Art
In this year-long serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after two decades to help her eccentric Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. His staff includes Mott, the big-brotherly general manager, and Quincas, a cute Brazilian. Abe has a paranoid hatred of Richard Moby, the CEO of an off-island wholesale nursery, Broadway.
Computer Class
Computer troubles? Consider Making Friends with Your Computer, a free introductory computer classes at the West Tisbury Free Public Library on Thursday mornings all this month, at 9 a.m. The course will cover basic introduction to PCs, including setting up e-mail accounts, searching the Internet and using Windows. Class size is limited. Please call 508-693-3366 to reserve a space.
The current national employment situation, including industry and employment data specific to Martha’s Vineyard, is the subject of a free presentation this week by the executive director of the Cape & Islands Workforce Investment Board, David Augustinho.
The talk is set for Tuesday. Jan. 13, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, which is cohosting the public event with the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.
John Sundman is a Tisbury-based science fiction writer. He has recently self-published his third book, The Pains, a dark, satirical vision of 1984 America that blends George Orwell’s classic dystopia with a surreal version of the real-life Reagan-era. According to the author, it is a “story of faith in a world that appears to be falling apart. It tells the story of Norman Lux, a 24-year-old novitiate in a religious order, who becomes afflicted with something akin to stigmata.”
A wide range of Island leaders — including selectmen, public health officials and police chiefs — gathered on Wednesday for a special meeting hoping to finally designate an emergency dispensing site for the Vineyard in the event of a terrorist attack or outbreak of infectious disease.
And although the meeting, held at the Vineyard Transit Authority building, was marked by a spirit of cooperation and good will, no consensus about a site was reached.
Phyllis Vecchia will be holding a winter creative drama workshop for four-and-a-half to ten-year-olds at the Oak Bluffs School. Classes will be held on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. beginning on Thursday Jan. 22 and continuing until March 19.