Arts & Entertainment
All year long Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs holds classes in all manner of the arts. The teachers are always seasoned pro’s passing on both a love for the creative process and the technical aspects of the medium, too.
Many of the classes cater to teens and adults, others, like those taught by Lani Carney (Miss Lani to all), embrace the budding imaginative power of children and give the kids the foundation for a long love-affair with art.
While searching the depths of the sea floor for marine life, Jesse Ausubel realized something else. Out of the sea floor sediments leaked methane, a natural gas, which mussels, tube worms and other creatures thrived on.
“These animals were living off what we call methane seeps,” said Mr. Ausubel. “That was one clue that methane is more abundant under the sea floor than we had believed.”
There are many moving parts to Tristan Israel. For 23 years he has served as a selectman for the town of Tisbury. For seven years he has worked as a county commissioner. He is a landscaper by trade and in the Vineyard music community, he is a nearly constant presence.
At seven o’clock this Sunday evening, Oct. 7, Mr. Israel will have a release party at the Pit Stop in Oak Bluffs for his new CD, The Sound After the Flash. The CD includes numerous contributions from Paul Thurlow and violinist Nancy Jephcote.
On Saturday Oct. 6, the Watoto Children’s Choir from Africa begins their five-month Beautiful Africa tour with a free performance in Oak Bluffs at Union Chapel. The event begins at 4 p.m. and is hosted by Vineyard Assembly of God.
The Watoto Children’s Choir helps raise awareness for orphaned children of Africa through their stories, music and dance. All of the children in the choir have suffered the loss of one or both parents and live in Watoto Children’s Villages. Since its inception, 55 choirs have toured the world.
Plein Air is in the air. For the month of October the Martha’s Vineyard Museum and Arts Martha’s Vineyard are teaming up to celebrate creativity done outdoors. During the month various museum properties will be open for Island artists for a series of plein air sessions.
The fifth annual Island Elderly Housing arts and crafts show and sale is Saturday, Oct. 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Woodside Village 260b Village Road in Oak Bluffs, across from the regional high school.
