Martha's Vineyard Books & Ideas

The Expanding Palate of Food Writing

Louisa Hufstader | Thursday, August 12 2021 - 4:46pm

A sell-out crowd of more than 200 people took their seats at café-style tables at the museum talk about the Changing Story of American Home Cooking, sponsored by Cook the Vineyard, a Vineyard Gazette publication.

Cook the Vineyard

Black Dog Dinner With World’s Fastest Sailor

World speed sailing record holder Rob Douglas, who last year broke the 50 mph barrier, will speak and show slides on the history of speed under sail on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. at the Black Dog Tavern. His will be the first of this year’s Black Dog Winter Supper Lecture Series, organized and hosted by Sail Martha’s Vineyard.

Chapter 34: Bachelors of Different Sorts

Nicole Galland

In this year-long serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after two decades to help her eccentric Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. His staff includes Mott, the big-brotherly general manager, and Quincas, a cute Brazilian. Abe has a paranoid hatred of Richard Moby, the CEO of an off-island wholesale nursery, Broadway.

Captain’s License Courses To Be Offered at Sail MV

Interested in becoming a sea captain this winter? There is an informational meeting on Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. at Sail MV, 110 Main street in Vineyard Haven about captain’s courses that will be offered on-Island this winter — a Master 100 Ton and an OUPV/Six-Pack Captain’s course — by Sail MV and Confident Captain/Ocean Pros.

Expert to Explain Training Fund Open to Employers

The current national employment situation, including industry and employment data specific to Martha’s Vineyard, is the subject of a free presentation this week by the executive director of the Cape & Islands Workforce Investment Board, David Augustinho.

The talk is set for Tuesday. Jan. 13, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, which is cohosting the public event with the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.

Resolve to Let Kids Play in Creative Drama Class

Phyllis Vecchia will be holding a winter creative drama workshop for four-and-a-half to ten-year-olds at the Oak Bluffs School. Classes will be held on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. beginning on Thursday Jan. 22 and continuing until March 19.

Library Displays Art

Selected works from the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association’s Permanent Collection will be exhibited at the West Tisbury Library during the month of January. Artists include Vaclav Vitlacil, Julius Delbos, Fred Messersmith, Ruth Appledorn Mead and Mary Drake Coles.