Arts & Entertainment
Can you handle the heat? Roscoe Tanner brings his 153-mile-an-hour serve to the Vineyard Youth Tennis center on Tuesday, June 29. At the 1978 U.S. Open, his serve actually broke the net. But don’t worry, he’s not looking to ace you. Tanner, once ranked fourth in the world, will be holding clinics all day long. High schoolers are from 9 to 10:30 a.m, adult women from 1 to 3 p.m., and men from 2 to 5 p.m.
Enjoy the fruits of their labors, not to mention the vegetables and beef too.
It’s the grand opening celebration of Morning Glory Farm’s new farmstand.
If you’ve watched the construction you know this ain’t your grandmama’s farm stand no more.
The fun starts on Saturday at 11 a.m. and runs until 4 p.m.
There will be hayrides, farm tours, book signings, pony rides, and of course, food. The grill will be smoking with Island-grown beef burgers, plus soup and salad made with fresh picked veggies.
For the sixth year in a row, the sun shone on the festivities of Polly Hill Arboretum’s summer solstice celebration, held Saturday afternoon on the arboretum grounds in West Tisbury.
But I Wanted a Baby Brother, by Kate Feiffer, illustrated by Diane Goode, Paula Weisman Books, $16.99
Two books from Little Pickle Press by Rana DiOrio, one illustrated by Chris Hill, the other by Chris Blair, both $16.95.
A child’s book works best when it operates on two levels, appealing to both child and parent. All the classics — Wind in the Willows, the Eloise and Madeline sagas, and Winnie the Pooh, accomplish this. But at bottom, the best books in this category impart something for children and grownups to ponder.
Island nostalgics, rock’n’roll and reggae music fans alike know his iconic images. Now photographer Peter Simon goes multimedia — for a presentation about his 40-year career documenting historic events from the protests of the 1960s, the hippie communes, nude beaches and the New Age movement, to the greatest names in pop music, the action of major league baseball, and the majesty of Martha’s Vineyard.
His talk, Peter Simon: Through the Lens, is on Wednesday, June 30, 7 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.
Call them critics-in-training. Children go behind the camera, videotaping kids' reactions to films.
