Arts & Entertainment
Who can ask for more than to turn 100 looking better than ever, dancing into the next century with a bluegrass band crowd, plates filled high with cupcakes, and a happy crowd? We should all be so lucky. On Thursday night it was that kind of first-century birthday for the Vineyard Square Hotel and Suites, the Edgartown accommodations formerly known as the Colonial Inn.
Pony Up
Meet the ponies at Netherfield Farm on Sunday, June 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be dressage and jumping demonstrations, free pony rides, hot dogs on the grill and farm tours.
Netherfield Farm is located in Chilmark, 137 Old Kings Highway, off Meeting House Road.
For more details, call 508-645-2724 or visit netherfieldfarms.com.
Shucking Tournament
On your mark, get ready, shuck!
That’s right, all you armchair shuckers, time to get out of the seedbed and put your oyster knife where your mouth is. Nancy’s restaurant is holding its 2011 shucking contest this Saturday, June 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. Enter for glory or just come by to watch the shells fly. Best thing about a shucking contest is that you get to eat the winnings too. Sweetneck Oyster Farm is donating the oysters.
The Vineyard Independence Partnership (VIP) invites members, friends and potential friends to two June events: On June 7 at 5 p.m., VIP will be hosting a walk at Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury, followed by a pizza supper. A $5 contribution to Polly Hill and RSVP are requested. The rain date will be June 8.
On Tuesday, June 28, Flatbread Pizza on Airport Road in Edgartown will donate a generous slice of the evening’s pizza sales to support VIP activities.
Fresh Air
This summer, share the beauty of your community and help an inner-city child enjoy new experiences such as swimming in a cool pond and catching fireflies. Join thousands who open their hearts and homes to New York city children from low-income communities through the Fresh Air Fund’s Volunteer Host Family program, now in its 135th summer.
The past year has been a difficult one for Jared Meader. Caught at the center of some of the most pressing national issues of the day, the two-time Iraq war veteran has had to refinance his Vineyard Haven house to pay off medical bills from a brain tumor, and he now struggles to hold onto a mortgage while battling the psychological scars of combat. All while raising four children. For most people the burden of such a harrowing biography would be too much to bear, but Mr. Meader has the support of a community rallying to his aid.
