Arts & Entertainment
Basic Computer Course
The Oak Bluffs Public Library is offering free, one-on-one computer instruction by appointment. Those wishing to learn how to use e-mail, the Internet, or the library’s online catalogue are encouraged to call 508-693-9433 to make an appointment.
Coast Guard Course
The United States Coast Guard Captain’s 100-ton masters course is being offered at the Edgartown School over five consecutive Saturdays from 8:30 a.m to 3 p.m. beginning Oct. 25. The course is open to all, but also provides an opportunity to complete the academic portion of Coast Guard licensing requirements. For details or to register call Ed Jerome at 508-326-2031. Tuition for the course is $1450.
The Bunch of Grapes Bookstore will reopen next month in temporary quarters on Church street, after Vineyard Haven resident Dawn Braasch yesterday closed a deal to buy the business from Jon Nelson.
Ms. Braasch has run a multimillion dollar trucking firm, started a successful catering company, taught preschool in Chilmark and South Carolina, and worked for a year as the events coordinator at the Bunch of Grapes before the Fourth of July fire devastated the building and closed the business.
Purchase price for the business has not been disclosed.
The Island Grown Initiative will hold the second annual local foods dinner on Monday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. in the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Culinary Arts dining room.
Danielle Dominick of the Scottish Bakehouse will be guest chef, working alongside Jack O’Malley, the high school’s culinary arts program director and his students in preparing a four-course meal made with Island-grown ingredients.
Harvest Festival
Tomorrow is Vineyard Gardens’ annual Harvest Festival, with free crafts, refreshments and information available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the nursery on State Road in West Tisbury. All are welcome for the Saturday demonstrations and instruction on decorating with edible flowers, creating autumn flower bouquets, building pinecone bird feeders and planting paperwhite bulbs. For details, call 508-693-8511.
EMILY POST: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners. By Laura Claridge. Random House, New York, N.Y. October 2008. 544 pages. $30 hardcover.
