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EMTs With Style
On Saturday, April 28, from 7 to 10 p.m., Vineyard emergency medical personnel are taking to the catwalk for a charity fashion show. That’s right, the men and women you may not notice until you really, really need them, are going public and sexy.
The event is in honor of the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women Heart Attack and Stroke Awareness campaign.
Shucking and Jiving in Chilmark
He is a lead singer. He is an oysterman. He can also build or fix your chimney. His name is Johnny Hoy.
The Martha’s Vineyard Family Center is presenting an ongoing educational series designed to support the myriad roles in raising children. Call it a parenting potpourri.
The series begins on Tuesday, May 1 with Beyond Finger Painting and Play Dough led by Robin Allee. This talk is from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Subsequent talks are as follows.
May 8 - Self-Care for the Busy Mom with Sherry Sidoti (10 to 11:30 a.m.).
Barking up the Right Tree
In case you weren’t aware, May 5 is the day you learn about bark.
Author and naturalist Michael Wojtech visits Polly Hill Arboretum to talk about bark basics and how to identify different kinds of trees by their bark. Let’s face it, come winter you can’t depend on leaves to know the difference between a maple and sycamore.
It’s a big week at the Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary.
Today, April 27, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., they are throwing a Pinkletink Pizza Party. After pizza everyone heads outdoors to listen to the frogs send forth their mating calls. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children; nonmembers pay $7 for adults and $5 for children.
When Jan Pogue hands authors the first bound copy of their book, she watches their eyes as they gently take hold of it.
“It’s like getting a baby handed to them; here it is, here is this beautiful, amazing thing they did,” Ms. Pogue, the editor and publisher of Vineyard Stories, said one morning this week. “Every time I get to hand over a book I feel like I’ve been gifted.”