Art
Concert Benefits Plants and Animals
Mezzo-soprano opera singer Lia Kahler-Littlefield and pianist Richard Gordon are coming to the Island to perform a benefit concert entitled, Songs for My Father. Ms. Kahler is dedicating the concert of songs and arias about flowers, plants and animals to the memory of her father, Albert Littlefield, who was born and grew up on what is now the Polly Hill Arboretum.
The concert benefits both the arboretum and the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard.
Nursing the Heart
The Royal Falmouth Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Royal Megansett Nursing and Retirement Home in North Falmouth are among the centers that have purchased newly FDA-approved fluid monitors to help patients with heart, kidney and other fluid-related health issues.
Both are part of the Royal Health Group, owner of six skilled nursing facilities south of Boston
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.
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.
Yesterday, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival opened up with a reception at Saltwater Gallery. Afterwards, the documentary Just Like Us by comedian Ahmed Ahmed was shown at that the Capawock Theatre in Vineyard Haven.
The festival continues throughout the weekend ending on Sunday evening with a closing night party at the Vineyard Haven Marina and the final film, The Trip, showing at the Capawock Theatre.
Center for Living Benefit
On Tuesday, Sept. 13, Flatbread Pizza is hosting a benefit for the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living. What this means is that from 5 to 10 p.m. on that day and evening, $3.50 of every pizza sold will be donated to the center.