Arts & Entertainment
One of the authors of America According to Connor Gifford, a book by a young Nantucket man who writes in the prologue how blessed he is to have Down syndrome, will be speaking at the Vineyard Haven Public Library next Friday, May 7, at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and all are welcome.
An Ohio native, he took many mainstream classes, and fell in love with history years before he graduated from high school is 2002. He now lives year-round on Nantucket.
Each week, Menemsha summer couple Paula Lyons and Arnie Reisman join colleagues in a raucous radio game show of wordplay, taking questions such as, What’s an anagram for “Armed Possibles” and “A Slob Impressed?”
The answer is Possible Dreams, and this year the couple will bring their repartee to the podium as emcees of the 32nd annual celebrity auction for Martha’s Vineyard Community Services on August 2.
Tomorrow, hundreds of bicycle riders will travel to the Island for a spring tradition called Ride the Vineyard, a fund-raising bicycle ride that provides help for 19,000 people who have multiple sclerosis in four New England states (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont).
A free introductory program on genealogy will be presented at the Edgartown Public Library at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, by the Vineyard chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists.
The program includes an overview on how to begin researching, introducing the types of charts used in genealogy and how to fill them out. Topics to be covered include the values and perils of Internet research, and accessing other genealogical sources, including those at the library.
For details, call 508-627-4221.
First Aid Training
The American Red Cross will hold an Adult CPR/AED and First Aid class on May 8 at the YMCA on Martha’s Vineyard at 57 Pequot avenue in Oaks Bluffs, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $50 for CPR only, or $60 to add first aid training and certification. To enroll, see online cciredcross.org or call toll-free 508-775-1540.
After long controversy and indecision, Tisbury voters on Tuesday approved the sale of beer and wine in the town’s restaurants.
Tisbury selectmen now will be empowered to issue as many as 19 year-round licenses and an unlimited number of seasonal licenses for the sale of beer and wine.
Proponents of beer and wine sales have been pushing the measure for five years. When all the votes were tallied on Tueday night, they had won by a clear margin: 881-747.
