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Year 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009: 6 p.m. Weathering the Storm on Martha’s Vineyard: An evening of fine dining and fascinating conversation with Mark Alan Lovewell, at The Mansion House in Vineyard Haven. Dinner at Zephrus. Includes talk on Vineyard weather. The Mansion House was the first weather station on Martha’s Vineyard. Mark is a cooperative observer for the National Weather Service. He will give three 20 minute talks into the evening. Plus an ongoing video of storms through the centuries. Fundraiser for the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.
Sunday, May 3, 4:00 p.m. Pete Seeger’s 60th birthday celebration at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Mark will be joining with other musicians to share stories and songs about this wonderful American troubadour. The event is free and there will even be a cake. Call the center for more details: 508-693-1850.
Wednesday, May 20, 7 to 8:00 pm: Songs and Stories of the Sea at the Falmouth Public Library. Celebration Cape Cod Maritime Days.
Friday, May 22, 1:30 p.m. Memorial Wharf, for the Edgartown Elementary School March to the Sea. A short song to honor Island sailors.
Friday, June 5, 9:30 p.m.: American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Martha’s Vineyard, regional high school track. Performing as part of remembrance of Island friends.
Friday, June 19, 4 to 8 p.m.: Performing, singing and telling maritime stories at the Rising Tide Potluck Dinner/Chowderfest" at Jones River Landing in Kingston.
Saturday, June 20, 4:30 to 5:15 pm: Polly Hill Arboretum: Summer Solstice Celebration, free. Mark Alan Lovewell is one of many musicians and storytellers performing. Lots of fun.
Tuesday, July 14: private event aboard a cruise ship.
Friday, July 17: private event aboard a cruise ship.
Thursday, July 23, 5 p.m.: Aquinnah Public Library. Tales of a Catboat Sail to Dogfish Bar, a talk. Free.
Saturday, July 25: private event aboard a cruise ship.
Tuesday, July 28: private event aboard a cruise ship.
Thursday, July 30, Edgartown Whaling Church, Celebration of the Sea: Shipwrecks, Pirates and Mermaids. Stories and Songs. Fundraiser for Martha's Vineyard Museum and Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust. Free Celebration of the Sea reception starts at 5:30 p.m. Concert at 7 p.m. Admission $15. Children and seniors $10.
Saturday, August 1: 1 p.m. Woods Hole Historical Museum. A concert of songs and sea chanties. Free.
Saturday, August 22, 8 p.m.: Tabernacle. Stories and Songs. $15 at the door. Fundraiser for Tabernacle Restoration Project. Canceled because of bad weather.
Monday, August 31: private event aboard a cruise ship.Friday, September 18: The South Shore Folk Music Club coffeehouse, Kingston Unitarian Church, Main Street, Kingston, MA. Doors open at 7:30. Fee for members $5. $6 for nonmembers. Performing with Gabriel Egan.
Year 2008
Sat. Jan. 26, 21st annual Burns Nicht Supper, Scottish Society of Martha’s Vineyard. “Toast to Scots Around the World.” At the Oyster Bar and Grill, Oak Bluffs. Visit reviews for comment on this performance.
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1:30 pm: Valentine’s Day Tea at the Federated Church Parish House for the Unity Club. Private performance. Call 508-696-4655 for details.
Tuesday, March 11, 7 to 9 pm: “He Said, She Said, He Read” A Brief History and Tales of Martha’s Vineyard Newspapers. Hear Mark Alan Lovewell of the Vineyard Gazette tell stories about how news got to and around the Vineyard over the last two centuries. Martha’s Vineyard Museum, 59 School St., Edgartown. Wine and treats! $12 nonmembers; $10 members. 508-627-4441 for more information.
March, 18, 21, 24: West Tisbury Elementary School. Performed for first and second graders. A program on whaling and sea chanties.
Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 to 8:30 pm: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster. A program of stories and singing. Cosponsored by the museum, the Nantucket Soundkeeper and Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society. This is the final event of a five-week lecture series that began on March 5 and is called: A Sea of Culture: Conservation Through Art.
Wednesday, April 23, 10:30 am: West Tisbury Public Library. Storytelling with Mark Alan Lovewell. Stories and songs for all ages. Free. (508) 693-3366.
