Art
The Tisbury School library celebrated School Library Media Month with a special reading incentive program called Worlds Connect @ Your Library. As well as reading literature set in varied locales, from Penda Diakite’s I Lost My Tooth in Africa, to Eric Carle’s saga of 10 Little Rubber Ducks, students have had the opportunity to read to a literacy dog.
You might say that the restaurant business is in their blood. Perhaps success is a family trait, passed down through the generations by the grandfather who opened the Vineyard institution where they now spend all of their summer hours. Whatever the reason, as the Vineyard approaches an uncertain summer season, brothers Wilfred (Buster) Jr. and Richard (Richie) Giordano radiate carefree confidence that can come only from a combination of instinct and experience.
Across the Vineyard, art galleries stand ready to start the summer with new shows and new ideas but seem united in anticipating a successful season. A sampling of gallery offerings reveals work from around the corner and around the world.
What better way to kick off a new summer chapter than by plunging into a new book?
On the Vineyard summer reading is more than just a pastime, it’s an experience. Well-read bookstore employees help guests make their perfect literary match. Book-signing events sprinkled throughout the season invite guests to engage their favorite authors. Perhaps best of all, this summer will welcome back a beloved book store on Main street Vineyard Haven after a year-long absence.
People’s tones shift to reverential when the Vineyard Playhouse is introduced into the conversation, as was demonstrated at last week’s fundraiser at Friederike and Jeremy Biggs’s Manhattan penthouse (they also reside in Lambert’s Cove).
The Carol Craven Gallery, located off Holmes Hole Road in Vineyard Haven, will be opening for its 14th season today, Friday, May 22.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday and Monday.
This first show features new work by John Digby, Claire Chalfoun, Kitty Cloud, Palmer Davis, Nancy Furino, Anne Grandin, Nene Humphrey, Cindy Kane, Barbara Kassel, Danielle Mailer, John Neville, Kathy Peck, Gretchen Dow Simpson, Maxine Smith, Rita Stern, Mark Andrew Stimson, Nancy Taplin and Jules Worthington.