Calendar & Community
Published: January 8, 2009
- Film: A passion for movies, and community
"I'm a bit of a showman," Richard Paradise says as he sits at the edge of his chair, hands gesturing. "I could just invite a few people over to my house, but I'd rather invite 100 over to a theater to watch a film together."
- In Print : Alzheimer's with love
In his new book "I'm Still Here," Chilmark summer resident John Zeisel takes a deeply encouraging approach to the care of Alzheimer's patients.
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Film : Antarctica: glimpse of the world's end
"Encounters at the End of the World," German filmmaker Werner Herzog's documentary about his trip to Antarctica, is far from a conventional travelogue. The remarkable and poetic film will play at the Katharine Cornell Theatre on Friday, Jan. 9, thanks to the Martha's Vineyard Film Society.
- "Suitcase" filled with joy
When she was 16 years old, a palm reader told her that she was a woman of seven arts. It seems that the fortuneteller was right. Among the many creative hats she wears are those of singer, songwriter, musician, puppeteer, painter, sculptor, writer and visual artist.
- Neighborhood Convention: Focus on Fellowship
When differing religious beliefs have come together over the last 2,000 years, typically they have had a hard time of it. For example, today Western minds blanch at the sound of the word "Jihad," but what were Eastern minds thinking 800 years ago upon hearing the word, "crusade"?
- Off North Road : Physician as patient
On the last morning of my 80th year, I awoke with a deep dull ache under my bony chest, which announced itself with importance, not as a trivial complaint to be ignored as the benign result of pushing the vacuum cleaner for Mary Ann.
- The ABC's of gardening
In 2008, Island Grown Schools (IGS) further established itself as an effective resource in helping teachers connect their curriculum to farm- and garden-based learning.
- Breakwater News : News from the end of the road
Our neighbors, Rosita and Victor Hugo, rose at four in the morning to drive to Chaiten to meet us. On the return trip Rosita was obviously tired and I offered to drive. Driving in Patagonia for me has always been an exercise in caution.
- The P.A. Club: Good times, good deeds
The landmark one-story shingled building on Vineyard Avenue in Oak Bluffs is best known for being a place of camaraderie and affordable drinks. Officially named The Holy Ghost Association, this home away from home for its 1,100 social members is commonly known as the Portuguese-American Club, and familiarly as the P.A. Club.
- Birds : Christmas Bird Count
The Martha's Vineyard Christmas Bird Count was run Saturday, Jan. 3, with fairly good weather, but lots of wind and snow cover made it tough to find birds.
- Calendar Shorts
