Art
Island Cineastes Start New Season
Richard Paradise was named 2009’s best regional film festival director at last month’s International Film Festival Summit in Las Vegas. In an Oscar-speech moment with the Gazette, he shared his glory with Island filmgoers: “The success of the festival, the regional coverage, the volunteership, and the exploration of other cultures ... the Vineyard audience contributes.”
Dudley Brooks sits cross-legged on the floor of room 405 at the regional high school, staring intently at two students in the center of the room. His eyes flicker back and forth between the performers, analyzing their movements with an expert, subtle gaze.
H1N1 Vaccine Clinics
Each town will be conducting H1N1 flu vaccination clinics to the general public per the following schedule for their residents. Please attend the clinic in the town where you are resident.
Oak Bluffs: Monday, Jan. 11 at the library from 2 to 6 p.m.
Tisbury: Wednesday, Jan. 13 at the American Legion Post from 3 to 6 p.m.
Edgartown: Friday, Jan. 15 at the Edgartown School from 3 to 7 p.m.
West Tisbury: Monday, Jan. 18 at the Public Safety Building from 9 a.m. to noon.
The seven-part Ken Burns documentary The War is being broadcast in conjunction with the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s new exhibit, Those Who Serve: Martha’s Vineyard and World War II.
The War, coproduced by Lynn Novick, screens on Rhode Island PBS station WSBE (channel 9) on Sundays at 2 p.m.
Legendary film critic Pauline Kael wrote of The Black Stallion, “It may be the greatest children’s movie ever made” — and so it may be the greatest film ever selected to kick off a new Friday family movie series at the Chilmark Public Library, tonight at 7 p.m.
The library’s plan is family entertainment for almost all ages: movies rated G, PG and PG-13 on Friday nights along with popcorn and juice. Admission, popcorn and juice are free. The series will continue for eight weeks in January and February.
IMPers Come Home
Having performed at the Chicago, Boston and Providence improv festivals, the IMPers are playing the home stage again. The Island’s teen comedy improv troupe will do a two-act show of spontaneous theater on Friday, Jan. 15 at 8 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven.