Arts & Entertainment
By JULIAN WISE
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Calling all artists, it is time for the jurying in of new members Martha’s Vineyard Art Association.
Membership in the association is decided by a jury process. Artists may submit five original artworks representative of their particular style or artistry to the Old Sculpin Gallery by Monday, August 22.
Anyone interested in applying for membership should call 508-627-4881 or email [email protected] for an application form.
For more information, visit oldsculpingallery.org.
It was hard to believe the witty and talented musician who played at the Yard last Tuesday night to promote the release of his first CD heard his own music on the radio for the first time that very morning. The artist, Ollie Childs, and his wife and manager, Alix, had been out driving around the Island when WMVY radio debuted a song from All in Good Time.
It was an emotional moment for the young couple, and, as Mr. Childs put it, quite “surreal.”
The key to a great seafood meal on the Vineyard naturally lies in the best ingredients: just-caught fish, farm-fresh produce and a talented chef.
At the second annual Seafood Throwdown on Saturday, the organizers brought all three together in the hot summer sun at the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market.
A competition between two Island chefs, the throwdown is designed to raise awareness about locally-caught fish and an Island initiative called Vineyard Wild Caught Seafood.
Blue Duck Speaks
Dr. Chester P. Soliz, an elder of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe known as Blue Duck, will discuss the history of the tribe at the Oak Bluffs Library. The talk takes place on August 24 at 2 p.m. There will be a question and answer session following the talk, including light refreshments.
The library is located at 56R School street in Oak Bluffs.
For more details, call 508-693-9433.
Pitchapalooza is coming to Martha’s Vineyard, so time to dust off your pitching chops. But here’s the catch. You will have but just one minute to talk.
The pitch, so to speak, is as follows. Twenty writers will be selected at random from the audience. Each person picked gets sixty seconds to convince the judges of the worthiness of his book idea. At the end of the pitching a winner will be announced. The prize? An introduction to an agent or publisher appropriate for his or her book.
