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Alice, Through the Consumer Class

While Disney saturates the media with ads for its Tim Burton extravaganza Alice in Wonderland, young Island thespians are sending Alice tumbling through a television screen instead of a looking glass, in a play about the absurdity of media-saturated consumer culture, called Alice in Americaland.

Vineyard Week
Friday, March 19, 2010

Acrylics for Beginners with Kenneth Vincent is from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. Pre-register by calling 508-693-1850.

Watercolor and More! for ages three to six with Lani Carney is from 2 to 4 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Scrapbook Basics for children ages 7 to 11 with Eniko DeLisle is from 3 to 5 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. For details or to preregister, call 508-693-1850.

Live Music: Jazz with the J.C. Trio is at 4 p.m. at the West Tisbury library. Free.

Salsa with Saskia begins with a ladies' styling class at 6 p.m., beginners at 7 p.m. and intermediate dancers at 8 p.m. at the Camp Jabberwocky studio in Vineyard Haven, Greenwood avenue extension. Cost is on a sliding scale, from $7.50 to $12.50 per lesson.

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Hospital Ranks Fifth in Cost
Harvard Pilgrim numbers rank Martha’s Vineyard Hospital fifth most expensive in state in relative cost

The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has been identified as one of the most expensive in Massachusetts in data compiled by one of the state’s major health insurers...
By MIKE SECCOMBE

Cuttyhunkers Win Comcast Net Reversal
The tiny population of Cuttyhunk has won its David and Goliath battle with Comcast. The giant telecommunications company this week reversed its decision to pull the plug on the islanders’ do-it-yourself high speed Internet service...
By MIKE SECCOMBE

More Rules Loom for Lobstermen
Martha’s Vineyard lobsters are scarce. More lobsters are landed by the Steamship Authority ferry Island Home from afar than by local lobstermen, and the prognosis is not good for the future for the whole region. From Chatham to as far south as North Carolina, the lobster fishery is in trouble...

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By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL

Tom Osmers Always Had Oysters and Pearls of Wisdom to Share
Tom Osmers, the philosopher fisherman with a generous gift for oratory and oyster shucking whose status as a true Island character was confirmed with a nickname, The Codfather, died on Friday, March 12, surrounded by friends and family who loved him tremendously. He was 57...

Spring Burns Begin Across Island to Dampen Danger of Big Fires
“We all help each other burn each other’s property,” says Bob Bale, the Nature Conservancy’s Southeast Massachusetts chapter fire manager. It may sound like an insurance fraud pact among pyromaniacs, but Mr. Bale is describing the efforts of the Martha’s Vineyard Prescribed Fire Partnership, a group that includes the Nature Conservancy, Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, The Trustees of Reservations, the Polly Hill Arboretum and the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation. Their aim is to protect the public from the threat of wildfire and preserve the unique fire-dependent ecology of the Island...
By PETER BRANNEN

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Spring Peepers

The vernal equinox is tomorrow, but the sound of spring arrived early: Joyce Dresser of Oak Bluffs on March 16 was the first of many this week to report hearing pinkletinks. The weekend forecast calls for sun.

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