The authorship of all of William Shakespeare’s plays has been attributed elsewhere, to Christopher Marlowe, to the Earl of Oxford, to Queen Elizabeth’s favorite lady-in-waiting (well, that one’s a bit of a stretch). Yet even the Bard himself might have preferred his name stricken from Pericles, Prince of Tyre. In fact, modern editors maintain he wrote only the second half — or less — of the drama, the first portion almost certainly penned by second-rate dramatist and tavern buddy George Wilkins.

Tree of Lights

On Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. the 27th anniversary tree of lights ceremony will be held at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. The public is invited to join the festivities beginning at 4 p.m. in the main lobby of the hospital.

The tree of lights is a fundraiser and lights may be purchased for $20 each in memory or in honor of an individual. Perpetual lights may be purchased for a donation of $200.

Poet Laureate Reads

Don’t pass up the chance to see Poet Laureate Fan Oglivie of West Tisbury read in her native land. Ms. Ogilvie, along with poet Patrick Phillips, will be reading at the West Tisbury Public Library on Sunday, Dec. 5 at 4 p.m.

Ms. Ogilivie has taught workshops at the Featherstone Center for the Arts and at the Dukes County House of Correction. She has also published several chapbooks, most recently Poems from the Gray Bar Hotel (2010).

T here’s something magical about the first snowfall. The soft, white blanket coating the ground, the ever so quiet tinkling of snowflakes as they land on your face. It’s a moment in time where everything else manages to stand still, a moment when you can close your eyes and dream.

Library Forum

In a public forum to be held Monday, December 6 at 5:30 pm, the West Tisbury Free Public Library’s building committee will unveil the first detailed drawings of the library addition developed by the Boston-based firm Oudens-Ello Architecture.

Since April the West Tisbury Library has held monthly public forums to outline the library’s history and needs and to gather public comment. The forum on Dec. 6 is the eighth in the series and the second to include the architects.

By MILES JORDI

The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival is showing a program of short films, What Makes You Tick? on Saturday, Dec. 4 at the Chilmark Community Center at 5 p.m. Below is my review of the seven short films, I hope you will enjoy watching the films as I did.

The Great White Man Eating Shark

Look Who’s Parading

Parading is not just for people and floats, especially this time of year. The Edgartown holiday parade is also welcoming pets of all shapes and sizes.

So be you the owner of a dog, cat, walrus, reindeer or a common basilisk (also know at the Jesus lizard for the way it runs on water to evade predators) you are welcome to join in the fun.

The parade begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11 and walks, trots, hops, flops, slithers and swims from Upper to Lower Main street in Edgartown.

Working It Out

New classes for a new you are at the Vineyard Tennis Center Workout and Spa.

Trainer Kris Martin digs deep into his exercise toolkit to get you better prepared to face the ice and snow. A tough core is like kryptonite to icy spills.

Holiday Concert

This is the season for holiday favorites spilling forth from the radio. Jose Feliciano, Bing and Bowie, those Jingle wooofing dogs. We smile for a bit, but then it fades. How could it not? We’ve heard it all before. There is nothing new the Boss can tell us about Santa coming to town.

Perhaps then it is time to seek out the new and different this year. Some feast for the ears and by extension the soul. But where to turn?

The Old Whaling Church this weekend, that’s where.

Hard a lee and coming about for art.

Sail Martha’s Vineyard will transform its offices at the historic Mayhew Schoolhouse on Main street in Vineyard Haven into an art gallery for a seasonal fund-raising sale. The unveiling is this Saturday, Dec. 4 and will continue daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Dec. 22.

To mark the occasion there will be a wine and cheese reception from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 5. There will also be a closing artists’ reception on Saturday, Dec. 18 again from 3 to 6 p.m.