Sense of Wonder Crafts

Sense of Wonder Creations is holding a special holiday crafts event for children ages five and older on the next two Monday, Dec. 5 and 12, to benefit Heifer International.

Holly Day

The annual Holly Day Fair and Luncheon at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven is this Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event is packed with traditional Christmas bazaar treats, including baked goods, handmade crafts, ornaments, clothes, a White Elephant Table with gently used gifts and a silent auction. There is also a children’s shopping room so youngsters can take part in the giving season at bargain prices and have the gifts wrapped too.

Lisa Scannell Benefit

Martha’s Vineyard vacations aren’t just good for the soul; they can also help out a person in need.

On Sunday, Dec. 5 the Martha’s Vineyard Horse Council will raffle off two Island Dream Vacation packages at its annual awards event, held at 2 p.m. at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. Proceeds from the raffles will benefit Lisa Ben David Scannell, who was injured in a horse riding accident in June and has had to undergo rehabilitation.

What are you worth? Tough to say, really, with all the intangibles out there and worth not being just about the fat or thin wallet. The stuff one accumulates is often subject to the same arbitrary, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, problem.

Little Susie’s homemade ashtray? Priceless and also worth nothing. A dusty painting of some fishermen fighting out a late summer squall done by great-grandpa Obediah, the one who lost an arm during a bull fighting exhibition? Again, tough to say.

Time to bring in the professionals.

Sustainable Book Club

The Vineyard Sustainable Book Club, a program of the Martha’s Vineyard Library Association and Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, will meet at the Edgartown Library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, to discuss Kristin Kimball’s book, The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love. This is the story of a journalist who set out to do a story about the new generation of rural farmers and ended up falling in love and becoming one herself.

Library Hootenanny

See ya Tom Turkey, it was nice knowing you, but we’re heading on to bigger and better things. Holiday parties to be exact and first up is the Vineyard Haven Public Library throwing it’s holiday hootenanny on Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m.

The party will include music by the Tashmoo Trio, children’s activities and treats, punch and cookies for all and a huge dose of community cheer.

Everyone is invited. For more details, call 508-696-4211.