WEEKLY PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

All programs subject to change, please visit our events calender for the most up-to-date information.

Traditional Storytime Mondays & Tuesdays at 10:30 am
Join us at the library for weekly story times on Mondays, Tuesdays at 10:30am! Storytime is now indoors in the downstairs meeting room. No registration is necessary, contact Emily our Children's Librarian for more information!  No storytime Mon 2/20 (closed for the holiday)

Drop-in Lego Club Wednesdays at 3:00 pm!
Come join Emily for an afternoon of creative lego building! Drop-in anytime from 3:00-5:00! No registration required.

Kids Crafts Thursdays at 3:30 pm!
Join Jennifer for crafts on Thursdays at 3:30pm. Materials are provided and registration is not required, but attendance will be limited to first arrivals, while supplies last. Feb 16th Beaded Boxes; Feb 23rd Pompom Pals. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Saturday Storytime is now "Tumble Time"!
Toddler Tumble Time is back! Come join Emily on Saturdays in February to shake your sillies out! Join us at 10:30 for stories and fun! Free

Dirtbag, Mass: An Evening with Isaac Fitzgerald

Join us for a very special author event!  Isaac Fitzgerald has lived many lives. He's been an altar boy, a bartender, a fat kid, a smuggler, a biker, a prince of New England. But before all that, he was a bomb that exploded his parents' lives-or so he was told. In his new book Dirtbag, Massachusetts, Fitzgerald, with warmth and humor, recounts his ongoing search for forgiveness, a more far-reaching vision of masculinity, and a more expansive definition of family and self.

Fitzgerald appears frequently on The Today Show and is also the author of the bestselling children’s book How to Be a Pirate as well as the co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire, The Guardian, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and numerous other publications. He is Boston born, raised in Athol, and currently lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

This program is brought to you in collaboration of  libraries across the Commonwealth.

The discussion will be moderated by Daniel Ford, host of The Writer's Bone Podcast.

This live online event will be held on the platform Crowdcast. To register, first create a Crowdcast account or sign in with Twitter, Facebook, or Google. After you have signed in, click the "Save My Spot" button and use the password below.

The registration link is: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/an-evening-with-isaac and the password is: ?dirtbagmass

Upcoming Programs for Adults

To register for online events or for more information, contact our Program Coordinator Anne McDonough at [email protected].

[In-person, Outdoors] 3 pm Wednesday February 15th
Wednesday Walk the Chop
Walk and Talk Book Club has become ''Walk the Chop'. We will meet every Wednesday at the Library and walk/run or any combination the West Chop loop. Course is not hilly and is just over 3 miles. Rain or shine, no sign up necessary. Contact [email protected] or [email protected] with any questions. Sponsored by Vineyard Haven Library and BeWell-MV.

[In-person or online] 2 pm Thursday February 16th
Library Book Group
Come enjoy a lively discussion online! Monthly book selections are available as Overdrive eBooks as well as in print format via request. Everyone is invited to join us. Book club selections include contemporary fiction and the occasional memoir or non-fiction. Everyone is invited to join us. This month's selection is "The Swimmers" by Julie Otsuko. Please contact [email protected] for Zoom access, or attend in-person.

[In-person or online] 6 pm Thursday February 16th
Great Decisions Discussion Group Session Three: China and the US
The Great Decisions group will meet on Thursday evenings for eight weeks beginning February 2nd. Before the meeting, participants are encouraged to watch a short video and read an article from a briefing book created by the Foreign Policy Association, covering specific challenges facing our global community. The group then meets (in-person or on Zoom) for discussion. A limited number of briefing books are available for purchase at the library, and copies are available for in-library use. To register for the series, please click here.  For a complete list of meeting dates and topics, visit: http://vhpl.blogspot.com/2023/01/great-decisions-foreign-policy.html

[Online] 11 am Sunday, February 19th
Summer of Drawing Replay with Elizabeth Whelan
On Sundays January through March 2023, the Library will replay videos from 2022's "Summer of Drawing" series with artist Elizabeth R. Whelan. This series concentrates on overall technique, composition, skills, and concepts. Join your hosts Elizabeth Whelan and Anne McDonough on Zoom as we revisit all that great classes from last year! Whether you missed last year's classes, want a refresher, or just want to hang out, register here and join any or all sessions: Register

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