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The Louisa Gould Gallery is hosting its annual Affordable Small Treasures Show. The exhibit and sale began last Saturday, Nov. 17, and continues through Dec. 31. Tonight, Nov. 23, there is an artists’ reception from 4 to 6 p.m. The artists include Doug Kent, Katie Prisco, Donna Blackburn, Vitrix, Maya Farber, John Holladay, Louisa Gould, Paul Beebe, Kathy Poehler and Gray Park.

For more information and to get see examples of the artists’ work, visit louisagould.com.

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The Polly Hill Arboretum is hosting A Walk Through Imagination, a project by potter Bill O’Callahan and puppeteer Robin Tuck. The tour leads one through the landscape at the Arboretum, now transformed into The Mysterious Forest of Dreams through puppets and sculptures which help tell the tale of Taggot’s quest to learn about the challenges and riches of life.

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Once again the Zambezi Project/AACDP holiday sales will be conducted in two locations. The pop-up shop to benefit Zambian disabled children and their families takes place at the home of Marsha Winsryg at 20 Road to Great Neck, West Tisbury (follow signs from New Lane) and in Edgartown across from the Wharf Pub. Items for sale include Zambezi Dolls, Tuareg Silver, Tanzanian Khanga cloth, Ghanian Patchwork, Mukuni woodcarving, Zanzibar rugs, Zambian baskets, Kuba cloth.

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At 5:30 in the morning on a recent Saturday, Yann Meersseman parked his minivan outside of the Steamship Authority building in Vineyard Haven and dropped a few tokens into the yellow Boston Herald display box. He pulled open the box and changed the front copy of the Herald, placing a short stack of newspapers inside the box as he did so.

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Vineyard Haven photographer Louisa Gould has traveled to over 100 countries and territories and she is bringing them all home to the Vineyard. On Sunday, Nov. 18, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven Public Library, she will give a presentation of her photography. Some of the countries featured include Antartica, Burma, Cambodia, Morocco, Bali, India, Fiji, Vietnam, Spain, New Zealand, Egypt and Cuba.

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A big slice of the way things used to be on the Vineyard is shared in a new exhibit of duck decoys which opened last weekend at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. It is a story that goes back centuries, to a time when many of those residing on the Island were engaged in sustenance living, and when food delivered hot and freshly prepared to the dinner table had to be first hunted and harvested.

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