Art
Musical to Put You Under a Spell
Spellcheck is for wussies. Plus it’s boring. A right answer every time. Where’s the drama in that? How about backing away from the keyboard and heading to where the real action is, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Starting July 22 and continuing through August 8, this Tony Award winning musical will be moving into the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven, courtesy of the Island Theatre Workshop.
Oak Bluffs Turns Holy Ghost Town
Meals and More in the Meadow
Dance with a cow, sip tequila with a pig, or just chow down with a goat. It’s anything goes, farm style that is, at the Farm Institute’s annual fundraiser, Meals in the Meadow. Casa Noble pours the cactus liquor, Buckley’s Gourmet Catering fills the bellies, and Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish make music to grease your bones. Eat, drink and dance your way to a good time while doing good too.
By JONAH LIPSKY
There is a journey of the imagination happening this weekend and next at Featherstone center for the arts. PigPen Theatre Company, is presenting its site-specific play, Mountain Song, written for and inspired by the amphitheatre in the field behind the arts center. With music, puppetry and comedic acting, and centered around an epic quest of love, the play is for the whole family.
Running 45 minutes long, the play is a short and fun-filled evening. It is produced by Artfarm Enterprises and Vineyard Arts Project.
Experiment: Put 17 teenagers together under one roof. Take away their cell phones and send them to their rooms at 10 p.m., lights out at 11. Sketch out a detailed daily itinerary that includes intense workouts, short breaks for meals and absolutely no beach time.
What might they do? Throw temper tantrums? Band together and stage a full-scale revolt?
In this case, they sing. Arias.
This is OperaFest, a two-week, summer camp-like program for some of the youngest and most dedicated opera enthusiasts in the country.
The writer is cast as Demetrius in this summer’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, opening this weekend.