Victoria Campbell’s life path has been “a long, crooked road,” with interludes in theatre, filmmaking and performance art. Her restless creative peregrination has taken her through Europe, New York and Los Angeles. In an unforeseen twist, Ms. Campbell’s journey took a detour into the ruined slums of Haiti in the wake of the January quake. On Wednesday, July 14, art and humanitarianism will come together as she screens her acclaimed documentary House of Bones at a fundraiser for the Haitian neighborhood of Christroi.

Summer Perfume

There are often sweet smells in the air these sultry summer days. They cannot allay the heat, of course, but they can — and do — soothe many a temper that is weather-frayed. There is the gentle, subtle fragrance that comes from wild roses on hillsides and beaches and of cultivated, rambler roses on white picket fences. Their country cousin ramblers that bedeck up-Island rail fences, similarly, perfume the rural air.

Main Street Vineyard Haven: Summer Report

Glasses clinked in Zephrus restaurant at the head of Main street Vineyard Haven last week as the town quietly made the transition from a place where alcohol was not sold to a place where you may now buy a beer or a glass of wine at a restaurant. Zephrus was the first to pour beer and wine with meals served, followed in quick succession by Saltwater, Blue Canoe, Waterside Market and the Black Dog. The queue before the selectmen for applications to obtain licenses is expected to continue in the weeks to come.

ACCIDENT AFTERMATH

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

From Gazette editions of July, 1935:

Not all the apprehension about summer weather is justified. Take fog, for instance. From the standpoint of the fisherman or mariner, fog is always undesirable; but from the standpoint of the summer vacationer a certain amount of it may be admitted. In fact, no vacation would be complete without a certain number of fogs, some of them of the famous pea soup variety such as we have already had in the past week or two.

The Vineyard is lucky to be an Island full of commercial farms that produce the best of the bounty, supplying Islanders with fresh lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes and blueberries. But the backyard farmer is another part of the mix. While many people trek to farmers’ markets and grocery stores for their produce, other Islanders have only to walk a few yards from their doors.

For the first time in the three-year history of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s annual sojourn to Martha’s Vineyard, the John Connors trophy did not end up in the hands of the Falmouth Commodores.

Sisters Celebration

Bring your sister (if you’re speaking), your daughters, nieces, cousins, friends, sister in law, and neighbors to A Sisters Celebration on Wednesday, July 14, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Library, featuring readings by Carol Gilligan, Jessica Harris, Rose Styron and Jan Freeman, director of Paris Press and co-editor of Sisters: An Anthology (Paris Press, 2009)

Writers included are Margaret Atwood, Dorothy Parker, Joan Baez, Barbara Kingsolver, Wendy Wasserstein and Alice Walker.

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Ann Deitrich Honored

Ann Deitrich of Chilmark was named volunteer of the year at the 39th annual meeting of Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands.

She has been a Meals on Wheels volunteer for as long as anyone at the Vineyard office can remember (and they have long memories). It has been more than 20 years. She has experienced all the joys and sorrows inherent in delivering meals to elders, responding to the eventful and uneventful with compassion.