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Hooked on Art at Bass in the Grass

Addison Antonoff | Saturday, September 28 2024 - 7:55am

Over 30 artists, sponsored by Island businesses, created fish-inspired pieces for Bass in the Grass, the annual derby celebration of creativity.

Bass in the Grass

Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby

Vineyard Preservation Trust

Fourth Grade Somethings Leap Into the Limelight

Years from now. when they go Hollywood and won’t return your calls you’ll be able to say, yeah, well I saw them back in the day when they were still green in the green room. That’s if you head out this week and next to the Vineyard Playhouse’s annual fourth grade theatre project.

Barn-Raisers’ Ball a Community Affair

Remy Tumin

By REMY TUMIN

Every August, Vineyarders flood the fair grounds at the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Hall in West Tisbury. Every fall, we are treated to the harvest festival to celebrate the season’s bounty, and every winter we have Island artisans’ fairs, community potlucks or most recently the winter farmers’ markets. The Vineyard is a place of tradition, and the Ag Hall is a beacon of that.

Water Essays

Water Matters, Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource, was recently released by AlterNet, an award-winning magazine and online community.

Water Matters includes a contribution from Island writer William Waterway. Other contributing writers include Barbara Kingsolver, Bill McKibben, Maude Barlow and Tina Rosenberg, to name a few.

For more information, please visit alternet.org.

Santa on a Steel Horse

Santa on a Steel Horse

Twas about a month before Christmas and many a creature was stirring.

And why not? It was a beautiful fall day, Thanksgiving still two weeks away.

There were no stockings hung by the chimney with care, nor did visions of sugar plums dance in the air.

Thoughts of St. Nick and his bag full of toys were not on this day’s list of joys.

Then a horde of Harley Riders all of them wearing red caps, some even in chaps,

Island Economics

Wondering how Island businesses fared this summer and what can be gleaned from these results to help prepare for next season?

Nancy Gardella, executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, will speak to this subject on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at a breakfast program organized by the Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Network.

Falmouth on Island

Falmouth Academy will host an information session for Vineyard students and families on Sunday, Nov. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Arbor Inn at 222 Upper Main street in Edgartown.