Friday, May 16, 2 to 3 pm: Featherstone Center for the Arts. A program for seniors and youngsters. For more information contact the center: 508-693-1850. Program organized by Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Monday, May 19, 12:40 to 1:40: Perform at the Edgartown Elementary School for a class studying whaling.
Friday, May 23, 1:30 pm: Memorial Wharf, for the Edgartown Elementary School March to the Sea. A short song to honor Island sailors.
Wednesday, June 11, 8 pm: Cruise ship, private function.
Saturday, June 21, 3:45 to 4:30 pm: Polly Hill Arboretum: Summer Solstice Celebration, free. Mark Alan Lovewell is one of many musicians and storytellers performing. Lots of fun.
Wednesday, June 25, 8 pm: Cruise ship, private function.
Thursday, June 26, 7 p.m.: Premier of Zeb Tilton film "Zeb - Schooner Life" Capawock Theater, V.H. Sponsored by Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Will appear.
Tuesday, July 1, 8 pm: Cruise ship, private function.
Thursday, July 10, 6 to 7 pm: Perform at the Edgartown Lighthouse for Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Additional details: 508-627-4441
Tuesday, August 12, 7:30 p.m.: Fish Stories: Tales and Songs of Vineyard Fishermen, by Mark Alan Lovewell. A program honoring the Vineyard's Fishermen at the historic Edgartown Whaling Church. Adult admission $15. Children and seniors $10. Children under 12 are free when accompanied by an adult.
A Fishermen Friends Patron reception will precede the concert: 6 to 7 p.m. in the Baylies Room, lower level of church, includes preferred concert seating $20. Fundraiser for the Martha's Vineyard Museum, Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Natural Resource Department Bay Scallop Enhancement Project and Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group. Sponsored by Vineyard Gazette and WMVY radio.
Wednesday, August 20, 8 p.m.: Mark Alan Lovewell will perform some songs and Open for the presentation of the movie Zeb - Schooner Life, a movie from Detrick Lawrence Productions. Fundraiser for the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Mr. Lovewell will be joined by Tristan Israel, a local folk singer.
Saturday, August 30, 8 pm: Cruise ship, private function.
Wednesday Sept. 10, 7 p.m.: Sang for the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society dinner, honoring Amish barn raisers for the work they had done during the week. Sang four songs and got everyone singing.
Saturday, Sept. 13, 1 p.m.: Spoke at the Children’s Memorial Remembrance observance at the Edgartown Lighthouse. Spoke for ten minutes about the value of this lighthouse to the community. Program organized by the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.
Wednesday, Sept. 24, 8:30 to 10 a.m.: Tisbury Elementary School. Two class programs for 5th graders on sea chanties as work songs. Teacher Peter Boak.
Saturday, October 11, 7:30 pm: Unitarian Church in Tisbury. Columbus Day Bed and Breakfast Weekend.
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m.: New Years concerts Last Night, First Day; First Baptist Church in Vineyard Haven. Opening for Susan Klein, storyteller.
Year 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2 p.m.: Unity Club St. Valentine’s Day afternoon tea, at the Federated Church, Edgartown.
Thursday, February 22: Private Party. 6 p.m.: Holmes Hole Sailing Association Dinner and Social Gam at The Wharf Pub, Edgartown.
Tuesday, March 6, 4 to 6 p.m.: Performing at State Road Cronig’s Market as part of the store’s 90th birthday. Free concert for the shopping public.
Saturday, March 10, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Performing at Up-Island Cronig’s Market as part of the store’s 90th birthday. Free concert for the shopping public.
Thursday, May 10, 12:30 p.m. StoryCorps Mobile Oral History program, at Cronig’s Market, State Road, Vineyard Haven. Provided opening entertainment, songs and stories. Program part of WCAI and WNAN NPR programs
Friday, May 11, 6 to 8 p.m.: Sengekontacket Pond Stories, a program offered by Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary to raise public awareness. Mark joined with other featured speakers to talk about the pond in a personal way. Participants include Gus Ben David, David Grunden, Anne Lemenager and others. Held at the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club, on the Boulevard. Call Felix Neck for details: 508-627-4850.
