Martha's Vineyard Calendar Events
Martha's Vineyard Calendar

Events

Wednesday, September 20

Exhibit: Alejandro Carreno

Just in time for the Derby, Mocha Mott's in Vineyard Haven is exhibiting Alejandro Carreno's paintings of fish during the month of September.

Exhibit: Youth Art from Hope and Climate Action

Mocha Mott's in Oak Bluffs is exhibiting the award-winning paintings and photographs made by Island youth as part of Hope and Climate Action, this year's art...

Virtual: Chair Yoga and Meditation

Led by YogiJay. Chair yoga is a supported style of yoga that is accessible to all levels and ages. In this class, practitioners will be guided through seated...

7:30am
Virtual Event
A historic look at the Steamship Pier. Hear the history directly from Thomas Dresser in this tour!

Enjoy the Historic Oak Bluffs Self-Guided walking tour! Created by acclaimed local author and historian Thomas Dresser. Tour takers see, hear and read from...

Enjoy a charming stroll through Vineyard Haven - on your time! The app takes you right to each spot with turn by turn directions, and audio.

Straight from author Thomas Dresser – enjoy the Vineyard Haven Walking Tour! Self-guided, the app provides you with turn-by-turn walking directions to get...

Walk With Us

Join us for a walk around East Chop. We'll start at the library's Pacific Avenue entrance at 8:15 a.m. We'll walk up Pacific avenue, continue to Washington...

Access-Able Guided Tour

Our Access-Able program provides an opportunity to explore Felix Neck to those with limited mobility. Led by Sanctuary staff on our golf cart, this one-hour...

Acrylic Painting (Intermediate/Advanced) with John Holladay

Perfect your painting techniques during this weekly intermediate/advanced class. Bring a photograph or drawing for inspiration, and learn how to improve your...

Island Folk Pottery Sculpture Trail

Created by artists Bill O'Callaghan and Heather Goff, the quarter-mile private trail meanders through a magical wooded landscape populated with whimsical...

Kayak and Stand-Up Paddle Board (SUP) Quests

Enjoy Sengekontacket Pond on this self-guided tour. Rhyming quest clues (think: treasure hunt!) will help you uncover the story of the pond's people, places,...

Pirates Puzzle Escape Room

Play our fun and immersive escape room games and create new memories. Work with your team to solve a series of puzzles in our Jaws or Vineyard Pirate Mystery...

Supportive Day Program for 55+

Martha's Vineyard Center for Living hosts in-person programs offering music, art, history, exercise, conversation and socializing. Events take place on...

A Papermaking Sampler

This class introduces pulling and decorating sheets of pulp for paper. Vats of various pigmented and/or natural fibers will be available for you to dip,...

Music with Maryse

Join the Family Center every Wednesday morning starting on Sept. 13 for Music with Maryse. Drop-ins welcome!

Virtual: 50+ Job Seekers Networking Group

If you are seeking a new career direction, unemployed, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your...

9:30am
Virtual Event
Exhibit: 1923: A Kid's Life

As part of the Museum’s centennial celebration, this exhibit explores different aspects of life on Martha’s Vineyard through the eyes of a modern child,...

Photo by Edith Blake

In the spring of 1974, Hollywood descended on the Island. Universal Studios had bought the film rights to the book Jaws and the film’s director, a young...

Exhibit: Ksenia Meleshko's Silenced Voice of Vincent Van Gogh

Join us for the art reception of Ksenia Meleshko's show, Silenced Voice of Vincent Van Gogh “Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small...

Exhibit: Photographs by Bruce Mathews

Photographer Bruce Mathews focuses on themes from the natural world, searching for the same abstract values that informed his previous work as a commercial...

Exhibit: Photographs by Paul Doherty

Paul’s exhibition at the West Tisbury Library features an eclectic mix of photos of Martha’s Vineyard, including a number of botanical sunset silhouettes...

Exhibit: The Perfect Craft: Wooden Boat Building, Then and Now

Small craft made of wood have been part of Island culture for thousands of years. They have helped to feed local families, connect the Vineyard to the wider...

Exhibit: They Were Heard, the Unique Voice of the Martha's Vineyard Deaf Community

From 1694 to 1952, Martha’s Vineyard – and specifically the towns of Chilmark and West Tisbury – had an unusually large population of people with hereditary...

Featured Exhibit: Carol Maguire and Jim Holland

Stop by North Water Gallery, Edgartown to view new work by Carol Maguire and Jim Holland. Jim Holland visited Cape Cod on college road trips with friends,...

Living Landmarks: Scrimshaw from the Carnegie Heritage Center

The Vineyard Preservation Trust's collection of traditional scrimshaw will be on exhibit, paired with contemporary pieces by Island artist Darrel Morris.

Maritime Scavenger Hunt

Search for boats, anchors, lighthouses and other maritime-themed pictures around the Children's Room. Find all the pictures and get a small prize. For kids...

Sheriff's Meadow Sanctuary Walk

Free guided walk for adults of all levels of mobility, offered by Sheriff's Meadow Foundation, Healthy Aging MV and TrailsMV for Falls Prevention Awareness...

Stitching Time: Quilts by Men Serving Life Sentences

Twenty quilts by men serving life sentences at Louisiana State Penitentiary — aka "Angola" prison — for the former plantation on which it was built, combine...

Skippy Scallop Storytime and Touch Tank

There is something for all ages at this special storytime. Nina from Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group will read Skippy the Scallop by Suzanne Tate. Enjoy...

