Arts & Entertainment
Eli Dagostino is a young Island photographer. But his youth belies his experience. Among other roles he is the staff photographer at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival. A stilt walker in a three foot hat, a woman reborn as the “bird lady,” cute kids by the hundreds; Mr. Dagostino captures them all, and they’ve never looked so good.
And now you have the chance to look just as good.
Sustainable Book Club
The Vineyard Sustainable Book Club, a program of the Martha’s Vineyard Library Association and Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, will meet at the Edgartown Library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, to discuss Kristin Kimball’s book, The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love. This is the story of a journalist who set out to do a story about the new generation of rural farmers and ended up falling in love and becoming one herself.
For anyone who has been to the Elves Faire, brought to the Island every year as a benefit for the Plum Hill Preschool, you know it is an event not to be missed. It can also get a bit crowded. You weren’t the only one to get the word.
Well, this year the Elves are headed to a new location to accommodate all the craft-loving kids and their attendant parents, not above making a holiday snowglobe or two themselves. Previously held at the Federated Church of Edgartown, the faire has moved to St. Andrew’s Church located on North Summer street in Edgartown.
Kale Festival
On Sunday, Dec. 4, celebrate all things kale at a festival in its honor taking place at Mermaid Farm on Middle Road in Chilmark.
The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature kale cooking demonstrations, kale tastings, a potluck brunch, a kale cook-off and farm tours. No word yet on whether it’s time to break out the kale hats and mittens.
On Saturday, Dec. 3, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival begins its winter series. Approximately once a month the film-savvy gang up in Chilmark bring a warm blast of air to the Chilmark Community Center by providing a night for everyone. At 5 p.m. there is a kids’ collection of short films, plus food and activities for the little ones. At 6:30 p.m. there is a full-on community dinner with local farm food and then at 7:30 the adults take center stage with a film guaranteed to jumpstart the brain rather than deaden it with simplistic escapist fare.
Chorus Is Community Event
Back in 1996, yes that is now a long time ago, the Island Community Chorus sounded its first note. Since that time the choral group, led by director Peter Boak, has performed year-round on the Island. The group has gained a loyal following and by staying true to its roots as a group open to anyone with no auditions required, it has remained an Island institution.