Friday, May 18: performed daytime for Nantucket Soundkeeper, in a classroom at the Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School, and Barnstable Senior Center in Hyannis. Contact Nantucket Soundkeeper at 508-775-9767 for more information. All part of the 14th annual Cape Cod Maritime Days, when Cape Codders gather to celebrate their connection to the sea.
Friday, May 25: Sang for the Edgartown Elementary School at Memorial Wharf, as part of Memorial Day observance, march to the sea.
Tuesday, June 12: Private evening performance aboard ship, Spirit of Nantucket, in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Wednesday, June 20: Private evening performance aboard ship, Spirit of Nantucket, in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Thursday, July 5, Edgartown evening private clambake.
Saturday, July 7, private performance, Clambake, Harbor View Hotel.
Sunday, July 22, 3 p.m.: Seafaring Songs and Stories with Mark Alan Lovewell: Come for fellowship and ice cream! A fundraiser for one of Edgartown’s oldest churches, The Federated Church, 45 South Summer Street, in the historic center of town. A program for all ages, all proceeds raised go to the church’s Steeple Fund. 508-627-4421.
Saturday, August 4, 8 p.m.: Private evening performance aboard cruise ship, in Vineyard Haven harbor. Call if interested in details.
Saturday, August 11, 8 p.m.: Private evening performance aboard cruise ship, in Vineyard Haven harbor. Call if interested in details.
Wednesday, August 22: Edgartown Lighthouse, for Martha’s Vineyard Museum. 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 25, 8 p.m.: Private evening performance aboard cruise ship, in Vineyard Haven harbor. Call if interested in details.
Saturday, September 9, 8 p.m.: Private evening performance aboard cruise ship, in Vineyard Haven harbor. Call if interested in details.
Saturday, September 16, 8 p.m.: Private evening performance aboard cruise ship, in Vineyard Haven harbor. Call if interested in details.
Tuesday, September 26: Private evening performance aboard ship, Spirit of Nantucket, in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Wednesday, November 21, 1 p.m.: Martha’s Vineyard Rotary Club weekly meeting at the Ocean View in Oak Bluffs. Performance, stories and song.
Year 2006
Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006, 11 a.m., Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha’s Vineyard, a maritime service. Sang two songs as part of their Sunday Service. A talk was given by boat builder Ross Gannon of Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway. His talk was entitled: How I View My Work in Relation to What’s Happening in the World.
Saturday, Jan. 14: Newport, R.I. private party.
Saturday, March 18, 10:30 a.m: Martha’s Vineyard Independent Film Festival, at the Chilmark Community Center. Performance following the airing of the movie Fisher Poets.
Friday, May 26, 1 p.m.: Performed at Memorial Park Edgartown, for the Edgartown Elementary School Memorial Day observance. March to the Sea.
Friday, June 23, 9 to 10 p.m.: Camp Duarte, Oak Bluffs. Performed at campsite for Boy Scout Troop 22 of Bloomfield, N.J.
Tuesday, July 18, 8 p.m. Appearing for a short time at the Tabernacle. Opening for the showing of the Gregory Peck movie Moby-Dick. The evening begins with a brief introduction, a tale and a song. Put on by the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society.
Wednesday, July 19 from 2 to 3 p.m.: New Bedford Whaling Museum. A program called: Fishermen, Whalers and Sailors: their songs and stories. A program for the whole family, and includes sing-along songs.
Week of July 24 through July 29, Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society, Week of Whale. Telephone historical society for information: 508-627-4441. Details still being worked out.
Wednesday, July 26, 6 to 7:30 p.m.: Vineyard Whalers, two perspectives. An evening with Tobias Vanderhoop. Stories and songs about Vineyard Whalers, on the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society grounds in Edgartown. Telephone historical society for information: 508-627-4441. Details still being worked out.
Thursday, July 27: Evening performance at The Yard, Chilmark. Part of Week of Whale, with the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society. Telephone historical society for information: 508-627-4441. Details still being worked out.
Saturday, July 29: 11 a.m. Perform on the grounds of the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society, Edgartown, part of Week of the Whale.
Thursday, August 3, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. A View from the Yardarm. Songs, stories and funny tales from the Vineyard. An evening at the Edgartown Whaling Church. $15 admission. Fundraiser for the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust.
