“We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?” Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s February, and love is in the air. But this year, Featherstone Center for the Arts has expanded its love-related theme to “Love, Laugh, Leap, Live!” Executive director Ann Smith says, “We just felt […]
From Gabe Bellebuono’s job as an onshore and offshore wind tech to the young sailor Landon Cormie, to Dr. Charles Silberstein’s take on writer’s block, we took a deep dive into our Island community, met some interesting people, and visited interesting places. Early in the year, Ray Whitaker wrote about ketamine therapy, and […]
Heard on Main Street: If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. Vineyard Haven library’s Virtual 5K continues through Sept. 30. Congratulations to Silas Campbell and Carly Souther Fotta, the top male and female finishers in the 26th in-person 5k benefit for the Vineyard Haven library, held on a rainy Sunday, […]
Island writer Nancy Slonim Aronie unabashedly cries, joyfully guffaws, and requests in a direct but encouraging way her writing workshop participants to share their experiences out loud. Even the really painful ones. Especially the really painful ones. “You have to get stuff out,” Aronie has said numerous times, “otherwise, it festers. But you […]