Arts & Entertainment
Path to Happiness
H.H. Phakchok Rinpoche, the 22nd throne holder of the Riwoche Taklung Kagyu Lineage, will present a public talk, The Key to Happiness, on Tuesday, August 25 at 7 p.m. at The Yard in Chilmark. The talk will expand on the simple path to happiness originally described by the Buddha: All beings, whether insect or human, seek happiness and to avoid suffering. The talk is open to all, and the suggested donation is $15 to $30. For details, e-mail [email protected].
When Islanders think of Vineyard ice cream, most immediately envision the long lines and generic selections of the more commercial Mad Martha’s or Scoops. But one entrepreneurial Islander is well on her way to changing this mindset since she began selling her own homemade, all-natural and organic ice cream this summer.
Paul O’Connell is tuckered out. In his first full summer on the Vineyard, the Chilmark Tavern’s head chef has written and rewritten the restaurant menu, negotiated the price of a Menemsha-raked oyster from $1.20 to 80 cents, neglected a cable bill charged to his apartment in Cambridge and soaked up a tan, but only on the appendages that extend outside of his T-shirt and shorts line.
YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts will host Girls are Great! Let’s Celebrate!, a cocktail reception to benefit YWCA girls’ after-school and summer programs. The fundraiser will be held on the Vineyard on Saturday, August 29, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Farm Neck Café in Oak Bluffs. YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women and girls. The organization’s youth programs have given girls ages 10-14 the chance to learn various tools and values in becoming teens with well-rounded personalities.
More than $16,000 was raised for the benefit of the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard last week at a West Tisbury fundraiser.
Held in the garden of the late Nina Schneider, the party was hosted by James and Holly Coyne, the new owners of the Schneider house and its award-winning garden. More than 100 guests strolled the garden grounds trying to decide which of the eight cats, two dogs and a guinea pig might be appropriate for their home. Pictures of the animals were displayed
Nodding to Professor Henry Louis (Skip) Gates Jr. at his Whaling Church panel discussion Achieving Equality in the Age of Obama last night, Princeton professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell shook her head and said: ”If you had told me this time last year, when we were all pretty emotionally up and excited, even though George W. Bush was still our President, that we would actually feel worse a year later, when Barack Obama was our President, about questions of race in America, I would have told you you were lying.”
