Books & Ideas
The Cape Cod and Islands Commission on the Status of Women will host a discussion on the topic Looking Forward: The Status of Cape Cod and Islands Women in the 21st Century on Wednesday, June 9, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Eastham Council on Aging facility on 1405 Nauset Road in Eastham. All are welcome.
Cleaning the Air With the Trees
Spirituals by the Shelves
James (Jim) Thomas, president of the U.S. Slave Song Project Inc., will direct the Spirituals Choir in performance on Wednesday, June 9 at 7 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.
Mr. Thomas has earned the American Red Cross’s National Diversity Award and President’s Award for Leadership.
The Spirituals Choir was created in 2005 as a diverse and educational choir who sing examples of the tunes presented by the narrator.
By PHYLLIS MERAS
Longtime Aquinnah seasonal resident Frances Tenenbaum was lauded last week in the Boston Globe’s Gardening Column as “one of the 20th-century’s outstanding American garden book editors.” Columnist Carol Stocker described the former Houghton Mifflin garden book editor as one “who helped elevate garden writing by American authors instead of following the book industry’s long trend of simply reprinting British garden books.”
Art in the Stacks
All this month, the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library will host an exhibition featuring the work of more than 20 Vineyard artists.
A reception will be held on Tuesday, June 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
The exhibit will be on display during regular library hours from June 7 to June 19. Although the library has a collection of artworks that are displayed throughout the year, this is the first special exhibition. The Friends, who hope to make it an annual event.
D.A.W.
Daniel Waters’ latest collection, Life Lesson, has just been released.
Volume three of The Verses of D.A.W. can be ordered online from indianhillpress.com.