Arts & Entertainment
Holiday Drive for Needy
Island Alpaca Farm is collecting donations of food and gifts for the Red Stocking Fund. The farm will collect unwrapped presents and nonperishable foodstuffs valued at $10 or more through Dec. 24. Each person who donates an item will be entered to win one of two $50 gift certificates to the Island Alpaca Gift Shop. A drawing for the winners will be held on Dec. 24. Gifts for donation may also be purchased for the gift shop.
Scallops: A New England Coastal Cookbook, by Elaine Tammi and Karin A. Tammi, Pelican Publishing Co., Gretna, Louisiana, 350 pages, color photographs and illustrations, $39.95.
With fresh bay scallops being landed at Vineyard docks it is time to think about favorite recipes. Earlier this year Pelican Publishing came out with a cookbook and compendium of stories about both the coastal bay scallop and the deep sea scallop. The Vineyard is in the book, though not named often enough.
Edgartown
Like each sea captain’s home must be surrounded
by the white picket fence of a whale’s jaw full of teeth
over which morning glory vines grow like scrimshaw.
Like the White Cliffs of Dover must be rebuilt to welcome ships,
where houses stand like blocks of marble on Main Street,
and the glass fan window is a pale British Sunrise of sorts.
Winter Clothes Giveaway
The weather grows colder colder and this means it’s time to put on a thick sweater or coat for going outside and, because heating a house is so expensive, perhaps inside too. Sounds easy enough, but what if funds are scarce and last year’s coat is actually the same coat worn for the last decade or more. Kids keep growing too and need new coats nearly every year to cover their bodies.
On Sunday, Oct. 30, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.. Falmouth Academy will host an information session at the Arbor Inn located at 222 Upper Main street in Edgartown.
At the reception, current parents and students from the Island will join Headmaster David C. Faus and members of the school’s faculty to discuss academics, arts’ electives, sports, and extracurricular school life.
Puppet Parade
The fourth annual puppet parade takes place in Vineyard Haven this Saturday, Oct. 29, beginning at 3 p.m. The parade course starts at the St. Augustine Church parking lot on Franklin Street, heads down Church street, takes a left on Main street toward the Capawock movie theater and comes to a rest in front of the linden tree for a puppet celebration before heading back along the same route.
All are invited to watch or join in on the fun.
For more details, call Bella at 508-292-1706.
