Calendar Listings for Friday, May 9, 2008
Butterfly Garden Cleanup
Butterfly Garden work day from 10 a.m. to noon at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown. Volunteers welcome every Friday.
Lobster Rolls
Lobster Rolls for sale from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Grace Church on Woodlawn avenue in Vineyard Haven.
Supper, Silent Auction and Oldies Dance
Supper, Silent Auction and Oldies Dance to benefit the Tisbury School's eighth grade class trip to Washington, D.C. begins at the Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs. Dinner and silent auction is $7 from 5 to 8 p.m. Dinner, auction and dance . is $12 from 8 p.m. to midnight. Deejay is Jason Araujo.. Tickets available at the door or at Woodland Market.
Theatre: Pirate Island
Pirate Island, a play by Martin Fallose about castaways lost on a mysterious island where pirates are looking for treasure and the natives may capture them all, is performed at 6 p.m. by students at the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School at the Vineyard Playhouse on Church street in Vineyard Haven.
Red Sox
Red Sox on giant screen at Outerland at the Martha's Vineyard Aiport. No cover. Doors open at 7 p.m., Sox vs. Twins game is at 8:15 p.m.
Author Talk: Nicole Galland
Author Talk: Nicole Galland discusses and signs her new novel Crossed: A Tale of the Fourth Crusade, free at 7:30 p.m. at the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore on Main street in Vineyard Haven.
Improv Comedy: The IMPers
Improv Comedy: The IMPers Become ZOOMers in a two-act evening that takes off with an on-the-spot episode of ZOOM, the famous PBS series "by kids for kids." Show begins at 7:30 p.m. at Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven. Tickets are $10 at the door or $5 in advance from any cast member. For details, call call 508-939-9368.
Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish
Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish play at The Wharf in Edgartown.
Calendar Listings for Saturday, May 10, 2008
Kids Trout Derby
Kids Trout Derby begins at first light (about 6 a.m.) at Duarte's Pond, off Lambert's Cove Road for kids 14 and younger. Prizes for winners in various categories, with refreshments. For details, call 508-627-8028.
Guided Birding Tour
Guided Birding Tour with Robert Culbert every Saturday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Carpool from the high school faculty parking lot. Cost is $30 per person to enjoy bird identification, ecology and behavior. For details, call 508-693-4908.
Saturday Arts for Kids
Saturday Arts: Signmaking for 7 to 12 year olds from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Cost is $10. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Beasts & Bags
Beasts & Bags, a children's program for ages 8 and up, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown. Learn about the sheep and goats; look at fibers under a microscope and create a felted bag to bring home. For details, call 508-627-4850.
Drop-In Craft
Drop-In Craft from 10:30 to 4 p.m. at West Tisbury library. Today: paper plate portraits for Mother’s Day.
Story Time and Art
Story Time and Art for ages 5 and up from 11 to 11:45 a.m. at Aquinnah library. For details, call 508-645-2314.
Pruning, How, When and Why
Vineyard Gardens Lecture Series: Pruning, How, When and Why is the topic at 11 a.m. at the nursery on State Road in West Tisbury. Talk lasts an hour; discounts and free plants for attendees. For details, call 508-693-8511.
Stories and Songs
Stories and Songs for all ages at 10:30 a.m. at Chilmark Public Library.
No Place Like Home: Bats
Nature Program: Bats program from 1 to 2:30 p.m. spotlights bat habits, habitats and build a bat house to take home with you at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown. Cost is $30, or $20 for MassAudubon members. For details, call 508-627-4850.
Theatre: Pirate Island
Pirate Island, a play by Martin Fallose about castaways lost on a mysterious island where pirates are looking for treasure and the natives may capture them all, is performed at 2 p.m. and again at 6 p.m. by students at the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School at the Vineyard Playhouse on Church street in Vineyard Haven.
Free Film Screenings
Free Film Screenings of the World Wide Film Festival from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Capawock theatre on Main street in Vineyard Haven. Films include 2 Men, 1 War, 33 Years On; Combatants For Peace and Dear Mandela. Live link to speakers performances by Sir Bob Geldof, Dave Stewart and Hypernova. Part of Pangea Day.
Artist's Reception
Artist's Reception is free from 3 to 5 p.m. for Marjorie Berlow's exhibition of pastels and tapestries at Chilmark Public Library on South Road in Chilmark.
Artists: Taking It to the Next Level
Artists: Taking It to the Next Level, a career-building class with Aquinnah Sound's Bethany Anne Putnam, is from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Cost is $25. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Artists' Reception: Dragonfly Gallery
Artists' Reception is free from 4 to 7 p.m. for annual Flower Show at Dragonfly Gallery at 91 Dukes County avenue in the Oak Bluffs arts district.
Music: Phil DaRosa and Friends
Music: Phil DaRosa and Friends Colin Ruel, Alex Karalekas, Eric Leuning and others play roots and folk on the Dock at Outerland at the Martha's Vineyard Airport. Cost is $5; doors open at 7 p.m.
