Arts + Culture events 1.11 - 1.18

1.11 Wednesday
Fiber @ The Library
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.

1.11 Wednesday
Plymouth Zen Group
Meets every Wednesday in downtown Plymouth
7 - 8:30PM
$5 suggested donation, open to all








1.11
DreamSpeak Artists 
A night of spoken word and music
Starts 7PM
Poets, writers, flash fiction artists
@ Crazy Eddie's Bar + Grill
6 Town Wharf, Plymouth  

1.12 Thursday
Winter Farmer's Market @ The Plantation 
2:30PM - 6:30PM
Food, crafts and music
Wampanoag drummers will be there, too!
Directions to Plimoth Plantation

1.14 Saturday
Painting Demonstration by Allie Elia
HanDun Gallery
387 Nathan Ellis Highway
Mashpee, MA
508.428.1796

1.14
The Driftwood Folk Cafe
Kendall Hall at First Parish Church, Plymouth 
Kris Delmhorst and opener, Bethel Steele
Doors, 7:30PM, music starts @ 8PM
Purchase tix online

1.15
Mosaic Demonstration
1PM - 3PM, Free
Artist, Jim Bowen
Woodruff's Art Center
Mashpee, MA

Call for Art~
Deadline 1.27.12
Expressions of Love/work in any media, accompanied by a story
Details @ website
Handworks Gallery of American Crafts
161 Great Road, Acton

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.