NANCY GARDELLA

508-693-3308

(vhavenvgazette@yahoo.com)

RICK HERRICK

508-693-8065

herricklr@verizon.net

The ancient Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu liked to point out that life is about change. The circumstances of our lives are always in flux. Successful people learn to adapt and to manage the change in their lives.

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

slaterjn@comcast.net

Chilmark moves along through wonderful hot summer days. It rains at night and the summer days are long and steamy, just what is wanted for a day at the beach! There are so many activities scheduled for the evenings that no doubt folks are enjoying a nap at the beach these days.

Please Adopt Us

Our featured animal this week is Missy, a one-year-old spayed purebred pit bull who is very obedient and knows all her commands. She loves children and adults and gets along well with other animals. She is a beautiful red-brown and white and really needs to be seen to be appreciated.

KATHIE CASE

508-627-5349

(kathleencase@comcast.net)

“Olé,Olé, Feeling HOT HOT HOT!” That was the theme song for the weather most of this week. I am writing this during the thunderstorm, and I hope tomorrow will be a little cooler than the last few days.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

July 8 86 66 .00

July 9 78 65 2.05

July 10 83 61 .00

July 11 81 65 Trace

July 12 82 69 Trace

July 13 83 68 .00

July 14 85 61 1.05

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 74º F.

Every Tuesday a group calling itself Grateful Dread plays at Nectar’s. The group is made up of various Island musicians, many of whom can be seen all year long playing in various other bands. But it may be tough to recognize them amidst the trappings of the Dread. They dress like rasta dudes and play a musical mash-up of reggae and Grateful Dead music. It’s not just a brilliant concept. The effect is pure Redemption Song meets Sugaree.

It’s a 3-D world, and Vineyard artists are hip to that.

At artist Jeanne Staples’s upcoming exhibition at the Granary Gallery you will see Crick Hill at Menemsha, just as lovely as you know her work to be, but in addition to landscapes of Martha’s Vineyard, Staples may surprise you with some installation pieces, including a thrilling third dimension.

Look out for Eat Beets for Health and The Vodou King, a life-size double portrait of Haitian artist Wilfred Dantis. In these pieces, Ms. Staples explores her more modernist interests.

Each week of late there has been a gallery stroll at one of the down-Island towns. Excellent. Plenty of opportunity for an artist date, as Julie Cameron calls it in her book The Artist’s Way. The idea being that if you take the time out of your busy lives to experience art your own creativity will blossom.

The art is for sale, too, so if truly inspired bring the work home with you.

Puppets on Main Street

Look for romance and comedy under the linden tree every Saturday night, when the inimitable Bella brings Trouble in Paradise, her new musical puppet show, to passersby at 6 p.m. weekly through July and August.