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Variety Show:

Variety Show: No Two Days Are the Same in One Garden, presented by The Imperfect Show of Life is at 11:30 a.m. in the warehouse behind 56 Main street in Vineyard Haven, entrance in the back alley. Suggested donation is $5, bring your own seats. For details, call 508-292-1706 or e-mail planet-bella@hotmail.com.

Signal Hill Walk

Signal Hill Walk is from 1 to 3 p.m. Discover 70 acres protected by a conservation restriction situated between Menemsha and Squibnocket ponds. Free to members of The Trustees of Reservations; $10 for non-members. No dogs allowed. Reservations required. Call for directions. For details, call 508-693-7662.

Sunday with Friends: Joe Doebler Alaska and the Bering Strai

Sunday with Friends — Alaska and the Bering Strait: Travel to Alaska without leaving Martha’s Vineyard. Joe Doebler, an experienced photographer, will share his recent visit to Alaska with a slide show at the Vineyard Haven library at 2 p.m. Light refreshments will follow the talk.

One Act Play Festival

One Act Play Festival is at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven at 3 p.m. Presented by the Island Theatre Workshop. Cost is $15. For details, call 508-627-3166.

Opening Reception:

Opening Reception: Paper & Pottery IV — Exhibition of MVRHS Students of Scott Campbell and Janice Frame is from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Virginia Weston Besse Gallery at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. Exhibit remains on display through March 26. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Community Dinner

Community Dinner at the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven is at 5 p.m. All welcome. For details, call 508-693-0745.

Klezmer and Jewish Music Slow Jam

Klezmer and Jewish Music Slow Jam is at 5:30 p.m. at the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven. All musicians and singers welcome, sheet music provided. Free. For details, call 508-693-0745 or visit mvhc.us.

Ballroom Dance

Ballroom Dance is from 7 to 9 p.m. at Fanny Blair Hall, North William street, Vineyard Haven. Beginners class is from 6 to 7 p.m. From 7 to 7:30, salsa lesson with Sergio Racigh and Esther Deming. Couples or singles; all levels welcome. $3 donation. For details, call 508-696-8428.

Mother Goose on the Loose Storytime

Mother Goose on the Loose Storytime for infants and toddlers is at the West Tisbury Free Public Library at 10:30 a.m.

Free After School Teen Program: Darkroom Photography

Free After School Teen Program: Darkroom Photography with Kathy Rose is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Featherstone. For details, call 508-693-1850.

The Wonder of Horses

The Wonder of Horses with Lani Carney, for children ages 6 to 10 is from 3:15 to 5:30 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Edgartown Community Supper

Edgartown Community Supper is from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Baylies Room of the Old Whaling Church. All welcome. For details, call 508-693-0589.

Mindful Knitting

Mindful Knitting is from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Anchors in Edgartown. For details, call 508-627-4368, extension 15.

Fly-Tying Program

Fly-Tying Program is at the Martha's Vineyard Rod and Gun Club, located on 3rd street off Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, at 7 p.m. Open to fly-fishermen of all ages and abilities. For details, call 508-627-8202.

Grace Kelly Movie Month:

Grace Kelly Movie Month: High Society screens at 7 p.m. at the West Tisbury library.

In Stitches Knitting Group

In Stitches Knitting Group meets at the West Tisbury library at 7 p.m. All ages welcome.

Wheelthrowing with Frank Folts

Wheelthrowing with Frank Folts Jr. is from 7 to 9 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Building Trust through the Web

Building Trust through the Web with blogger Chris Brogan, Martha's Vineyard Women's Network Breakfast Meeting, is from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Old Whaling Church. Learn how your business can take advantage of the relationship-building tools of the Web. Advance tickets are $15 for members, $25 for nonmembers, all tickets are $25 at the door. For details or to sign up, visit mvwomensnetwork.org.

Tuesday Conversations Group

Tuesday Conversations Group meets at the Howes House in West Tisbury, across from Alley's store, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. This week: Escape via Siberia with Anita Hotchkiss.

Bereavement Group

Bereavement Group for partners and spouses with Colleen Seadale, bereavement counselor for Hospice, is at 10 a.m. at the West Tisbury Congregational Church. Space is limited. For details on the program or to register, call 508-693-0189.

Tom Maley Life Drawing Group

Tom Maley Life Drawing Group meets from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $10; no instruction. For details, call 508-696-8076.

The Bunch of Grapes Writers’ Group

The Bunch of Grapes Writers’ Group with Cynthia Riggs meets every Tuesday morning from 10 a.m. to noon, upstairs in the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore. New and seasoned writers are welcome, laughter required. For details, e-mail criggs@vineyard.net.

