Arts & Entertainment
An atmosphere of hatred prevailed in America when the improbable alliance of black and white people, Christians and Jews, men and women, joined in 1909 to form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the NAACP.
Patricia Sullivan, author of Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement, will put the audience into history when she speaks on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.
Last year Island Food Pantry director Armen Hanjian had, in his own words, “one really good idea.” And on Sunday, Oct. 17, Vineyarders will be able to see the results of that idea at the Capawock Theatre, when 14-year-old Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School student Joshua Bernstein premieres his mitzvah project, a short, year-in-the-making documentary movie about the Island Food Pantry.
Last year Island Food Pantry director Armen Hanjian had, in his own words, “one really good idea.”
And on Sunday, Oct. 17, Vineyarders will be able to see the results of that idea at the Capawock Theatre, when 14-year-old Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School student Joshua Bernstein premieres his mitzvah project, a short, year-in-the-making documentary movie about the Island Food Pantry.
Island health boards are urging a newly aggressive approach to combating Lyme disease, proposing a five-year comprehensive study that would examine, among other things, drastically reducing the Island’s deer population.
The Vineyard study would piggyback off a recent report from the Nantucket Tick-Borne Disease Committee, which argues for culling its herd of approximately 2,500 deer to 500 or fewer animals, a process the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife expects to take roughly a decade.
Pottery Throw Down
Enjoy both the creative process and the result at Candy Shweder’s fourth annual Up-Island Pottery demonstration this Saturday, Oct. 9 from 4 to 6 p.m.
It’s an open studio event with Candy throwing clay at the wheel and deep discounts around the room. There will be wine and cheese too. The word’s still out on whether it will be okay to throw the delectables. The Up-Island pottery studio/barn is located in Chilmark. To get there take Middle Road to Fulling Mill Road and follow the balloons.
Art Sale
The Louisa Gould Gallery will be holding an end of season sale from Thursday, Oct. 7 through Monday, Oct. 11.
Most of the art will be on sale from 10 to 30 per cent off. Louisa Gould will also offer her photography at a 40 per cent savings. The sale is only for inventory in the gallery; it does not apply to special orders.
The Louisa Gould Gallery is located at 54 Main street in Vineyard Haven. For more details, call 508-693-7373.
Rosin Up That Bow
Seven years ago, the Irish fiddle player Oisin Mac Diarmada came to Martha’s Vineyard to play with his newly formed group Teada. It was the band’s first concert in the United States. Islanders in attendance that evening were rewarded with not just an outstanding evening of traditional Irish music. They also witnessed the birth of a band that would go on to earn top ten album honors of 2006 by MOJO magazine.
