Arts & Entertainment
Allergy Talk
On Wednesday, May 2, the Martha’s Vineyard Family Center Allergy Support Group is presenting a talk called Managing Atopic Dermatitis and Eczema. The event will be led by Karol Timmons, a pediatric nurse for 32 years who specializes in asthma, atopic dermatitis, eczema, and food allergies.
Island Theatre Workshop is inaugurating a Playwrights’ Studio for all playwrights interested in creating and developing plays (non-musicals) of any length and theme. The group will meet twice a month on the first and third Mondays at 12 Music street in West Tisbury from 7 to 9 p.m. The next two meetings take place on May 7 and 21.
Authors will have their work read aloud and receive feedback.
YMCA Healthy Kids Day
There will be Zumba. There will be yoga. There will be a petting zoo, face painting, swim assessments and healthy food.
The event is the YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day and it takes place tomorrow, April 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The day is dedicated to teaching kids the value and fun in physical activity.
It’s all free all day long.
Last year over 400 kids of all ages attended the event. There is even a “wee ones” play course, to get those toddlers toddling.
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society is collaborating with the Vineyard Conservation Society on a new series of films on the environment called Green on Screen. On April 28 at 7:30 p.m. they will present the film One Day on Earth at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven.
A few months ago the Martha’s Vineyard Museum in collaboration with Featherstone Center for the Arts urged everyone to paint a portrait as part of the Island Faces Portrait Contest. Approximately 60 brave souls took up the charge and submitted paintings, drawings, and photographs. Now comes the hard part — judging the winners.
When Jan Pogue hands authors the first bound copy of their book, she watches their eyes as they gently take hold of it.
“It’s like getting a baby handed to them; here it is, here is this beautiful, amazing thing they did,” Ms. Pogue, the editor and publisher of Vineyard Stories, said one morning this week. “Every time I get to hand over a book I feel like I’ve been gifted.”
