Art
It’s a whole new, clean green spin on trashy books: on Saturday, August 30, Island author Mathea Levine will sign copies of her new definitely not trashy book I’m Lucy: A Day in the Life of a Young Bonobo at Riley’s Reads in Vineyard Haven — but kids will receive a 20 per cent discount on copies of the book if they bring three or more pieces of beach trash they’ve collected.
The Vineyard Haven Public Library begins a new evening movies series on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 7 p.m. with the screwball comedy Bringing up Baby. starring Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.
Poetry for Survivors
Registration has begun for Sound/Body/Love/Poem, a six-session series of gently erotic writing workshops with Samantha Barrow for survivors of sexual abuse. Sessions run Saturdays from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Registration required; space limited. Classes begin Sept. 6. Sliding scale fees range from $185 to $250. For details, call 215 605-7752 or e-mail [email protected].
Sharon Robinson, author of Stealing Home, a memoir of her family life with baseball dad Jackie Robinson, held court last Friday at what’s becoming the Island’s clubhouse, The Oyster Bar & Grill. From weddings to fundraisers, the trendy eatery at the top of Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs, with high wooden booths and brown satin curtains that put you in mind of Renoir and absinthe-sippers, has hosted a string of special events. This past Friday it was the scene of Ms. Robinson’s talk, the third in a NAACP series of summer luncheons.
Vineyard artist Cindy Kane will discuss her new internationally traveling exhibition — which combines art and journalism in a unique installation — in a free talk Thursday, August 28 at 5:00 p.m. at the Aquinnah library.
Truth comes from the mouths of babes — or rather kids, or young adults, or the future of humanity. Whatever you label them, these pulse-takers of youth culture are back this summer with their own reviews of movies for young viewers screening every Wednesday at the Chilmark Community Center.