A gorgeous last May weekend with Bread and Puppet Theater playing shows up-Island, swimming, and Menemsha Saturday night sunset, parking lot full, serious fisherman from Florida gearing up and waiting for the crowds to go, after the oohs and aahs, catching the bus or missing it, wrapped in a beach sheet mother and daughter huddle for warmth, and I fill my tank at Texaco, all before 8 pm. The Gay Head Lighthouse was moved and celebrated on CBS national news: cbsnews.com/videos/how-to-move-a-400-ton-national-treasure.
Susan Puciul shared that she and her husband, Mark Hurwitz, flew out to attend their middle son Isaac’s graduation in May from the San Francisco Art Institute. Adding, ”As much as we love the city and hanging out with his pals, I think the highlight was renting a little cottage in Inverness and hiking the amazing Point Reyes to that edge of the continent. Docile herds of elk, wildflowers galore, great blue heron … great music and food in that little town as well.” Congratulations to Isaac, a painter who follows in his grandfather’s, uncle’s, and sister’s footsteps, who is already exhibiting in galleries, and plans to continue his painting career and stay in San Francisco.
Congratulations to Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School graduates from Chilmark, including Brigida Larsen, Isabella Maidoff, and Franklin Pilcher, who will make it official on Sunday, June 7, at 1:30 pm at the Charter School in West Tisbury. And congratulations to all their parents: John and Susan Larsen, Ingrid and Jonah Maidoff, Alison Pilcher and Rick and Jamie O’Gorman on a job well done.
Joan LeLacheur is having her Wampum for Graduates sale on Saturdays, June 6 and 13, from 10 am to 5 pm at 42 Old South Road in Aquinnah. Call 508-645-9954 for questions or information.
It’s time for the Annual Cross-Island Hike, sponsored by Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank since 1993, on Saturday, June 6, at 8 am. This year’s 20-mile hike begins at Chilmark Pond Preserve’s pond shoreline, and will include Fulling Mill Brook Preserve, Peaked Hill Reservation, Middle Line Woods Preserve, Tea Lane Farm, Meeting House Road Association Conservation Land, Tiasquam Valley Reservation, and Brookside Ridge Preserve, before moving into West Tisbury. To learn more, see the hike itinerary, and find out what to expect, go to mvlandbank.com/annualhike.shtml.
West Tisbury poet Jennifer Tseng reads from her first novel, Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness, on Friday, June 5, at 7 pm at Bunch of Grapes bookstore. FYI, it was just listed on the Los Angeles Times summer fiction list.
Hurray, the West Tisbury Farmer’s Market opens Saturday, June 6, from 9 am to noon! Enjoy a Community Sing and Ice Cream Social on Saturday, June 6, at 3 pm at the Chilmark library. Songs will be led by song leader, drummer, and music educator Roberta Kirn, all for the joy of singing.
Join BiodiversityWorks biologists Luanne Johnson and Liz Baldwin to learn all about our Island snakes on Wednesday, June 10, at 5 pm at the Chilmark library. Please call 508-645-3360 for more information. Summer library hours are now in effect, so the library is now open Fridays from 10:30 to 1:30 in addition to winter hours, and remains closed on Sundays and holidays.
Permaculturist Sean Walsh offers an introductory presentation on the abundant world of permaculture design, from basic edible landscaping to specific fruits, berries, vegetables, and flowers that you can grow at your home, on Sunday, June 7, from 10 am to noon. $15; $10 for Polly Hill Arboretum members. Call 508-693-9426 for more information.
Tuesday, June 9, 6 pm is the last Chilmark Community Church Pizza Night.
The School Superintendent’s Goodbye Tour comes to the Chilmark Community Center on Tuesday, June 9, from 7 to 9 pm, to bid farewell to James Weiss. All are welcome.
The end-of-year recital at the Chilmark Elementary School is being held Thursday, June 11, at 5:30 pm.