The Yard promises a high-energy, laugh aloud evening of work by three very different artists: Jamal Jackson Dance Company (African/hip hop/contemporary dance), performance artist Claire Porter, and solo dancer Lorraine Chapman share the stage on Friday and Saturday, August 1 and 2 at 8 p.m., with a free family matinee on Saturday at 4 p.m. at The Yard, Middle Road in Chilmark.
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.
The internationally acclaimed St. Petersburg Quartet opens the 38th summer season of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society with performances at 8 p.m. on July 7 and 8 — Monday at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown, Tuesday at the Chilmark Community Center.
The concert program includes Alexander Glazunov’s Three Novelettes, opus 15; the String Quartet in E-flat Major by Antonin Dvorák, and with the chamber society’s artistic director, Delores Stevens, joining the group on stage, the Piano Quintet by Dmitri Shostakovich.
The Wailers, the most popular reggae group of all time, will be playing a special concert at Outerland Monday, August 11, with all proceeds directly benefiting Friends of the World Food Program and help fund the life-saving food assistance programs of the United Nations World Food Program.
The program is the largest humanitarian organization in the world, reaching an average of 88 million people in 80 of the world’s poorest countries each year.
The lines sprang into Jemima James’ head, complete with melody, sometime in the 1970s: “Raised in a home, his back got no bone.” The rest of the song, Billy Baloo, soon followed.
“I just liked the way it sounded,” she said, sitting in the wind outside the Scottish Bakehouse in Vineyard Haven this week. Though the story didn’t pair with reality, she found that changing the words messed with the tune. And she trusts the songs that arrive this way.
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum will present the second in their summer Free at Five series on Wednesday, July 23, at the East Chop Lighthouse in Oak Bluffs.
The lighthouse will be open free of charge to the public beginning at 5 p.m., followed by a performance by the Jim Thomas Spiritual Choir at 6 p.m.
It’s time for old-time fiddle music tonight, when The Flying Elbows Fiddle Band performs at 8 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre.
Known to deliver light-hearted, high-energy performances, the Flying Elbows will present both original and traditional songs with humor and three-part harmony in addition to their familiar fiddle material.
After logging many long hours on the couch and mindlessly devouring one too many buttery bags of popcorn, the votes are in. No, not for the Oscars, but for the official selections of the eighth annual Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival. The brains behind the wintertime event are so excited about the roster they have decided to host a special kick-off screening more than a week before the festival officially begins.
Kathy and Paul Domitrivich of Lola’s Southern Seafood are hosting a summer solstice fundraiser for Penelope Dickens on Sunday, June 22. Penelope is in her third year of cancer treatments and needs help meeting her basic living costs.
Che’s Lounge hosts an eclectic Poetry and Music Jam on Monday, August 4. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and features the Hot Words Collective — Justen Ahren (Jen Brown’s Brother), Samantha Barrow, Linda Black, Richard C. Skidmore, Michael West and Ben Williams.
