Heard on Main Street: The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.
My computer died last week — at least, I thought it did. My daughter and my son were bicycling across New York State when the computer quit. After I signed in, the screen just went black. But I have accidentally done things to it before. I called my son after he got home on Sunday, but this time when I spoke to him, his reaction was a very low and doubtful “OH.” But he did make it work again. He really is a wonderful son, and an amazing computer fixer.
Register now at vhlibrary.org for the Zoom link to the tick talk “Prevent the Bite” on Zoom tomorrow, Friday, at 1 pm. You need to know as much as you can.
The Fabulists offer theater for children on Saturday, August 9, at 10 am at the Tisbury Amphitheater at Tashmoo Overlook, featuring “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on a Saturday morning. Tickets at the M.V. Playhouse or at the event.
If you have children in our schools, you should know that the M.V. Chamber Music Society not only offers an annual scholarship, but also has many programs in support of the public schools strings programs for grades 2-12. A donation to MVCMS supports free instrument loans and lesson scholarships for students, as well as string ensembles teaching and playing in the schools throughout the year. Find out more at P.O. Box 4189, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.
The M.V. Chamber Music Society offers a free program with limited seating of the Black Oak Ensemble at the West Tisbury Church at 4 pm this Sunday, August 10, premiering a previously unknown Mozart piece discovered only last year in a German library! And the Boston Lyric Opera, which returns to present a delightful summer concert at the Old Whaling Church on Sunday, August 17, at 4 pm. More at MVCMS, PO Box 4189, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.
Enjoy an evening on Tuesday, August 12, at 6 pm, at the Katharine Cornell Theater with local author Nicole Galland to hear about her historical novel “Boy,” set in William Shakespeare’s theater company in Elizabethan England. Nicole is a graduate of our local schools, and author of seven historical novels. Her contemporary work includes “On the Same Page,” about two newspapers on Martha’s Vineyard. With Chelsea McCarthy, she co-created the popular off-season “Shakespeare for the Masses” series, and also directs plays off-Island
Big bunches of birthday balloon wishes go to Benjamin Koster on Sunday. Happy birthday to Goodie Stiller Corriveau on Wednesday. Belated birthday wishes go to John Coogan and Rita Brown.
Heard on Main Street: Never buy a car you can’t push.