Pilates for Health

A pilates exercise class for for anyone interested in fitness runs every Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Tisbury Senior Center, 34 Pine Tree Road in Vineyard Haven.

Instructor Brenda Correa demonstrates how to develop core strength and improve balance, posture and flexibility. She also teaches breathing techniques. Participants should bring a mat. For details, call 508-696-4205.

The Sweet Life Cafe is collaborating with The Yard to support their artists-in-the-schools program. In the past decade, the program has allowed thousands of Island children to explore dance and music from many cultures with premiere talents in dance education and performance.

On Friday, May 2, Sweet Life owners Pierre and Susan Guerin will host a wine dinner featuring the wines of the acclaimed Mas de Daumas Gassac Vineyard in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France.

Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks this week ignited its furnace for another season, to “charge” (melt) the first pot of glass for 2008.

The Glassworks was closed to the public over winter to undertake renovations of the upstairs gallery and energy efficiency improvements on the production floor.

Visitors are welcome to watch, learn and appreciate the age-old art of hot glass in a contemporary environment. The glassworks will be open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A retrospective exhibition of Susan Sellers’s plein air works opens this Sunday, April 20, with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts.

Ms. Sellers’s show of nearly 30 pieces, primarily oils with a few pastels and giclées, reflects the Vineyard. The gas pump on North Road, an abandoned Chilmark tractor, a weathered house — such things inspire Ms. Sellers and imbue her art with a timelessness.

The French comedy-drama Le Heros de la Famille (Family Hero) is this weekend’s offering from the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society, screening Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven.

Island celebrations of National Poetry Month continue with Vineyard Slam’s first open reading of the 2008 season at Che’s Lounge on Main street in Vineyard Haven, tomorrow, Saturday, April 12.

Starting at 7 p.m., student and adult poets are invited to read from their original works in both open microphone and slam formats.

The slam is open to everyone, students and adults, spectators and participants. Those who wish to read can sign up at the door.

The suggested donation is $1.