Arts & Entertainment
Babysitting Class
The American Red Cross will hold a babysitting class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 21 at the YMCA on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.
The course is designed for sixth to ninth graders, ages 11 to 15. Participants will learn babysitting responsibilities, characteristics of children, supervising and playing with children, basic care such as feeding and changing, accident prevention, emergency action and first aid. The cost for the course is $60.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boasts one of the most robust arts department seen outside of a college or graduate arts program. Paul Brissette, chairman of the art, design and technology department, is proud that, at this school, “arts are on an equal par to sports.”
Joe Cressy
Salty and scholarly
Haltingly clear
What Joe Cressy spoke
You wanted to hear
Scottish and kilted
Malt in his hand
Reciting keenly
So Scots understand
Heeling on Halcyon
Bound for the sky
Cresting and leaning
A tear in his eye
Mary and daughters
Island Club Donations
Our Island Club, the consumer savings program that also raises money for local organizations, has distributed its annual donations, more than $43,000.
Included in the distribution are scholarships to the Vineyard Nursing Association, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School vocational programs and the Permanent Endowment Fund. It also donated $1,500 to support the SafeRides program. A complete list of the 180-plus organizations is posted on the Web site ourislandclub.com.
In the end, it came down to a shoe box full of microcassettes, 75 interviews, two years of research and a lifetime of listening to Let It Be, Déjà Vu, Bridge Over Troubled Water and Sweet Baby James.
Green House
How to go green on a budget? Take the Oak Bluffs green building tour on Thursday, May 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to find out.
