Arts & Entertainment
Hot Dog Heaven
Dinghy Dogs’ second annual Hot Dog Topping Contest is on: the deadline for bringing your recipes, pictures or descriptions of the top dog toppings to the Dinghy Dog House on the Oak Bluffs Harbor is August 24.
Bring your recipes, pictures, and/or descriptions down to Dinghy Dogs on the Oak Bluffs Harbor by Tuesday, August 24.
Sample the finalists’ dogs and cast your vote for this year’s winner on Friday, August 27. The winner will be announced that night.
Marafanyi
The Marafanyi beats go on, from Sunday, August 22, through Tuesday August 24: workshops where adults, children and families together can learn West African drum, dance and song will be held at the Chilmark Community Center. For details and registration, e-mail Mary Ambulos at [email protected] or see online marafanyi.com.
Rainforest Talk
Stuart Davies, director of the Center for Tropical Forest Science at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, will report on the state of the world’s tropical forests, on Wednesday, August 25 at 7:30 p.m at the Far Barn.
All or none. That’s what is listed under religion on Nora Guthrie’s birth certificate. Even with folksinger Woody Guthrie as a father and a famous Yiddish poet for a grandmother in a densely populated Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y., Ms. Guthrie grew up in a household where religion was understood to be a personal connection for each individual.
Driver’s Safety Class
An AARP driver’s safety class is offered on Tuesday, August 24, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Tisbury Senior Center. Melvin Thornhill will teach about new signage and traffic rules. If you are insured out-of-state, class certification may qualify you for a discount on your premium. Preregistration is required at 508-696-4205.
A free educational seminar on multiple sclerosis (MS) will be held Monday, August 23, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Howes House, on State Road in West Tisbury.
The program, Ask the Doctor: Symptom Management in MS, is presented by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and features Ann Cabot.
Dr. Cabot practices neurosurgery in Lebanon, N.H. where she is involved in MS research and focuses on the treatment of people with MS.
