Arts & Entertainment
Continuing a 14-year tradition of comedy improvisation on Wednesday evenings, actors will take the Grange Hall stage every Wednesday night from July 2 to August 20. This year, the cast of 10 includes the IMPers, the teen professional troupe, as well as the newly reincarnated WIMP.
The new WIMP consists of former IMPers now in college. Don’t miss the troupe called “one of the standout groups” of the 2007 Chicago Improv Festival by the festival’s artistic director. This group performs instantaneous skits based on audience suggestions.
Truth comes from the mouths of babes. Or rather kids, or young adults, or the future of humanity . . . whatever you label them, the pint-sized pulse-takers of youth culture are back this summer with their own tell-all reviews of the movies for young viewers screening every Wednesday evening at the Chilmark Community Center.
The Martha’s Vineyard Library Association kicks off its 2008 summer reading program, Wild Reads at Your Library, with a lively performance by Bill Ross at the agricultural hall in West Tisbury at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 5.
Mr. Ross, of Easthampton, has been performing as a professional juggler and clown since 1984. He appeared a number of years ago at the Vineyard schools as the Tick Man, using his trademark humor to teach tick bite prevention.
Sea Education Association president and former New Bedford mayor John Bullard presents Global Warming: What’s Going On Here? What Do I Do About It? on Thursday, July 3, free at 5 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.
Mr. Bullard, who adapted his presentation from Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, served in the Clinton/Gore administration. He will summarize the science of global warming, the impacts already being felt, future threats and actions we can all take.
Art for Kids
Art for Kids with Mickey Stone is a new program at the M.M. Stone Gallery at 671 State Road in West Tisbury. Opening this week, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the summer season offers classical art classes in drawing, painting, sculpture and design.
Make a reservation or just drop in. Cost is $15 an hour per student with all materials included. For details, call 508-693-0396 or e-mail [email protected].
By CYNTHIA COWAN
Hospitality in a Pan
What is it with the pineapple as the universal symbol of hospitality? They don’t look or feel particularly inviting, and they aren’t very user friendly. While the sweet, tropical taste is lovely, it is far from warm and welcoming like, say, a cup of coffee. So why the pineapple brass knockers, doorbells, finials, bed posts and candelabra?
