Art
Ashley Medowski Show at Saltwater
Ask about Keith Farm, one of Island artist Ashley Medowski’s new works, and she says, “It’s a serene picture you can dive into.”
Diving in is exactly what you want to do with Medowski’s mixed media assemblages, works you might call paintings-plus.
Keith’s Farm features in the foreground a three-dimensional mosaic stonewall made out of tiny beach stones; if you could just dive past it, you could get to that pond and ocean flirting from the background.
A love story with mythological heroes, shipwrecked kings, queens, witches, a drunken sailor and a famous death scene plays this weekend at the Yard in the form of Dido and Aeneas, a 50-minute opera sung in English. There will be dancing, action sequences and a string quintet.
And of course there will be its famous aria, Dido’s lament, When I Am Laid in Earth, which has been performed by artists as far from opera as Klaus Nomi, Jeff Buckley and even (as a Trance mix) Armin van Buuren.
A four-day festival of wine, food and sisterhood on the Vineyard is under way. Called Divas Uncork the Cure, it brings together renowned wine experts, celebrity chefs and wine enthusiasts to promote breast health awareness, education and screening in Massachusetts.
Clean Cars for Basketball
A car wash will be held on Saturday, August 8 at the Oak Bluffs School to benefit the regional high school basketball team. The time is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the cost is $8. Rain date is Sunday, August 9.
Feeling older? Wiser? Harvard professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot will discuss her new book, The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50 on Thursday, August 13, at 7:30 p.m. the Vineyard Haven Public Library. It is free and all are welcome.
Friday Conversations
On Friday, August 14, at the Oak Bluffs senior center, Bob Hayden will announce and describe the upcoming Black Inventor’s Showcase which will be held at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs on August 21 and 22. His talk will begin at 10 a.m.