Art
Big Screen Babe at the Farm
After the sun goes down on the Farm Institute in Katama tonight, August 7, the beloved barnyard classic film, Babe, will go up on the big screen, mounted on the side of the Farm’s horse barn by the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society. Given the special venue, filmgoers are asked to bring beach chairs, blankets and dress appropriately. And be prepared to share the theatre space with the ducks, sheep and turkeys who live nearby.
Nancy Jephcote will celebrate her solo CD release on Sunday, August 9 with a concert at the Katharine Cornell Thetare at 8 p.m. Following the hour-long concert there will be a reception with light refreshments at Che’s Lounge.
The album, Garland of Rain, features songs Ms. Jephcote has written and sung over the years, orchestrated carefully with the help of producer Tom Prasada-Rao over two years, with several trips to his studio in Garland, Texas and one journey to Fort Lauderdale to add acoustic bass parts played by Nancy’s sister, Martha Spangler.
Mow Crew, a landscaper love affair comedy filmed on Martha’s Vineyard, will have a one-night screening on Saturday, August 8, at the Capawock with two showings, at 7 and 9:15 p.m.
Since it screened to sold-out crowds in the spring, the film has won the Indie Spirit Special Recognition Award at the Boston International Film Festival
Writer-director Taylor Toole will attend with cast and crew members for question-and-answer sessions following the film.
This Saturday night, August 8, is the second and final Oak Bluffs Arts District stroll of the summer. Among the many fine events and showings planned by the galleries and boutiques of Dukes County avenue is PikNik’s Urban Event, now in its second year.
Defining Gravity With Dance at the Field Gallery
She-figured Dance presents Defining Gravity, a premiere modern dance performance and sunset reception for the benefit of the Somarela Fund on Tuesday, August 11, at 5:30 p.m.
Clarinet Legend Sailing to Vineyard
In June, when the New York Times announced clarinetist Stanley Drucker’s retirement from the New York Philharmonic, the paper said he was entering “something bigger than folklore. Legend maybe? History? He is retiring from the Philharmonic after 60 years, the longest tenure of any player in the orchestra’s existence.”