Arts & Entertainment
COOLER HEADS. By William Harlan Richter. Small Fry Books, Santa Monica, Calif. 2010. 333 pages. $14.95, softcover.
By LIZ DURKEE
NIGHTTIDE ON A VINEYARD FARM. Lyric by Patty Schaal, Illustrations by Margot Datz. Vineyard Stories, Edgartown, 2010. $21.95, hardcover.
Sadly, I am no longer a child. Far from it. I may act like one at inappropriate times, but that’s a skill that probably hinders rather than helps write a children’s book review.
But I’ll have at it. Reviewing other people’s artistic creations is far easier than creating one’s own.
By LIZ DURKEE
LIFE LESSON, The Verses of D.A.W., Volume 3. By Daniel Waters. The Indian Hill Press, Martha’s Vineyard, 2010. 35 pages. $15, in paperback.
Honestly, what’s not to love about the verses of Daniel Waters? He takes a passing thought, an offhand observation, a grand world view, and cooks up four or more lines of hilariously insightful poetry.
Cases in point:
Valentine’s Day
“The more you ignore it,
Historic Renovation
The Summer Institute at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center opens its six-week speaker series on Thursday, July 8, with a pair of panelists whose authority on matters of global politics is considered unmatched. Martin Indyk is vice president and director of the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he was founding director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings and a Brookings senior fellow. He served as U.S. ambassador to Israel from 1995 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2001.
On Tuesday, July 10, at the Dr. Daniel Fisher House in Edgartown, the public is invited to buy goods and do good at the same time. A one-day shopping event, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., will feature some one-of-a-kind items, including handsome jewelry, blankets, shawls, stationery and more. Exhibitors have generously offered to provide 10 per cent of the proceeds from the sale (and on a repeat day August 10) to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.
Inspired by summer residents Marte Humbert and Cindy DeLotto, the boutiques are organized by Monica Shelton Reusch.