Tuesday, August 8: 4 p.m., All Hands on Deck! One hour program of songs and stories for children: Twelve and under are free when accompanied by an adult., at the Edgartown Whaling Church. $10 admission. Fundraiser for the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust.
Friday, August 25, 2 to 3 p.m.: Aboard the schooner Spirit of Massachusetts, at Straight Wharf, Nantucket. An educational program for young people and all.
Wednesday, August 30, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Aboard the schooner Spirit of Massachusetts, at West Dock, at Tisbury Wharf in Vineyard Haven, on Martha’s Vineyard. An educational program for young people and all.
Friday, Oct. 20, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Beach Plum Inn, Chilmark. Songs and stories after dinner. Private party for Hollywood film producer and his friends.
Friday, Nov. 17, 9 p.m. Outerland, at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport. “Three Hollering Loons.” Performing with Maynard Silva and Joe Keenan. Doors open at 8 p.m. Program begins at 9 p.m. Admission is $10. For more information call the nightclub at: 508-693-1137.
Sunday, Dec. 31: New Years concerts Last Night, First Day; Vineyard Haven. Performing at the Unitarian Church on Main Street in Vineyard Haven from 6 to 6:45 p.m.
Year 2005
Saturday, January 1, 2005, 10 to 11 a.m.: Last Night, First Day: a special morning program for children at Unitarian - Universalist Society, Main street, Vineyard Haven. Free with button. Tisbury Volunteer Ambulance Association and Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.
Sunday, March 6: 8 p.m. Travel Channel. Beach Towns with an Attitude (also known as Beaches with an Attitude), a program about the world’s best beaches and communities by the shore. Mark Alan Lovewell is featured as a singer, writer. His music and stories are part of an introduction to the Beaches of Edgartown. Mr. Lovewell sings and talks about the whaling history of the town. The hour long program included some of the world’s best beaches. The Edgartown segment was ten minutes long. Program was recorded in the late summer of 2004.
Sunday, May 1: 2 p.m. Performed opening song for Memorial Service for Cassie Roessel at the Agricultural Society Hall in West Tisbury. She was a Steamship Authority governor. She unexpectedly died last winter. The service included tributes and stories, a celebration of her life.
Tuesday, May 3: 6 p.m.: Pete Seeger’s Birthday Party Tribute. A performance at Featherstone Center for the Arts, Barnes Road, Oak Bluffs. Part of a national celebration of the celebrated folksinger 86th birthday. Performers included Tristan Israel and Nancy Jephcote.
Friday, June 17: 4 to 5 p.m. A free program of folksongs and stories for Edgartown Seniors on the grounds of The Anchors, the Edgartown Senior Center off Dock Street. Sponsored by the Friends of the Edgartown Council on Aging. Telephone the center for more information 508-627-4368.
Saturday, June 18: Noon to 2 p.m. Chatham Maritime Festival. Singing songs and telling salty tales. Free performance. For details visit their web site: Chatham Maritime Festival.
Tuesday, June 21: Special performance for Tisbury 5th graders at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Peter Bok music teacher.
Saturday, June 25, 7:30 p.m.: Katharine Cornell Theatre, Vineyard Haven. Rerelease of the book Zeb, a celebrated schooner life, by Polly Burroughs. Words by Matthew Stackpole, executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society and Nat Benjamin of Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway. Includes performance by Larry Kaplan, folksinger songwriter. Peter Stanford of the National Maritime Historical Society spoke. Sponsored by Bunch of Grapes Bookstore and Globe Pequot Press.
Thursday, July 7, 7 to 8 p.m. New Bedford Whaling Museum. Rerelease of the book Zeb, a celebrated schooner life, by Polly Burroughs. Program includes singing, storytelling. Polly will be available to sign books.
Thursday, July 14, 7 to 9 p.m.: Edgartown Whaling Church. Down on the Farm; Out on the Sea. A celebration of Vineyard life through songs and stories. Special guest Tristan Israel. Tickets $15 for adults, children under 12 accompanied by an adult free. A fundraiser for the Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust.
Saturday, July 30, 2005: 10:30 a.m. Nantucket Historical Association. A concert for children at the newly renovated and expanded Whaling Museum at 15 Broad Street. Performance at the Whaling Museum Discovery Room. In the 1800s the building was a candle factory, where sperm whale oil was processed. For more information on this and other programs visit the Nantucket Historical Association web site.
