Some single class seminars and multi-week courses — on subjects as diverse as Shakespeare, wine appreciation and salsa — are still open for registration with the Adult and Community Education Program (ACE MV). Classes meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The fall session runs through Dec. 4, and a winter session begins Jan. 12.

In this year-long serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after two decades to help her eccentric Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. Abe has a paranoid hatred of Richard Moby, the CEO of an off-Island wholesale nursery, Broadway. Convinced that Moby wants to destroy Abe personally, and all Island-based landscaping/nursery businesses generally, Abe is obsessed with “taking down” Moby. A series of failures have done nothing to dissuade him.

British Author Talks

Renowned British author Dr. Brian A. Wren will discuss his new book, Advent, Christmas and Epiphany: Liturgies and Prayers for Public Worship, at Christ United Methodist Church chapel on the corner of Church and Williams streets in Vineyard Haven on Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Coast Guard Course

The United States Coast Guard Captain’s 100-ton masters course is being offered at the Edgartown School over five consecutive Saturdays from 8:30 a.m to 3 p.m. beginning Oct. 25. The course is open to all, but also provides an opportunity to complete the academic portion of Coast Guard licensing requirements. For details or to register call Ed Jerome at 508-326-2031. Tuition for the course is $1450.

Basic Computer Course

The Oak Bluffs Public Library is offering free, one-on-one computer instruction by appointment. Those wishing to learn how to use e-mail, the Internet, or the library’s online catalogue are encouraged to call 508-693-9433 to make an appointment.