Arts & Entertainment
Gourmet ballpark food is not the sort of cuisine that historically draws cultish crowds to the ArtCliff Diner. The Vineyard Haven eatery is better known to be abuzz in the morning with repeat patrons hankering for a warm stack of blueberry pancakes or a bacon-tomato-cheese frittata over potato wedges.
On a foggy and windy Sunday in Aquinnah, 14-year-old Islander Luc Woodard stands at the order window of the Cliffs’ newest establishment, Faith’s Seafood Shack and Sushi Bar, faithfully serving out the responsibilities of his first job. He shirks a calculator, practicing his addition while making out a receipt for a lunch of varied seafood dishes. This is the tail end of an unexpected late afternoon rush, and yet, Luc, ever enlivened by the customer interactions, continues affably.
The Oak Bluffs library welcomes Lou Berger, seasonal resident and former head writer for Sesame Street for 11 years, for a reading of his book, The Elephant Wish on Tuesday, August 11 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The book is a modern fairy tale, in which Eliza Prattlebottom, on her eighth birthday, makes a wish: “Oh, I wish that an elephant would come and take me away!” Two days, six hours, thirty-seven minutes and nine seconds later, Eliza’s wish comes true.
Bake Sale
Snare some sweets and help the strays: Martha’s Vineyard Helping Homeless Animals Inc. is having a bake sale on Saturday, August 8, at Cronig’s Market in Vineyard Haven from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The group is a no-cage, no-kill shelter. All proceeds from the bake sale will go to providing for the animals’ food, heating, electricity and medical needs.
Anyone may donate baked goods on the day of the event between 9 and 11 a.m. All items must be individually wrapped. Call 508-696-8305.
Chappy Benefit Auction
Lucinda Franks, author and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, will share her insights into the Bernard Madoff scandal in a discussion on Thursday, August 13, at 8 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center.
