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Dementia Care
Family caregivers or professionals may attend a Dementia Certificate Program course on Friday, Sept. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional Transit Authority in Edgartown.
Tuition for this training from Alz-heimer’s Services of Cape Cod and the Islands is $85 and includes a certificate of completion and 6 CEUs.
Tuition for family caregivers is $10 to cover the costs of materials.
Yoga Workshop
Say goodbye to the hectic summer and ease into the golden rays of fall with a three-day yoga workshop at the Beach Plum Inn in Chilmark. Beginning Sept. 13 and running through Sept. 15, classes will be held throughout each day and offer something for every skill level. Refreshments are provided for those who sign up for the full-day sessions.
Cost is $15 per class, $100 per day, and $250 for the full three days.
For more information call 508-274-4682.
The Vineyard prides itself on promoting all things local: music, painting, livestock, produce, you name it. This weekend, though, the Island goes international as it celebrates the cinema of the world.
Last night the fifth annual Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival kicked off as it always does, with an opening night reception on the Mansion House rooftop.
JUMP! Leaps Into the Yard
Last spring, the performance artist, dancer and choreographer Mary Paula Hunter staked out a storefront window space in New York city and covered herself and her fellow dancers in food products. The commissioned piece was called We Are Karen Finley, after the outrageous, and oft labeled obscene, legendary performance artist.
This weekend Mary Paula Hunter arrives at the Yard with a group of youthful collaborators in a program entitled JUMP!
There was a sacred energy on stage last Saturday at Nectar’s when John Forté took the stage alongside his good friend Ben Taylor, Ben’s sister, Sally Taylor, and their mother, Carly Simon. It was a little like peering into someone’s living room. There was a banter on stage that you didn’t want to interrupt and yet wanted to be part of, hoping someone would clue you in on the inside jokes and sideways glances.
The second annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters Festival will be held on Sept. 24 and 25. Staged at the Mansion House in Vineyard Haven and Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs, the festival will combine pop and country musicians in exclusive live music lineups and intimate settings.
Advance tickets for each show are $25; admission for both nights of performances is also available in advance for $40. To purchase tickets, visit ticketsMV.com.