Arts & Entertainment
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Library Screens Debates
The Vineyard Haven Public Library will be showing the national debates. If you don’t have cable, want to watch with your friends and neighbors, or discuss the debates with others, the library will open the program room at 8:30 p.m. A debate is scheduled for tonight, Sept. 26; the others are on Oct. 2, Oct. 7, and Oct. 15. For details, call 508-696-4211.
Democratic Council
The Democratic Council of Martha’s Vineyard invites its members and all interested Islanders to meet Dan Larkosh, the Democratic candidate-elect for state representative. Dan will speak at the council’s monthly meeting on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 9 a.m. at the Howes House in West Tisbury. For information, call 508-693-5100.
Craig Hockmeyer, proprietor of Craig’s Cycles on State Road in Vineyard Haven, will demonstrate how to do essential bicycle maintenance and repair on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.
Called Easy as Riding a Bike, the presentation will use environmental activist Mr. Hockmeyer’s own green machine, and there will be plenty of time for questions.
With tick-borne diseases at epidemic levels on the Vineyard and the cause of growing concern as a public health threat here, the national Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has launched a controlled study of Lyme disease and tularemia in the Island Wampanoag population.
The study is phase one in a three-year environmental health program for the tribe, made possible by a $360,000 grant from the CDC, based in Atlanta, Ga.
On Sunday, Sept. 28, there will be tryouts for two original one-act musicals about Vineyard history:
Nancy Luce, The Musical was originally produced in the summer of 2007 as part of Children’s Theatre Workshop summer program, with a book by Dana Anderson and music by Linda Berg.
An Island of Women, Life on the Vineyard, 1850-1852, written by E. St. John Villard, takes place at a time when much of the male population was at sea whaling. Philip Dietterich has written the music and lyrics.
