Art
Caribbean Night Dance
Drag that summer wardrobe out from under the bed and get on your flip-flops, because this Saturday, Feb. 13, is Caribbean Night at the Chilmark Community Center from 6:30 to 11 p.m. The Smokin’ Flamingos will provide the music for the evening, while partygoers enjoy dancing, beer, wine and dessert. Raffles and auctions, both live and silent, add to the fun. Admission is $15, and all proceeds benefit the Chilmark School.
Free Computer Classes
A series of free classes for beginner and intermediate computer users will be offered at the Oak Bluffs Public Library this winter. Sign up now to improve your computer knowledge and skills, learn how to use Microsoft Word and Excel, and discover new Internet search tools and techniques. Space is limited for the classes; please call 508-693-9433 and speak to a library staff member to reserve your seat. The computer classes have been made possible in part by a donation from the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank.
It’s six days before opening night of the Vineyard’s first production of Rent — that’s about 8,000 minutes, for fans of the Broadway musical’s company song Seasons of Love, which poses the question, how do you measure a year, and answers it with the surprisingly catchy refrain, “five-hundred, twenty-five-thousand, six-hundred minutes..”
New, original short plays will be presented by the Tisbury and West Tisbury schools on Saturday, Feb. 6 and Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Vineyard Playhouse, 24 Church street, Vineyard Haven. Performance times for both dates are 2 and 7 p.m.
The Tisbury School plays are Calculated Risk, by Pam Herman’s class, and Tornado Fourth Grade-O! by Veronika VandeGeer’s class. The plays from West Tisbury are Digging for Clues, by Rebecca Solway’s class, and A Map For Freedom, by Mary Boyd’s Class.
Here’s a sneak peek at each play:
In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music From the Civil Rights Movement in honor of black history month will be live-streamed on Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, courtesy of the social action committee and the program committee.
One Night, Three Acts, Eight Bucks
The Island is home to a lot of talent, but if you aren’t much of a barfly, you’d think homegrown musicians fly south for the winter. Tonight at 7 p.m., the Unitarian Universalist Society will turn their chapel into a dancefloor.