Arts & Entertainment
Who will gather leaves for the children’s craft?
Who will sort the harmless reds from the poison?
Who will fold and unfold the octagonal star?
Who will care less for the flower than for its unfolding?
Who will look at a rock and see a king, a loser, a lost you?
Time to rosin up those bows as the elementary strings program gets ready to take the stage at the Winter Strings Concert this coming Thursday, Jan. 12, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The program takes place at the Performing Arts Center at the regional high school.
Center Honors the Scots
The Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living will continue their cultural luncheon series by honoring the Scottish influence and contributions on the Vineyard. Save Saturday, Jan. 14 from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Grill on Main, in Edgartown to hear speaker Steve Ewing and bagpiper Howard Wall, while enjoying a traditional meal as well as a taste of haggis. Tickets are $25 per person, available by calling Leslie Clapp at 508-939-9440 or by going to center4living.org.
Films and Feast
This Saturday, Jan 7, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival throws open the doors of the Chilmark Community Center for another night of films and food. At 5 p.m. there is a program of short films for kids and at 6:30 p.m. Chris Fischer takes the stage with a farm fresh meal. Todd Christy provides his Chilmark Coffee and Amy Miller brings on the sweet treats.
Carly Simon, especially for those who live on or visit Martha’s Vineyard, is a bold-faced name. In fact, she has been famous for so long it is as if she were born famous; biding her time in the womb, say, by humming the first bars of Anticipation. Such is the price of fame, this distorted view by those on the outside looking in. We see only the finished product, the glamorous stage presence, so natural, again as if she had rocked her own delivery room with a chorus of You’re So Vain. But this is a false picture, one that does not include the shy stutterer who achieved her success the old-fashioned way, with a lot of very hard work.
January, a time of darkness and deep winter. Time to hibernate? Think again. It’s time to reenergize. At least that’s the feeling of the folks at the Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Network. But they also realize that energy is best harnessed in a group and led by a creative wonder.
