Art
The Vineyard Playhouse continues its Shakespeare-out-of-doors tradition this summer by presenting an all time audience favorite, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This production opened on July 15 and runs through August 15 at the Tisbury Amphitheatre at the Tashmoo Overlook on State Road in Vineyard Haven. Performances are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 5 p.m. plus Sunday August 15 at 5 p.m.
By JONAH LIPSKY
Fame was the production theme for Camp Jabberwocky’s annual July theatre performance last Friday and Saturday. Their Fame had a huge cast, lots of laughs, moments of beauty, and Darth Vadar.
A documentary of a ballet odyssey, Dancing Across Borders, screens on Sunday, July 25, at 4 p.m. at the Capawock Theatre on Main street in Vineyard Haven, with filmmaker Anne Bass attending to join discussion after the screening.
Big Drum Means Big Fun
The fourth annual Native Artisans’ Festival, where all are invited to meet native artists and purchase their works (clay and pottery, wampum and silver jewelry, beadwork and more), will be held on Saturday July 24, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Aquinnah Cultural Center (Vanderhoop Homestead) at the Aquinnah Circle on the Cliffs.
Enjoy native food cooked by Sly Fox’s Den and music and social dancing with the Wampanoag Nation Singers throughout the day. For details, call 508-645-7900.
Fury of the Ferry
A staged reading of The Sound and the Ferry, a new play by Says You! regular and Island seasonal resident Arnie Reisman, is the Monday Night Special for this week, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 26, at the Vineyard Playhouse on Church street in downtown Vineyard Haven.
It takes place, of course, on the Vineyard, where the ferry arrives in May, 1974 and leaves in October 2001. Some of the same folks are still on it. There is terror in the air. Sharks are still in the water. This is a comedy!
Ever wonder what to do with the riches earned at the summer lemonade stand? S.L. Hudson has the answer in her new young adult novel, Strike Zone, the Games of Baseball and Money. The book is both a coming of age story and a financial seminar for young earners. Hudson will be reading from her book and leading a discussion at Edgartown Books on 44 Main street in Edgartown, this Friday, July 23 at 4 p.m.