Atlantic Public Media and WCAI are happy to welcome The Moth on Martha's Vineyard, Saturday Aug 3rd at The Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs.
2pm Friday 8/2: Online ticket sales for The Moth are now closed. Tickets will be available at the door. Info at The Moth.org. There'll be 3 local stories and Adam Gopnik is the host. We're still talking about last year's event, don't miss out this year!
The Theme
FISH OUT OF WATER
The Host
Adam Gopnik has been a writer for The New Yorker since 1986. He is the author of the essay collections Paris to the Moon and Through the Children’s Gate, both of which include many of his essays from the magazine, and also two children’s novels, The King in the Window and The Steps Across the Water. His other works include Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life, and The Table Comes First: On Family, France and the Meaning of Food.
THE STORYTELLERS
Jenny Allen is a writer and performer. Her essays and articles appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, MORE, Good Housekeeping, and in anthologies including The 50 Funniest American Writers. Her solo show, I Got Sick Then I Got Better, directed by James Lapine and Darren Katz, has been seen in theaters around the country, including New York Theatre Workshop, Geva Theatre Center, The Long Wharf Theatre, and the Berkshire Theatre Festival. www.jennyallenwrites.com.
Bill Eville is the managing editor of the Vineyard Gazette. His work has appeared in the New York Times and on This American Life. In a former life, he was vice president of film development for Sonnenfeld/Josephson Worldwide Entertainment. Bill's ancestors first arrived on the Vineyard in 1710 and were whalers and shopkeepers but by the time he came along the family was living in exile in New Jersey and just returning as summer dinks. Bill and his family returned to the live on the Vineyard in 2008 and are raising two Islanders.
Mark Katz careened through through a bumpy career of journalism, politics, advertising and television comedy - only to land deep inside the corridors of power. During the eight years of the Clinton administration he was a White House speechwriter, writing Bill Clinton's annual series of humor speeches to the Washington Press Corps. Today he is the prinicpal of The Soundbite Institue, a creative think tank for speechwriting and multimedia projects, as well as a contributing editor to the website The Daily Beast. The many stories he has collected along the way almost always involve his unyielding attempts to inflict himself upon the world.
Shirley Mayhew has lived on Martha's Vineyard for 66 years, plus the summers of 1946 and 1947 when, as a "washashore" college student, she waitressed at the Harbor View Hotel and The EdgartownCafé. Her most important roles in life have been as a wife, mother, and grandmother - then a teacher and world traveler. Some remember her as a photographer and painter but she now spends her creative time writing. She has been published in newspaper travel sections and several magazines, sometimes illustrated by her photographs.
Capt. Buddy Vanderhoop has been fishing the waters of Martha's Vineyard for over 45 years. A Native American of the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah, Capt. Vanderhoop comes from a long line of fishermen dating back to the whaling days. He owns and operates Tomahawk Fishing Charters and is widely known for his ability to catch BIG FISH. He and his clients have won four of the last seven Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby, all with fish over 50 lbs. His slogan is "Bass Is Our Business And Business Is Good."
The Musician
Composer, violinist and vocalist Carla Kihlstedt is a veteran of folk/pop, contemporary classical, improvised and experimental music. She is a founding member of several pioneering and iconic bands, including Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Rabbit Rabbit, The Book of Knots, Minamo and Tin Hat, whose most recent of 6 records is a collection of songs based on the poetry of E.E. Cummings called the rain is a handsome animal (New Amsterdam Records).
Media sponsors for the event are WCAI and Atlantic Public Media
The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Viki Merrick in Woods Hole
