Art
The words come out syncopated, layered, alto over soprano over bass over tenor and all rolling, rolling over you in an overlapping, ethereal echo: “We are the ones, we are the ones, we’ve been waiting for ...”
Sinfonietta Concert
Quiet, please? Not at the Vineyard Haven Public Library this Tuesday, when the reading desks will be pushed back to make way for a free Holiday Pops Concert with the Vineyard Sinfonietta.
The program includes music composed by Telemann, Gluck, Glazunov, Warlock, Britten, Willson and Gershwin. Playing will be Jan Hyer and Heidi Schultz on cello, Matt Pelikan on viola, Jo-Ann Ewing and Patricia Szucs on violin, and Holly Wayman and Nan White on flute.
Oak Bluffs Holiday Party
Cookie decorating, holiday music, a visit from Santa and kids’ grab bags (while they last) — it’s all part of the annual Holiday Open House at the Oak Bluffs Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2 to 5 p.m.
Edgartown School Fair
The Edgartown School’s eighth grade will host the 16th annual Christmas in Edgartown Art and Crafts Fair tomorrow, with more than 40 Island artists and craftspeople: it’s in the Edgartown School gymnasium Saturday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Admission is free. There is plenty of parking, and delicious food will be available.
Explore Your Dreams by Acting them Out. By John Lipsky. Larson Publications, 208 pages. Softcover, $16.95.
DREAMING TOGETHER: Explore Your Dreams by Acting them Out. By John Lipsky. Larson Publications, 208 pages. Softcover, $16.95.
Prize-winning playwright, director, and professor of drama at Boston University, Jon Lipsky has been pioneering for decades in the field of dream theater. Now he has written an important and delicious new book, Dreaming Together, which sheds abundant light on what happens inside us at night when our eyes are shut.
Party at the Ag Hall
West Tisbury’s annual holiday party will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Agricultural Hall. All are welcome.
As usual, main dishes are provided, but appetizers, side dishes, desserts and beverages are potluck. Bring a dish and lots of good cheer.
For information please call Richard Knabel at 696-9134.