Wednesday, August 3: 6:30 to 8 p.m. A free performance on the grounds of the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society. For more information contact the historical society at 508-627-4441.
Friday, August 5: 5 to 7 p.m. CD Release Party and Photo Show, at Mr. Lovewell’s home on Chicken Alley in Vineyard Haven. New release of CD: Martha’s Vineyard Folksongs. Call for details: 508-696-4655.
Saturday, August 27: 8 p.m. Songs and Tales of the Sea, the Heart and the Hearth; an evening with Mark Alan Lovewell and friends at the Tabernacle. Special performances by blues singer Maynard Silva and troubadour Tristan Israel. It is a family program of singing, foot stomping and maybe some dancing. All in one night under the stars in the Tabernacle. Fundraiser for the Martha’s Vineyard Campmeeting Association. Admission $10.
Saturday, September 10: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Evening. private clambake and wedding.
Monday, September 12: 6:15 p.m. on an Up-Island beach, private clambake.
Thursday, December 8: 8 p.m. Barnacle Club, women’s night, American Legion, for members only.
Saturday, December 31, 2006: 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. Last Night, First Day: a special program for children at Katharine Cornell Theatre, Vineyard Haven. Entertainment follows the movie Peter Pan, which starts at 11:30. Free with button. Tisbury Volunteer Ambulance Association and Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.
Saturday, December 31: 7 to 9 p.m. Last Night, First Day: a special evening program at Unitarian - Universalist Society, Main street, Vineyard Haven. Joining together with Tristan Israel, a Vineyard Haven folk singer-troubadour. Free with button. Tisbury Volunteer Ambulance Association and Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.
Revisit this site in the weeks ahead for upcoming concerts and programs.
Year 2004
Thursday, Jan. 1: Noon to 1 p.m. Last Night, First Day: a special program for children at Unitarian - Universalist Society, Main street, Vineyard Haven. Free with button. Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.
Friday, January 9, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Windemere Nursing Home, Oak Bluffs. Concert for the residents at the nursing home.
Friday, January 23, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Windemere Nursing Home, Oak Bluffs. Concert for the residents at the nursing home.
Saturday, March 20 to Tuesday, April 6; and from April 27 to May 9: A tour to Hawaii and Alaska. Mr. Lovewell joined with a traveling troupe of storytellers under a federal education grant called ECHO. The Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations (ECHO) Act is a major, federally mandated educational and cultural enrichment initiative, annually serving thousands of children and adult in Alaska, Hawaii, and Massachusetts. Mr. Lovewell performed at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii; the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, Alaska; the Iņupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts and the New Bedford Whaling Museum. For more information visit Mr. Lovewell’s sponsor: New Bedford Whaling Museum. You can also visit the ECHO web site.
Wednesday, July 14: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Ice Cream Social for families. Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society lawn. Free ice cream and sea chantey concert.
Saturday, July 24: Aboard the Shenandoah with Bill Schustik. From 2 to 4 p.m. Performed at Five Corners Shipyard from 6 to 8 p.m.
Thursday, August 5, 7 to 9 p.m. Performing at the Edgartown Whaling Church. Special guest Tobias Vanderhoop from the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
Saturday, November 20, 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays at Sea, at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Free concert, included with admission.
Friday, December 31, 7 to 8 p.m.: Last Night, First Day: a special evening New Years Eve concert at Unitarian - Universalist Society, Main street, Vineyard Haven. Free with button. Tisbury Volunteer Ambulance Association and Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.
Year 2003
Wednesday, Jan. 1: Noon to 1 p.m. Last Night, First Day: a special program for children at Unitarian - Universalist Society, Main street, Vineyard Haven. Free with button. Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.
Wednesday, January 8, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Windemere Nursing Home, Oak Bluffs. Concert for the residents at the nursing home.
Wednesday, January 15, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Edgartown Council on Aging. A program for the seniors in a day program.
Sunday, January 26, 11 a.m. Unitarian Universalist Society, Main street, Vineyard Haven. Mr. Lovewell will conduct the service with song, stories and reading of poetry.
Tuesday, February 11, 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Vineyard Haven Public Library. A concert for young readers. Call 508-696-4211 extension 14 for more details.
