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Friday, September 16th at 7:30pm

Live at The MV Film Center

Jon Stetson

America’s Master Mentalist

A 5 time Whitehouse Performer and the inspiration for the CBS TV Show “The Mentalist”!

There is simply NO other audience interactive performer like Jon Stetson. Known across the globe as America’s Master Mentalist, Jon knows what you’re thinking. No he really does! What is The Stetson Experience? A truly mindblowing, crowd pleasing, audience interactive mix of magic, mind reading, and amazing mystery all packaged together and delivered by an engaging and very funny comedic personality.

4 US Presidents, The King of Sweden, Bob Kraft & the New England Patriots, Fortune 1000 organizations, associations and celebrity audiences have experienced Jon Stetson worldwide because NOBODY does what Jon Stetson does in quite the way that he does it. Stetson is a champion player of mind games. Jon began as a magician, but moved beyond the traditional tricks and props of magic to explore the real mysteries of the human mind. Call him a “cognitionist.” He observes people’s patterns and steps inside their heads. He amazes them with information they didn’t even know about themselves. He engages people in a psychic partnership that makes them the real stars of the show. Together, Jon and and the audience do the impossible. The result is a new, powerful, provocative, and thrilling package of entertainment unlike anything they’ve ever experienced. Better still, it’s funny. Jon’s stand-up comedy covers a core of mystery in an uproarious wrapper of fun. This internationally acclaimed conjurer/comedian/cognitionist will make you laugh, make you think, make you feel like an awe-struck kid. 

Don’t miss this evening of psychic mind blowing comedy! Jon Stetson knows what you’re thinking. No he really does!

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE PRESENTS

STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY

Sunday, September 18th @ 1:00 pm

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Ralph Fiennes (Antony & Cleopatra) leads the cast in David Hare’s (Skylight) blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator whose legacy changed the city forever.

For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses exploited those in office through a mix of charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors.

Faced with resistance by protest groups campaigning for a very different idea of what the city should become, will the weakness of democracy be exposed in the face of his charismatic conviction?

Broadcast live from the Bridge Theatre in London, Nicholas Hytner directs this exhilarating new play.

‘Dramatically gripping and politically thoughtful’

Guardian

‘Ralph Fiennes is firing on all cylinders’

Observer

‘David Hare’s greatest writing’

Daily Mail

MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

hosted by MV Film Society

Your Vote Determines the Winners!

Thursday, September 22nd @ 7:30 pm

Friday, September 23rd @ 7:30 pm

Saturday, September 24th @ 7:30 pm

Sunday, September 25th @ 4:00 pm

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MANHATTAN SHORT has announced the Final Ten selections for its 25th Annual Short Film Festival, a worldwide event taking place in over 400 venues across six continents between September 22 and October 2, 2022. 

MANHATTAN SHORT is the only event of its kind. The Final Ten screen simultaneously across the world during a one-week period, with the Best Film and Best Actor awards determined by ballots cast by the audiences in each participating venue. By virtue of their selection by MANHATTAN SHORT, each short film is automatically Oscar-qualified.

The Final Ten MANHATTAN SHORT finalists hail from eight countries with films from Scotland, Chechia & Slovakia, Spain, Australia, Finland and Lebanon, alongside two films each from France and USA. These Final Ten Films represent the best short films from among 868 submissions from 70 countries received by MANHATTAN SHORT for 2022, testimony to the enduring vibrancy and creativity of short films worldwide.

The MANHATTAN SHORT Final Ten are:

Don vs Lightning (Scotland), Love, Dad (Czechia & Slovakia), 

Save the Bees (USA), The Treatment (Spain),    Freefall (France), Fetish (USA), Freedom Swimmer (Australia), 

The Blanket (Finland),  Warsha (Lebanon), The Big Green (France).

You Be the Judge!

Which of these Final Ten short films is the best? That's up to a worldwide audience to decide. Cinema-goers across the United States and around the globe will become instant film critics as they are handed a ballot (see example below) upon entry that allows them to vote for the Best Film and Actor. MANHATTAN SHORT is the ultimate audience award that salutes the creative talents of both directors behind the camera and actors in front of it. 

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The Martha's Vineyard Film Society, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit cultural arts organization celebrating 20+ years of service. Although our main activity consists of the operation of the award-winning Martha's Vineyard Film Center, our programming offers much more than films. We produce special community events in collaboration with numerous Island non-profits, host live performances, stream MET Opera live from NYC, and offer Youth Programming year-round, including our Summer Camp with MVTV and Featherstone Center for the Arts. We hope you, our patrons and members, found this newsletter a glimpse into our continued efforts to fulfill our mission and enliven our Island’s cultural arts scene.