Art
Donna Blackburn, the resident artist on the staff of the Edgartown Public Library, will lead two free, four-week art classes at the library this May.
Basic Watercolors, a class for adults, will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, May 5, 12, 19 and 26. Enrollment is limited to six people. To sign up and for details on what supplies you’ll need to bring, contact the library at 508-627-4221.
The Edgartown Public Library will present an evening program with Island poet, artist and printer Dan Waters on Wednesday, May 6, from 7 to 8 p.m.
Mr. Waters is a man of many talents and seemingly boundless energy. A former poet laureate of West Tisbury, he is proprietor of the Indian Hill Press and the author of three books of poetry, Robert Frost’s Answering Machine, Remembering the Islander and Needing Winter.
Sunday, May 3 is Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday, and as part of a worldwide celebration of the man and his music, Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs will host a free concert. The event begins at 4 p.m. Tristan Israel, Nancy Jephcote, Mark Lovewell, and Paul Thurlow will perform songs both written and made famous by the legendary environmentalist, civil rights activist, and folk singer.
The Center for Creative Expression opens its fourth annual student photography exhibit with a reception at Featherstone Center for the Arts on Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs on Saturday, May 2, from 4 to 6 p.m.
The Vineyard Playwrights’ Studio will hold its inaugural meeting at the West Tisbury Library on Wednesday, May 6, at 4:30 p.m.
The group is open to playwrights interested in an interactive workshop for evaluating plays of all lengths, themes and degrees of completion. Actors will provide readings, and a short, constructive discussion of the play’s strengths and shortcomings will follow.
Meetings will be at the library the first Wednesday of each month. The public is welcome to attend and participate.
Suicide Prevention Grant
The Community Health Network of the Cape & Islands and Community Health Center of Cape Cod have received a $300,000 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to implement youth suicide prevention strategies across Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
The focus of the grant will be to train the broader community to recognize young people at risk and intervene quickly.