The workshops are held Tuesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. through March 25. The poetry workshop is planned for intermediate and advanced writers and is taught by poet Donald Nitchie. The class focuses on critique.

The Martha's Vineyard Yoga Center is offering a free yoga workshop on Saturday, Feb. 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. Focus will be on alignment (good therapy) and action of basic poses (movement with intelligence). All levels are welcome.

Shakespeare for the Masses performs Coriolanus, the only Shakespeare play ever banned by a democratic government, on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. and again on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre on Spring street in Vineyard Haven.

Lincoln’s party invites you to a potluck dinner on President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 17 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Howes House in West Tisbury. Sponsored by the West Tisbury Republican town committee and the Martha’s Vineyard GOP club. Bring a dish to pass and cost is $10 for families or $5 per person.

On Saturday, Feb. 15, from 7 to 9 p.m., join the Pathways Projects Institutes at its Chilmark Tavern location as they offer a Blast of Light Music Jam hosted by Rick Padilla. The love songs are composed, performed and improvised on the Island.

A Falmouth clerk magistrate found probable cause to bring two criminal complaints against Russell R. Ventura, who was off duty when his vehicle hit a tree on Edgartown-West Tisbury Road on the night of Jan. 16. He is on leave without pay from the department.

The Feldman Family Artspace in the lobby of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center is open. They are now accepting submissions.

Adult and Community Education of Martha’s Vineyard (ACE MV) needs a lifeline to pull it out of a funding crisis. The all-Island school committee agreed to act as the fiscal agent for the educational nonprofit for one year, allowing it to receive public funds. The question comes before voters in all Island towns this spring.

The owner of Sharky’s Restaurant is offering $1,000 gift card for information leading to the arrest of a person who made off with a giant woodcarving of a shark, damaging it and then leaving it in a parking lot. Police are investigating the incident.

Two proposals will be aired from organizers who want to host big game fishing tournaments out of the town marina. One way or another, chairman Walter Vail said he will push for a vote