Art
A handwritten sign sat next to the cash register at Craig’s Bicycles: “Health Care Organizing Kickoff . . . Attend a local meeting here!” And so on June 9, a wet Tuesday evening in Vineyard Haven, a small but spirited group of nine people gathered around the spare parts and 12-speeds to debate of the future of health care in America.
Island favorites Justen Ahren and John Maloney last night kicked off a summer festival of poetry at Featherstone Center for the Arts, presented in association with the West Tisbury Poet Laureate and the Martha’s Vineyard Writers’ Residency.
Billy Collins, Naomi Shihab Nye, Fanny Howe, Honor Moore and others are part of the festival program.
The next event is scheduled for Thursday, July 16, with Fan Ogilvie and Fanny Howe.
Can gardening put life in perspective? On Wednesday, June 24, at 7:30 p.m. Laura Coit, garden designer and Polly Hill Arboretum volunteer, presents Lessons from the Homestead Border.
She will discuss lessons she learned while creating and maintaining the Homestead Border at the arboretum. This colorful mixed border combines shrubs, perennials, natives and bulbs in seasonal combinations. Ms. Coit planned a sunset color scheme and planted in the spirit of experimentation; along the way she learned something about garden design, plants and life.
Nancy Kelly, chairman of the Decorator Show House and Gardens announced that Kayla Leonard has been selected to manage the five-month long event that will benefit Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard. “The excitement this project has generated was evident in the large number of qualified candidates that expressed an interest in this position. Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard is so pleased to have Kayla on board.”
The Vineyard Playhouse’s popular summer series of new work, the Monday Night Special, begins its season with You Want Me To Do What? My Life As A Nurse, a new solo performance piece written and performed by Mary Lou Shriber.
You Want Me To Do What? will be presented on Monday, June 22,at 7 p.m. at the playhouse on Church street in Vineyard Haven.
Sunday is Father’s Day, and chances are you will be taking Dad out to dinner (after all, didn’t you take Mom out on Mother’s Day?)
To that end, the backers of the inaugural Martha’s Vineyard Restaurant Week hope they are onto something, because Sunday is the kickoff night for a weeklong event designed to attract hungry diners with interesting menus at reasonable prices.