Digital Photography: Individual Camera Tutorial

Digital Photography: Individual Camera Tutorial with Kathy Rose from 10 a.m. to noon or 1 to 3 p.m. at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $50 for a two-hour tutorial. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Storytime

Storytime is at 10 a.m. for newborns to age two and at 11 a.m. for ages three to five at the Vineyard Haven library.

Health and Wellness Series with Nurse Nicole Barlett

Health and Wellness Series with Nurse Nicole Barlett: RShingles Talk is at noon at the West Tisbury library. Free.

Working With Acrylics with Donna Straw

Working With Acrylics with Donna Straw is from 2 to 4 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. Pre-register by calling 508-693-1850.

Free After School Teen Program: Video Journalism

Free After School Teen Program: Video Journalism with Patrick Phillips is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Featherstone. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Community Sing

Community Sing is at 5 p.m. at the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School in West Tisbury. All welcome. For details, call 508-693-8028.

Introduction to Wheelthrowing and Hand-building Ceramic Tiles

Introduction to Wheelthrowing and Hand-building Ceramic Tiles with Washington Ledesma is from 5 to 7 p.m. at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Alfred Hitchcock and Grace Kelly Film Serie

Alfred Hitchcock and Grace Kelly Film Series screens at the Edgartown library at 6 p.m. Desserts served. For details, call 508-627-4221.

Songwriting with Jay Segel

Songwriting with Jay Segel is from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $80 for the four-class series. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Chess Club

Chess Club for students age six through high school is from 6 to 7 p.m. at Vineyard Haven Public Library. All levels are welcome and instruction is available.

Writers' Open Mike Night

Writers' Open Mike Night at The Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Vineyard Haven begins at 7 p.m.

Lecture: Connecting with Fossils

Lecture: Connecting with Fossils is at the Vineyard Haven library at 7 p.m. Paleobiologist Fred Hotchkiss presents an assortment of the fossils he takes to Vineyard classrooms. Feel free to bring fossils that you would like to show or to ask about. Refreshments.

Live Jazz

Live Jazz with Jeremy Berlin and Eric Johnson is at Offshore Ale Co. in Oak Bluffs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Crazy Patch Quilts with Enid McEvoy

Crazy Patch Quilts with Enid McEvoy is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $45. Preregister by calling 508-693-1850.

Toddler Time

Toddler Time is from 10 a.m. to noon at Native Earth Teaching Farm, 94 North Road in Chilmark, with animal visits and farm crafts. Weather permitting. For details, call 508-645-3304 or see nativeearthteachingfarm.org.

Back to the Drawing Board

Back to the Drawing Board with Nancy Blank is from 10 a.m. to noon at Featherstone arts center in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $35. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Storytime

Storytime with Nelia for older toddlers and preschoolers is at the West Tisbury Free Public Library at 10:30 a.m.

Storytime

Storytime is at 10:30 a.m. for toddlers at at 11:30 a.m. for preschoolers (three to five) at Oak Bluffs Public Library.

Chowder and Classic

Chowder and Classic movie begins at noon at Chilmark Public Library. Today's film is a 1941 drama starring Bette Davis in a film adaptation of the Lillian Hellman play depicting a post-Civil War southern community where nothing is more important than money and power. Free. For details, call 508-645-3360.

Stencil-Making

Stencil-Making with Jack Greene is from 1 to 3 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $45. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Animals in Art

Animals in Art with Lani Carney for children ages 6 to 10 is from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30.

Open Pottery Studio

Open Pottery Studio is from 2 to 5 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $5 per hour. Also Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Free After-School Teen Pottery

Free After School Teen Pottery class is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Tween Time

Tween Time from 3 to 5 p.m. is free for ages eight and up at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.

Native American Flute with Ronn Speed

Native American Flute with Ronn Speed is from 5 to 7 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $130 for the four-class series, or $30 per class. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Community Supper

Community Supper at the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury begins at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to this dinner provided by the church; donations of side dishes add to the bounty. Bring a neighbor in need. For details, call 508-693-2842 weekday mornings.

Adult and Community Education

Adult and Community Education Seminar: How to be an Effective Manager, Supervisor, Mentor, Coach and Employee with YMCA executive director Jill Robie is from 6 to 8 p.m. at the high school. For details, visit acemv.org, e-mail lynn@acemv.org,; or call 508-693-1033, extension 240.

Firehouse Figure Drawing Group

Firehouse Figure Drawing Group meets from 7 to 9 p.m. at Featherstone. Open session with no instructor. Cost is $10. For details, call 508-693-3651.

Handbuilding and Wheelthrowing

Handbuilding and Wheelthrowing with Frank Creney is from 7 to 9 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Live Irish Music

Live Irish Music with Gregg and Mary is at Offshore Ale Co. in Oak Bluffs at 6 p.m.

