Art
In the end, it came down to a shoe box full of microcassettes, 75 interviews, two years of research and a lifetime of listening to Let It Be, Déjà Vu, Bridge Over Troubled Water and Sweet Baby James.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Information: 508-627-7084.
All meetings are nonsmoking.
Sunday, 6:45 a.m., open discussion meeting, First Baptist Church, William street, Vineyard Haven.
Sunday, 10 a.m., open discussion, State Beach, first bridge, Oak Bluffs, (weather permitting).
Sunday, 11 a.m., open discussion meeting at the Council on Aging on Wamsutta avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Sunday, 7 p.m., grapevine meeting at old Oak Bluffs School, School street, Oak Bluffs.
Author Winslow Myers will present Living Beyond War, sharing his beliefs and commitment to end war, on Sunday, May 22, at 5 p.m. at the Unitarian-Universalist Society Chapel at 238 Main street in Vineyard Haven.
The organization called Beyond War has been working for 25 years to change thinking about war. During the Cold War, teams of high level scientists from the then Soviet Union and the U.S. wrote a book together about the dangers of accidental nuclear war.
Green House
How to go green on a budget? Take the Oak Bluffs green building tour on Thursday, May 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to find out.
To the Sea, Marching
The Tisbury School’s annual Memorial Day celebration, the March to the Sea parade, will be on Friday, May 27. All are welcome to join for all or any part of the celebration. Students will leave the school at 12:30 p.m. and march to Owen Park via Spring street and Main street. The ceremony will take approximately 45 minutes. Students will have flowers to carry in the parade and to throw in the harbor, commemorating those who have given their lives for their country. The school band will be playing and flags will be waving.
Big Picnic, All Invited
On Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, from noon to 4 p.m., everyone on the Vineyard is invited to the Annual Memorial Day Picnic at the Tashmoo Spring Pumping Station located on West Spring street in Vineyard Haven.
Formerly known as the old Tisbury Water Works, the Tashmoo Spring Pumping Station is listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, and is currently undergoing an extensive restoration process.