Martha's Vineyard Books & Ideas

The Expanding Palate of Food Writing

Louisa Hufstader | Thursday, August 12 2021 - 4:46pm

A sell-out crowd of more than 200 people took their seats at café-style tables at the museum talk about the Changing Story of American Home Cooking, sponsored by Cook the Vineyard, a Vineyard Gazette publication.

Cook the Vineyard

CPR/First Aid Classes

The Red Cross offers CPR and First Aid classes on Saturday, Sept. 11, at the YMCA in Oak Bluffs.

The class is in two parts: from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. is Adult and Child CPR/AED (rescue breathing, first aid for choking, recognizing a heart attack); the cost is $65 for this certification only. The First Aid class follows, until 4:30 p.m.; the cost is $80 total for both classes.

Striped Bass Population in Major Decline

Dick Russell

Farewell Sunday on Martha’s Vineyard

Martha’s Vineyard rested quietly in the golden haze of her warmth,

Her sandy thighs cooling in the wide blue-white wash of the sea.

The passions of the night had wearied her,

But her rest was peaceful and she glowed,

Like burnished gold in the late morning, easy warming,

Sun of this so fine a Sunday.

A grey dorsal cut the crest of a Katama bound roller,

Gallerist Leo Castelli Uncovered

Gallerist

Leo Castelli

Uncovered

The Sound of Faulkner

Expect a few side trips to Yoknapatawpha County, but the main theme of Philip Weinstein’s lecture on William Faulkner will be the writer’s personal life.

Dr. Weinstein is a professor of literature at Swarthmore College and has written four books on Faulkner. Becoming Faulkner is his latest and it focuses on the Nobel Prize winner’s love life, relationship to alcohol and his difficult time in Hollywood.

The talk takes place at the old town hall in Aquinnah on Saturday, Sept, 11 at 5 p.m.

Tea and Talk

David Nathans, executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, will discuss the fall season at the Museum including their exhibits, lectures, and other events at a “Tea and Talk” held at the Tisbury senior center in Vineyard Haven. The event will take place on Monday, Sept. 13 from 2 to 3 p.m. In particular, Mr. Nathans will highlight the exhibit opening on Sept. 25 entitled Your Town, Our Island.

Ancient Shipwrecks Topic of Archaeology Lecture

As part of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s archaeology lecture series, the museum welcomes Brendan Foley to discuss Robots and Ancient Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea. Ancient shipwrecks littering the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea are direct evidence of trade and communication between the earliest civilizations. Dr. Foley will show us how scientists are deploying advanced submarine robots and sensors in collaboration with regional partners in Greece, Egypt, Cyprus, and Algeria.