What we saw + heard...

Recently, at The Guyer Art Barn in Hyannis, MA~
An installation by Tessa D'Agostino. It'll be up thru November 6.

The artist (Tessa) will offer an Intuitive Art Making workshop there on 11.5.11 from 3PM - 6PM. ($45/email MakeInsideArt@gmail.com)

Robert Peters told stories and read from older and forthcoming books at Han Dun Gallery in Mashpee, MA. What evocative stories about people from the area. He read in The Wampanoag Authors series - on 11.5, Earl H. Mills will be reading from 2PM - 4PM.

AND, a new bookstore will open near us - The Book Shack will go in where Borders was in The Independence Mall (Kingston, MA). They were setting things up last weekend and hope to be open very soon. The owners plan to have a cafe with seating, book readings and other events. Let's support them and all the arts and artists in any way we can - whether it's by setting time aside to attend a reading, attending a show and leaving comments in their book or buying a ticket...

Arts + Culture events 10.20 - 10.27

MASSART Auction
Call for art
Submissions accepted from all artists through Nov. 6

The Sketchbook Project 2012  
Signup deadline 10.31.11




10.21 - 10.23
CONNECTING FOR CHANGE:
A Bioneers by the Bay Conference Presented by the Marion Institute
New Bedford, MA 

10.21 + 10.22
Provincetown Dance Festival
Provincetown


10.21, 10.22
Native Plymouth Tour
Tours from a Native American perspective
(Given only thru November 27, 2011)
tickets
Fridays + Saturdays, 5:30PM
Other days possible by reservation 


10.22
Farmers Market/Plymouth
9:30AM - 1:30PM
Courthouse Lawn

10.22
Han Dun Gallery
Learn to Spin Yarn  W/ Mary Lou E. Ricci
Saturday Sessions from 9AM to 11:30AM
October 22, 29 and November 5 & 12
10.22: Discuss how to select a raw fleece and much more...

Also...
Wampanoag Author Series
Robert Peters
Book Signing & Reading - Da Goodie Monsta: 2PM - 4PM 

October 21-23
Providence Fine Furniture and Woodworking Festival 
Rhode Island Convention Center
Hall A
Providence, RI 

Through  Dec. 11, 2011
A Collaboration Between 22 Cape Cod Painters and Fiber Artists
(America the Beautiful:  Artwork inspired by Katherine Lee Bates’ Song)
Inspired by lines from the anthem written 100 years ago by the Cape Cod writer
Cape Cod Museum of Art
60 Hope Lane,
Route 6A, Dennis, MA
Gallery Talks and Demonstrations:
October 23: Anne Garton and Sue Pellowe, 2PM
October 30: Shawn Nelson Dahlstrom and Janet Rice, 2PM

10.23
A Taste of Africa 
6PM Dinner  8-9 Performance
$35-$75 Sliding Scale or $10-$20 for Performance only
An organic dinner featuring traditional flavors and dishes from Zimbabwe followed by a drumming performance by Master Djembe Drummer, Issa Coulibaly. 
Sponsored by Cape Cod Dare and proceeds benefit IHC Tatenda.
Preservation Hall, Wellfleet

10.24
Plymouth Town Meeting
Open to all
Plymouth North High School
41 Obery Street  

10.26
Fiber + Artists Meeting 
1PM - 3PM  Free and open to all
Manomet Branch/Plymouth Public Library 

10.26
Plymouth Zen Group
Meditation 7PM - 8:30PM
Every Wednesday
$5/suggested donation
Open to all

10.27
Taste of the Town
(To benefit The Plymouth Public Library)
7PM - 10PM 
Radisson Hotel
180 Water Street, Plymouth, MA

Oyster Fest was a great event!

Oysters!

Wellfleet is straight across the bay from Plymouth, MA and about an hour and a half drive by car. OK, so it's not just around the corner, but this event is soooooo worth driving to! So, put Wellfleet OysterFest on your calendar for October 2012!

Of course, there are oysters and all manner of seafood (and great corn!) Freshfreshfresh!!!


 All kinds of art, craft and music scattered over the festival area, lots of people watching opportunities. We ran into Ron Wilson, wonderful photographer. One can see his work at his gallery, Wilson & Heywood, in Plymouth. 

Ron Wilson

Lamp Maker

Crafting a wooden duck

Preservation Hall/Wellfleet

Doors - Preservation Hall

Demonstrations, educational opportunities and all manner of fun is built into the weekend. Plenty of dancing while a variety of bands played - we were there for The Rip it Ups. One could be amused for quite awhile.

Provincetown

Provincetown

And we continued up the coast to PTown to catch rough winds blowing the ocean around. Perfect Fall day, all around.

