Art
Windemere Raises $17,600
For Recreational Programs
James Joyce Returns to the Stage
“One by one we’re all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”
O Negative Blood Needed
The American Red Cross doesn’t care if you’re a Twilight fan or not; they’re about saving lives. To that end, every pint of blood makes a big difference.
Next Tuesday, June 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. the Red Cross will be at the Portuguese-American Club on Vineyard avenue in Oak Bluffs.
There were plenty of clams shelled out on Saturday afternoon at Nancy’s Snack Bar in Oak Bluffs, and all for a good cause. It was the fifth annual quahaug and oyster shucking contest, and this year the cause was the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard, which collected a lot of clams — $1,000 to be exact.
The Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn and the Pitching Dual of the Century, by Jim Kaplan, Triumph Books, Chicago, IL, 2011, 203 pages $24.95.
Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California, July 2,1963. Two future Hall of Fame pitchers, one at the end of a stunning career, the other at the beginning. Giants versus Braves. Sixteen innings. No relievers.
There’s wonderful and then there’s the Sense of Wonder, which is like wonderful to the nth power.
Sense of Wonder is an arts camp for kids run by Pam Benjamin that succeeds in every aspect, including making adults jealous they can’t join in on the fun.
Well, this weekend everyone’s invited to drift back to childhood and remember when imaginary friends kept you company and hours spent drawing, tongue tucked tightly between the lips in concentration, was the only item on the day’s agenda.