Art
On Saturday, March 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. the Oak Bluffs Public Library will be hosting a free Technology Fair in the library’s meeting room. All attendees that sign in will be entered to win a free MP3 player.
Big Benton Exhibition
The Tisbury School will end its traveling art exhibitions with Thomas Hart Benton, the American muralist and seasonal Vineyarder who delved into the images of heroic everyday Americans during the era of the Great Depression.
The exhibition celebrates ordinary people who made America great. Given the artist’s strong Vineyard ties, his fans sometimes speculate that the faces of individual Island personalities can be found in his murals.
Filmmaker Janis Vogel really felt like a filmmaker — a real filmmaker, not just an Island girl done good — when her debut short, Drop, was selected for the international short film program that screened last Saturday as part of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival.
Island Theatre Workshop’s One Act Play Festival this month serves up a full evening of theatre, with five one-act plays in a one-night program that travels through time and around the globe.
It beigns in L.A. with Frederick Stropel’s play Package Deal, directed by Kevin Ryan. This dark comedy invites the audience to sit in on lunch and the contract negotiations of Starla Simmons. An out-of-work actor, an out-of-touch casting agent, and an out-of-reach waiter make this luncheon delicious.
The stage is set: Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School drama students will perform tomorrow in the semifinals of the statewide drama guild competition with an original play written by drama teacher Kate Murray and students Kirkland Beck and Kenny Stone. Islanders are invited to attend the contest performance of the play, called Letters, in Fall River, to see a production that already has earned the cast and crew awards.
Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival Children’s Film Festival is at the Chilmark library. Free popcorn and free admission to all these shows.
Saturday 1:30 p.m.
Different Drummers Short Film Program (70 minutes) For ages 5 to 8: Get in step with these wonderful characters and you’ll start to see the rules a little differently. Just when you think you’ve got things all figured out, life gives you the chance to change.