Books & Ideas
The art of Marshall Pratt and Inas Al-soqi is now on display at the Vineyard Haven Public Library. The exhibit runs through April 1.
Mr. Pratt’s describes his photography as being about people, in particular the sort of in-between moments in everyone’s lives that may not make the headlines of one’s year but actually define one’s character indelibly.
“I capture these moments, magnify them and recontextualize them in order to evoke a feeling of ambient familiarity with the viewer,” says Mr. Pratt.
While the Ink Is Still Wet
Reading a book that has already been published is so, well, regular Sunday driving. How about taking a peek behind the creative process and hearing work that is not yet ready for publication? In other words, work that is still evolving.
No More Bullies
Greenhouse Relief
Daylight saving is just a week away. Spring arrives in two weeks. Hmm, what to do with all of that additional light available other than simply soaking it up and restoring your levels of Vitamin D?
How about building a solar greenhouse. No excuses, either, about not knowing how.
On Tuesday, March 8, the Farm Institute begins a five-week solar greenhouse workshop. From soup to nuts, or rather from frame to roof, they’ll help you create a cozy dwelling to begin sprouting your crops.
Limerick Challenge
A public library by definition is free. However, on Sunday, March 13 at 3 p.m. the West Tisbury Library will be asking those willing to dig deep, not into their wallets but rather into their resources of wordplay.
It is the second annual limerick challenge. The rules are quite basic. A five line poem in the pattern of aabba. For those rusty with their poetry code that means the first two lines rhyme, the third and fourth lines rhyme and the fifth line rhymes with the first line.
Book Group Assembles
The Edgartown Library’s book group’s next meeting will be on March 29 at 4 p.m. The book under scrutiny will be The Fiddler in the Subway by Gene Weingarten.