Arts & Entertainment

 

 

 

The Martha’s Vineyard All Island Band Program presents its Spring Concert on Wednesday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the performing arts center at the high school. Admission is free.

This concert is a culmination of a year’s hard work and talents for over 200 children ranging from grades four to eight.

The performing groups include the beginner band, the fifth and sixth grade band, the seventh and eighth grade band and the junior high jazz band.

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The Ocean Advisory Commission will hold a public workshop tomorrow in Woods Hole in preparation of the draft ocean plan for the commonwealth.

Since passage of the Oceans Act in 2008, effort has been underway to develop the Massachusetts Ocean Plan for the nearshore waters of the commonwealth, which includes the land and waters between 1,500 feet and three miles from shore, under town and commonwealth jurisdiction. The Oceans Act requires the plan to be drafted by the end of June and adopted before the end of December of this year.

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The Oak Bluffs Public Library, in conjunction with the annual celebration of Della Hardman Day on Saturday, July 25, is now accepting entries for a photography contest to will select Martha’s Vineyard images that reflect Della Hardman’s legacy theme — “Savor the moment.”

The winning entries will be published in the Oak Bluffs Public Library Calendar for 2010.

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Child Care Class

The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter is organizing a Childcare Provider class on May 9 for residents of the Vineyard. The class will be held at the YMCA at 57 Pequot avenue in Oak Bluffs.

Infant and Child CPR will be taught on Saturday, May 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost for this class is $45. For students who add first aid in the afternoon from 1 to 3:30 p.m., the cost will be $60.

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Watercolor Workshop

A Watercolor Workshop with Priscilla Levesque will take place at the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs on Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Priscilla lives in Cataumet on the Cape and makes frequent painting trips to the Island. She has taught drawing and watercolor at the Cataumet Arts Center and the Falmouth Community School. Her work can be seen at the Granary Gallery and at priscillaart.com.

The fee is $100 per person. In case of rain, meet at 32 Bayview avenue in Oak Bluffs.

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“An elegant, ironic fable with literary origins that belongs to a distinctive middle-European artistic tradition with a puckish spirit that sometimes seems sweet and at other times ruthless.”

So says Andrew O’Hehir of salon.com about I Served The King of England, a documentary film that screens Saturday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven.

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