Arts & Entertainment
Music lovers bound for the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society’s annual Thanksgiving concert this Saturday had best leave room for dessert. The evening will offer a wide-ranging menu of melodies — some light, some rich — all intended to linger sweetly on the palate.
Guest baritone Thomas Jones presents the first plate — the swaggering Toreador Song from the second act of Georges Bizet’s Carmen.
Artist Deborah T. Colter of Edgartown will be opening her studio to the public on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 26 and 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
As the moon rose over Sengekontacket Pond on Sunday night, Felix Neck education coordinator Cristina Pereira led a small group of adults through the trails of the sanctuary. The next day, Ms. Pereira guided a group of high school students for their morning lesson about otter scat remains.
But no matter who Ms. Pereira or other educators at Felix Neck are working with, the goal remains the same: to encourage Islanders to engage with their natural habitat.
Like an elongated dancer in one of his drawings, lanky Jules Feiffer loped in, stretched out his fingers and curtseyed to the standing ovation that greeted his arrival on the Broadway stage last Monday night. Knees bent, he cocked his head and lifted his eyebrows, simultaneously sheepish and soaking it all up.
As soon as the applause died, of course, he stuffed his hands in his suit pockets, shuffled off to the side and muttered into his microphone a warning to himself not to take a pratfall off the stage.
The Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living held the first in a series of five cultural luncheons, this one featuring the Contributions and Influence of the Wampanoag, on Nov. 13 at the Grill on Main in Edgartown, with a meal including traditional foods carefully selected and prepared by chef Anthony Saccoccia and his staff to represent a traditional meal of the Wampanoag.
Tables were decorated with a floral arrangement by Ellen O’Brien. Those sitting at specially marked seats each won a bouquet at the end of the day.
Gifts Without Borders
The African Artists’ Community Development Project will hold sales every Saturday after Thanksgiving until Christmas. The “store” will be officially open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; or anytime by appointment.
For purchase will be Zambezi Dolls, Tuareg silver jewelry, Zambian baskets, Ghanaian patchwork, Mukuni wooden bowls, chai and much, much more.
Consider this an opportunity to engage in guiltless shopping. Each purchase helps support disabled children and the craftspeople of Zambia.
