Arts & Entertainment
Purdue University geophysicist Andy Freed, a member of the first scientific team on the ground in Haiti after the January 12 earthquake that killed more than 230,000 people, will talk about that earthquake at the Chilmark Public Library on August 18 at 5:30 p.m.
His presentation will explain the tectonics of the region, how the earthquake was anticipated, why so much destruction occurred and why the danger is far from over. He will also talk about his experiences traveling around the country after the earthquake.
Race, Religion and Reason is the title for the forum on Wednesday, August 18, hosted and organized by seasonal resident and Harvard professor Charles Ogletree at the Performing Arts Center of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School in Oak Bluffs. The event is free and open to all.
Nina Gomez Gordon will be the featured artist at a a wine and cheese reception on Thursday, August 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Made Here on the Vineyard in Nevin Square in Edgartown,
Ms. Gomez-Gordon earned a bachelor of arts in fine art from Bowdoin College and studied painting and sculpture at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago and Maine College of Art. She has been a professional artist on Martha’s Vineyard for more than 16 years, specializing in plein air landscapes, abstract art, figure drawings from life and portraits by commission.
By MEGAN DOOLEY
On Thursday night, soprano Jeanine De Bique told the story of a woman torn between her loyalty to her family and her love for a man whose family ties made him enemy to her own. She asked that the gods strike her down with lightning, “because it’s better to be dead, I guess, than to be in love,” said Ms. De Bique. She told another story of a woman who found herself unexpectedly pregnant by a cold, cruel man, and the heartbreak that ensued.
The Night Belongs to Opera
For two nights only, Opera Noire of New York comes to Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs with two separate but equally spectacular programs: tonight, August 17, A Gala Performance of Opera’s Greatest Hits begins at 8 p.m. Then on Thursday, August 19, From The Underground Railroad to the
Great White Way begins at 8 p.m.
On Wednesday, August 18 and 25, Emerson College’s Stroopwafel will join the Island’s college troupe WIMP on the Grange Hall stage.
