Arts & Entertainment
English Conversation
The Edgartown library has begun a winter semester of free English conversation classes, led by Nancy Gardella. The class meets on Tuesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. at Edgartown town hall. Class dates are Jan. 29; Feb. 5, 12 and 19; and March 4, 11 and 18.
The Bodhi Path of Martha’s Vineyard will host a weekend teaching series with the Venerable 5th Dilyag Sabchu Rinpoche called Calm Abiding Meditation: A Mind Transformed on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26 and 27 from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 4 p.m. both days. The suggested donation is $15 to $20 per session.
The Martha’s Vineyard Bodhi Path is located at 21 Laurand Drive, off Waldron’s Bottom Road in West Tisbury. For details, call 508-696-5929.
The Big Chili Contest
If you’ve been bragging about your secret family recipe, and know you have the chili the world has been waiting for, now’s your chance to prove it.
Join some of the best chili chefs around on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs for the 22nd Annual mvyradio Big Chili Contest.
Island Grown Gourmets
The Island Grown Initiative brings together the culinary arts students from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School and chef Dan Sauer from the Outermost Inn to prepare a winter meal using local ingredients. The event is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. at the high school.
Tickets are $25 and go to support the culinary arts program. They are available at down-Island Cronig’s Market and SBS. For more information, get in touch with Noli Hoye of Island Grown Initiative at [email protected].
James H.K. Norton is a retired history professor, farmer and Island historian. He is also a humanist and social ethicist.
Inhaling water poses the greatest threat of death, far above hypothermia, for someone accidentally falling into cold water.
At a talk on cold-water immersion, a Vineyard doctor warned a gathering of 40 boat enthusiasts that the best way to stay alive is to keep your head above the water at all costs, especially in that first critical moment.
“You can be one of the best swimmers,” said Dr. Michael Jacobs, but unless you can keep your head above water in that first instant of immersion, you could drown.
