Irish Alpacas

Skip the beer and go for the yarn.

Island Alpaca is having a St. Patrick’s Day open house on two consecutive weekends: March 12 and 13 and March 19 and 20.

Check out the alpacas on a self-guided walking tour, enjoy some hot cider and shop for one-of-a-kind alpaca products. Island Alpaca is located at 1 Head of the Pond Road in Oak Bluffs. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine.

For more details, call 508-693-5554.

Party in the Pews

Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, most likely conjures up images of celebrating decadence. From the beads and nearly-bare ladies on the balconies of New Orleans to the even more scantily clad bodies at the Rio de Janeiro Carnival parties, folks seem lit by a fire paralleling religious ecstasy.

Now add to that list the West Tisbury Congregational Church.

Dee Dice has been selected to present a workshop at the 38th Annual New England Adoption Conference: Tales of the Journey: Past, Present and Future. Ms. Dice’s workshop will focus on the realities of single parenting.

The last day to reserve daffodils from the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days program is Friday, Feb. 25.

For a $10 gift, donors receive a bouquet of 10 fresh daffodil blossoms. Daffodils will be delivered across Martha’s Vineyard on Tuesday, March 15.

Dorothy Bangs, the longtime Daffodil Days volunteer coordinator on the Vineyard, said “Winning the fight against cancer starts right here in our community.”

Mom, Meet Dad Again

Just in time for Valentine’s Day weekend, the Martha’s Vineyard Ecumenical Youth Group is hosting a parents’ night out.

The particulars are basic. Tonight, Feb. 11, starting at 6:30 p.m. drop off your kids, ages three and up, at the Federated Church at 45 South Summer street in Edgartown. Come back to pick them up at 10 p.m.

The Vineyard Tennis Center, Workout and Spa hosted its winter classic tennis tournament on Jan. 22 and 23. Tournament proceeds were donated to Doctors Without Borders for Haiti.