Meet Your Farmer, Eat Your Fill

Forget the freezing aisles of the grocery store this weekend and head to the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market for fresh fruit, flowers and the first spinach and baby kale of the season.

Marking its 36th year, the farmers’ market opens Saturday and will feature vendors from across the Island including Morning Glory Farm, North Tabor Farm, Katama Apiary honey and Whippoorwill Farm.

Graduating With Honors

Lilla Cory Warren of Oak Bluffs graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design on May 21, with a bachelor of fine arts in three-dimensional fine arts, and will receive departmental honors for her concentration in jewelry and metalsmithing.

She is the daughter of Suzanne and Albert Warren.

Strawberry Festival

The First Congregational Church of West Tisbury is gearing up for its always-anticipated Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 19.

Last year more than 50 volunteers worked all day providing fresh berries with shortcake, whipped cream or ice cream to more than a thousand eager Islanders. Smoothies, cold bottled water and lemonade are also available, as are, of course, berries to go.

Last Saturday morning the thunderstorm and 45-minute deluge were memorable. I had flashes of lightening right in my kitchen.

FAST FRESH & GREEN: More Than 90 Delicious Recipes for Veggie Lovers. By Susie Middleton, photographs by Ben Fink. Chronicle Books, April 2010. $24.95 in softcover.

Nectar’s general manager and talent buyer Aaron Busick had perfected a one-line response to all the musical agents calling and e-mailing him over the past few months, all trying to nail down whether their clients should plan on summer gigs at the Edgartown nightclub after its successful trial-run season last summer. Mr. Busick’s reply:

“We’re working on trying to purchase the building and we don’t really have anything yet.”

Same time, next year.

In the past two weeks, I have had three run-ins with an old friend. We seem to meet at the same place at the same time annually. I shouldn’t be surprised.

In a last-minute reversal of principal Stephen Nixon’s recent decision regarding appropriate graduation wear, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee voted last night to allow seniors, Brazilian and otherwise, to wear personalized scarves over their graduation gowns.

The vote followed an impassioned speech from former high school student and recent Emory University graduate Alex Parker.

Shaelah Huntington is valedictorian for the class of 2010. Shaelah is the daughter of Susan and Peter Huntington of West Tisbury. She will attend Connecticut College in New London, Conn.

Tessa Permar is salutatorian for the class of 2010. Tessa is the daughter of Jane Dreeben of West Tisbury and Brad Permar of Vineyard Haven. She will attend Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Hayley Pierce is class essayist for the class of 2010. Hayley is the daughter of Tom and Bonnie Pierce of Edgartown. She will attend the University of Miami in Miami, Fla.

Strawberry Festival

The First Congregational Church of West Tisbury is gearing up for its always-anticipated Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 19.

Last year over 50 volunteers worked all day providing fresh berries with shortcake, whipped cream or ice cream to more than a thousand eager Islanders. Smoothies, cold bottled water and lemonade are also available, as are, of course, berries to go.