Alex's Place Brings the Summer Community Together With Concerts, Workshops and Dances.

In the heat of summer there are few place in which entire families can come together to enjoy top flight entertainment in an alcohol-free setting. Alex's Place at the YMCA of Martha's Vineyard, in its commitment to our community is excited to fill this gap in entertainment options.

Alex's Place, the premiere venue on the island that during the school year is the popular place for teens, reaches out to the entire community with special events that are geared to all ages.

Throughout the summer months, Alex's will host weekly concert events with the best local, regional and national talent. Reminiscent of the popular Vineyard nightspot, The Wintertide Coffeehouse, once located in Vineyard Haven, Alex's Place has a state of the art, black-box theater styled space with an eye on the old coffeehouse model. Concert goers will find an intimate candle-lit space, with great sound and lighting, comfortable air conditioned seating, great snacks and coffee.

"Our goal is to celebrate the community with a series of special concerts geared to all ages. The eclectic mix of talent scheduled to appear harkens back to the days when one could enjoy fine music in a quality listening environment." says Director, Tony Lombardi. "Our goal is to continue to serve teens throughout the summer, while providing incredible concerts for the entire community, the proceed from which will support the on-going outreach to our teen community, especially in the off season."

Up coming concerts include:

JULY 13 ERICH LUENING AND THE LUENATICS -

JULY 20  JEMIMA JAMES AND FRIENDS

JULY 27 PHILLY D (Phil DaRosa) with SPECIAL GUESTS

AUG 3 MEGHAN LaROQUE

AUG 10 14 Time Boston Music Award Winner ELLIS PAUL with

Special guest, Guitar Virtuoso SHUN NG and Singer Songwriter

and Berklee Professor, SUSAN CATTANEO

AUG 18  (SPECIAL SUNDAY NIGHT SHOW) featuring multi-instrumentalist

MADDIE SCOTT and friends. Showtime is 9:00 and admission is only $5

AUG 24 AMY BLACK with SPECIAL GUESTS

AUG 31 FROM NEW ORLEANS - DAYNA KURTZ DUO

All performances begin at 9:00 pm Ticket prices vary.

Tickets will be on sale at ticketsmv.com and at the Y Member Desk beginning June 25th.

We hope you will join us for one of these special concerts. 

In addition, Alex's Place will host a weekly COMMUNITY OPEN STAGE           Every Friday night beginning at 8:00 Pm All performers ALL AGES welcomed. Admission is only $6

SPECIAL WORKSHOPS -

THE WRITE STUFF For the aspiring teen poet, Alex's Place will host THE WRITE STUFF, week-long poetry workshop featuring three award winning poets who will work with teens on the art of poetry in all its forms. The workshops will take place from 9:00 AM to 1:00 pm Monday through Friday July 15 - 19th leaving plenty of time for trips to the beach and quality time with the family. Limited to 10 students, the workshops will culminate in a first class POETRY SLAM on Friday night at 7 pm before Open Stage. Tuition is $200 and is all inclusive.(Registration at the Y Member Desk or at Alex's Place) Featuring Fan Oglivie, Justen Ahren and others.

THE ADRENALINE MUSIC PROJECT - If your teen is an aspiring musician, sound engineer, songwriter, music business professional, then THE ADRENALINE MUSIC PROJECT is the perfect opportunity. Featuring over a dozen of the nations top music professionals, this week-long workshop will run the gamut from exploration of the history of popular music, stagecraft, studio recording, sound support, booking and promotion, and much more. The workshop is limited to 20 students and tuition is $250 all inclusive.

Some of those participating in this years workshop include:

Susan Cattaneo - Professor of Music - Berklee College

Ralph Jaccodine - Music professional, manager, and record producer

Ellis Paul - 14 time Boston Music Award Winner

Shun Ng - Singaporaen guitar virtuoso

Jim Parr -  Producer, Owner of Parr Audio.

Bob Brown - Live Sound and recording

Barbara Dacey - the Voice of MVY Radio

Laurel Redington - MVY DJ, Author, producer, 

Ray Whitaker - Host of Just Four Guys (popular Beatles show)

Tony Lombardi - Sound man, former Director of Wintertide Coffeehouse

Mike Benjamin - popular guitarist songwriter, performer

Joanne Cassidy - stellar vocalist, vocal coach, performer

Phil DaRosa - Owner of The Print Shop Recording Studio and popular performer.

and many others.

COMEDY

If comedy and Improv are your cup of tea (or coffee) then the weekly Comedy Improv shows will delight you and your family. Under the direction of Donna Swift, IMP has won accolades nationwide and was recently selected as a standout in the Chicago Improv Festival. Comedy Improv nights are high energy, hilarious, and interactive. Showtime is 8 pm EVERY THURSDAY Beginning July 11th. Admission is $15 for adults, $11 for teens. 

DANCES

Finally - Teens will have a chance to come together for a great night of DANCING on Saturday, July 17th from 9 - 11 pm. The dance will feature popular DJ JAI, a 4000 watt sound system, full digital light show with lasers and more. Teens can also enjoy video gaming, pool, air hockey, the computer lab and much more. A great, safe night out for teens.

For more information, please visit our website: http://www.alexsplace.net

Or call us: 508 - 696 - 7171 EXT 128

Alex's Place is sponsored by The Alexandra Gagnon Foundation, Comcast, Cronigs, Crane Appliance, The Beagery Foundation, and many individuals, organizations, and businesses.

Alex's Place is located at the YMCA of Martha's Vineyard, 111R Edgartown Vineyard Haven Road, Oak Bluffs (Across from the high school)