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Alpaca Open House
Belly full, tryptophan kicking in and making you so, so tired? Well, instead of snoozing in front of the same old, same old football game, head out to Island Alpaca’s Thanksgiving open house. The farm is open every day from Thursday, Nov. 25 through Sunday, Nov. 28.
Take a self-guided walking tour on the twenty acre spread, meet and greet the friendly alpaca in the viewing area and enjoy tasty treats and a cup of hot cider.
Scallop Shucking
Consider the scallop this Saturday at the West Tisbury Winter Farmers’ Market. In addition to the great produce and local goods served up at the market, this weekend enjoy a scallop demonstration and shucking contest.
Shucking check-in is at noon. The shells start to come off at 1 p.m.
There will also be a video showing of Gail Tipton’s A Scallop Story from Spawn to Harvest.
For details, call 508-360-4491.
We’re waiting to see just what we are waiting for. Confused? So are the students in the high school’s fall production of Waiting for Godot, but the program note from opening night on Thursday is an example of what the students have come to embrace in what they all agree is the most challenging play they’ve ever performed.
Hard Knock Lifers Shine Brightly
This weekend the students from the Oak Bluffs School will be proving that yes, the sun does come out tomorrow. Metaphorically, at least, given the state of the weather on the Island these days.
It’s Annie we’re talking about, the story of the irrepressible young girl who won’t let anything get her down — not the Depression, the orphanage, Miss Hannigan, Lily St. Regis nor a perpetually gray November on the Vineyard.
Women in History
Phyllis Vecchia will be teaching a women in history theatre education program for the Charter School and Tisbury School.
The program has been initially funded by Mal Jones and supported by Francie Desmone of West Tisbury. Funding was obtained by Sheila Bracy, the former executive director of Women Empowered.
By REMY TUMIN
Every August, Vineyarders flood the fair grounds at the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Hall in West Tisbury. Every fall, we are treated to the harvest festival to celebrate the season’s bounty, and every winter we have Island artisans’ fairs, community potlucks or most recently the winter farmers’ markets. The Vineyard is a place of tradition, and the Ag Hall is a beacon of that.