Wednesday, February 19, 2 to 4 p.m.: New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Monday, February 24, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Windemere Nursing Home, Oak Bluffs. Concert for the residents at the nursing home.
Monday, March 10, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Windemere Nursing Home, Oak Bluffs. Concert for the residents at the nursing home.
Monday, March 24, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Windemere Nursing Home, Oak Bluffs. Concert for the residents at the nursing home.
Saturday, May 10, 10 to noon: Second Annual Cape Cod Maritime Festival, Aselton Park, on the Hyannis waterfront (corner of South and Ocean Streets). Event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. First day of a week-long observance. Admission free.
Saturday, May 10, 2 to 4 p.m.: New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Thursday, July 10, 7 to 9 p.m.: Mark Alan Lovewell at the Edgartown Whaling Church. A program of stories, sea chanties and photography. Tickets $15 for adults, children under 12 accompanied by an adult free. A fundraiser for the Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust.
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2 to 4 p.m.: New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Friday, December 19, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Windemere Nursing Home, Oak Bluffs. Concert for the residents at the nursing home.
Friday, December 26, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Windemere Nursing Home, Oak Bluffs. Concert for the residents at the nursing home.
Wednesday, Dec. 31 and Thursday, Jan. 1: Last Night, First Day: two performances at Unitarian - Universalist Society, Main street, Vineyard Haven. Wednesday night from 7 to 8 p.m. Children program on New Years Day from noon to 1 p.m. Free with Last Night, First Day button. Last Night, First Day.
Year 2002
Tuesday, January 1, 11 a.m. to 12 noon: Unitarian Church. Children's Program, part of Festivities for New Year, sponsored by the Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.
Wednesday, February 20, 1 to 3 p.m.: New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Wednesday, April 17, 1 to 3 p.m. New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Saturday, June 15, 2 to 4 p.m.:New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Saturday, July 6, 7 to 9 p.m.: Three Whales and a Dog, a program for the whole family at the Edgartown Whaling Church in Edgartown. This was a fundraiser for the Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust. See copy of the review.
Thursday, July 11, 6:45 to 7:15 p.m.: Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Fern and Feather Day Camp Program, not a public performance.
Thursday, August 2, 6 to 8 p.m.: Chappaquiddick (private clambake).
Thursday, July 25, 6:45 to 7:15 p.m.: Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Fern and Feather Day Camp Program, not a public performance.
Thursday, August 8, 6:45 to 7:15 p.m.: Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Fern and Feather Day Camp Program, not a public performance.
Tuesday, August 13, 6 to 7 p.m.: Vineyard Haven Public Library. Sing along with Mark Lovewell. Free public performance.
Tuesday, October 8, 5:30 to 6:30: Old Menemsha School. Sea chanties and Story telling for the One Book - One Island, a program sponsored jointly by the Martha's Vineyard Library Association and Bunch of Grapes Bookstore. Free concert.
Saturday, October 12, 2 to 4 p.m.:New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Saturday, October 12, 7:30 p.m.: private concert at the Unitarian Church.
Wednesday, Nov. 20: 1:30 p.m. Performed for Day Program at the Edgartown Council on Aging Center. Performed for one hour for senior citizens involved in a daylong program of crafts, exercise and activities.
Saturday, Nov. 23, 1 p.m.: Travis Tuck funeral service at the New Agricultural Society Hall in West Tisbury. Mr. Lovewell opened the service with a song and closed the program with a song. Mr. Tuck was a celebrated metal sculptor who died on Monday, Nov. 18 after succumbing to a two year struggle with lung cancer. He was 59 years of age.
Friday, December 13: 8 p.m. Katharine Cornell Theatre. A bi-monthly Singer Songwriter Evening, organized by Corinne de Langavant. Contact her at 508-696-8392 for more information about the concert.
Tuesday, December 31, New Year's Eve: 7 to 8 p.m.: Last Night, First Day Celebration, concert location Unitarian-Universalist Society, Main street, Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.
Year 2001
Wednesday to Thursday, February 21, 22: New Bedford Whaling Museum, performed programs for youngsters from the YMCA, also general admission visitors to the museum. Three separate programs.
Saturday, March 31, 2 to 4 p.m.: New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Wednesday, April 18: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Thursday, April 26: Black Dog Tavern for PEO, an organization of professional women, and not a public performance.
