Hotdog Days of Summer

Libraries usually wear a cloak of quiet contemplation. Perhaps there’s some rambunctiousness at story hour toddlers are not known for their decorum but in general they are studious places meant for finding and reading that particular book.

But this Monday, Sept. 6, the Edgartown Library is putting away the shusher and road tripping it out to Katama Airport for a rocking evening of hotdogs, music, climbing walls and airplane acrobatics.

On Sept. 12 Nectar’s will host a Wintertide Coffeehouse Reunion Concert featuring popular New York singer-songwriter Dayna Kurtz and Island artists Jemima James, Dan Waters, Kim Hilliard and Kevin Keady.

Wintertide was a mainstay on the Vineyard for many years, and was recognized by Billboard as one of the top performing arts centers in the nation. It also provided entertainment for teens when there were no other options on the Island.

Lola’s may have arrived late to this summer, but the re-opened Oak Bluffs dining establishment will dance its way out of this hot summer with what’s billed as nothing less than a Labor Day End of Season Blow-Out Pajama Party Buffet.

Admission is $20 on Monday night, Sept. 6. The party featuring deejay Steve starts at 9 p.m., and it’s bring your own pj’s and dancing shoes.

Tom Dunlop will speak about his new book Schooner: Building a Wooden Boat on Martha’s Vineyard at the Chilmark Public Library on Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 5:30 p.m.

Cruising World, in its June 2010 issue wrote: “It was the most festive launch in more than a generation: the christening of Rebecca of Vineyard Haven, a 60-foot, 76,000-pound schooner designed and built, plank on frame, at the Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway, one of the leading traditional boatbuilding yards on the U.S. continent.

This Saturday, Sept. 4, Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen will perform at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven. The two have spent much of the past five years collaborating together. Cindy is a songwriter, singer, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist. Grey plays the Irish flute and tin whistle, concertina, fiddle, piano and harmonium. As composers each has contributed much to the tapestry of contemporary folk and world music as it flourishes in America today.

Many Vineyard churches will worship together on Sunday at a special Island-wide ecumenical service at the Tabernacle to assist Gulf Coast residents, with a picnic following the service.

The 11 a.m. service to celebrate the fragile beauty of creation, and to raise awareness and financial assistance for residents along the Gulf of Mexico whose livelihoods have been severely affected by the BP oil spill, has as its theme It Isn’t Easy Being Green.

There is a peek of autumn this week, if you go outside after 10 p.m. Without the moon showing its brilliant personality, the stars will be bright and vivid.

JUNE D. MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

Welcome to September, as we sit here indulging in the eerie calm before the storm. Let us simply pray that Hurricane Earl really goes out to sea and does not pay us a late summer visit.

Please Adopt Us

The Animal Shelter is bursting at the seams with cats, kittens, guinea pigs, a bunny, and one beautiful dog. She is a handsome fawn boxer cross, young and very sweet and her name is Katama. She loves to go for walks and loves people. Won’t someone please come to see her? You will fall in love with her!

RICK HERRICK

508-693-8065

(herricklr@verizon.net)

David Dibble is a hard guy to catch up with. In fact, to do this interview, I had to hitch a ride in his taxi. It was well worth the trip.

As we traveled Oak Bluffs looking for potential customers, David talked to me about India. He has lived there for the past five years.

“What got you interested?” I asked as we left the Island Queen parking lot.