Classic Film: Charlie Chaplin’s Monsieur Verdoux

Classic Film: Charlie Chaplin’s Monsieur Verdoux screens at 7 p.m. at the Capawock Theatre in Vineyard Haven, with a special introduction from Richard Paradise.

Poetry with Donald Nitchie

Poetry with Donald Nitchie is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $50 for the eight-class series. For details, call 508-693-1850.

The Art of Scrapbooking

The Art of Scrapbooking with Eniko DeLisle is from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $50. For details or to preregister, call 508-693-1850.

Soapstone Carving

Soapstone Carving with Jack Greene is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $45. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Consultation, Conversation and Chocolate

Consultation, Conversation and Chocolate is from 3 to 5 p.m. at Henley's Needlepoint, 44 Main street, Edgartown, behind the bookstore. Bring a project or just come to relax. For details, call 508-627-3939.

Working With Acrylics with Donna Straw

Working With Acrylics with Donna Straw is from 2 to 4 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. Pre-register by calling 508-693-1850.

Free After School Teen Program: Silkscreening with Angel Quinones

Free After School Teen Program: Silkscreening with Angel Quinonez is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Featherstone. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Knitting, Knitting for Charity

Knitting, Knitting for Charity with Rev. Judy Campbell is from 3 to 5 p.m. at Featherstone. Free. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Gentle Yoga with Carol Vega Aranzabe

Gentle Yoga with Carol Vega Aranzabe for all ages is at 4 p.m. at the Tisbury senior center. Bring a mat. Cost is $10. For details, call 508-696-4205.

World of Color

World of Color for ages five to seven with Lani Carney is from 3:15 to 5:30 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Creative Drama with Phyllis Vecchia

Creative Drama with Phyllis Vecchia, a child-centered theatre workshop for ages four and a half through nine, runs 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs School weekly through March 25. Please preregister at 508-696-8738

Kids Crafts

Kids Crafts Activities, for ages five and up, are free from 3:30 to 4:30 at Vineyard Haven Public Library.

Winter Reading Series

Winter Reading Series, featuring poetry fellows Kirsten Andersen and Sara Elizabeth Johnson from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, is at 5:30 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven library. All welcome.

Creative Printmaking

Creative Printmaking with Washington Ledesma is from 5 to 7 p.m. at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Wii Sports

Wii Sports is from 6 to 7:45 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs library. For ages 18 to 108. Play tennis, bowl, golf, kayak, fence and more. Board games also available. Free.

Games at the Aquinnah Public Library

Games at the Aquinnah Public Library are from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a game of Scrabble, Monopoly or other board games with family and friends. Refreshments will be served.

Illustration with Darcie Lee Hanaway

Illustration with Darcie Lee Hanaway is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Adult and Community Education

Adult and Community Education: Dance of the Middle East and Korean Sushi courses begin at 6:30 p.m. at the high school. For details, visit acemv.org, e-mail lynn@acemv.org,; or call 508-693-1033, extension 240.

Needlework and Fiber Arts Group

Needlework and Fiber Arts Group is from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Chilmark library. For all who knit, quilt, needlepoint, spin, crochet and sew. Beginners welcome. For details, call 508-645-3360.

Paper Arts Class

Paper Arts Class with Eniko DeLisle is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. For details or to preregister, call 508-693-1850.

Beginners Salsa Class with Saskia

Beginners Salsa Class with Saskia is at the Camp Jabberwocky studio in Vineyard Haven on Greenwood avenue extension from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is $10 per class.

Acrylics for Beginners

Acrylics for Beginners with Kenneth Vincent is from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. Pre-register by calling 508-693-1850.

Watercolor and More!

Watercolor and More! for ages three to six with Lani Carney is from 2 to 4 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Scrapbook Basics

Scrapbook Basics for children ages 7 to 11 with Eniko DeLisle is from 3 to 5 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. For details or to preregister, call 508-693-1850.

Salsa with Saskia

Salsa with Saskia begins with a ladies' styling class at 6 p.m., beginners at 7 p.m. and intermediate dancers at 8 p.m. at the Camp Jabberwocky studio in Vineyard Haven, Greenwood avenue extension. Cost is on a sliding scale, from $7.50 to $12.50 per lesson.

Free Community Yoga

Free Community Yoga is at the Yoga Barn on South Road, just over the Chilmark town line, at 6 p.m. For details, call 508-645-9642.

