Art
Tim Laursen, who writes the majority of the lyrics for The Billionaires, looks through his screen porch out at the woodland behind his family’s Vineyard Haven home, and tries to explain his song-writing method.
“Okay, popping into my head right now, wood,” he says, humming a tune and then seamlessly cranking out a lyric: “Must be romantic cutting wood by hand/Put down the power tools and give me back the land.”
Spirituals at East Chop
Lighthouse: Free at Five
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum will present the second in their summer Free at Five series on Wednesday, July 23, at the East Chop Lighthouse in Oak Bluffs.
The lighthouse will be open free of charge to the public beginning at 5 p.m., followed by a performance by the Jim Thomas Spiritual Choir at 6 p.m.
Researcher Will Speak
About Osprey on Island
Rob Bierregaard began researching osprey on the Vineyard in 1969. Since then, he has been investigating the habits and migrations of these birds on the Island and beyond.
He will share his passion at a free lecture at the Oak Bluffs library on Tuesday, July 29, at 6:30 p.m.
Since June 2000, in collaboration with Mark Martell of The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota, Mr. Bierregaard has put satellite transmitters on osprey to track their travels.
Lama Tsony is back at the Bodhi Path Buddhist Center of Martha’s Vineyard in West Tisbury for a weekend retreat series. Known for his experience, and appreciated for his warmth, wit and accessibility, Lama Tsony teaches throughout Europe and the U.S.
On Saturday and Sunday, July 19 and 20, and Saturday and Sunday July 26 and 27, the Bodhi Path will offer a weekend retreat series with Lama Tsony. The topic is Mind’s True Nature Through Calm Abiding and Insight Meditation. The sessions run 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. each day.
In this serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after years in Manhattan to help her eccentric Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. Abe loathes Richard Moby, chief of the off-Island landscaping business Broadway. He is irrationally convinced that Moby wants to destroy Abe personally, and Island-based nursery businesses in general.
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Learn About Lobsters
What’s the life of a lobster really like?
Find out when the film Realm of the Lobster screens free on Wednesday, July 23, at 5:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.
The movie, appropriate for adults and children, explores the daily life of these remarkable crustaceans as they battle for survival against predators and other lobsters.
This entertaining 53-minute nature documentary features underwater footage and lively and sometimes humorous narration.