Community
At its annual meeting last week, the Edey Foundation awarded $72,160 to the following organizations:
Vintage Voices Show
Vintage Voices are presenting a variety concert on Tuesday, Feb. 14, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Tisbury Senior Center. The show features selections from Carousel, Show Boat, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Sesame Street, Gigi, Brigadoon, Fiddler on the Roof, Pajama Game, Guys and Dolls, The Sound of Music, and hits from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.
Poetry in Chilmark
Valentine’s Day starts on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 12, when the second annual Valentine’s readings gets under way at the Chilmark Tavern. The program is hosted by West Tisbury Poet Laureate, Fan Ogilvie. This is the first in a series of six readings to be presented by the Pathways Projects Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing and catalyzing creative projects in the arts, writings and collaborative forms on the Vineyard.
Holmes Hole Dinner
The Holmes Hole Sailing Association will hold its annual winter dinner at the Wharf Pub in Edgartown on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m., at which point plans for the 2012 sailing season will be announced. All sailing assocation members and interested parties are invited to attend.
The cost for the dinner is $40 and includes tax and tips, but not drinks. To RSVP, contact Diane Hartmann at 508-693-459 or e-mail [email protected].
High School Science Fair
The regional high school science fair is next Saturday, Feb. 11, beginning at 9 a.m. at the high school. The fair is organized by science teacher Jackie Hermann with more than 100 students presenting their projects.
Everyone is invited, you don’t have to be a parent or a judge, to check out the great scientific minds of our not-too-distant future.
Judging takes place from 9 to 11 a.m. and includes both on and off-Island judges. The fair opens to the public at 11 a.m. Awards are announced at noon.
Grants Awarded
The Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank Charitable Fund, a donor-advised fund with the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard, has awarded $4,863 in grants to 14 Island school teachers representing seven schools on the Vineyard. Since the mini-grant program’s inception in 2010, the bank’s charitable fund has provided about $10,800 to assist and recognize teachers throughout the Vineyard and in Falmouth.
