Art
Columbia University professor and former provost Jonathan Cole will discuss The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role and Why It Must Be Protected, on Thursday, August 12, at 8 p.m. at Chilmark Community Center
All About Wampum
Archaeologist and educator Dr. Jim Bradley will discuss the Native American money system in a talk called Visiting Wampum: Dutch Archaeology in Albany and Environs, on Thursday, August 12 at 5:30 p.m. as part of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s archaeology lecture series.
Dr. Bradley’s lecture will explore what wampum is, where it came from, and the many roles it played in the lives of native peoples and the Europeans during the 17th century.
Literature at Lighthouse
A special evening program called Ships and Sailors, with a tour of the Edgartown Lighthouse, music, and grog and hardtack for the little ones, will take place at the lighthouse on Friday, August 13, from 6 to 8 p.m.
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.
The ninth annual Chicken Alley Art and Collectibles Sale is this Sunday, August 15, from 1 to 5 p.m. under the tent at 38 Lagoon Pond Road in Vineyard Haven.
At this popular summer sale, the Thrift Shop is transformed into an art gallery extraordinaire, with oil and watercolor paintings, drawings, collages and prints by artists well-known and unknown. Vintage clothing and jewelry, as well as collectibles of all varieties, are snapped up in this once-a-year sale.
Growing up, Grace Potter always had a strong taste for celebrity. She remembers wishing she’d some day just morph into Ariel, of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. When it started to look as if coronation was out of the question, she embarked on another path to fame, joining up with some college buddies to form the band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.