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Fun to Dance at YMCA
The collaboration between the Yard and the YMCA begins on Oct. 24 when Dance with the Yard starts its fall program of classes.
Kids will learn the fundamentals of modern, ballet, and creative dance skills with Yard choreographer-dance educator, Jesse Keller. Professional visiting artists from the Yard will also help out with the classes, in particular drumming and rhythm training, student choreography opportunities, and end-of-session performances.
Down Syndrome Discussed
Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools will host a conversation with Dr. David Stein of Boston Children’s Hospital on the social and emotional development of students with Down Syndrome on Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. All are welcome.
Hookers of Rugs
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Rosalie Powell began a series of rug hooking classes which will run for eight successive Wednesdays. The first meeting was mostly a matter of preparation, gathering materials and grouping folks together depending on their experience. This means there’s still plenty of time to climb aboard before the real work begins.
Music from New Mexico
On Saturday, Oct. 8 at 10:30 a.m. the Chilmark Public Library story hour is taking a journey to New Mexico when musician Jeanie McLerie leads the group. Ms. McLerie hails from Silver City, New Mexico and with her husband, Ken Keppeler, she is one half of the group Bayou Seco. Ms. McLerie teaches sing-a-longs and participatory songs as well as New Mexican dances.
Admission is free. Call 508-645-3360 for information.
If your idea of a homemade gift of food is a paper plate of chocolate chip cookies (recipe on the package; can’t go wrong with that), bound up in cellophane and tied with a ribbon, then the new book Gourmet Gifts: 100 Delicious Recipes for Every Occasion to Make Yourself and Wrap With Style (Harvard Common Press, $19.95), is going to make you feel like the last Neanderthal when the Cro-Magnons announced, “Look, we just do everything better.”
Islanders will have a say in selecting the first Martha’s Vineyard Poet Laureate.
Year-round poets must submit five poems of any genre, style or form. A jury of judges will read all submissions, and nominate five finalists. The winning five poets must be willing to participate in a public reading that will be videotaped and distributed on the Martha’s Vineyard Poetry Society’s Facebook page; MVTV; YouTube and through other Island media and agencies.