Art
In her one woman show The Big Boot, writer Jenny Allen takes a candid look at the cancer diagnosis that turned her life upside down and sent her on a soul-searching journey through complex internal landscapes. Rather than wallow in maudlin bathos, the play combines wit, humor and insight to frame the illness in a humane context audiences can relate to.
Boat Safe Martha’s Vineyard was recently reaccredited by the United States Coast Guard and the National Association of Boating Law Administrators for the boating basics course taught on Island by Ron Walsh.
As Vineyarders are bogged down in renewable energy regulations and the Cape Wind project languishes, some Island kids are well aware of what adults are just beginning to understand; “solar ovens/ and solar cars/ will make you all/ into stars/ . . . to prevent global warming/ you can turn off lights/ when it’s storming/ you don’t fly your kites.”
These rhyming, truthful lines are part of the Energy Rap, a song composed by the campers at Sense of Wonder Creations, a day camp in Vineyard Haven run by Pamela Benjamin.
Car Donations
Boys’ and girls’ clubs throughout the country are accepting car donations. The car campaign is coordinated by the Arlington boys’ and girls’ club. Boys and girls throughout the country are pleased to call their clubs The Positive Place for Kids; income from donated cars helps to keep clubs as positive places.
To donate a car call 1-800-246-0493. No restrictions apply and the car will be picked up within a few days.
The Field Gallery will host a Cancer Support Group benefit exhibition, with a free public reception on Sunday, August 24, from 5 to 7 p.m.
This is the seventh year that the gallery has hosted a benefit to aid local causes. A portion of the proceeds from sales of original art work will benefit the Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Support Group, a nonprofit that helps Islanders living with cancer.
Artists represented include Ben Johnson, Janet Woodcock, Jhenn Watts and Marlee Brewster Brockman. Artwork also can be viewed and purchased online atfieldgallery.com.
Bibliophiles Present Books
The Bibliophiles, Inc., the nation’s longest standing, continuously operating African American reading group, will present a gift of 20 books to the Oak Bluffs Public Library. The presentation marks the beginning of the 20th anniversary celebration of the New Jersey-based, not-for-profit book club, and honors four of its retired members.