Art
The Rap on Kid Critic Cary J. R. Moré-Straton
Name: Cary J. R. Moré-Straton
Age: 9
School: Fourth grader at the Chilmark School
Sibling: Suzanne, age 10, my best friend!
Something new you are learning: Right now we are studying about the Vikings and I love this project.
What do you want to do/be when you grow up: A deep sea explorer or a professional soccer player.
Chorus Is Community Event
Back in 1996, yes that is now a long time ago, the Island Community Chorus sounded its first note. Since that time the choral group, led by director Peter Boak, has performed year-round on the Island. The group has gained a loyal following and by staying true to its roots as a group open to anyone with no auditions required, it has remained an Island institution.
Farms Story Hour
Moo or oink or cock-a-doodle-doo if you love story hour and farms because Morning Glory Farm is set to host a preschool story hour every Tuesday in December beginning at 11 a.m.
The stories take place in the farmstand loft and feature farm inspired stories and songs. Imagine that, parents do the boring shopping routine, although not really boring with all the fresh veggies at the stand, and kids get to get cozy in the loft, playing Heidi.
Go farms, go reading.
For anyone who has been to the Elves Faire, brought to the Island every year as a benefit for the Plum Hill Preschool, you know it is an event not to be missed. It can also get a bit crowded. You weren’t the only one to get the word.
Well, this year the Elves are headed to a new location to accommodate all the craft-loving kids and their attendant parents, not above making a holiday snowglobe or two themselves. Previously held at the Federated Church of Edgartown, the faire has moved to St. Andrew’s Church located on North Summer street in Edgartown.
What are you worth? Tough to say, really, with all the intangibles out there and worth not being just about the fat or thin wallet. The stuff one accumulates is often subject to the same arbitrary, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, problem.
Little Susie’s homemade ashtray? Priceless and also worth nothing. A dusty painting of some fishermen fighting out a late summer squall done by great-grandpa Obediah, the one who lost an arm during a bull fighting exhibition? Again, tough to say.
Time to bring in the professionals.
Eli Dagostino is a young Island photographer. But his youth belies his experience. Among other roles he is the staff photographer at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival. A stilt walker in a three foot hat, a woman reborn as the “bird lady,” cute kids by the hundreds; Mr. Dagostino captures them all, and they’ve never looked so good.
And now you have the chance to look just as good.