Art
Vineyard residents are invited to attend a free Berklee College of Music workshop demonstrating the Power of Music for Health and Education on Thursday, May 14, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the large dining room at Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
The workshop will be presented by Karen Wacks and Wendy Krueger, music therapy professors at Berklee.
Big Night Out
Big Night Out, the annual Vineyard Montessori School fund-raiser, is May 15 at Farm Neck golf course from 7 to 11 p.m. There will be live and silent auctions, with hors d’oeuvre and dessert from Rickard’s Bakery. Tickets will be available at the door as well as online at ticketsmv.com.
Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard and the Town of West Tisbury are searching for a family to purchase a three-bedroom affordable house, and the application deadline is Monday, May 18.
Charity Golf
The team of David Murphy, John Dutton, John Farrington, Jane Shigley and Paul Breen emerged from a crowded field of 24 teams this past weekend to win the Holy Ghost Scholarship Golf Tournament at Mink Meadows in Vineyard Haven. Runners-up were the team of Steve Furtaw, Keith Fullin, Jason Balboni, J.T. Marhar and Eric Perry.
The Vineyard Playhouse will audition for its summer Shakespeare performance — this year it will be The Taming of the Shrew — on Saturday, May 16, from noon to 4 p.m. at the playhouse on Church street in Vineyard Haven. It will be directed by Johanna McKeon.
Actors may arrive at the audition any time during the scheduled hours and sign up for an appointment that day. Everyone who comes to the audition will be seen. Actors should come prepared to perform a short (under two minutes) Shakespearean monologue from any play.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School was founded in 1955, making 1959 graduation year for the inaugural class. Half a century and countless diplomas later, the Class of 2009 readies itself to be the 50th class to fling their mortarboards in the air. In recognition of this, the Minnesingers annual spring show will be titled The Beat Goes On, and will feature a medley of tunes from the last five decades.