Island Alpaca Welcomes You to a Walk!

Walking with alpaca is a way to learn more about how gentle they truly are. A wonderful experience for all ages. Every participant will learn the basics of...

Traditional Storytime

Children’s librarian Mikaela will be hosting a weekly traditional storytime. Families will be able to listen and enjoy books new and old with some songs...

Aquinnah Cultural Center, Wampanoag History Museum

The Aquinnah Cultural Center aims to preserve, educate, and document the Aquinnah Wampanoag self-defined history, culture and contributions past, present and...

Cousen Rose Gallery

Cousen Rose Gallery (CRG), represents emerging and nationally known artists working in a variety of media, including painting, photography, and collages.

Exhibit: Alison Shaw Gallery

Fine art prints of Alison's photographs -- new works and old favorites -- are on view in the gallery located in the Oak Bluffs Arts District.

Exhibit: Fibers of My Soul

Group exhibition featuring on-Island and off-Island artists: Adana Tillman, Amber Robles-Gordan, Andrea Grillo, Daryl Royster Alexander, Ella Mahoney,...

Exhibit: Sean Roach Solo Show

Realist oil paintings of Martha's Vineyard by local artist Sean Roach.

Exhibit: Teachers Art Show

This show features some of our fantastic Island Art Teachers. Whether in a classroom with children, a private lesson or workshop with adults, our Island art...

Exhibit: The Significance of 5

Knowhere Art Gallery proudly presents Significance of 5, an exhibition that marks our five-year anniversary, exhibiting works by artists on and off the Island.

Exhibit: beneath the color there was the shape

Winter Street Gallery is pleased to present beneath the color there was the shape, a group exhibition featuring new work by Chelsea Culprit, Mark Handforth,...

Tours of the Flying Horses

Visit the Flying Horses, America's oldest carousel to learn about, walk through, and take photos of its historic horses. Tours available on weekdays, 11 a.m....

Exhibit: Summer Celebrations and Reflections

Sun and fun! Weather of all kinds: heat, winds and rain. Full moons, majestic clouds, warm light and the colors of nature provide fresh inspiration...

Recovery Cafe

The Red House Recovery Cafe offers food, fun and fellowship. Come in, meet peers, and find out about the center's programs and services.

Painting the Landscape in Watercolor with Lynn Hoeft

Working primarily outside at Featherstone (or indoors in the classroom if the weather demands it), we’ll examine all the elements that contribute to a...

Island Alpaca Welcomes You to a Walk!

Walking with alpaca is a way to learn more about how gentle they truly are. A wonderful experience for all ages. Every participant will learn the basics of...

Drop-In Lego Club

Come join us for weekly drop-in lego creations! No registration needed. Free!

Drop-in Knitting Group, with Cindy Bonnell

Cindy Bonnell, master knitter, presides over a sociable group of knitters on Wednesday afternoons in the upstairs boardroom here at the library. Knitters and...

IGI's Mobile Market 2023 Schedule

Island Grown Initiative’s Mobile Market will resume its summer service on July 5. The Mobile Market is a truck stocked with reduced price, fresh locally...

Virtual Reality

Join us on Wednesdays from 3 to 5 p.m. for Virtual Reality in the Young Adult Room. VR is “the computer-generated simulation of a three dimensional image or...

Wednesday Walk the Chop

Wednesday Walk the Chop meets at the Vineyard Haven Public Library (200 Main street) then walks/runs (or any combination thereof) the West Chop loop. Course...

All Ages Card Club

Join us for our new weekly Card Club! Every Wednesday we will host a club for people who love to play cards or are interested in learning. Open to all ages...

Cut Flower Club

Cut Flower Club is back! On Wednesdays throughout the summer! Join our garden manager, Carla, in our beautiful Barn Garden to help pick and arrange flowers...

Local Island Artisian Pop-Up

Join us for a fun-filled day featuring Island artisans showcasing their incredible crafts and art at Nomans in Oak Bluffs! The featured vendors include...

Virtual: Build it; Build it Better: Poetry Workshops with Donald Nitchie

In poet Donald Nitchie’s writing workshop, participants will have an opportunity to build a poem prompted and inspired by poetry that Donald will choose for...

4:30pm
Virtual Event
Group Fly Casting Clinic

Join local fly fishing guide Abbie Schuster of Kismet Outfitters for group casting lessons at the Edgartown Lighthouse every Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m.!...

Living in Wôpanâak Territory

David Two Arrows and Saskia Vanderhoop are the founders of Sassafras Earth Education, an Indigenous nonprofit in Aquinnah, and have been mentoring youth and...

Restorative Reset with Jelisa Difo

This class will explore Restorative Yin postures done close to the ground to promote deep rest and encourage physical, mental, and emotional relaxation....

Chappaquiddick Community Center Potluck

The Chappaquiddick Community Center welcomes everyone to share a meal and catch up on Chappy activities! Join us from 6 to 8 p.m. and bring a dish for...

Live Music: Dukes Duo

Live music by the Dukes Duo -- Maria Stukey and Eric Warner from the Dukes of Circuit Avenue!

MV Modern Quilt Guild

Join the MV Modern Quilt Guild! Meets at the West Tisbury Library from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. All are welcome. Email Katherine Long at...

Virtual: Tea Club

Join the Chilmark Free Public Library's monthly tasting and talk with teas from around the world. Pick up, or have us send your tea prior to our discussion,...

6pm
Virtual Event

Wednesday, September 20