Labor Day has passed, schools are open, and life returns to a postseason pace. Apples and acorns are dropping from trees, evenings are cooling down, and we have been lucky to have so many beautiful days to enjoy. Chilmark Softball Season enjoyed a Labor Day morning final game. Wedding season continues, while we must also bid farewell to friends and family returning to their off-Island lives. The Chilmark library and our community will miss Norman Freed, who served as chairman of the board of trustees for 17 years and oversaw the fundraising for, and the renovation and expansion of, our library, besides being active in so many ways integral to Vineyard life. Our hearts go out to his extended family. If you care to make a donation in his honor to the Friends of the Chilmark Library, you can mail a check to P.O. Box 434, Chilmark, MA 02535.
Chocolate lovers rejoice: Chilmark Chocolates reopens on Thursday, Sept. 10.
Make note of the new hours for stores and restaurants that will stay open through Columbus Day unless noted: Beetlebung Café is open Friday through Sunday from 7 am to 7 pm and other days 7:30 am to 7pm until Sept. 20. The Bite is open 11 am to 3 pm daily, except closed Tuesdays. The Chilmark Store is open every day from 7 am to 3:30 except Saturdays, when it’s open from 7 am to 5pm. Chilmark Tavern is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays and open from 6 – 9:30 pm; BYOB still applies. The Galley is open 11 am to 4 pm on weekdays, 11 am to 8pm on Saturdays, and 11 am to 3 pm on Sundays. The Home Port is closed Mondays and Tuesdays, open Wednesday through Sunday from 5 to 9 pm; the Back Door is open Thursdays from 5 to 8 pm and Fridays through Sundays from 11 am to 8 pm. Fish markets are regular hours. The Menemsha Store is closed, but most other stores are open; call to check for shopping hours.
Check out the trunk show at Yoga Barn on Friday, Sept. 11, from 5 – 7:30 pm, Saturday through Monday, Sept. 12 to 14, from 10 am to 2 pm, featuring jewelry by Star Dancer and clothing by Donna M., comfy-for-anywhere designs at 20 percent to 40 percent discounts.
One fun retro-happening is “From Martha’s Vineyard to the Shore in 19th Century 3D Stereoviews,” a presentation given by Bernard Fishman of Photoarchive3D, which includes a variety of digitized stereoviews from 1855 to the present. 3D glasses will be available for all who attend. $10 for museum members and $15 for nonmembers on Friday, Sept. 11, at the Katharine Cornell Theater, Vineyard Haven, at 7 pm.
Lots still happening at the Yard, dance classes Monday through Friday, and don’t miss the amazing collaboration of Alison Manning and Jesse Keller with performances on Friday and Saturday nights, Sept. 11 and 12; followed by 7 pm performances on Wednesday, Sept. 16 of DanceTheYard and Friends; on Thursday, Sept. 17 of Island Music and Spoken Word; then get your dancing shoes on for Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish on Friday, Sept. 18. For more info, call 508-645-9662.
On Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Chilmark LIbrary, come and hear veteran French cultural historian and biographer Annie Cohen-Solal read from her new book “Mark Rothko: Toward the Light in the Chapel,” part of the Yale Jewish Lives Series. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, enjoy Sheriff’s Meadow’s Executive Director Adam Moore’s talk about his new book, “A Year on Martha’s Vineyard,” written as monthly reflections spanning one year.
Join Roberta Kirn for her last Community Sing at the Yard on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 5 pm; all are welcome.
