Arts & Entertainment
Maisy Comes to the Island
The popular story-book character, Maisy, created by Lucy Cousins, will be making a visit to the Island libraries, sponsored by Martha’s Vineyard Library Association’s children’s librarians. Her stories are a favorite with young children, though of course all ages are welcome. Come and meet Maisy during story times at:
Chilmark Public Library on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 10:30 a.m.
West Tisbury Public Library on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 10:30 a.m.
Interested in becoming a sea captain this winter? There is an informational meeting on Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. at Sail MV, 110 Main street in Vineyard Haven about captain’s courses that will be offered on-Island this winter — a Master 100 Ton and an OUPV/Six-Pack Captain’s course — by Sail MV and Confident Captain/Ocean Pros.
What do you do on the ferry? Vineyard artist John Holladay may know, because what he does on the ferry is observe other passengers, and sketch them. Recently, his sea-born pen portraits had been transported as paintings and mixed media works on exhibit at Louisa Gould Gallery in Vineyard Haven. However, due to a flood in the gallery, the works are now only available for perusal and purchase on Ms. Gould’s Web site, louisagould.com.
A wide range of Island leaders — including selectmen, public health officials and police chiefs — gathered on Wednesday for a special meeting hoping to finally designate an emergency dispensing site for the Vineyard in the event of a terrorist attack or outbreak of infectious disease.
And although the meeting, held at the Vineyard Transit Authority building, was marked by a spirit of cooperation and good will, no consensus about a site was reached.
Phyllis Vecchia will be holding a winter creative drama workshop for four-and-a-half to ten-year-olds at the Oak Bluffs School. Classes will be held on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. beginning on Thursday Jan. 22 and continuing until March 19.
In this serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after years in Manhattan to help her eccentric Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. Abe loathes Richard Moby, chief of the off-Island landscaping business Broadway. He is irrationally convinced that Moby wants to destroy Abe personally, and Island-based nursery businesses in general.
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