Arts & Entertainment
What if you wrote you are God’s elect, self-chosen
to bring order into a “new world,”
settled by natives seen as stray commas,
or apostrophes, in illiterate forests, a wilderness
hostile to your godly virtues of order and control,
a wilderness whose trees you fell to make
your home?
What if the few who traveled on the “sweet ship”
Mayflower,
Hello, Blue Eyes
The Vineyard Haven library has announced a Paul Newman Film Festival, with screenings on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. from Nov. 24 to Dec. 29. The festival, sponsored by Newman’s Own Co., will feature Newman’s Own lemonade, popcorn and other special treats. For information on the festival schedule, call 508-696-4211.
It’s irresistible to start this review of Vineyard author Tom Dresser’s new book about the Beatles, It Was 40 Years Ago Today, by saying it’s a Magical Mystery Tour of the Fab Four who Please Pleased [Us] through a Hard Day’s Night lasting six years, spanning the spectrum of I Feel Fine, to wanting to give each other A Ticket to Ride, all of them — and us —– trailing apart in a mood of benediction, Let It Be.
At a booth with working firefighter lights on top, the Edgartown Firemen’s Association and their Fire House Special Wings won, over 11 other hot competitors, at Sharky’s restaurant’s inaugural Wingfest last weekend, where hundreds of patrons ate more than 5,000 chicken wings to raise more than $5,000 for the Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club.
Dr. David S. Martin, deaf education specialist and Professor and Dean Emeritus at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, will speak at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22 at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha’s Vineyard in Vineyard Haven. His talk, titled One World: Unity Among Differences, will focus on his research and teaching of problem-solving strategies. Dr.
Buílle Shamrocks the Katharine Cornell Theatre