Film: King Corn
Film: King Corn screens at 7:30 p.m. at Katharine Cornell Theatre. Feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation; 88 minutes. Tickets are $8, or $5 for Martha's Vineyard Film Society members. For details, call 774-392-2972.
Calendar Listings for Sunday, May 11, 2008
Buddhist Lama Yeshe Drolma
Buddhist Lama Yeshe Drolma teaches King Of Aspiration: Prayer For The Perfect Conduct Of The Noble Ones at 10 a.m. at the Bodhi Path is located at 21 Laurand Drive in West Tisbury. Suggested donation is $15 to $20.
Mothers Day Daffodil Festival
Mothers Day Daffodil Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Vineyard Gardens features everything you need to know about spring bulbs at the nursery on State Road in West Tisbury. Free refreshments, prizes, raffle. For details, call 508-693-8511.
Mothers Day Garden Party
Mothers Day Pink and Green Garden Party is free from noon to 2 p.m. at Donaroma's with refreshments and grand opening of "green shed" featuring eco-friendly products, Wear pink and green outfit and enter to win door prize. For details, call 508-627-8399.
Live Jazz in the Afternoon
Live Jazz from 2 to 4 p.m. with The Jazz Fellowship playing at Offshore Ale on Kennebec avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Free Mother's Day Tour of Gay Head Light
Free Mothers Day Tours of the Gay Head Light in Aquinnah, from 4 to 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome, with or without Mom. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Tango Dance Class
Tango Dance Class taught by Yaron Ziv at 7 p.m. at Fanny Blair Hall on North William street in Vineyard Haven. Swing practice at 6; general dancing follows lesson until 9 p.m. All levels welcome, no partner required, $3 donation. For details, call 508-696-8428.
Calendar Listings for Monday, May 12, 2008
Toddler Story Time
Infant and Toddler Story Time at 10:30 a.m. at West Tisbury library.
Famous for a Day Art Class
Famous for a Day Art Class for children ages 6 to 10 from 3 to 5 p.m. with Lani Carney at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Beginning and Continuing Tapestry
Beginning and Continuing Tapestry Class with Julia Mitchell is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Cost is $40 per class. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Wheelthrowing
Wheelthrowing with Frank Folts from 7 to 9 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Cost is $30 per class. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Monday Night in Stitches
Monday Night in Stitches knitting group welcomes all ages from 7 to 9 p.m. at West Tisbury library.
Monday Night Movie: Brigadoon
Monday Night Movie: Brigadoon screens free at 7 p.m. at West Tisbury library.
Calendar Listings for Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Tom Maley Life Drawing Class
Tom Maley Life Drawing Class meets from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $13; no instruction.
Back to the Drawing Board
Drawing: Back to the Drawing Board with Nancy Blank from 10 a.m. to noon at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Cost is $30 per class. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Story Time with Merrily Fenner
Story Time with singer and author Merrily Fenner at 11 a.m. at Vineyard Haven library.
Stories and Songs
Stories and Songs for all ages at 10:30 a.m. at Chilmark Free Public library.
Watercolor for Children
Watercolor for Children ages 3 to 6 with Lani Carney is from 1 to 3 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Salsa Classes for Kids
Salsa Classes for Kids ages 8 to 14 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. with Saskia Vanderhoop at Grace Church on the corner of William and Woodlawn streets in Vineyard Haven. Cost is $14. For details, call by 508-645-2008.
Digital Imaging Workshop
Digital Imaging Workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts, Oak Bluffs. Cost is $100. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Chess Club
Chess Club for ages 6 to high school at 6 p.m. at Vineyard Haven library.
Casting Session
Casting Session for Mow Crew, a feature film shooting on Martha's Vineyard this summer, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Vineyard Playhouse. For details, see online mowcrew.com.
National Organization of Women
Martha's Vineyard NOW (National Organization of Women) meets at 6:30 p.m. at Houwes House in West Tisbury; all welcome. For detials, call 508-627-9995.
Aquinnah Annual Town Meeting
Aquinnah Annual Town Meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the town hall.
Jazz Duo Jeremy Berlin and Eric Johnson
Jazz Duo Jeremy Berlin and Eric Johnson play from 7 to 9 p.m. at Offshore Ale in Oak Bluffs.
Calendar Listings for Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Story Time for Older Toddlers
Story Time for ages 2 and up at 10:30 a.m. at West Tisbury library.
Aquinnah Annual Town Election
Aquinnah Annual Town Election; vote from noon to 6 p.m. at the town hall.
Kids: Animals in Arts
Kids: Animals in Arts class for ages 5 to 10 with Lani Carney runs 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Cost is $30.
Salsa Classes at Che's Lounge
Salsa Classes at Che's Lounge at 38 Main street in Vineyard Haven with Saskia Vanderhoop: 5:15 p.m. is beginner teens (15 and up); 6:30 is basic beginners; 7:45 to 9 p.m. is beginners (level two). Cost is $14. For details, call 508-645-2008.
Free Cooking Class
Free Cooking Class: All Wrapped Up, or, Oh, the things you can do with wonton wrappers, runs from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. with Dee Geiger of Tea Lane Caterers at Chilmark Public Library. For details, call 508-645-3360.
