🎤 Weekend Update: 8/9-8/11 - Events on Martha's Vineyard
🎤 Weekend Update: 8/9-8/11 - Events on Martha's Vineyard
chilmark road race, Jewel, black book festival, built on stilts, dance workshop
Hello, Weekend!
🌦 Weekend Weather:
Friday: 🌧 Expect showers with possible thunderstorms, highs around 80°F.
Saturday: ⚡ Thunderstorms likely but clearing later, remaining warm at 80°F.
Sunday: 🌤 Partly sunny and breezy, cooling slightly to 78°F.
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I’m trying to be consistent with rounding up the specials each season:
I paywalled this for paid subscribers, but free subscribers will gain access to it next week:
🗺️ What To Do This Weekend
All Weekend
📽️ Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival 2024 @ Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center / More Info / $100/day pass or $20/screeening (through Sat)
Friday: 6p Emperor of Ocean Park or 8:30p Luther: Never Too Much
Saturday: 1:30p Albany Road, 5p FIGHT NIGHT: The Million Dollar Heist and 8p It Was All a Dream
🌻 Pick Your Own Sunflowers @ FARM Institute, Mon-Fri 10a-4p, Sat 10a-12p / More Info / $25
Tour the sunflower field and pick your own sunflowers, with a dozen stems included per group and additional available for purchase.
🎭 Built on Stilts @ Union Chapel, 7:30-9p / More Info / Free (Fri+Sat)
Attend the island's free Community Dance and Performance Festival, showcasing different performances each night.
🎭 Much Ado About Nothing at Tisbury Amphitheater, 5:30p (Thu-Sat) More Info / $20 (Last Performance: 8/10)
🎭 Miss Maybelline's Nocturnal Flights Of Fancy at Martha's Vineyard Playhouse, 7p (Tue-Sat) / More Info / $45+ (Last Performance: 8/10)
Friday, August 9
🛍️ Shop Like a Local Event @ Magnetic North, 1-5p
Shop with founders of La Ligne, Cesta Collective and Nettie Kent
🖌 Block Printing on Fabric @ Featherstone Center for the Arts, 2-5p / More Info / $70
Create your own linoleum block stamps and print unique patterns on various fabrics you bring from home.
📝 3rd Annual Black Education Forum @ Old Whaling Church, 4-6p / More Info / Free
Join a discussion on "Education Justice and Democracy" with a distinguished panel, moderated by Michele Norris, followed by a reception.
💃 Dance Theatre of Harlem Free Public Workshop @ Ocean Park, 5-5:45p / More Info / Free
Participate in a fun, open-air workshop blending ballet with classic social dancing, inspired by Robert Garland’s "Return."
🏳️🌈 Salute to Black Queer Expression, featuring Tre’vell Anderson, Raquel Willis, and Tashira Halyard @ MV Performing Arts Center, 5-6:30p / More Info
Celebrate the contributions of TGNCIQ creatives in media and culture, followed by a food and drinks reception.
🔁🎤 Live Music: Freestyle Fridays with DJ Smooth B at Nomans, 6-9p
🔁🎷 Sunset Concert Series - Dukes of Circuit Ave at Trinity Park, 6-7:30p More Info
🔁🎶 Live Music: Featherstone Fridays with Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish at Featherstone Center for the Arts, 6:30-8p More Info / $20
🎤 MV ComedyFest - Deon Cole at The Strand, 9:15p / More Info / $165
📽️Film Screening: TOUCH @ MV Film Center, 7:30p / More Info / $12
Saturday, August 10
🔁🧑🌾 West Tisbury Farmers' Market at Agricultural Hall, 9a-12p More Info
🔁🛍️ Chilmark Flea Market at Chilmark Flea Market, 9a-2p More Info
🔁🎭 The Fabulists: Theater for Children at Tisbury Amphitheater, 10a More Info
🏃 Chilmark Road Race @ Middle Road, 10:30a / More Info / $35
Participate in the 5K race along beautiful but hilly Middle Road, supporting the Chilmark Community Center.
📽️ I Am Him: Black Male Mental Health - Improving As Individuals First @ Strand Theatre, 11a-2p / More Info / $10
🩰 Dance Theatre of Harlem Ballet Master Class @ Vineyard Arts Project, 11a / More Info / $28
Intermediate and advanced-level dancers ages 16+ can join for a master class featuring warm-up, center work, and movement across the floor.
🚀 NASA Astronauts at Oak Bluffs Library, 12-2p / More Info / Free
Black Astronauts share their journeys, available for photos after
🎸 Pinkletinks Concert @ Chilmark Free Public Library, 3:30-4:30p / Free
Enjoy a free family concert with The Pinkletinks, perfect for singing and dancing.
📚MV Black Book Festival at Island Inn, 3-8p / More Info / $105
Celebrate Black literary excellence with panel discussions, fireside chats, and appetizers.
🎨 Lyle Ashton Harris: Our First and Last Love @ Martha's Vineyard Museum, 4-5:30p / More Info / $35
Explore Lyle Ashton Harris’ art and personal narratives in a discussion with curator Lauren Haynes and moderator James Powell.
🎨 Jennifer C. McCurdy Tales in Porcelain @ Louisa Gould Gallery, 5-7p / More Info
🎤 The MV Invasion: A Benefit for WVVY @ Katherine Cornell Theater, 5p / $
Enjoy performances by various artists with proceeds supporting community radio WVVY for equipment upgrades.
🎶 Live at the Tabernacle: Jewel @ Trinity Park Tabernacle, 7-10p / More Info / $
Join for a night of music with Jewel, benefiting the Tabernacle Restoration Fund, featuring Willy Mason as the opening act.
🎥 The Vineyard's Drive-In: Barbie @ YMCA, 8p / More Info / $20
Sunday, August 11
🔁🛍️ Oak Bluffs Open Market at Washington Park, 10a-2p More Info
🔁🎨 Vineyard Artisans Summer Festival at Grange Hall, 10a-2p More Info
🎵 Festival of Worship in Word and Song @ Trinity Park Tabernacle, 1p / More Info / Free
Join a collaborative worship event featuring Rev. Sen. Raphael Warnock, artist Isreal Houghton, and music director Mark Miller.
🥂 Discourses Brunch Day Party Benefitting the Black Women’s Medical Journal at 11 Circuit, 1-4p / More Info / $95
Help raise funds and awareness to support the launch of the first Black women’s medical journal, ticket includes brunch, cocktails and a live DJ.
📚 A Surfside Chat with Kwame Alexander @ The Strand Theatre, 1:30-3p / More Info / $50
Attend a discussion with poet and author Kwame Alexander, moderated by journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
🔁🎤 Sundays in the Park Summer Concerts at Ocean Park, 5:30p / Free
🎨 Anonymous Art @ Featherstone Center for the Arts, The Francine Kelly Gallery, 5:30-7:30p / More Info / $25
Enjoy an art show featuring 6"x6" works for $100 each, with a chance to win your favorite piece through a dice roll.
🎥 Film Screening: THELMA @ MV Film Center, 7:30p / More Info / $12
📅 Save The Date
August 12 - Fireside Chat with Fawn Weaver
August 12-15 - MV Comedy Fest at The Strand featuring Just Nesh, Timmy Hall and Marvin Dixon
August 13 - Sisters on the Vineyard presents Sunny Hostin
August 13 - The Martha's Vineyard Legacy Breakfast Club Black History Conference
August 13 - Book Signing: Dr. Ala Stanford "Take Care of Them Like My Own at Union Chapel
August 13 - Live Concert featuring Raheem Devaughn, Kevin Ross, Angelena Hightower, Mike Rollins & Friends
August 13 - Boomboxes, Bellbottoms & Skypagers at Sailing Camp Park
August 14 - Grand Illumination
August 14 - Jewnior Fest at Island Alpaca
August 15-18- Ag Society Fair (see MVacay Pocket Guide)
August 15-18 - Black Fashion Weekend
August 15 - U.S. Navy Band Cruisers at MV Agricultural Fair
August 16 - Oak Bluffs Fireworks
August 16 - MV Soulfest Fireworks Party at The Inkwell
August 16 - U.S. Navy Band Cruisers at Owen Park
August 16-17 - DL Hughley - MV African-American Comedy Festival at Strand Theater
August 17 - HBCU Dinner Party
August 17 - Black Fashion Weekend - Marketplace Shopping at Eleven Circuit
August 17 - US Air Force Band Concert at The Tabernacle
August 17 - Camp Jabberwocky 5k
August 17 - Film: The Body Politic at Strand Theatre
August 18 - MV Author Series with Michele Norris: Our Hidden Conversations at Chilmark Community Center
August 19 - Moonrise Kayak Tours at Felix Neck
August 25 - MV Oar + Paddle Regatta at Senge Pond
August 25 - MV Sound Fest at The Cove
Way more events here on the MVacay Events Mobile App and in 📅 Save the Date: Martha's Vineyard Big Events 2024!
📍Business Updates
New Store: Bee Blunt is a black-owned fashion pop-up at 47 Circuit Ave through August.
New Store: Weatherly Supply Co opened this week in the former To Market location (same owner), selling travel goods and nourishment
New Event: Coming this fall, Burgers N Bubbles will be the first-ever burger cook-off (9/1)
New Business: H.E.A.L.E.D. Therapy bringing detoxification services, health and beauty programs opened at 4 Main Street, Vineyard Haven
New Business: Getaway Yacht Charters is MV’s first luxury yacht charter with full and half day trips available in season
New Offering: Did you know you can take farm tours at the Island Grown Initiative? They are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-10:30a, kids welcome
As always: Times, Dates + Events Are Subject to Change (especially due to weather)! As soon as an event is Sold Out, I do my best to remove it from this newsletter. You can always find the most updated, searchable version at MVacay.com