Arts & Entertainment
Chicken Alley Art Show Arrives
In this age of free range chicken-raising, throw an egg in the air anywhere on this Island and odds are you’ll hit a fellow chicken farmer, one might think a reference to a place called Chicken Alley speaks of some storied Shangri-la where golden eggs roll freely from the barnyard.
Reality, however, speaks to a place of no chickens but plenty of golden eggs, metaphorically at least.
The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder will be the featured speaker at the Taste of Road Scholar event on Tuesday, August 16 at Shearer Cottage in Oak Bluffs.
Mr. Wilder’s career in public service spans 40 years. As a state senator representing Richmond from 1969 to 1985, he became the first African American state senator in Virginia since the Reconstruction. He was also the first African American to be elected governor in the U.S., leading the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He later served as mayor of Richmond from 2005 until 2009.
On Saturday, August 13, from 4 to 7 p.m. the Oak Bluffs Arts District will host a gallery stroll which includes galleries along Dukes County avenue and nearby. Enjoy art, music and refreshments all served up in a casual summer evening manner.
Even for an established weaver with 45 years of experience, it seems the essence of tapestry art is best explained by the reaction of an outsider to the art. While at a tapestry show in Philadelphia, Julia Mitchell witnessed the raw and pure reaction to her craft. A man passing by stopped in front of one of her woven linen tapestries and gawked momentarily before approaching the piece. Then he took the cloth in his hands, thrust it to his nose and sniffed deeply.
The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society summer program this year has strayed from some of the more traditional offerings.
“The whole business of going to a chamber music concert — well, we’ve really given that a shake-up,” declared Nora Nevin, the society’s director of publicity.
The Christina Gallery is hosting an art opening on Thursday, August 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. for Sandi Blandi and Marjorie Mason
