Bake Sale for Daybreak

The Daybreak Clubhouse of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services is holding a bake sale from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22 in front of the old Bowl and Board on Main street, Vineyard Haven.

There will be a variety of baked goods, freshly made by volunteers, apple cider, pumpkins and more. The money raised by the bake sale will support the Daybreak Clubhouse’s operational expenses.

Please come and show your support.

This week features the first in a series of three Speakeasy nights to be held at State Road Restaurant in West Tisbury, all of which are to benefit the West Tisbury Library.

Each evening will feature a prominent writer discussing his or her work and taking questions. There will also be hors d’oeuvres and light refreshments.

On Wednesday, Oct. 26, the first speaker will be Pulitzer-prize winning author, Geraldine Brooks. Her latest book, Caleb’s Crossing, is set in 17th century Martha’s Vineyard.

Ball Fore

One sport begets another, at least this Saturday, Oct. 22, that is.

It’s the seventh annual Birdies for Baseball charity golf tournament. That’s right, you won’t be just swinging a golf club for fun, you’ll be helping out by adding to the coffers of the baseball scholarship and field improvement funds.

In a way, golf will actually fit on the honey-do list, rather than be a sneaky aside to all those home improvement projects left hanging.

Tennis is one of the few perfect sports that can be played the entirety of one’s life. Not many 80-year-olds out on the gridiron are there?

And yet there is still a lot of stopping and starting as one chases down a lob or crosscourt ripper which can lead to some cranky knees. Plus there’s that serving motion. Let’s just say it’s not a love match for your shoulders.

It would seem that everything one does, from eating to watching television, from meditating to juggling Chihauhau’s, or from painting your masterpiece to lion taming, could also be done while spinning. At least this is the bold proposition being woven in the spokes by Om of Motion, a new spinning class and location that seems to know no boundaries.

Om of Motion opened up earlier this summer in a cozy nook on 505 State Road in West Tisbury, right next to Eileen Blake’s Pies and just past up-Island Cronigs.

Community Supper

This week on Monday, Oct. 24, the Edgartown community suppers are starting up again. They will be held every Monday throughout the fall, winter and spring at the Baylies Room of the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown.

The suppers are free and everyone is welcome. The evenings are an excellent resource for community as the Island grows colder, darker and, oftentimes, lonelier. They are also a welcome antidote to the very really issue of hunger as the off-season reality of fewer and smaller paychecks hits home.