Beetlebung Festival

On Sunday, Nov 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. the Chilmark Community Center is hosting the Beetlebung Festival of the Arts and Edibles. What is that, you may ask. Well, it’s music set to a backbeat of local food made by Chris Fischer.

The music portion of the evening includes locally grown act Jason Nichols and Boston based indie-folk band, You Won’t.

Holiday Drive for Needy

Island Alpaca Farm is collecting donations of food and gifts for the Red Stocking Fund. The farm will collect unwrapped presents and nonperishable foodstuffs valued at $10 or more through Dec. 24. Each person who donates an item will be entered to win one of two $50 gift certificates to the Island Alpaca Gift Shop. A drawing for the winners will be held on Dec. 24. Gifts for donation may also be purchased for the gift shop.

Atria’s Creamy Parsnip Soup With Prosciutto and Edgartown Bay Scallops

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter

2 cups chopped onions

1 cup chopped celery

1 teaspoon chopped garlic

Salt and pepper to taste

2 quarts chicken stock

4 pounds parsnips, peeled and diced

1 cup cream

6 ounces prosciutto or crispy bacon

1 pound bay scallops

Directions

Flu Clinics on Veterans Day

The annual all-Island flu clinic will take place at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School on Friday, Nov. 11 from 8 a.m. to noon. Registration and staging areas will be located at Waban Park in Oak Bluffs and the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. Participants must fill out a registration form and visit one of the staging areas prior to going to the high school. Participants may choose to enter the Performing Arts Center or to stay in their cars while shots are administered.

The Martha's Vineyard Commission meets at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Olde Stone Building in Oak Bluffs. Expected to top the agenda: a proposal to rescind its vote narrowly approving the controversial roundabout.

The move to reconsider was pressed last week by commissioner Leonard Jason Jr., an outspoken opponent of the roundabout.

The commission voted 7 - 6 two weeks ago to approve the controversial traffic improvement for the blinker intersection in Oak Bluffs.