Arts & Entertainment
In the summer, when there is an abundance of produce available from our 28 Island farms, it’s easy for Vineyarders to plan meals based on local, seasonal food. But even with the vernal equinox upon us, winter is still maintaining its hold on our gardens, so making a meal based on Island food can be a challenge. Rebecca Miller, farmer and co-owner (with her husband Matthew Dix) of North Tabor Farm in Chilmark, is up to the task.
Spirit of Place
Living with the Spirit of Place is the title of a slide show and talk set for Thursday, March 27, at 6 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs Public Library.
Dr. Patrick MacManaway, holistic therapist, author, and current president of the British Society of Dowsers, will present a slide show and talk about how the places we live and work affect our level of energy, mood and attitude.
There will be time for questions and discussion, and refreshments will be served.
The Vineyard Haven Library Lecture Series will present a free cooking demonstration, Cooking with Bella: Feijoada the American Way, on Wednesday, March 26, at 4 p.m.
This will be the first of a new series of lectures planned for the afternoons.
From a long line of excellent cooks, Bella Felipe will teach participants how to make feijoada. Her grandparents had a coffee shop in Brazil, and now she is the Mocha Mott’s baker and soup maker (she makes feijoada the American way there almost every week).
A four-part, hands-on digital photo restoration class begins next week at the high school.
Participants will learn how to digitally restore and reprint damaged, fading snapshots; scan and make enlargements from negatives and slides of all sizes and formats; learn how to use Adobe Photoshop CS3 to digitally retouch and restore images; master the use of film and flatbed scanners; and make detailed enlargements for print or for the Web.
The Menemsha Fisheries Development Fund presents the award-winning documentary film, Fisheries: Beyond the Crisis, followed by a discussion of sustainability and community-based fisheries management on Wednesday, March 26, at 5:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.
A young filmmaker perched on a stool in the Chilmark Community Center Saturday afternoon, microphone in hand. An Island woman born and raised, she waited for the lights to flicker on and then watched, her eyes twinkling, as the members of the audience joined in steady round of applause for her film about her Island and featuring the people who call it home.
