Sense of Wonder Crafts

Sense of Wonder Creations is holding a special holiday crafts event for children ages five and older on the next two Monday, Dec. 5 and 12, to benefit Heifer International.

Late Summer Luncheon

Editor’s Note: Last fall Marlee Fox, a senior in high school, was mulling over her creative writing assignment. It was a cold, blustery day in Annapolis, Md. where she lives and her thoughts turned to Martha’s Vineyard. For several years now her family has been visiting the Island for two weeks each summer.

She wanted to capture, “that feeling you get in your stomach when it’s summer for the first time,” she said.

Sustainable Book Club

The Vineyard Sustainable Book Club, a program of the Martha’s Vineyard Library Association and Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, will meet at the Edgartown Library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, to discuss Kristin Kimball’s book, The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love. This is the story of a journalist who set out to do a story about the new generation of rural farmers and ended up falling in love and becoming one herself.

Library Hootenanny

See ya Tom Turkey, it was nice knowing you, but we’re heading on to bigger and better things. Holiday parties to be exact and first up is the Vineyard Haven Public Library throwing it’s holiday hootenanny on Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m.

The party will include music by the Tashmoo Trio, children’s activities and treats, punch and cookies for all and a huge dose of community cheer.

Everyone is invited. For more details, call 508-696-4211.

For Fairies and Trolls

This holiday season it’s time to think about the fairies. After all, come the cold winter months they certainly need homes, not to mention another warm log on the fire. Think how long you’d survive in a skimpy tutu and wings.

Don’t forget the trolls, either. They may be ugly but they’re not all bad. Especially the little ones.

Library Speakeasy

Pulitzer-prize winning author Tony Horwitz headlines the Speakeasy Series of author talks this Tuesday, Nov. 29, at State Road Restaurant in West Tisbury. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. and is in collaboration with the West Tisbury Library Foundation, Inc., to benefit the library’s capital campaign.