Art
The Surgeon General of the United States will be on hand in Oak Bluffs on Saturday, August 28, for the 22nd annual Sullivan 5K Run/Walk Road Race for Health and Fitness. Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., will join former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., and E. Ginger Sullivan at the U.S. Track and Field Association certified 5K course.
The Dukes County Deputy Sheriff’s all-star team had the lead for a short time, in the annual celebrity softball classic on Saturday afternoon in Veteran’s Memorial Park. But it was fleeting, and in the end they lost 20 to 23 before a scattering of fans.
Bob Ogden pitched for the sheriff’s team.
Tempest in a Lighthouse
Shakespeare’s The Tempest tells a story of shipwrecks, castaways, storms and islands ... all best seen from a lighthouse. So the Martha’s Vineyard Museum is hosting a free sneak preview of The Tempest at the Edgartown Lighthouse on Friday, August 27, at 6 p.m.
Performed by Shakespeare for the Masses, a popular off-season irreverent theatre troupe, the performance will be script-in-hand and lighthouse friendly.
Gone are the grownup gatekeepers of movie merit — kids are the audience for the weekly Cinema Circus films. So the Gazette and the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival bring you the big view from the smaller viewers with weekly kid critics.
Sweet Words of Youth
West Tisbury Public Library continues its weeklong series showcasing local poets of all ages and styles with Leslie Prosterman and Lily Bick appearing at 5:30 p.m. today, Tuesday, August 24.
Wednesday’s poets are Eileen Maley and Beth Parker; Thursday, Maureen Hall and Donald Nitchie perform; and on Friday, Justen Ahren, Sam Barrow and Amira Thoron will read. Poet Joe Eldredge will be a guest each night. Each day the readings begin at 5:30 p.m.
A new exhibition of paintings by Harry Seymour opens at Carol Craven Gallery with a reception for the artist on Sunday, August 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. and the public is welcome.
This will be Mr. Seymour’s second exhibition at the gallery, and he will present his most recent works of egg tempera paintings and scratchart etchings. He draws his inspiration from the beauty of the Vineyard as well as its richly diverse multicultural community.