Community
Arts Grants
Calling all Island artists, the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Visual Arts (MVCVA) has declared that supporting and encouraging creative endeavors is the new focus of this arts organization. And they are putting money where their mouth is with grant money available for artists of all mediums..
Applications are being accepted until April 1 and are available on the MVCVC Web site at artmv.org or by contacting Renee Balter at 508-696-7643 or [email protected].
Serves Up at Tennis Center
On Saturday, Jan. 28, the Vineyard Tennis Center is hosting the Falmouth Sports Center for men’s, women’s and mixed doubles matches throughout the day. The teams are set but the public is invited to watch and cheer the home team on.
On February 3 through 5 the center will hold a fundraiser for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. This is their sixteenth year hosting this event that features mixed doubles matches for players of every level, including juniors.
The cost is $60 per player.
Hot Time at Big Chili
They come from on-Island and off, the common denominator being they bring with them five gallons of homemade chili. It may be hot, super hot, incinerate-upon-inhaling hot, vegetarian or otherwise.
Who are these people? The entrants of the annual WMVY Big Chili contest, that’s who.
This is the 26th year of the festival, hosted by WMVY and benefiting the Red Stocking Fund charity. This year’s festival takes place tomorrow, Jan. 28, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the P.A. Club in Oak Bluffs.
Sock Hop on Saturday
The Chilmark PTO is holding a 50s-night fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 28, from 7 to 11 p.m. In addition to music and dancing, the evening will feature a silent auction, desserts and beverages. Auction items include a Grey Barn certificate, massages, sailing lessons, tennis lessons, Morning Glory Farm hayride, staycation at Menemsha Inn, weekend at Captain Flanders House and more.
The cost is $15 at the door or visit ticketsmv.com/chilmark.
Juno Boat Subject of Fireside Dinner
Imagine, if you will, a tasty repast, by fireside with the waters of Vineyard Haven harbor just a few yards aft from the window. And while you tuck into your victuals, pictures of boats and black dogs spotting the walls, a bearded man with glasses and an ever present smile steps to the lectern. He proceeds to spins a yarn for your pleasure about building a wooden boat, and not just any boat, mind you, but the 65-foot schooner, Juno.
Grace is Hot Meal on Cold Night
Winter gets a bad rap for a number of reasons. Cold, dark, possibly lonely as the Island empties out and more stores say goodbye until spring. But there is always one wonderful aspect of the off-season, as reliable as the spring peepers, the community suppers.