I have been enjoying dashing all over town in the company of my young granddaughters who are visiting here from Virginia. From the obligatory Black Dog tees to the hours of beach time and a quick trip for snacks and ice cream, we have been all over town. There were crab races at Owen Park and more ice cream. We even had to buy new Crocs when the tide took one pair from the beach near the Tashmoo opening. A bonus for us is that their parents are looking for a new home in Massachusetts.
Saturday morning the Fabulists will perform improv theater featuring Delgardina and the Generous King, outdoors at the Tisbury Amphitheater at 10 am. Adults $10, kids $5.
Adults are invited this Friday and Saturday to enjoy the film “The Graduate” at 10 pm at the MV Film Center. Then, meet Jimmy Tingle on Monday. Jimmy is one of the top social and political humorists in America. His documentary “Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream” will be shown on Monday at 7:30 pm in the MV Film Center. This show includes the screening, audience Q & A, and a standup comedy performance.
How would you like to have fresh peaches any way you like them? That is happening this Saturday from noon to 4 pm at the West Tisbury Church. Try shortcakes or ice cream, smoothies or tea. Or take some home.
This Saturday from 6 pm to 7:30, during the Children’s Group performance of HMS Pinafore at the Tabernacle, you can get dinner: meatloaf or macaroni and cheese for $10 at the parish house at the Campground. On Sunday Vineyard Sound will be part of the Methodist service at 11 am. Lemonade and cookies and coffee will be offered in the parish house afterwards.
Monday music at Featherstone features reggae with The Grateful Dread. Cost is $10 but discounted with Our Island Card. Bring your chair and picnic, 6 to 7:20 pm.
What do you think of traveling “To the Far Corners of the World and Back with Children?” Find out what fun it can be with Tamara Buchwald. She and her husband, Joel, took their young children, Tate and Corbin, then aged 8 and 10, on the adventure of a lifetime. Their journey took them to the United Arab Emirates (for a camel safari), to the Maldives, and then on to Hong Kong, Thailand, Laos, and New Zealand. As always happens on such journeys, the unplanned and unexpected events provided some of the most stirring memories. All returned with fascinating stories to tell. Hear Tamara’s stories of traveling and parenthood in the 21st century on Tuesday at 7 pm at the Vineyard Haven Library
Mark your calendar for an evening of Gospel and Jazz with Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Dana Hicks a week from Saturday at the First Baptist Church. Dr. Hicks’s repertoire includes classical to gospel and jazz and Broadway musicals and pop. Reservations required for reception, appetizers and concert at $30 at 6 pm in the parish hall. Concert only is $20 in advance or at the door of the church. Call 508-693-1539.
Congratulations to Skip and Carol Bailey. They are marking the anniversary of their marriage at Icehouse Pond by John Alley.
Big bunches of birthday balloon wishes go out to Bobbie Donovan today. Wish the best on Saturday to Benjamin Koster. Tuesday belongs to Goodie Stiller Corriveau.
Heard on Main Street: Over 25 years ago my husband wrote the first Heard on Main Street. Here it is again: “All the world is divided into three parts – up Island, Down island, and off Island.”