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On Your Mark, Get Set, Eat and Drink
It was Ecclesiastes who said eat, drink and be merry. And who are we to disagree with such a wise scribe. Much better is to take the advice and head over to any or all of the events in store Friday, Oct. 15 and Saturday, Oct. 16 at the 4th annual Martha’s Vineyard Food and Wine Festival.
Insight Meditation
The Insight Meditation Community (IMC) of Martha’s Vineyard is beginning again after a one-year absence.
Sessions will be held at the Unitarian Universalist’s Memorial Chapel on Main street in Vineyard Haven (one block from the Vineyard Haven Public Library towards West Chop) on Saturday afternoons from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
PeaceQuilts Go Retail
From the moment the earthquake occurred in Haiti in January, PeaceQuilts has working to bring relief aid to its quilters and their families, and materials and resources to renew their work. I
Now Macy’s has begun to sell the home goods products designed by the group’s master quilters and made by the women of PeaceQuilts. A successful launch of this line will mean more work for the women of PeaceQuilts.
Around the World in Three Hours
Ethnic studies week is approaching but no worries; there won’t be a test in the traditional sense. Instead, the test will be how much good food and fun you can enjoy during one evening.
The event is a benefit for Adult and Community Education of MV (ACE MV). It takes place at the Performing Arts Center of the high school on Friday, Oct. 15. It runs from 6 to 9 p.m. That’s just three hours to pack in a smorgasbord of talent.
State Road School Food
State Road Restaurant will hold a benefit dinner to support Island Grown Schools on Sunday evening, Oct. 24. The food will be be sourced from Island farms and beer and wine are included,
They need no introduction, certainly not on the Vineyard.
Nat Benjamin and Ross Gannon, the well-known Vineyard Haven boatbuilders and owners of Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway, were honored last night at The Grange Hall in West Tisbury with the prestigious Creative Living Award, the annual honorarium given in memory of the late Ruth Bogan to an Islander who exemplifies the Vineyard way of life.
More than 100 friends and family members attended, including a number of respected wooden boat captains.