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Vitamin C with Carbs
It’s out of the pulpit and into the peach pit this Saturday at the West Tisbury Congregational Church’s annual peach festival. From noon to 4 p.m. gorge on peach ice cream, peach shortcake, and peach smoothies on the church lawn. Peach preserves are also available for take home.
So get reunited with Peaches and Herb, run off with James and the Giant Peach (don’t forget to squash Spiker and Sponge along the way) and get peachy keen with this Island tradition. For details, call 508-693-2842.
Five years ago, on August 29, 2005, America watched in horror and frustration as New Orleans drowned. Images of suffering and loss remain in our collective psyches today, but many of the sensational events that took place during the rebuilding process were not adequately sensationalist to dominate the media. Filmmaker Katherine Cecil’s new documentary, Race, however, follows the key players and expert commentators in the race for mayor of New Orleans only seven months after Katrina. Screening today at 6 p.m.
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.
When she takes the stage at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown Friday night to tango with the pros, Esther Caroline Deming will do so with only a couple of hours of preparation. She’s an avid ballroom dancer and belongs to the Martha’s Vineyard Ballroom Dancers. But the tango is not a typical part of her repertoire. Instead, Ms. Deming will get a crash course from a group of classic Argentinian tango dancers when they arrive on Island at 5 p.m. Friday evening. The performance starts at 8.
Middle and high school students from East Orange, N.J., and awardwinning filmmakers Hafiz Farid, Shelley Grodner Seidenstein and Richard Woods joined to make the documentary film Hope for the Homeless, which will screen on Thursday, August 19, at 5:30 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs Public Library.
Jackopierce
High-energy acoustic harmony duo Jackopierce is appearing Saturday, August 14 at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown. You can bank on hearing their song about the Island, titled Vineyard.