Arts & Entertainment
If you want the greenest, healthiest lawn in the neighborhood this summer, catch the May lecture series at Vineyard Gardens, 484 State road in West Tisbury. The series kicks off this Saturday, May 4, from 11 a.m. to noon, and highlights lawn care and maintenance with tips on mowing, fertilizing and watering.
Thomas Dresser discusses his latest book Women of Martha’s Vineyard at 7 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven Public Library on Main street in Vineyard Haven on Wednesday, May 8. Mr. Dresser’s book digs into the lives of 15 women from Vineyard history, including West Tisbury’s hen-loving poet Nancy Luce and Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West. The common denominator was their love of the Island.
It may not be a rocket launch but the countdown to the Martha’s Vineyard Wine Festival has begun. The festival is underway in less than a week, and where else can you enjoy two types of bouquets: the subtle aroma of a cabernet and a bunch of fresh spring flowers. Homes and businesses on the Island will host everything from an oyster and wine bar to a bottomless Bloody Mary brunch. The festivities begin with a rose reception at Atria on Main street in Edgartown at 2 p.m.
Elaine Weintraub says “history” a lot. The word rolls off her tongue briskly in three sharp syllables: hih-store-ee.
“Welcome to the 16th annual tour of the African American Heritage Trail,” she said last Thursday at the start of this year’s sophomore class field trip. “Here’s your chance of learning some real hih-store-ee.”
Celebrities (or almost celebrities) will be devising all sorts of schemes and gambits to earn tips as they serve dinner at the sixth annual Celebrity Waiters Dinner fundraiser for PeaceQuilts on Saturday, May 4, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Federated Church in Edgartown. A pasta dinner with all the trimmings is being cooked up by Joe Capobianco. The cost for dinner is $10 for adults, $5 for children and $25 max for families.
The all-Island Instrumental Band Spring Concert begins at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8, at the Performing Arts Center at the regional high school, 100 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs.
The concert begins with the jazz band and also features a showcase of fourth-graders, as well as the more seasoned middle school performers. The band is comprised of more than 200 students. The concert is free.