Arts + Culture events 10.13 - 10.20

 (For events in calendar form, go here)

10.12 - 10.14
Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival
Oct 13 He Said/ She Said, Battle of the Sexes at the Radisson Hotel
Oct 14 Raw Comedy at Cabby Shack

RI: A Distant Mirror/E Driscoll

10.15 Saturday
RI Artists In Context 
All day event: Connected and Consequential Rhode Island
Providence, RI







10.15
A couple of events today at
HanDun Gallery
387 Nathan Ellis Highway
Mashpee, MA

Learn to Spin Yarn W/ Mary Lou E. Ricci:
Five Saturday Sessions from 9AM to 11:30AM
+
Wampanoag Writers Series
2PM - 4PM
Book Signing & Meet the Author: Joan Tavares Avant
People of the First Light: Wisdoms of a Mashpee Wampanoag Elder

10.15 + 10.16
Wellfleet Oyster Fest
Wellfleet, MA

Through October 30
RISD Reunion: Todd McKie, Richard Merkin, Karen Moss, Leigh Palmer, Phyllis Gay Palmer
South Shore Art Center
119 Ripley Road Cohasset MA

10.17 Monday
Harlow House Fiber Guild 7PM - 9PM
Meets in Plymouth
For directions, email mariezweigmanATyahoo.com
(Replace AT with @)

10.19 Wednesday
Plymouth Zen Group
Meets every Wednesday in downtown Plymouth
7 - 8:30PM
$5 suggested donation 


10.20 Thursday
Fiber + Artists Meeting
Free and open to all, 1PM - 3PM
The Manomet Branch of The Plymouth Public Library
12 Strand Ave., Plymouth (Manomet)
Artists, Knitters, Spinners, Weavers!
...And quilters, needleworkers, surface designers - an informal group meets to talk, spin, weave, crochet, knit, sketch, make what we make. Bring a portable project to work on and/or share a recent project.
(Not limited to fiber arts.)



Heads up for 10.21
Friday, Oct. 21, 4-5pm

FREE Artist's Talk
Laurie Anderson discusses her life's work and inspiration.
@ Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Martinos Auditorium
154 Angell Street, Providence
Seating is limited - to reserve call 401-421-4278
(Ms. Anderson is doing a number of events in Providence.

Check here for info.)

Out IN it!

Wanted to post some images + info about some of the events listed from last week...

Mashpee Oktoberfest 2011

Mashpee Oktoberfest 2011

Mashpee's Oktoberfest was a fun time  - lots of people, good music, great sunny day. Check it out next year (2012)~

Herring Pond River Singers

On Sunday, The Wampanoag Herring Pond River Singers and Drummers and other groups performed at a cultural festival at the Plymouth waterfront. You can hear The Herring Pond River group here.

Poetry Reading

Listening

Jack Scully brought Poetry: The Art of Words to Plymouth again, as he does monthly. Look for it again on Sunday, 11.14.11. Jack also publishes a good list: South of Boston Poetry Trail. Reach him thru his group.

Chapbooks to purchase or borrow

And we lucked out - it was the last day that boats were going to be out for the season...

Looking toward Long Beach

Seagull catching a breeze 

The Driftwood Music/Folk Cafe had Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams for a really wonderful night of music. You can listen to them here, and catch them when they come round this way again! The Driftwood will offer up another great musical evening on 11.19.11.
If you haven't been, just go~support these local projects when you can so we can keep enjoying them for years to come.

Arts + Culture events 10.6 - 10.13

(See events in calendar form with more info)

10.6/Thursday
Lunch and Learn:
The Witch & The Saint: Strong Women in Early New England,
Talk by Vicki Oman
12 - 1PM
Plimoth Plantation

10.6
Plymouth Farmers Market
2:30 - 6:30 PM
Stephens Field
Plymouth











10.7 + 10.8
Native Plymouth Tour
Tours from a Native American perspective
(Given only thru November 27, 2011)
tickets
Fridays + Saturdays, 5:30PM
Other days possible by reservation

Saturday, 10.8 (Rain Date: Sunday, 10.9)
Mashpee Oktoberfest
10AM - 5PM
Location: Mashpee Commons Village Green

10.8
South Shore/Food + Sustainable Living event
Marshfield Fairgrounds, 10am-4:30pm
$3/person, $6/family

10.8 + 10.9, 10 - 4PM
Cranberry Harvest Celebration
Wareham, MA
Schedule

10.8
Plymouth Farmers Market
Courthouse Lawn
9:30AM - 1:30PM
Plymouth 

10.8
Providence Roller Derby
RI Convention Ctr
The Mob Squad vs The Old Money Honeys
Doors: 6PM, Bout starts 7PM
tix



10.8 
Driftwood Folk Cafe
(music plays automatically @ link)
Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams
Doors 7:30PM, Show 8PM
They usually sell out, so get your tix in advance~

10.9
The Art of Poetry/Monthly Reading
Free
Readers: Elizabeth Hanson + Jadene Felina Stevens
Begins at noon with music by Colette O'Connor, featured readers, then open mic
Great poetry event - there are books and magazines to browse and borrow, anyone can read hir poetry or a poem that you love. Mingling and snacks~

10.9
Cultural Celebration
Plymouth Memorial State Park
Noon - 5PM
Music, drumming and dancing by The Wampanoag Herring Pond River Singers and Drummers and more, including Irish Step Dancers, West African drum and dance...




10.9
Hot Club of Cowtown
Payomet Performing Arts Center
7PM @ First Congregational Church of Wellfleet
Wellfleet, MA

10.12
Fiber + Artists Meeting 
1PM - 3PM  Free and open to all
Manomet Branch/Plymouth Public Library

10.12
Plymouth Zen Group
Meditation 7PM - 8:30PM
$5/suggested donation
Open to all, every Wednesday

Oct. 12 - 14
Plymouth Rock Comedy Fest
Tonight's event: Martini's Bar and Grill at 8PM, Free