Art
Fresh Peaches at Church
The First Congregational Church of West Tisbury will hold its first annual peach festival on Saturday, August 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Fresh peach shortcakes with cream or ice cream, peach smoothies, and possibly delicious peach cobbler will all be offered and enjoyed on the church lawn. All are welcome to enjoy the peach season and to support the historic church’s fund-raising efforts.
For information, call 508-693-2842.
Sandy Pratt and Dolly Campbell, manager and assistant manager of the Martha’s Vineyard Community Services Thrift Shop, are cutting prices in an attempt to clear as much merchandise from the store as they can. They need to make way for the yearly Chicken Alley Art Show.
The event, in its eighth year, was conceived by Olga Hirshhorn, whose late husband Joseph Hirshhorn founded the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
Indie Double Feature in Chilmark
Two young filmmakers with Vineyard ties, Matt Heineman and Sara Greenberg, will screen their documentaries free of charge on Saturday August 15 from at 7:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center.
Ms. Greenberg’s short film B-2247: A Granddaughter’s Understanding, has been accepted into the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival. She collaborated with Mr. Heineman to make this story of discovering her grandfather’s Holocaust experience.
Tales of Marine Disasters Through Years
Art and Garden Stroll in Edgartown
For all the sights and sounds that delight the eyes and ears of the Vineyard’s summer visitors, it is a rare event that brings pleasure to multiple senses simultaneously. But today, August 14, visitors to the beautiful gardens of the Decorator Show House in Edgartown will be pleased to hear the chirping of birds and smell the sweetness of the garden’s healthy blossoms as they stroll among the paintings, prints and sculptures of a great many Island artists.
Blood Drive
The next Martha’s Vineyard Community Blood Drive will be on Tuesday, August 18, at the Portuguese American Club on Vineyard avenue in Oak Bluffs. Hours of donation will be noon to 5 p.m. For information call 781-751-4229.