Art
Treehouse Studios in West Tisbury has re-opened in its new location on State Road opposite up-Island Cronig’s and will continue to feature fine art and selected antiques, as well as an assortment of art-related books.
Director Ruth Adams has announced that her new location offers expanded space within the gallery and plentiful off-street parking.
It was a slightly jarring juxtaposition: At the front of the gym class two professional dancers moved seamlessly from their feet to the floor and back again. Strong and agile, the performers made modern dance look easy. Behind them, a class of seventh graders awkwardly followed along, falling, out of sync, and laughing at themselves — a reminder of how hard it really was.
Featherstone is hosting a show featuring the work of Vineyard photographers.
The new show is titled Favorite Vineyard Scenes, so the shots are friendly and familiar. All of the artists have previously shown at Featherstone, but this is an opportunity to preview their most recent images.
Twenty-eight artists were invited. Participants include Frayda Galvin, Alison Shaw, Chris Baer, David Welch, Harvey Beth, Louisa Gould, Kathy Rose and Robert Schellhammer.
Entrain is back — not that the high-voltage global rhythm percussion band (you really can’t pin it down to one genre) actually disappeared. Just that, having veered away from producing new albums, Entrain is back with an album of all new songs, a new lead singer, new take on old philosophies, and new phase of what band founder Tom Major calls “prolific creativity.” Released in March by Dolphin Safe Records, Just A Matter of Time is the first album of new songs Entrain has put out in seven years.
What happens to the 705 people of tiny Crawford, Tex. when George W. Bush moves to town?
Memorial Day Coffeehouse
Rabbis for Human Rights and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center present Songs of Peace and Justice, A Memorial Day Coffeehouse, on Monday, May 26 at 7 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, Vineyard Haven.
Recording artist David Shneyer, founder of the popular folk band the Fabrangen Fiddlers, rabbi and cantor, will perform Jewish and other folk music