Arts & Entertainment
In recognition of National Women’s Health and Fitness Day on Sept. 30, Curves in Vineyard Haven is offering a free 30-day diet plan program for women interested in weight-loss results and health improvement.
This program is a series of free weight management classes, according to Curves’ Daniel Seidman.
Because shipments of seasonal influenza vaccine will arrive on the Vineyard later than expected, the annual Islandwide innoculation will be postponed until the second week of November.
Seasonal flu innoculation is now scheduled to take place at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School on Nov. 11.
OSHA Training
The public is invited to a 10-hour OSHA training course on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center. The course will be led by certified OSHA outreach trainer Charlie T. Opalenik. The cost is $50 per person; for information call Jackie at 508-696-6400. The event is hosted by Powers Electric.
Linda Berg Debuts New Choral Piece
This weekend, the Yard on Middle Road in Chilmark presents new works from its 2009 Bessie Schönberg Choreographers’ Residency. This year’s choreographers, chosen from an international pool of more than 100 seasoned artists, are Dana Katz from Tel Aviv, Israel, Rachael Lincoln of Venice, Calif, and Joshua Monten from Bern, Switzerland. In addition, veteran choreographer and former Juilliard faculty member Elizabeth Keen will also participate in the residency by special invitation. The first performance is on Friday, Sept.
Jessica Carlson of New York and Chilmark, is 15, and about to appear as the female lead in the Universal Studios film Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, about teenagers and vampires. The film, which also features Salma Hayek and Willem Dafoe, is based on Darren Shan’s popular vampire book series, The Saga of Darren Shan. This past summer, at the Peaked Hill home of her parents, David and Catha Carlson, she was exuberantly talking about being an actress.
