Flu Vaccine

Farm to School

The November Community Island Grown Schools meeting will take place on Thursday, Nov. 6, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Island Co-Housing Common House in West Tisbury, off Stoney Hill/Chicama Vineyards Road. The meeting, to discuss rules and regulations around sourcing locally-grown food for school meals, will be attended by state regulators and the head of Massachusetts Farm to School program. All welcome.

A program called Keeping Young People Safe on the Internet, a positive approach for parents, guardians and adults who work with young people, will be presented next week by Katelyn M. LeClerc, former Internet safety program coordinator for the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General.

Zill Workshop

Vineyard Belly Dance and Revue will sponsor a finger cymbal (zills) workshop on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. The location is the Howes House directly across from Alleys’ General Store in West Tisbury. The cost is $20. For information and to register call Suzanna 508-627-3240.

Belly Dance Class

On Monday Nov. 3, at 1:30 p.m., Vineyard Belly Dance and Island vocalist Jerri Wells will perform at the Edgartown Council on Aging, located at The Anchors on Daggett street in Edgartown. The show is expected to dazzle attendees with music, color and dance. The event is free and appropriate for all ages. For details call 508-627-3240.

Several Vineyard photographers have had their work published in a new 2009 calendar from the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture. A full-page photograph of Marle the alpaca from Tisbury photographer Heather Welch graces the January page and Oak Bluffs resident Julian Robinson’s photograph of the agricultural fair horse show marks the month of July. Ms. Welch and Kelley DeBettencourt of Edgartown also have had smaller photographs published in the calendar as honorable mention winners.