Fly-Fishing Class

A fly-fishing class for beginning and experienced fishermen will be held Saturday, June 21, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club in Edgartown.

Sandra Demel and John Kollett will provide individualized casting instruction. Participants also will learn about basic knots, flies, building a leader, and putting gear together. Equipment will be provided or participants may bring their own.

Adoption Session

Adoption By Choice, a program of Catholic Social Services of Fall River Inc., will hold an information session on Thursday, June 26, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for individuals and families interested in domestic newborn or international adoption. The session will be held at Catholic Social Services, 1600 Bay street, Fall River. Admission is free. More information is available by calling 508-674-4681.

Floral Design Workshop

Creative Flower Arrangements from Your Garden, a five-week floral design workshop, will be held at Vineyard Haven Public Library from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays from June 25 through July 23.

Helene Barr, who has more than 20 years of experience as a floral designer and garden writer, will teach the course. The class is free, but students will need to provide their own tools and floral material.

WIRED. By Anastasia Suen, illustrated by Paul Carrick. Charlesbridge, $6.95. This book, now out in paperback, is an excellent insight into how electricity works, particularly as it pertains to the energy dancing beneath our fingertips as they tap along a computer keyboard, and as it flows or, just as importantly, pauses, at the outlet under our desk. Ostensibly Wired is a learning tool for the elementary school student, but anyone of any age could benefit from it, for who among us outside of M.I.T.

On Thursday, June 19, Slowfood Martha’s Vineyard will hold its monthly potluck supper from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. This meeting will focus on planning the group’s summer’s highlight event, a potluck community gathering featuring keynote speaker Michael Pollan.

In this serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after many years in Manhattan. Her uncle Abe requires assistance to keep their landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. In the first few chapters, Becca reacquainted herself with Island life and through Mott (the general manager) met Quincas (a Brazilian) and the rest of Pequot’s staff. Last week, readers were introduced to Uncle Abe and his hatred of Richard Moby, the chief executive officer of Broadway, an off-Island landscaping business.