An Evening Without (Art*Island) with performance readings will be presented in collaboration with the Massachusetts ACLU and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center on Thursday, Oct. 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven.

It’s still where’s-my-coffee early and all is quiet at Howes House in West Tisbury. In 15 minutes though, the Council on Aging’s long-running Tuesday morning discussion group will convene.

For those who have visited parents after they retired to a condo in South Florida and sat around the pool listening to a group of seniors review the ailments of people no one knew firsthand or update the comings and goings of multiple grandchildren, expectations might not be high at the prospect of an informal discussion group for seniors.

Vineyarders who have memories, experiences or photographs from the Vineyard during World War II are sought for interviews for a book about World War II on Martha’s Vineyard.

Join author Judith Campell at Bunch of Grapes bookstore on Main street in Vineyard Haven as she talks about her book A Predatory Mission. Her talk is titled The Truth Behind the Fiction and Ms. Campbell will serve up some of her character Olympia Brown’s deadly fudge. To make sure you get a piece of the chocolately stuff, email [email protected] so there will be enough to go around.

The talk begins at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13.

If we want written accounts of Island life before the Gazette began to publish in 1846, we must usually rely on letters, town records, deeds, wills and diaries, many kept at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, some at the newspaper office, others at the county courthouse.

Richard North Patterson likes to think of himself as a method actor. The 66-year-old writer and part-time resident of West Tisbury writes mostly fiction, but while his characters are born out of the quiet space in his imagination, he said, their every thought and movement is grounded in research.