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First In, First Aid
The American Red Cross will hold an adult CPR/AED and first aid class on August 14 at the new YMCA on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs, The CPR/AED portion will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and costs $55. The first aid class portion of the class will then continue until 3:30 p.m. Cost for the CPR/AED and first aid is $65. Enrollment is available online at cciredcross.org or by calling toll-free 508-775-1540.
Olga is in the henhouse and that’s something to crow about. This Sunday, Ms. Hirshhorn once again curates the annual Chicken Alley Art and Collectibles sale and does a lot more than dustup a few feathers. Art gallery, vintage clothing shop, delectable collectibles, hey now, is this Lagoon Pond or Montparnasse?
Long gone are the days of Two-Buck Chuck that Stephanie Browne and her close group of girlfriends sipped throughout college. Cheap chardonnay and chablis have been replaced with a palette of curiosity, one that led them to form a wine club that eventually turned into Divas Uncorked. This weekend, the group of friends and their guests will host the fourth annual Wine and Food Festival, where Islanders and visitors will dine on the best food the Island has to offer accompanied by the best New England wine.
By MATT KRAMER
The Kiwis are coming! The Kiwis are coming! One if by land, two if by sea three if by both? Recently, sunbathers at Edgartown’s Lighthouse Beach were shocked and awed when a boat drove onto the beach supported by three wheels.
While a certain Chicago politician comes ashore in a little over a week, an ambassador from that other great Chicago institution, its jazz scene, will have already made landfall; the legendary Ramsey Lewis performs at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center this Sunday.
Mr. Lewis has just finished composing Colors: the Ecology of Oneness, a piece commissioned for a performance in Tokyo in September. He says he may test some of the new material on his audience at Oak Bluffs.
Most Vineyard visitors believe they have seen the Gingerbread cottages after they have walked through Trinity Park and around the Tabernacle. However, the Camp Ground consists of 315 cottages spread across 34 acres.