Cook Moroccan

Dinner goes global this week when Jan Buhrman of Kitchen Porch Catering in Chilmark demystifies Moroccan cooking on Wednesday, March 12, at 5:30 p.m. at Chilmark library. The title of her free cooking demonstration is Moroccan Staples and Spices: Preserved Lemons and Tagines.

Island Theatre Workshop’s second annual one-act festival opens Friday, March 14, at the Katharine Cornell Theatre.

Three directors will offer a program of four plays, all of which look at life with both humor and sadness.

Lee Fierro will be presenting two shows: Aria da Capa, by Edna St.Vincent Millay, and Extensions, by Murray Schisgal.

Vigorous environmental protection, in the form of a revised bylaw, was approved for five ancient ways by a throng of voters in Edgartown’s Old Whaling Church last night.

The popular vote was not swayed by the impassioned and sustained pleas of several members of the Hall family, whose 74 acres of property is crossed by several of the paths. Voters approved the bylaw by a margin of 199 to 47.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for the opening reception at the Chilmark Community Center.

7 p.m. Dhamma Brothers (documentary, 76 mins, USA 2007)

Thomas Bena: “When I sat down to watch this film I was very skeptical ... a few minutes in I was mesmerized, and I stayed that way for the next hour! The men in this movie just blew my heart wide open.”

Jacoby Arrives

Cherish and Damien Harris of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Jacoby James Harris, born on Feb. 27 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Jacoby weighed 8 pounds, 6 and a half ounces at birth.

JUNE MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

Dance, drum, and singing take place on Thursday evenings at the tribal building for young children to learn during classes taught by Woody Vanderhoop. All tribal children are encouraged to participate at 6:30 p.m.

Hello, Kimberlly

Rosangela Teixeira Lemos and Hermes De Aldmeida Lemos of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Kimberlly Wictoria Teixeira Lemos, born on March 3 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Kimberlly weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces at birth.

Receives Degree

Devon Dennis of Vineyard Haven was awarded a bachelor’s degree in political science from the Florida State University during the university’s December 2007 graduation ceremony. She graduated summa cum laude. Ms. Dennis has been accepted for admission to the University of Tennessee College of Law for fall 2008.

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

It seems that March has come in like a lamb, so beware the end of the month. The warm days are inspiring and making some of us itchy to get outside and start digging and raking.

The special town meeting this past Monday night was well attended and after some thoughtful questions were asked and answered, the citizens approved the three warrant items freeing monies for the purchase of land to improve the affordable home sites.

MARGARET KNIGHT

508-627-8894

(margaret02539@yahoo.com)