Film
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society made a giant leap toward its dream of a permanent home on Thursday night when the Martha’s Vineyard Commission approved a new 6,000-square-foot, 190-seat theatre at the Tisbury Marketplace overlooking Lagoon Pond off Beach Road in Vineyard Haven.
The developer for the project is architect Sam Dunn, who built the marketplace in 1984. The tenant will be Richard Paradise’s itinerant, nonprofit film society.
Short Film Festival
This Saturday and next the folks at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society are bringing to the Island a cast of short characters. It’s their annual screening of all the Oscar nominated short films.
On Feb. 11, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven, is a program featuring the five nominees for animated short films, none of which are longer than 15 minutes.
Low-Lying Maldives Subject of Film
On Saturday, Feb. 4, beginning at 5 p.m. the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival is hosting the last installment of its winter film series.
The evening begins at 5 p.m. with a meal by Chris Fischer of Beetlebung Farm cooking up a farm-to-table community meal. There will also be music to dine by plus a series of short films for kids (see featured kid critic for short film reviews).
At 6:30 p.m. the tables are set for feasting again in preparation for the documentary film, The Island President.
The folks at Cinema Circus are hosting another winter screening tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 4, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center. The event includes food, activities and, of course, a series of short films. Earlier this week a screening was arranged with Madia Bellebuono, a young Island cineaste, to get the skinny on what’s good, great and not so much.
Splat the Cat
Town Meating
The Farm Institute and Morning Glory Farm are teaming up to screen the film American Meat tonight, Friday, Feb. 3, starting at 6 p.m. at the Morning Glory Farm stand.
The film is a documentary about the current state of meat production in the U.S. It is not billed as a mere harangue against the meat industry but rather looks at the complex issue through the eyes of actual workers at these plants, feedlots and confinement houses. The film also introduces the current revolution developing in animal husbandry.
The Rap on Kid Critic Madia Bellebuono
Age: 9.
School Name: Fourth grade at Chilmark Elementary School.
Sibling: Gabriel Bellebuono, age 11.
Pet: Finn (dog).
Something new you are learning: How to knit and crochet.
New place you would like to explore: The State Forest.
New food you recently tried: Sharky’s Taco Bowl.
Favorite thing about living on Martha’s Vineyard: It is very pretty and very peaceful.
What do you want to do/be when you grow-up: A cook and a designer.