Arts & Entertainment
The Vineyard Haven Library is not going gently into that fall season.
On Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. the library hosts a lecture by Saloma Furlong entitled Why I Left the Amish. Ms. Furlong was born and raised in an Amish community in Ohio, but decided she had to leave to pursue a different type of life which included a formal education. She graduated from Smith College in 2007 and recently left her position at Amherst College to pursue her writing career full-time.
Ms. Saloma will discuss what it was like to live and leave the Amish lifestyle.
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Mass in the Grass
The fourth annual Labor Day celebration and cookout at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven gets underway at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 4, at the big tent on the rectory lawn.
There will food, ice cream, jazz music, and an announcement of a new effort in conjunction with the TogetherNow campaign, to address critical infrastructure needs.
The church is located at the intersection of Woodlawn and Franklin avenues.
For more details, call 508-693-0332.
Artisans’ Festival Labor Day Blowout
The biggest, bestest, most all-inclusive Vineyard artisans sale begins tonight, Sept. 2, and runs through to Sunday afternoon at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. It is the 16th annual Vineyard Artisans Labor Day Weekend Festival and rest assured nearly every type of locally made craft will be on display and for sale, including earrings, furniture, pillows, rugs, brooms, art of all shapes and sizes — the list of items could fill volumes.
Comedian Scott Blakeman is back on the Island (he always seems to arrive with a hurricane) to treat Island audiences to a large dose of political humor.
Mr. Blakeman’s show is entitled Liberal Jew: The Comedy of Scott Blakeman. This, of course, is an indication of the show’s leanings, but no worries, in the world of politics and humor, all sides are fair game.
The Eisenhauer Gallery is hosting its final exhibition of the season with a reception on Saturday, Sept. 3 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Featured artists are Tjasa Owen, Jeff Shaller, Olga Antonova and Elizabeth Washburn. Each artist brings a unique vision to their work ranging from Ms. Owens paintings inspired by her global travels, to Ms. Antonova’s work in portraiture as applied to her still life paintings.
The exhibit continues through Sept. 10.
