The Aquinnah Public Library's
Summer Talk & Performance Series
2007

Saturday, July 7, 2007, 12-2 p.m.
Porch Opening Celebration!
Porch Dedication 1 p.m.
We will be recognizing and honoring our tireless volunteers and saying a huge thank you to all of the people who gave of their time and services. We have many people to thank who donated towards this project as well. Please join us for an afternoon of refreshments and thanks.

Thursday, July 12, 2007, 5 p.m.
Nancy Caldwell

Thursday, July 19, 2007, 5 p.m.
Dan Sauer, chef of the Outermost Inn
Dan has volunteered to demonstrate his considerable talent here at our library for the third year now. The first year, he amazingly showed how to create homemade raviolis right here in the library-all the while staying as cool as a cucumber. Then, last year, he made zucchini soup taste like the best thing you've ever eaten! He'll return on this day and share something new with us. Because he is so popular, we meet in the Old Town Hall for this event. Please join us!

Saturday, July 28, 2007, 11 a.m.
Winnie the Pooh!
Winnie is visiting the library! Please join us to meet this wonderful bear. Face painting and lemonade as well!

Thursday, August 2, 2007, 5 p.m.
Duncan Caldwell, prehistorian
Duncan spoke in 2005, here at the library, about his studies and explorations in the Libyan Sahara. This time, Duncan will speak about Prehistoric goddesses-or more precisely, the feminine image in prehistory with an emphasis on analysing so-called paleolithic Venuses. The presentation will sift the interpretations that have been given them since Darwin's time for ideas which still stand-and then will build upon them. Be prepared to be shocked.

Saturday, August 4, 2007, 10:30 a.m.
Denya the Fiddler
@ the Chilmark Library
co-sponsored by the West Tisbury, Chilmark & Aquinnah Libraries
Celebrate this summer's state reading theme, Catch the Beat, with Denya the fiddler. Meet at the Chilmark Library at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, August 16, 2007, 5 p.m.
Mache Seibel, MD and founder of Healthrock!

Tuesday, August 21, 2007, 4 p.m.
At the Old Town Hall
Sol Y Canto!
End of summer, fun-filled concert with award-winning musicians Rosi & Brian Amador and family.
Please join us!
We are very excited to be able to host Rosi and Brian Amador and their twin daughters here in Aquinnah. Rosi and Brian are the founders of the award-winning latin music group, Sol y Canto. They've won Boston Magazine's "Best of Boston" award, played at the White House, Sanders Theatre in Cambridge and the Kennedy Center! Now, the want to play here! Please join us to hear this wonderful duo and sing too! The event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Aquinnah Public Library and the Friends of the Chilmark Library.

Thursday, August 30, 2007, 3-5 p.m.
Salsa Workshop with Saskia Vanderhoop
& Guest Dancers
At the Old Town Hall
Saskia is an avid dancer and teacher and has been leading others into the excitement of salsa dancing through her classes this past winter and spring. Now, she has agreed to share her passion with us! This 1.5-2 hour event will be in four parts: An introduction to salsa music and dance, reflections on her connection to salsa and other types of Carribean music, a dance demonstration and, last, an introduction, for audience members, to the basics of salsa dancing.

Thursday, September 13, 2007, 5-6 p.m.
Phil Weinstein
Reading Fiction
How do we "use" fiction? Can we be "guided" to use it better? As professor of literature-one who has thought about fiction for over three decades- I aim to open up this territory(at once familiar and mysterious) as a process of entering the invented lives of others. I explore why reading fiction feels both irresponsible("shouldn't I be doing something else with my time?") and responsible("shouldn't I be reading more novels than I find time for?"). In what ways is reading fiction about time itself? What's wrong with asking for a novel's message? What's at stake in the differences between fiction and the sciences and social sciences? What might it mean to claim that some novels are better than others? These and other questions seek to shed light on an activity in which all of us-even professionals-are amateurs.

The Island Landscape
Program Series
Hosted by
The Aquinnah Public Library


Thursday, July 26, 2007: 5-6p.m.
Matt Pelikan of the Nature Conservancy's Massachusetts Island Program.
Residents and visitors alike admire the Vineyard's unique natural beauty. Biologists, meanwhile, admire the Vineyard's rare species. A coincidence? Hardly! Ecology works from the ground up, and the island's appearance and its unusual wildlife turn out to be two sides of the same coin. Writer and naturalist Matt Pelikan, director of the Nature Conservancy's Massachusetts Islands Program, will explain how the history of the Vineyard has shaped both our biodiversity and our distinctive landscapes. Sometimes, beauty is more that skin-deep!

Thursday, August 9, 2007: 5-6p.m.
Abigail Higgins, Gardener and Columnist in the Martha's Vineyard Times.

Thursday, September 6, 2007: 5-6p.m.
Lynne Whiting, Education Director of Martha's Vineyard Museum, will discuss the Quest MV program.
Questing is a new passion on the Vineyard and elsewhere and it presents a very hands-on way to explore the landscape. One can truly find the "genius" of the place. Come hear about questing and how you may begin to explore, in more depth, your world!

Thursday, September 20, 2007: 5-6p.m.
Bob Woodruff, Coastal Ecologist.
Bob is the former Executive Director of the Vineyard Conservation Society, the current Executive Director of the Great Pond Foundation and a coastal ecologist for 38 years. He is a longtime student of island geological history and coastal phenomena. He will speak about changes in our island landscape within the context of global warming. Please join us!

Thursday, September 27, 2007: 5-6p.m.
Tim Boland, Polly Hill Executive Director
MV Wildtype: Sustainable Landscapes for the Health of our Island.
Join Polly Hill Executive Director, Tim Boland, in a talk that explores the use of native grown island plants for use in cultivated Island landscapes. The beauty and utility of several native wildflowers, trees and shrubs will be presented along with the benefits these plants bring to our island's natural ecology. The program will also outline how individuals can garden without fertilizers and excessive irrigation by choosing well-adapted plants. The talk will also explore the creation of naturalistic plantings that help preserve and enhance the natural character of Martha's Vineyard.