Arts & Entertainment
Island chefs and healthy cooking experts soon will be offering classes through Adult and Community Education (ACE MV).
On Jan. 25 MJ Delekta, director of the Sacred Circle of Yoga, will be teaching The Yoga of Food Cooking Workshop.
On Feb. 2 especially (but not exclusively) for Valentine’s Day, Christian Thornton, owner and chef of Atria Restaurant, will be guiding would-be lovers of all ages to cook a simple dinner for those you love, a meal sure to impress with minimal time in the kitchen.
Etiquette questions abound as the 25th anniversary of the MVY Radio Big Chili Contest draws near.
There may be no sterling silver flatware (we’re guessing plastic or biodegradable) nor any silver-framed photos of the happy couple (though it was there that MVY program director PJ Finn met his wife, a multiple-time winner of the chili contest’s T-shirt design contest before winning his heart). So formalities are at a minimum. But is it really okay to make a complete mess of yourself at such an occasion?
More, More and Some More Please
Seems greed, debt, overspending and the desire for bailouts did not begin with Ben Bernanke, George W. Bush or Barack Obama.
Shakespeare for the Masses is going obscure again — hands up who has heard of, let alone seen, Timon of Athens? (Yes, it’s a play). But wisely the object of their obscure performance is money, filthy lucre, the now-green stuff, the gold standard of gimme, gimme, gimme.
The littlest violinists had waited a long time for their stage debut, when at last they could flourish their bows just as their teachers did: up, down, out in front, sideways, up, down, on their heads.
The first in a series of American Heart Association CPR and First Aid courses on Island takes place Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 18 and 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Mansion House in Vineyard Haven. Participants attend both sessions.
Eat, Bid and Help Hockey
The annual Vineyard hockey dinner and auction will take place Friday, Jan. 21 at the Harbor View Hotel.
The event will include a silent and live auction with a range of items up for bid including Red Sox tickets, Nascar tickets, one week in Florida, a one night stay at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge and a clambake for eight.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for the silent auction, dinner begins at 7 p.m. and the live auction gets under way at 8 p.m.
Tickets for the dinner cost $35.

