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YMCA Day Camps
The holidays are coming and the kids are out of school. What fun! Except that just because school’s out doesn’t mean Ma and Pa don’t have to punch a clock.
Well, help is on the way. The Martha’s Vineyard YMCA is offering full and half day camps on Dec. 28, 29, and 30.
Full day camp runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $185 for members and $199 for nonmembers
Half-day camp runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $150 for members and $170 for nonmembers.
Family, Film, Feast
The second Family, Film, Feast installment of the season is just around the corner. On Saturday, Jan. 8 beginning at 5 p.m. the folks at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival will present another community gathering like no other.
It’s a casual get-together featuring local and delicious food and movies that are always entertaining, thought-provoking and suitable for all ages. The questions unspooling from the carseat on the ride home could be a movie in and of itself.
Good Tidings of Great Joy
Tonight the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury takes the form of both a barn and a community center. The animals will not be, well, real animals, but rather small children performing the annual Christmas Eve pageant. There will be donkeys, cattle, sheep and of course shepherds, wisemen, Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus. The kids are members of the West Tisbury Congregational Church which each year creates this tableau for the community.
Kwanzaa Celebration
Kwanzaa was started in 1966 by an African-American professor who wanted to give black Americans a unique way to celebrate their African roots, family life and community. This year the Martha’s Vineyard branch of the NAACP is hosting a Kwanzaa celebration at the Trinity United Methodist Parish Hall in the Oak Bluffs Campground on Wednesday, Dec. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m.
There will be music, food, games and activities for all ages.
Martha’s Vineyard Tile
Vineyard Stories has just published its sixteenth book about the Vineyard.
Last summer the press featured Schooner: Building a Wooden Boat on Martha’s Vineyard and The Bike Ride. Both books received great reviews and recognition. Schooner was named one of the 100 best photo books of 2010 by Snapshot magazine. The Bike Ride, a book for children, was endorsed by the Nature Conservancy for its contributions in the area of conservation.
Winter Lobster Rolls
Put down the eggnog and dive into a lobster roll. That’s right, lobster isn’t just some summer fling, at least not according to the folks at Grace Church.
On Sunday, Jan. 2 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. they will be serving their standard: lobster roll, chips, and beverage for $15, plus $4 for a slice of pie. Finally, a chance to take part in one of summer’s most popular events, and therefore most crowded, without waiting in line.