Books & Ideas
Stories in Two Languages
Portuguese/English Story Time is back. Saturday, Nov. 17 at 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Bluffs Public Library. Stories will be about bears, and we’ll have snacks and a craft.
Português/inglêsHistória Tempo volta. Osábado, novembro 17 em 10:30 SOU na Carvalho Blefes BibliotecaPública. Ashistóriasestarão sobre ursos, enós teremos lanches e um artesanato.
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.
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.
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.