The Bodhi Path of Martha’s Vineyard hosts Professor Lara Braitstein for teachings on Saturday, March 13 and Sunday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. both days.
In the land of Neverland, where little kids never grow up and swashbuckling pirates can never seem to defeat a team of rough-and-tumble young orphans, imagination rules. So too does it rule in the gymnasium of the Tisbury School, where on Friday night a group of some two dozen kids will channel the despised clan of Captain Hook and the always-triumphant lost boys, in the school’s second production of a musical version of the hit movie Hook.
Vineyarders including Tom Hale and Ted Morgan will discuss their wartime experiences at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum on Saturday, March 20 at 3 p.m. in connection with the museum’s ongoing exhibit, Those Who Serve: Martha’s Vineyard and World War II.
Mr. Hale was an ambulance driver in the American Field Service with the British 8th Army, and he will speak of the horrors he witnessed at the liberation of the Bergen Belsen concentration camp.
New Technology Fair
Learn about e-book readers (Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader and Barnes and Noble’s Nook); downloadable audio books and MP3 players; online language learning (Mango); technology in the classroom; Google tools; MAC/PC Computers; Nintendo Wii Sports Resorts, Wii Fit Plus, Wii Active; and many more electronic gadgets at a free Technology Fair at Oak Bluffs Public Library on Saturday, March 20 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Holistic Health Fair
Body-Mind-Spirit Fair is this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs VFW Post on Towanticut avenue. Learn about various tools used to enhance physical and spiritual well-being with free workshops throughout the day. Also, private, individualized metaphysical readings and healing sessions are available, including tarot card readings, clairvoyant readings, astrological chart readings, tea leaf readings, palm readings, crystal reiki healing and massage therapy.
Winter Walk
Regardless of the season, the Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury always offers something of interest to visitors. The arboretum’s free winter walk series continues tomorrow, March 13, with a guided tour of the grounds as the signs of spring begin to creep into view: buds are swelling, early bulbs are blooming, and birds are returning.
The tour starts at 10 a.m. and runs for a little over an hour. Meet at the visitor center, dressed for the weather. For details, call 508-693-9426.
Limerick Challenge
The Vineyard has a colorful history
Full of comedy, tragedy and mystery
Good fodder for poems
So get out of your homes
And head to the library in West Tisbury.
The first annual Vineyard Limerick Challenge will be held Sunday, March 14 at 3 p.m. at the West Tisbury library. The challenge: compose a limerick related to Martha’s Vineyard. Entries will be judged by other library patrons.
Genealogy Workshop
Reconnecting with your best friend from kindergarten on Facebook is fun. Reconnecting with your great-great-great-great grandmother on ancestry.com? Thrilling.