Arts & Entertainment
CPR/First Aid Class
The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter will hold an Adult CPR/AED and First Aid class Jan. 9 at the YMCA on Martha’s Vineyard at 57 Pequot avenue in Oak Bluffs. The class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and costs $50 for CPR/AED only (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), or $60 for CPR/AED and First Aid (1 to 3:30 p.m.).
The effervescent Vineyard storyteller extraordinaire, Susan Klein will hold her seventh Spice of Life Memoir Organization and Writing course on Thursdays, Jan. 7 through Feb. 25, weekly from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Tisbury Senior Center.
The workshops have proved extremely popular; anyone interested in working on their life stories for their own pleasure, as a legacy to family and friends, or for publication, should call Ms. Klein at 508 693-4140 as soon as possible to reserve a slot.
Dress-Ups and More
Phyllis Vecchia’s creative drama workshop for four-and-a-half to nine-year-olds at the Oak Bluffs School begins Thursday, Jan. 21. It runs weekly through March 25, 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.
The workshop begins with theatre warmups and puppet play, followed by character warm-ups, a story, dress-up in costumes and a performance. Each week a new folk or fairy tale is presented for children to reenact into a creative drama piece. Call 508-696-8738 for registration and information.
The Chilmark Community Center provided the perfect backdrop for a thorough community experience this past Saturday, an event called Family Film Feast put on by the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival.
ITW Annual Meeting
Island Theatre Workshop will host its annual meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. at its new location in West Tisbury on Music street (in the old West Tisbury library building). The meeting is open to the public; a meeting of the newly elected board of directors will follow.
Fondly known on the Vineyard as “the wire guy,” or “man of steel,” West Tisbury artist Steve Lohman has experienced national and international recognition for his gift of twisting metal into art. But when he received an e-mail in October from someone at Louis Vuitton inviting him to Asia on a commission, he thought it was a joke.