Friday, May 25, 1:30 p.m. Edgartown School, Memorial Day Weekend program.
Saturday, June 2, 2 to 4 p.m.: New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Saturday, June 9, 2 to 4 p.m.: New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Friday, July 6th, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Edgartown Whaling Church, with Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone; Joe Keenan and Ingrid Goff. A small selection of songs will be song. A benefit for Maritime Studies Project of Vineyard Voyages. From the program notes: "Mark Lovewell has regaled Vineyard audiences for years with tales, sea songs and chanteys while writing about maritime subjects and shooting photographs for the Vineyard Gazette."
Thursday, July 12, 6:30 p.m.: Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Fern and Feather Day Camp Program, not a public performance.
Thursday, August 9, 6:30 p.m.: Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Fern and Feather Day Camp Program, not a public performance.
Friday, September 7, 7 p.m.: Owen Park. Harbor Festival. A free concert sponsored by the Tisbury Business Association.
Saturday, October 6, 2 to 4 p.m.: New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Tuesday, November 27: 10 to noon: Vineyard Affordable Childcare Project, Community Partnership for Children: two concerts for pre-schoolers at the Oak Bluffs School, not a public performance.
Friday, December 7: 7:30 p.m.: Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, in Vineyard Haven. A one hour program of song, poetry and storytelling.
Tuesday, December 18: 10 to noon: Vineyard Affordable Childcare Project, Community Partnership for Children: two concerts for pre-schoolers in the Oak Bluffs School community room. Not a public performance.
Saturday, December 29, 2 to 4 p.m.: New Bedford Whaling Museum.Visit website: http://www.whalingmuseum.org.
Monday, December 31, New Year's Eve: 7 to 8 p.m.: First Night Celebration, concert location Unitarian Church, Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.
Year 2000
Saturday, May 13, 1 to 3 p.m.: Vineyard Haven Public Library birthday celebration. Performed songs for youngsters.
Friday, May 26, 1 p.m.: Memorial Day observance for elementary school students at the Edgartown Public School. Program of song at Memorial Wharf.
Thursday, July 27, 6 p.m.: Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts Audubon Society. Fern and Feather day camp program, hour long program after dinner.
Thursday, August 10, 6 p.m.: Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts Audubon Society. Fern and Feather day camp program, hour long program after dinner.
Sunday, August 20, 5:30 p.m. Beach House in Oak Bluffs. Private family program on Vineyard maritime history.
Friday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m. Owen Park Vineyard Haven Harbor Festival, free concert, sponsored by the Tisbury Business Assn.
Thursday, October 12, 7 p.m. New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, two hours of sea chanteys and stories.
Saturday, October 21, 7 p.m., Katharine Cornell Theatre, Three Hollering Loons. Maynard Silva, Joe Keenan and Mark Lovewell perform.
Monday, October 30, 12:30 p.m.: Martha's Vineyard Regional High School. Provided a program for Dan Murphy's voice class.
Saturday, November 17, 7 p.m. Katharine Cornell Theatre, Three Hollering Loons. Maynard Silva, Joe Keenan and Mark Lovewell perform.
Sunday, December 31, 2 p.m.: Unitarian Church in Vineyard Haven. First Night of Martha's Vineyard. New Years celebration. An hour of songs and stories.
Year 1999
Thursday, June 17, 1999, Martha's Vineyard Times. Kay Mayhew, town columnist wrote: "Now that Mark Lovewell lives in our town, we can claim one of the best folk performers on the Island. Mark entertained at the Historical Society on Saturday with lively sea chanteys and brief stories of their origins. He accompanied his songs with guitar, harmonica and concertina."
Saturday, August 28, 3 to 5 p.m., Edgartown Scrimshaw Gallery, a program fundraiser for Sail Martha's Vineyard. Maritime artist Jim Mitchell signed limited edition prints of his painting of Shenandoah and Alabama sailing.
Friday, September 10, 7 p.m. Owen Park. Vineyard Haven Harbor Festival, free concert, sponsored by the Tisbury Business Assn.
Sunday, September 26, afternoon: Lambert's Cove Beach, for Sheriff's Meadow Foundation autumn celebration "A beach to Remember" songs on the beach.
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