Champagne Tasting Dinner
Champagne Tasting Dinner at 6 p.m. at Sweet Life Cafe in Oak Bluffs to benefit The Yard's artists- in-the-schools program. Prix fixe menu for apperitif, hors d'oeuvres followed four-course meal and five different Veuve Clicquot champagnes, is $125 per person, plus tax and tip. For reservations, call 508-696-0200.
Live Irish Session
Live Irish Music begins at 6:30 p.m. at Offshore Ale on Kennebec avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Vineyard Independence Partnership
Vineyard Independence Partnership meeting for Islanders with developmental disabilities, friends and family. Come meet new social activities coordinator, at 6:30 p.m. in the library at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.
World Language Night
World Language Night is free from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, with student drama, musical and dance performances in the Performing Arts Center, student-made videos and international food. Proceeds from the evening benefit the Nancy Orazem Scholarship Fund .
Beginning Drawing
Beginning Drawing Class with Nancy Blank from 7 to 9 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Cost is $30 per class. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Film: Eye of the Storm:
Film: Eye of the Storm: Sharing Powerful Stories About Racism, a film and discussion from 7 to 9 p.m. sponsored by the Diversity Council, NAACP and and the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center. All welcome, at the Hebrew Center on Centre street in Vineyard Haven.
Firehouse Figure-Drawing Studio Sessions
Firehouse Figure-Drawing Studio Sessions from 7 to 9 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $10. For details, call 508-693-3651.
Calendar Listings for Thursday, May 15, 2008
An Evening Under the Stars
An Evening Under the Stars at Mediterranean restaurant on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven begins at Xpm to benefit the Martha's Vineyard Cancer Support Group.
Art Camp for Adults
Art Camp for Adults with Nancy Blank (paint projects, glaze and drawing project) from 9 to 11 a.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Vineyard Belly Dance and Revue
Vineyard Belly Dance and Revue begins at 1:30 p.m. at the West Tisbury Senior Center at Howes House on State Road across from Alley's. Audience invited to play drums. For details, call 508-627-3240.
Kinderart for ages four to seven
Kinderart for ages 4 to 7 with Lani Carney meets from 3:15 to 5:15 at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Story Time
Story Time for ages 6 to 10 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven library with Melinda deFeo from the FARM Institute.
An Evening Under the Stars
An Evening Under the Stars to benefit the Martha's Vineyard Cancer Support Group is from 6 to 9 p.m. at Mediterranean restaurant, 52 Beach Road on Vineyard Haven harbor, with drinks and hors d’oeuvres, and music by Mike Benjamin.
Disaster Volunteer Training
Disaster Volunteer Training with the American Red Cross is free from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs School, 50 Tradewinds Road in Oak Bluffs. For details, call 508-775-1540, extension 19.
Teen Games Night
Teen Games Night with DDR, Mario, Zelda and Guitar Hero, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven library.
Pastel Painting
Pastel Painting with Ellen McCluskey is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Cost is $40 per class. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Trivia Night at Outerland
Trivia Night at Outerland: competition begins at 7 p.m. at the Martha's Vineyard Airport, followed by deejay until closing.
Celtic Music: Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
Celtic Music: Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas in concert at 8 p.m. in the Katharine Cornell Theatre on Spring street in Vineyard Haven as part of the KCT Concerts series. Tickets are $20 at the door, $15 in advance at Aboveground Records, Island Entertainment and Alleys; children free at the door. For details, call 508-693-3896
Calendar Listings for Friday, May 16, 2008
Bird-a-thon
Bird-a-thon, an annual MassAudubon fundraiser in which sponsors pledge an amount of money per species of bird seen by a team, takes place over 24 hours, begining today. For details, call Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary at 508-627-4850.
Butterfly Garden Cleanup
Butterfly Garden work day from 10 a.m. to noon at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown. Volunteers welcome every Friday.
Growing Up Island Photograhy Show
Photography Show: Growing Up Island opens from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. free at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs with refreshments and music by Mark Lovewell. Featured are Chilmark School students' photographs of their buddies at Windemere. For details, call 508-696-6465, extension 722.
Lobster Rolls
Lobster Rolls for sale from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Grace Church on Woodlawn avenue in Vineyard Haven.
Big Night Out and Benefit Auction
Big Night Out and Benefit Auction from 6 to 10 p.m. at Farm Neck Golf Club with gourmet hors d'oeuvres and desserts by Rikard Bread Company, to benefit Vineyard Montessori School. Tickets available at the door or at marthasvineyardtickets.com.
Between the Lines
Between the Lines, original play by Kate Murray and students of Martha's Vineyard Regional High School begins at 7:30 p.m. upstairs at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury. One hour in length; fun for the entire family. Tickets are $10; $7 for students and seniors; or $5 children (10 and younger). Refreshments available. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Men in Motion
Men in Motion, Chippendales style male dancers, perform an over-21 show at 8 p.m. at Outerland at the Martha's Vineyard Airport. Cost is $12; doors for this girls night out open at 7 p.m. for ages 21 and up. For details, call 508-693-1137..
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