Martha's Vineyard Arts & Entertainment

Hooked on Art at Bass in the Grass

Addison Antonoff | Saturday, September 28 2024 - 7:55am

Over 30 artists, sponsored by Island businesses, created fish-inspired pieces for Bass in the Grass, the annual derby celebration of creativity.

Bass in the Grass

Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby

Vineyard Preservation Trust

Edgartown School Fair

The Edgartown School’s eighth grade will host the 16th annual Christmas in Edgartown Art and Crafts Fair tomorrow, with more than 40 Island artists and craftspeople: it’s in the Edgartown School gymnasium Saturday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Admission is free. There is plenty of parking, and delicious food will be available.

Playing With Dreams: New Book On Acting from the Inside Out

Gerry Yukevich

Explore Your Dreams by Acting them Out. By John Lipsky. Larson Publications, 208 pages. Softcover, $16.95.

DREAMING TOGETHER: Explore Your Dreams by Acting them Out. By John Lipsky. Larson Publications, 208 pages. Softcover, $16.95.

Prize-winning playwright, director, and professor of drama at Boston University, Jon Lipsky has been pioneering for decades in the field of dream theater. Now he has written an important and delicious new book, Dreaming Together, which sheds abundant light on what happens inside us at night when our eyes are shut.

Party at the Ag Hall

West Tisbury’s annual holiday party will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Agricultural Hall. All are welcome.

As usual, main dishes are provided, but appetizers, side dishes, desserts and beverages are potluck. Bring a dish and lots of good cheer.

For information please call Richard Knabel at 696-9134.

Feast on French Toast — For the Sake of Children

Bring you family and friends to have breakfast for dinner on Sunday, Dec. 7, when Garden Gate Child Development Center will be holding a breakfast for dinner fundraiser at the ArtCliff Diner in Vineyard Haven.

From 5 to 8:30 p.m., diners will be able to choose from a few of the ArtCliff’s delicious breakfast dishes, including their mouth-watering pancakes and famous French toast.

Artisans Offer Gifts for Sale and for Food Pantry

Island-designed items worth well over $1,000 comprise the prize in a raffle to benefit the Island Food Pantry. This collection has been handmade by Vineyarders who are part of the Artisans Gift Gallery at 18 State Road, Vineyard Haven, the former home of the Belushi Pisano Gallery. The kick-off for the fundraiser will be the Artisans Gift Gallery’s grand opening party on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 2 to 6 p.m.

Handmade from the Heart

All Island artisans and bakers are invited to contribute to the much-anticipated holiday fundraiser for Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, the Handmade from the Heart Bazaar. The one-day event will be at the Daniel Fisher House during the Christmas in Edgartown weekend, on Saturday, Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.