Arts & Entertainment
Tibetan monk Geshe Tenzin Demchok, from Dharamsala, will give a an evening talk on Monday, Nov. 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Vineyard Haven, hosted by Natural Therapeutics Center. The suggested donation is $20 at the door.
Starfish Talk
Director of the Marine and Paleobiological Research Institute Fred Hotchkiss will present a lecture entitled Starfish and the Number Five at the Chilmark Public Library on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The talk features the mystery of the starfish’s five-part symmetry, common in the plant world but a rarity in the animal world.
Many people are familiar with the whaling history of Nantucket and New Bedford. Fewer, however, know the rich and fascinating history of the Martha’s Vineyard fleet and its mariners. Never as big as its more famous whaling rivals, it nevertheless played a role in America’s nautical history as a port. But more importantly, the Vineyard produced great whaling captains and mates. Some of them, such as George Fred Tilton, were among the most famous sea ícaptains ever.
The Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha’s Vineyard, the Island’s community foundation, made grants to 14 nonprofit organizations for a total of $28,000 in October, chairman Deborah L. Hale has announced.
The foundation provided a grant to Martha’s Vineyard Museum to support the development of an American history course curriculum for high school. Development of the new course work will be done in collaboration with the Vineyard school system.
Featherstone Center for the Arts has a raft of classes this holiday season to help you make your home festive and inviting.
Lynn Hoeft offers a trio of workshops for participants intent on creating a happy holiday home. From 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow — Saturday, Nov. 10 — her first program is on how to make memorable pomanders and centerpieces. She shows how to create a sweet-smelling, clove-studded orange, or pomander, then graduates to demonstrate a holiday centerpiece in a planter of bright green moss, sparkling red berries and votive candles.
Sixteen years ago, artist Susan Convery Foltz went out for something rare in Edgartown, an evening at the opera. As she settled into her pew in the Old Whaling Church, Ms. Convery Foltz had no idea that what she was about to hear, a collection of Vineyard histories set to music, would change her life and fulfill one of her lifelong dreams — to illustrate a children’s book.