Theatre: BravEncore presents Closets

Theatre: BravEncore presents Closets, an original play written by Kate Murray and the high school Theatre 2 class, is at 7 p.m. at the high school performing arts center. Admission is free; donations are welcome; all proceeds benefit the BravEncore troupe trip to perform at the 2010 Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Saturday Crafts

Saturday Crafts at the West Tisbury library is from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. This week: Ladybugs.

Coffee Hour

Coffee Hour is at the Aquinnah Public Library from 10 to 11 a.m. Enjoy a hot beverage, weekend newspapers and discussion with neighbors, family and friends.

Ceramic Arts

Ceramic Arts for children ages 7 to 12 is from 10 a.m. to noon at Featherstone. Cost is $20. For details or to preregister, call 508-693-1850.

Bilingual Storytime

Bilingual Storytime (English and Portuguese) is at 11 a.m. at Oak Bluffs Public Library.

YMCA Open House

YMCA Open House is at the site across from the high school in Oak Bluffs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. See the building's progress, sign up for membership and recieve a free gift. For details, call 774-563-9197.

Shorebird Habitat Restoration.

Shorebird Habitat Restoration. Invasive species removal effort from noon to 3 at Eastville Point beach next to the drawbridge on the Oak Bluffs/Tisbury town line. Bring gloves and your favorite weed digging tool if you like. Clam rakes work too. Rain date is Saturday, March 28. For more information or to check on a rain date, e-mail eastvillebeach@gmail.com.

Watercolor for Beginners

Watercolor for Beginners with Kenneth Vincent is from noon to 2 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $30. Pre-register by calling 508-693-1850.

Teen Movie: Whip It

Teen Movie: Whip It screens at 1:30 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs library. Free.

Knitting for All Ages

Knitting for All Ages is free from 2 to 3 p.m. at Vineyard Haven Public Library.

Children's Book Illustration

Children's Book Illustration with Kenneth Vincent is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $25. Pre-register by calling 508-693-1850.

Theatre: BravEncore presents Closets

Theatre: BravEncore presents Closets, an original play written by Kate Murray and the high school Theatre 2 class, is at 5:30 p.m. at the high school performing arts center, followed mini-festival of student directed performances. Admission is free; donations are welcome; all proceeds benefit the BravEncore troupe trip to perform at the 2010 Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.

St. Patrick's Day 5K Road Race Registration

St. Patrick's Day 5K Road Race Registration is from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ocean View Restaurant in Oak Bluffs.

Stump Trivia with Dan Casidy

Stump Trivia with Dan Cassidy is at the Wharf Pub and Restaurant in Edgartown. Preregistration starts at 7:30 p.m.

Film: Mid-August Lunch

Film: Mid-August Lunch, an Italian comedy that won Best First Film at this year's Venice Film Festival, screens at the Katharine Cornell Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Middle-aged Gianni resides with his 93-year-old mother in their ancient apartment. The condo debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Pranzo di Ferragosto (Italy's biggest summer holiday), all will be forgiven. Admission is $8 or $5 for film society members. For details, visit mvfilmsociety.com or call 774-392-2972.

Soccer Referee Certification Class

Soccer Referee Certification Class for new referees age 16 and older. The full-day class is at the Edgartown Boys & Girls Club, and also includes an online portion. Certified referees are paid between $20 and $50 per match, and are eligible to work youth soccer and adult leagues.

St. Patrick's Day 5K Road Race Registration

St. Patrick's Day 5K Road Race Registration is from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Ocean View Restaurant in Oak Bluffs.

Palm Sunday Open House at Vineyard Gardens

Palm Sunday Open House at Vineyard Gardens on State Road in West Tisbury is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit the nursery to see the varieties of plants and gardening supplies available this spring, enter raffle, free gifts. Refreshments. For details, call 508-693-8511.

Variety Show:

Variety Show: No Two Days Are the Same in One Garden, presented by The Imperfect Show of Life is at 11:30 a.m. in the warehouse behind 56 Main street in Vineyard Haven, entrance in the back alley. Suggested donation is $5, bring your own seats. For details, call 508-292-1706 or e-mail planet-bella@hotmail.com.

Audrey Hepburn Film Festival:

Audrey Hepburn Film Festival continues with a screening at 2 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven library. This week, Cary Grant joins Audrey in this 1963 film. Free.

Annual Strings Concert

Annual Strings Concert is free at 4 p.m. at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown. Students of Rebecca Barca-Tinus perform. All welcome. For details, call 508-696-1920.

Ballroom Dance

Ballroom Dance is from 7 to 9 p.m. at Fanny Blair Hall, North William street, Vineyard Haven. Beginners class is from 6 to 7 p.m. From 7 to 7:30, salsa lesson with Sergio Racigh and Esther Deming. Couples or singles; all levels welcome. $3 donation. For details, call 508-696-8428.