Five Things You Need To Know: Dec. 3

Today there is an Open Darkroom session at Featherstone, a Community Supper at the Old Whaling Church and much more.

  1. Today there is a Holiday Gift and Craftmaking Workshop at the Sense of Wonder Creations Studio in Vineyard Haven. This event is a benefit for Heifer International. It is from 3:30-5:30 p.m.  2. The Old Whaling Church will host its weekly 'Edgartown Community Supper' tonight at 5 p.m. Community Suppers take place every Monday in the Baylies Room. Everyone is welcome. Free will offering encouraged. For more information please call 508-693-4424. 3. David Welch will host an Open Darkroom tonight at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs. $10 per hour without assistance or $25 per hour with instruction. Pre-register is recommended, call 508-693-1850 or visit featherstoneart.org. It is from 7-9 p.m.  4. Open Mic Monday is at The Pit…

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On Your Radar: Martha's Vineyard Events - Friday thru Sunday

A weekend full of music, shopping, high school reunions, and fall festivals on Martha's Vineyard.

Vineyard Artisans Thanksgiving Festival 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Ag Hall, West Tisbury. Fall Festival 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, Felix Neck, Edgartown. Art & Ornament Sale 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Old Sculpin Gallery, Edgartown. Midnight Farm Opening Party 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Midnight Farm, Vineyard Haven. MVRHS Class of 2002 Reunion 8:00 pm, Portuguese-American Club, Oak Bluffs. Pony Rides 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Arrow Head Farm, West Tisbury. Vineyard Artisans Thanksgiving Festival 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Ag Hall, West Tisbury. Wee Farmers 9:30 pm – 11:00 am, The FARM Institute, Edgartown. Christmas Bazaar 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, P.A. Club, Oak Bluffs. MVRHS Alumni Field Hockey Game 11:00 am, M.V. Regional High School, Oak Bluffs. 8th Annual 5K for KJ 11:00 am, M.V. …

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: November 9

Today’s list includes: ginger people, a freshman parent social and Wii for the whole family

1. Tonight is the Second Annual Freshman Parent Social at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School. Parents of high school freshman are invited to meet, mingle and enjoy a delicious meal while your kids enjoy the YMCA. Sponsored by the Youth Task Force, YMCA and MVRHS. Please reserve your space via email by sending your name and contact info to info@mvyouthtaskforce.org. Please include the name(s) and age(s) of any child(ren) that will be utilizing the YMCA during the social. In the MVRHS Culinary Arts Dining Room. 6 pm - 8 pm. FREE 2. Come to LeRoux at Home today and see the fine art of making Ginger People Cookies. 11 am. Free 3. The Island Food Pantry is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 2 to 4 p.m. For people coming more than…

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Five Things You Need To Know Today: November 1

A senior health screening, after school photography for teens and needlecraft start off the month of November

1. First Tuesdays of the month mean Needlecraft Group at Aquinnah Library. 5:30 to 6:30pm.  Refreshments will be served. Free 2. The Vineyard Haven Public Library presents author Wendy Williams as she gives a talk on her latest book: Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid. 7 to 8:30pm, in the library's Program Room. Free 3. First Tuesdays also mean free and private Health Screening and Blood Pressure Clinics at the West Tisbury Senior Center. 10am. Free. For more information please call 508-696-4205. 4. Sassafras Earth Education: Outdoor Home-Schoolers Program for kindergarten and up is every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dress for outdoors and bring a snack, lunch and water bottle. The first visit is free…

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Five Things You Need To Know Today: October 29

A Roving Contra Dance, Ghosts and Gossip and a Winter Cooking Demo are on today's schedule

This and every Saturday, join the Tisbury Farm Market for Winter Cooking Demonstrations and tasting. There will also be weekly specials on produce, meat and chicken. Stop by and get great ideas and recipes for that weekend dinner. 11 am – 1 pm. Free Join Vineyard historian Liz Villard for a tour of Ghosts, Gossip and Downright Scandal in Tisbury Village. Learn about the haunted history of Martha’s Vineyard and hear stories about many of the people buried at the cemetery. Talk and tour will be held at Tisbury Village Cemetery - off Center St. between William and Franklin streets in Vineyard Haven. Cider and refreshments to follow. 3 pm. Adult: $8 MV Museum Members $12 (non-Members) Child: $6 The MV Ice Arena Public Ice Skating has started …

