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Trinity Episcopal Church in Oak Bluffs is pleased to welcome back the Rev. Canon Edward W. Rodman as celebrant on the next two Sundays, August 29 and Sept. 5. Rev. Canon Rodman is the John Seely Stone professor of pastoral theology and urban ministry at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge. He is also the denominational counselor for Episcopal students at Harvard Divinity School. Over the course of a 40-year career, he has served as assistant minister at St.
Archaeology experts will identify, examine and discuss any artifacts, from the Vineyard and beyond, that members of the public bring to Archaeology I.D. Day at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum on Saturday, August 28, from 9 a.m. to noon.
As part of the museum’s archaeology lecture series, experts Jill Bouck, Dick Burt, Duncan Caldwell, Bill Moody and Jim Richardson will help identify objects.
Flatbread and Farm
The Farm Institute calls it farmtastic. On Tuesday, August 31, from noon to close, pat your happy stomach, full with delicious pizza and organic salads from Flatbread Pizza, while also patting yourself on the back for supporting farm education for children and adults. A portion of pizza sales goes directly to the Farm Institute.
The fourth annual Taste of Tashmoo fundraiser will be held at the waterfront home of Denys and Marilyn Wortman at Hines Point in Vineyard Haven, on Friday, Sept. 3. The event is to benefit the Tashmoo Spring Building Preservation Fund, aimed at restoring the historic 1887 pumping station for community use
The menu will include a raw bar with clams freshly dug from Island waters as well as tastings from Island farms, caterers, restaurants, brew pubs and wine shops. There also will be a silent auction and live music. It will be rain or shine.
The Oyster Bar Grill is hosting a Wine and Champagne fundraiser on August 29, from 1 to 3 p.m., to benefit the growth of Pathway to Your Success, a weekly program broadcast on MVTV and the web. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted on behalf of the organization.
The television show is the five-month-old project hosted by Islander Natalie Dickerson, featuring local business heroes. The goal is for the television show also to become a reference tool for local entrepreneurs.
It’s still too early for the leaves of fall to be rustling, but other sounds of the season are already in the air: the impatient tweets of a whistle, garbled voices speaking through mouthguards, and the soft smack of a pigskin landing perfectly between two outstretched hands.
By IVY ASHE
It’s still too early for the leaves of fall to be rustling, but other sounds of the season are already in the air: the impatient tweets of a whistle, garbled voices speaking through mouthguards, and the soft smack of a pigskin landing perfectly between two outstretched hands.
Football season is back at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.