Possible Dreams Auction Moves to Winnetu

This year's Art Buchwald Possible Dreams Auction takes place July 28 at the Winnetu resort in Katama. The event benefits Martha's Vineyard Community Services, which provides year-round programs for Islanders.

Martha's Vineyard Community Services has a new location for the 2013 Possible Dreams fund-raiser. Now called the Art Buchwald Possible Dreams Auction in honor of its longtime celebrity auctioneer, who died in 2007, th 35th annual event takes place at the Winnetu Oceanside Resort in Katama July 28 starting at 4 p.m. Among the celebrities who have donated auction lots over the years: According to Lindsay Miner of MVCS, Tickets are $25 and you can find out more about this year's auction at http://­www.­mvcommu­nityservices.­com/­possi­bledreams. To read about past years' Possible Dreams Auctions, please see: For a round-up of Martha's Vineyard events in 2013, please see Are your Martha's Vineyard events listed in our calendar? Don't miss the …

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Lyla James, A Brave Little Island Girl in Need of Support

With a spinal surgery next week, Lyla James and her family are reaching out to the island for support and aid.

  Lyla James was born seven weeks premature at Tufts Hospital in Boston after her mother spent eight days in labor, finding out only a week before that Lyla had a heart defect called Critical Pulmonary Stenosis that required a simple heart procedure called a cardiac catheterization. After she was born, weighing 3 lbs 14 oz, Lyla underwent the procedure at Children's Hospital Boston, which caused her to go into cardiac arrest for half an hour, also triggering a brain hemorrhage in the back left lobe of the brain. When her parents, Raleigh and David, finally made it to the hospital, she was completely unconscious, intubated, jaundiced, her left side was purple due to lack of blood flow, and she faced the possibility of foot and hand loss. …

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Photo Gallery: Peace, Love & Puppets

A Puppet Show Fundraiser at Tisbury Waterworks this weekend raised money for children in Zambia

On Saturday at the Tisbury Waterworks, Marsha Winsryg organized a "Peace, Love and Puppets" event to raise money for children in Zambia. Winsryg is an Island artist on Martha's Vineyard and has a puppet troupe and a bell choir that she showcased during the event. Winsryg explained that she decided to "Put them all together and try a puppet event." The puppet show brought a large crowd of children and their families. Kids were given puppets to hold and play with during the show. Some of them took part in the performance. The open space by the water allowed the puppets to interact with the audience. There was no definite stage and crowd members were able to get up close to watch and take pictures. After the puppet show was over, there was a …

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Five Things You Need To Know Today: April 7

Fashion, farmers and a Featherstone opening top today's list.

1. Get to know your farmer! Slow Food M.V. will host a potluck with farmers from Mermaid, Norton, Blackwater, Scottish Bakehouse, Native Earth, Whippoorwill, Morning Glory, Allen and the Good Earth farms, as well as the Farm Institute, at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury at 6 p.m. BYOB and bring a dish to share. 2. The first-ever Martha’s Vineyard Fashion Week arrives on the Island in September, but you can get a sneak peak at what they have in store tonight at a fundraising launch party at 8 p.m. at Shephard Fine ArtSpace in Oak Bluffs. The event will feature a fashion show by local designer Chrysal Parrot and PIKNIK Art & Apparel owner Michael Hunter, as well as beer and wine, hors d'oeuvres and music. Proceeds from the fashion show…

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