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Five Things You Need To Know Today: October 28

A Jazz Trio, an Auction for Minnesingers and a Boston Funnyman head up this Friday’s events

1. This afternoon, come to the West Tisbury Free Public Library for a jazz concert featuring the J.C. Trio. Come enjoy some hot sounds & yummy refreshments. End your week on a great note! 4 pm. Free 2. Tonight is the MVRHS Annual Minnesinger Auction at Farm Neck Golf Club. Some great items will be auctioned including a night at an inn in Northern Mass, a catered dinner for four, heating oil from Packer and two tickets to the New Years Day Pats vs. Bills game. Bills. There will also be food and of course, some really amazing singers. 6:30 pm. $25 3. DJ Ricky Prime will be on the wheels of steel at Seasons in Oak Bluffs. Doors open at 10 pm. 4. It’s Drop-in Fiber Friday Featherstone Center for the Arts with fiber artist Pam Flam. Doors open …

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Five Things You Need To Know Today: October 27

Wild Edibles, Colonial Fiction and a Turn of the Screw lead us into the Halloween weekend

Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary Director Suzan Bellincampi will be discussing Wild Edibles tonight. Learn how to identify and prepare wild edibles that can be found in your backyard and island neighborhood. Students should dress for the weather as we will be outside for portions of the class. Co-sponsored by ACE  MV. 4 pm. The Aquinnah Public Library hosts Phil Weinstein as he presents: Fictions of Colonial Encounter. Drawing on two white British writers (Joseph Conrad and E. M. Forster) and two black Nigerian writers (Chinua Achebe and Buchi Emecheta), this course will explore the ways in which differently positioned writers represent colonial encounter Refreshments will be served. 4 pm – 5:30 pm. Free The Island Theatre Workshop presents …

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Five Things You Need To Know Today: October 26

A Pulitzer Prize winner, Salsa dancing for beginners and a cooking demonstration

1. As part of LeRoux at Home’s Wednesday Cooking Demo series, Joe DaSilva of Saltwater Restaurant will be demonstrating recipes you can make at home. From 11 am – 1 pm. Free 2. Pulitzer-prize winning author Geraldine Brooks will kick off the Speakeasy Series of author talks at 5:30 pm at State Road Restaurant. Presented by the West Tisbury Library Foundation, Inc., this series of intimate evenings with noted authors will benefit the library’s capital campaign. Hors d’oeuvres and light refreshments will be served. Space is limited, so early booking is advised. For more information, or to make reservations, call Carol Brush: 508-693-3489. Admission is $300 for the series of 3 event or $125.00 Per Event 3. Come to Camp Jabberwocky in Vineyard…

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Five Things You Need To Know Today: October 25

A delicious Friends of Family Planning event and the Music-Makers Film Series top today's list.

1. It’s dine-to-donate night at MV Chowder Company and both locations of Sharky’s Cantina. A portion of all food sales throughout the day will benefit Friends of Family Planning. 2. The Edgartown Public Library will screen the Coal Miner's Daughter, at 7 p.m. The film is being shown as part of the library’s Music-Makers Film Series for adults. Desserts will be served. 3. The Vineyard Haven Public Library will present Alexandra Richardson: An Evening in Sicily from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Richardson is the author of “Passionate Patron: The Life of Alexander Hardcastle and the Greek Temples of Agrigento,” the intriguing tale of a former British Naval Captain/ now amateur archaeologist Sir Alexander Hardcastle, who lives and carries on his excavations…

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Five Things You Need To Know Today: October 24

Dance with the Yard comes to the Y, plus an annual parks & rec meeting for Oak Bluffs.

1. The Yard has teamed up with the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard to present Dance with the Yard, a four-month program that teaches students the fundamentals of modern, ballet, and creative dance skills. The program begins today. 2. The Oak Bluffs Parks & Recreation Association will hold its annual meting at 5 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs Council on Aging. The public is invited to attend.  3. The Edgartown Board of Selectmen will hold their weekly selectmen’s meeting at 4 p.m. at Edgartown Town Hall, one day before the town will gather for a special town meeting. On the agenda today: a liquor license violation, town poet laureate discussion and third quarter FY12 preliminary tax bills. 4. The West Tisbury Free Public Library will screen the …

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