Arts & Entertainment
Casting a Gimlet Eye on Christmas
In 1992 David Sedaris was simply David Sedaris, just another nobody cleaning apartments for a living. Sure, he was most likely the funniest dude out there swabbing strangers’ toilets, but who knew?
Then he took a job playing an elf at Macy’s for the holiday season. It did not go well. The job that is. Sedaris’s career is another story.
Tisbury Travel Club
The Tisbury Travel Club is headed to Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts to be exact.
The club will be heading out on Jan. 10 leaving on the 8:15 a.m. boat and returning at 5 p.m.
The cost for the trip to Boston is $42, which includes admission to the museum. The travel club is a nonprofit organization and anyone can take part in the trip.
For more information on the current special exhibits showing at the museum visit mfa.org.
To make a reservation, call 508-696-4205.
If You Go to Sea
If you go to sea you really must know
What to do when the wind she blows.
If weather bodes toward a nasty gale
You must, beforehand, shorten sail.
As the gale comes on and it gets quite rough
Head up to weather but don’t let sails to luff.
It’s a good idea to use a drogue
To keep the vessel under good control.
If when quite rough and stomach is sour
CPR Class
The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter, will hold an adult CPR/AED class and an infant and child CPR review on Saturday, Dec. 11 at the Y.M.C.A. of Martha’s Vineyard on 111R Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road. The class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon and costs $40.
The Red Cross now offers a blended learning combination. This consists of an online training portion followed by a short period of class training and certification testing.
Silver Screen Burritos
Islanders can support the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society by eating burritos on Tuesday: Sharky’s Cantina restaurants (in Oak Bluffs and in Edgartown) will be donating 15 per cent of all food sales from lunch, dinner and late night patrons this Tuesday, Dec. 7 to the film society.
The film society is a nonprofit, year-round cultural program dedicated to screening independent and world cinema. For details, see online mvfilmsociety.com or call 508-696-9369.
Spoon in the Moon
Spoon in the Moon Coffeehouse at the Vineyard Playhouse begins its second season on Saturday, Dec. 18.
The Playhouse, in association with Hummingbird Productions and Kate Taylor, presents Tish Hinojosa in a concert titled, From Texas for a Christmas Night.
Tish’s chart topping hits include Something in the Rain and By the Rio Grande. She will perform at 8 p.m.
Admission is $20 and advance tickets are on sale now through the Playhouse Web site, vineyardplayhouse.org.
