I sit down to write this week’s column on Sept. 11, the 21st anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York. I suppose this day will always be full of solemn memories of the tragedy of the day so long ago now. The kids I teach now, too young for the day […]
Talking with musician Jim Kweskin is a bit like getting a history lesson in Americana music. Kweskin founded the 1960s Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Fritz Richmond, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Mel Lyman, and Bruno Wolfe, and he’s a sort of connoisseur when it comes to the jug band genre. “I was a big fan […]
At 107, the remarkable Dorothy Burnham holds court as the queen of the Oak Bluffs Campground. She was born March 22, 1915. She has only one complaint: “My memory is a problem.” Her birthplace was in Brooklyn, N.Y., where her parents were first-generation Bahamian immigrants. After majoring in biology at Brooklyn College, she and her […]
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Collaboration makes the Family2Family’s huge holiday food giveaways run smoothly, according to organizer Betty Burton. Three times a year, this Vineyard Committee on Hunger program gives away all the makings of a celebratory dinner, including turkey or ham, depending on the season. The crowds are large, and the amount of food moved through the Baptist […]