Art
The last of this winter’s Sail Martha’s Vineyard dinner/lecture series at the Black Dog Tavern will take place Wednesday, March 23 at 6 p.m. The evening will feature Dyer Jones, chief executive officer of the Herreshoff Museum/America’s Cup Hall of Fame.
Mr. Jones is also a former commodore of the New York Yacht Club and a coauthor of The 12 Metre Class; A History of the International 12 Metre Class.
Free from the Heart
Nancy Slonim Aronie teaches a writing workshop called Straight from the Heart designed to help students find their own voice and write without worry. Beginning next week she will take a page from her own playbook by offering straight from her heart a free writing workshop.
Slow Medicine
Slow Medicine is a movement that encourages less aggressive — and less costly — care at the end of life. This movement has come in direct response from the many elderly patients who find themselves faced with the health care system’s offer of a myriad of tests and procedures that may not necessarily improve the quality of their lives.
On Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m. the Vineyard Haven Public Library will host a panel of Island professionals to discuss and answer questions about slow medicine.
The story of the building of the schooner Charlotte is a true Vineyard tale. Tonight at 7 p.m. the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival will open the weekend’s festivities with a documentary about the building of this wooden boat.
The film is called Charlotte. But the title feels too narrow for it is far more than a story about one big sailboat or one beloved boatyard. It is the story of a people and a community with a love of the sea.
Fudging It
Murdick’s Fudge is again sponsoring the Run the Chop Challenge, a five-mile road race benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Martha’s Vineyard. The race is on July 4, starting at the Tisbury School on Spring street in Vineyard Haven at 8:30 a.m.
Young Poet Awards
The 2011 Promising Young Poets contest has named four winners and two runners-up in its second annual contest for high school poets.
This years winners are Jess Dupon from the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School, and Jordan Wallace, Claudia Taylor and Lizzie Kelleher from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
Runners-up are Truda Silberstein, from the regional high school and Oscar Thompson form the charter school.