Books & Ideas
Launch Operator License
Course Is Set for June
Sail Martha’s Vineyard and Confident Captain-Ocean Pros of Rhode Island will offer a launch operator license class in Vineyard Haven on June 7 and 8.
This 16-hour class meets the U.S. Coast Guard training and exam requirements to enable the operator to apply for the launch operator license. Completion of this course exempts students from having to take the licensing exam at the Coast Guard.
Estate Planning Talk
An educational presentation on estate planning will be presented by attorney Margot Parrot at 5 p.m. Monday, May 19, at the Tisbury Senior Center, 34 Pine Tree Road, Vineyard Haven. Admission is free. A light supper will be served after the presentation. Reservations are required by Friday, May 16, and are available by calling 508-696-4205.
Fisheries Discussion
The Menemsha Fisheries Development Fund 2008 Lecture Series presents a discussion on the state of the Massachusetts fishing industry from a regulatory and policy perspective on Wednesday, May 21, at 5:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.
The lecture features special guests Paul Diodati, director of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, and John Pappalardo, chairman of the New England Fisheries Development Council and member of the Massachusetts Marine Fishery Advisory Commission.
Peru: Panoramic Studies
Featured in Library Show
Artist Valerie Sonnenthal will present a series of photographs taken in Peru’s Sacred Valley in 2007 in an exhibit scheduled for the Chilmark Public Library.
The public is invited to an artist’s reception at the library on Saturday, May 24 from 3 to 5 p.m. The show will run through June 13.
All are panoramic assemblage studies for large-scale installations. Though presented here as flat, the series of photos are generally made for 360-degree viewing.
Let’s Talk About Race
Moving Beyond Race: The Dialogue Continues is the program on Wednesday, May 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center on Centre street in Vineyard Haven.
The Island Diversity Council, Martha’s Vineyard NAACP, and the Social Action Committee of the Hebrew Center will show the video Eye of the Storm: Sharing Powerful Lessons About Racism, followed by a community discussion. All are welcome.
Remarkable Americans: The Washburn Family. By Kerck Kelsey. Illustrated. Tilbury House Publishers. 402 pages. $25.95.
Since the 1950s, the Washburn name has been a familiar one in Edgartown, with the late Stanley Washburn living on South Water street in summer and C. Langhorne Washburn summering on Pease’s Point Way. This fact-filled volume tells the story of their 19th-century forebears from northern Maine.