Five Things You Need to Know Today: April 5

Five Things You Need to Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

1. Today is the final day of voting in our Best of Patch Readers' Choice poll, we want to know where is the Best Place to do Your Taxes (at the last minute). Make sure to vote for your favorite and then give them a review on their page in Patch Places.

2. Today is thesponsored by Pathways and . High school age poets whose work shows extraordinary promise will be honored. This year's recipients are Sarah Gruner, Annabelle Hackney, Lizzie Kelleher, Claudia Taylor, Paige Taylor, and Oscar Thompson. Runners-up are Maddie Scott and Samantha Valley. Ceremony takes place in the Pebble Gallery. Free, all are welcome and refreshments will be served. 4 pm. For more information, call 508-693-1850.

3. Come to the in West Tisbury for a : Maundy Thursday service of shadows.  This is a lovely, mystical and reflective service leading up to Good Friday and Easter. 7:30 pm

4. There is a Triple CD Release Party at the tonight. Alex Karalekas, Joe Keenan and DCLA will all be celebrating the release of new CDs. $5. Members Free. 7 pm.

5. The Bunch of Grapes School Book Fair Kick Off Party happens tonight at in Vineyard Haven. Authors Kate Feiffer, Coleen Murtagh Paratore, and Gregory Mone will be there and refreshments served. Purchases of select books mean a 25% donation to your favorite Island school. Book fair runs through April 15. 6 pm - 8 pm. For more information, or to purchase books for donation, visit the book fair page at bunchofgrapes.com.