Arts & Entertainment
Steamed Lobster
1 1/2 pound lobsters (one per person)
Unsalted butter
Salted butter
Lemon juice
The Island art community will witness a double debut this weekend — the opening of Lanny McDowell’s solo painting exhibition and the first solo art exhibition held at the Tashmoo Spring building.
The building, known as the Tisbury Waterworks, has undergone extensive renovations in the past few years. The town has begun renting it out as a venue for weddings, art exhibitions and a youth theater camp. Once used to house water pumps, it now has high ceilings, brick walls and tall windows.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity supports families in need on the Vineyard and next week Island families can support Habitat for Humanity, too.
Seastreak is selling tickets for a Fourth of July fireworks cruise to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard. The seats are on the top deck of the catamaran for prime viewing of the Edgartown fireworks. The boat leaves from Oak Bluffs at 7:45 p.m., but passengers should board at 7:30 p.m.
Golf Classic
Ninety-six golfers braved near 100-degree temperatures on June 22 for the 13th annual Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank Golf Classic. A benefit for the Vineyard Nursing Association, the event raised $40,000 through sponsorships, player registration, raffles and contests.
Excerpted from The Chappy Ferry Book: Back and Forth Between Two Worlds, 527 Feet Apart, by Tom Dunlop, with photographs by Alison Shaw and a short film on DVD by John Wilson (Vineyard Stories, 2012).
This excerpt is taken from chapter five which tells the story of James H. Yates of Edgartown, who owned the ferry from 1920 to 1929. He was the last man to run the Chappy ferry as a rowboat.
Folks on both sides of the harbor love Jimmy Yates. But folks on the Chappaquiddick side loathe the ferry Jimmy Yates runs.
Vineyarders have come so far east that they’ve broken free of mainland America, but one West Tisbury resident is the man to go to for a conversation about Western United States history.
