World According to Alan

Documentary photographer Alan Brigish of West Tisbury will present a slide show entitled Eye Contact: Faces from Around the World on Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Free Public Library.

Mr. Brigish has traveled the globe, taking photographs of people wherever he goes. The event is free and sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Public Library.

The Vineyard Haven Public Library evening lecture series will present a public information session on the proposed Cape Wind project on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Katherine Cornell Theatre on Spring street in Vineyard Haven.

Mark Rodgers of Cape Wind, the project proponent, and Audra Parker of the Alliance to Save Nantucket Sound, a group that opposes the project, will discuss the proposed wind farm, which would consist of 130 wind turbines on Horseshoe Shoal. Judy Crawford will moderate the session.

A panel discussion featuring the founders of the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiating Partners, moderated by Shula Gilad, is set for Sunday, Sept. 30 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, 130 Centre street in Vineyard Haven.

On the panel will be Nisreen Haj-Ahmed Abbas from the Kennedy School of Government, who holds a law degree from the University of Edinburgh and is on leave from her position with the economic advisor to the president of the Palestinian Authority.

Linda Greenlaw Talk

Lobster boat captain and author Linda Greenlaw speaks on fishing and lobstering issues at Tisbury Waterways Inc’s 2007 annual meeting. It is Friday, Sept. 21 at 5:30 p.m. at the Tisbury Senior Center 5:30 pm. Free admission and all welcome. For details, call 508-696-1893.

Classical Class

Love concert music but hate compositions written in the 20th century? Perhaps you’ve listened to the wrong pieces. Experience the best of the 20th century in a six-week course with musicologist Charles Blank, open to all ages. It begins Sept. 17 at the Tisbury Senior Center.

Phyllis Vecchia begins another of her popular creative drama workshops for children ages four and half to eleven, this fall at the Oak Bluffs School. The classes will be held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Classes begin on Tuesday, Oct. 2, and Thursday, Oct. 4, and run for eight weeks.