Sinfonietta Concert

Quiet, please? Not at the Vineyard Haven Public Library this Tuesday, when the reading desks will be pushed back to make way for a free Holiday Pops Concert with the Vineyard Sinfonietta.

The program includes music composed by Telemann, Gluck, Glazunov, Warlock, Britten, Willson and Gershwin. Playing will be Jan Hyer and Heidi Schultz on cello, Matt Pelikan on viola, Jo-Ann Ewing and Patricia Szucs on violin, and Holly Wayman and Nan White on flute.

Oak Bluffs Holiday Party

Cookie decorating, holiday music, a visit from Santa and kids’ grab bags (while they last) — it’s all part of the annual Holiday Open House at the Oak Bluffs Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2 to 5 p.m.

Edgartown School Fair

The Edgartown School’s eighth grade will host the 16th annual Christmas in Edgartown Art and Crafts Fair tomorrow, with more than 40 Island artists and craftspeople: it’s in the Edgartown School gymnasium Saturday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Admission is free. There is plenty of parking, and delicious food will be available.

Announcing Ava

Laura and Daniel Townes of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Ava Spencer Townes, born on Nov. 28, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Ava weighed seven pounds, ten ounces.

A two-week shotgun hunting season for deer opened on Monday, and state public safety and wildlife officials report a strong turnout of hunters and large number of deer being taken.

Hunting is allowed from a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset, and continues through Saturday, Dec. 13.

As of yesterday afternoon 95 deer had been checked in at the station at the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest. Hunters have checked in 68 deer at the Wampanoag Tribe headquarters in Aquinnah. An additional eight were taken during archery season in November.