Arts & Entertainment
Poetry Reading
On Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 5 p.m. Fan Ogilvie and Leslie Prosterman will give a reading at the West Tisbury Library in celebration of Ms. Prosterman’s new book of poetry, Snapshots and Dances.
Ms. Prosterman’s work has appeared in various publications including The Folklore Muse and Brevitas. She is currently a senior fellow at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School University in New York city, a cultural activist, and a sometime student of trapeze.
The Family Center is set to begin a year-long book group devoted to helping parents navigate the sometimes magical, sometimes mysterious and sometimes downright messy experience of raising children. Each month, beginning in October, a different book will be chosen to be discussed at weekly meetings held on Wednesdays from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the family center.
The first book is entitled The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men. The first meeting is on Oct. 5 when chapters one and two will be discussed.
Behind every bureaucrat beats the heart of an artist. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if that were so? Just imagine a world where a moment with CSPAN resulted not in a need for a nap but rather an inspiring journey into the creative (rather than destructive) souls of our elected officials.
Just a crazy dream you say? Well, here on the Vineyard that dream is a reality. Nonbelievers need only to wander the grounds of the Tashmoo Spring building today, Sept. 23, from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Dr. Al Hurwitz remembers his first scribble.
“I was about four years old and we moved into a new house. The first thing I saw were all these wonderful white plaster walls. I had a pencil and I began drawing, I can still see the images of what I drew My mother was quite alarmed, but my father thought it was very amusing because it was all doomed to be papered.”
Solar Boxes Emit Sound of Art
Small speakers powered by the sun and emitting a single guitar note are about to add to the ambient sounds of fall this week on Martha’s Vineyard. The project called sun boxes is the work of artist Craig Colorusso, a one-time punk rocker (remember China Pig) turned performance artist.
Nine Eleven: 10 Years Later
Heavy skies drop rain
daily in intermittent waves
this old summer cottage
of ours harbors air eddies
demands the wood stove
current-sucking heater coils
extra layers, sweaters, wool
socks; trees wave remnants
of their storm-seared leaves.
Potted foliage sags its greenery
fallen petals stain the porch floor
