Arts & Entertainment
For the past 10 years art teacher Janice Frame has met with students after school on Tuesday afternoon in the school library. She and the students meet to review poems, short stories and artwork for the Martha’s Vineyard high school student literary magazine Seabreezes. Ms. Frame, along with English teacher Bill McCarthy, acts as an advisor for the magazine.
You are never too old or young to soar. That is the message one gets from watching the dancers perform in What’s Written Within. The show takes place this Sunday, March 24, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven.
The story of the dance troupe begins six years ago when a few women began getting together once a week to explore modern dance. Today there are 20 core members who meet three times a week, year-round
Vineyard Toastmasters wants to teach you how to give a toast, speak in public or just climb up on your soap box and hold forth with style. They are holding an open house on Wednesday, March 27, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post 257, 47 Martin Road, Vineyard Haven.
Forget about the Boston Tea Party, on Wednesday, March 27 Adam Moore, executive director of Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, will present a slide show and lecture on how the white pine tree contributed to the start of the American Revolution.
During summer the Chilmark Tavern stays true to its name. It is a place to eat and imbibe — bring your own, of course. But for the past few years, each winter the tavern morphs into a completely different type of destination, one that defies a category or even a definition. Welcome to the Pathways Project.
The brainchild of Marianne Goldberg, Pathways is essentially a playground for artists of all genres. Ms. Goldberg holds a doctorate in performance studies from New York University and has traveled extensively, performing and studying visual art, choreography and other art forms.
Over 30 local business owners braved a raw Thursday evening last week to meet at the Vineyard Haven Public Library and discuss plans for creating a designated cultural district in the town of Tisbury.
The initiative is an outgrowth of the MV Arts collaborative to increase the presence of the Island’s creative economy.
