Arts & Entertainment
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival’s Cinema Circus, an ongoing series of film and fun designed for children, features a series of shorts this Wednesday, August 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center. Short subjects include a gorgeous warthog getting his comeuppance, a gentle penguin challenging the profit-focused owners at his zoo, and a young boy who softens the heart of a cranky waitress at his local diner. In The Weatherman, a wacky weatherman refuses to go with the flow when his forecasting machine goes on the fritz.
Yoga Trunk Show
A trunk show for yoga clothing, skin care products, jewelry and other related items will take place Wednesday, August 19, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club. Leslie Sterns and FLY Yogainvite all to peruse new clothes from Hard Tail, Bali Dog, Be Present and other designers. Cash and checks only, please.
Challah Baking Class
Joan Nathan, renowned cookbook author and prize-winning culinary expert, will hold a challah baking class on Friday, August 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the West Tisbury kitchen of Judith Birsh. It’s hands-on for all 10 participants, to raise money for the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
On an overcast and windy Sunday afternoon, which was once a sunny beach morning, the last of the diehards are filtering off of State Beach. Most daring of them all are those who decide that after a day of sunning they will accept the traditional challenge of jumping off Big Bridge, the second bridge on Beach Road from Oak Bluffs to Edgartown.
Despite the grey skies, seasoned swimmers recognize this sort of weather: the air is cool, the water is a clear, dark green, and the August sea is warm.
Hebrew Center Services
The following special services will be held at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center: Friday, August 14, family Shabbat service at State Beach near Camp Jabberwocky parking area, 5:30 p.m.; Friday, August 28, Shabbat by the sea service with guest speaker Fred Hotchkiss, Experiencing the Horseshoe Crab. Saturday Torah services will start at 9:30 a.m. through Labor Day. For questions please call 508-693-0745.
There’s a sleep-away camp feel to the Yard off Middle Road in Chilmark: office over here, summer-blooming party tent over there, and modest, grey-shingled, single-story cottages for visiting dancers, choreographers, singers and other artistes scattered throughout the woods.
