Community
A special program featuring the author and illustrator for Nighttide on a Vineyard Farm will be held on Tuesday, August 10 from 4 to 6 p.m. at State Road Restaurant as a benefit for the Island Grown Initiative (IGI).
Divas Uncorked
The divas have done it again, divining a star-studded lineup — with master of wine Sandy Block, Barbecue University’s Steven Raichlen, and Top Chef contestant Ariane Duarte — for the fourth annual Divas Uncorked Wine and Food Festival on Martha’s Vineyard.
Festival events begin on Thursday, August 12 and continue through Sunday, August 15.
This year, the event will again provide fund-raising support for the Island Grown Initiative..
Morehouse College President
To Speak at Union Chapel
The Rev. Dr. Robert Michael Franklin Jr. is the guest preacher this Sunday at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs at 10 a.m.
Some dreams come in our sleep, others in the middle of the day, and for those who depend on Martha’s Vineyard Community Services throughout the year, dreams can continue to be realities, thanks to the 32nd annual Possible Dreams auction last night.
Like many fourth graders, Ben Taylor was not a fan of school. But after he graduated from the Steiner School in New York and worked on a biodynamic farm in New Mexico, he began to appreciate and fully understand the Waldorf method of teaching.
To that end, on Wednesday this week Mr. Taylor will perform at the Island Theatre in Oak Bluffs to raise money to support the Plum Hill preschool. Money raised at the event will go to the school’s Together We Build capital campaign to help expand the school’s facilities.
Twelve years ago, Marsha Winsyrg staged a small-scale effort to help a small group of Zambian artisans make a profit from their work. While in Africa visiting her daughter, Ms. Winsyrg saw the effects of poverty and AIDS “wrecking the fabric of the whole culture.” Upon her return to the States, she hauled back the handmade crafts to sell on the Island. The proceeds would go back to the struggling artisans.