Art
Dragonfly’s Featured Artist
Island painter Traeger di Pietro is the featured artist this week at Dragonfly Fine Arts Gallery in Oak Bluffs. A reception will be held for him at the gallery on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Mr. di Pietro’s work focuses on landscapes, seascapes and figurative imagery depicting the Island and its working fishermen. This year three off-Island galleries have also begun to show his work.
Fore for Hospice
So often Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard helps when we feel the depths of the holes in our hearts and in our lives. To help them provide hospice care to all Islanders and their loved ones, Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard is hosting a round of that game of shallow holes arranged in sets of nine, golf.
Picture This
There will be an artist’s reception for Michael Kahn on Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. at the North Water Gallery located at 27 North Water street in Edgartown.
Mr. Kahn is a photographer whose work focuses on boats and nature. Images of antique boats from around the world and coastal landscapes are manipulated in the darkroom, resulting in the richly toned and technically advanced silver gelatin prints.
Plant Sale
The Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury is holding its annual late summer/early fall plant sale on Saturday, Sept. 10. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Arboretum staff will be on hand to answer questions and offer advice. Choose from a wide array of trees, shrubs, and perennials, including many Island natives which are suitable for our Vineyard climate, chosen specifically for this sale.
For more details, call 508-693-9426.
From Maine to You, With Sauce
Slow Food Martha’s Vineyard is hosting a community potluck at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury on Thursday, Sept. 15, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker is Kathy Gunst, Maine cookbook author and “resident chef” for WBUR’s award-winning show, Here and Now. Her radio work has received two James Beard award nominations.
Alden Besse to Preach
Trinity Episcopal Church in Oak Bluffs welcomes the Reverend Alden Besse as preacher and celebrant this Sunday, Sept. 11.
Rev. Besse retired to the Vineyard in 1990 from his parish in Whitinsville. For fifteen years he served as Pastoral Assistant at Grace Church in Vineyard Haven. For many years Rev. Besse has been active with the Martha’s Vineyard Peace Council, as chairman and now as co-chair. He is also well known on the island for his long-time participation in the annual CROP Walk.