The Federated Church of Edgartown hosts a “green” event on Thursday, Dec. 5 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Seventy-five originally designed wreaths for every setting will be for sale at the church’s meetinghouse.

Local author Lara O’Brien’s debut fiction novel Chelsea and the Spirit of Grace will be available at online book retailers in both print and e-book formats beginning Dec. 1.

The acclaimed WIMP/IMPers will be home for Thanksgiving and ready to perform for the home crowd on Friday, Nov. 29 beginning at 8 p.m. at Alex’s Place at the YMCA.

Bring your menorah and join the community in celebrating the last night of Hanukkah at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven.

The Edgartown library is the place to be this weekend, besides your dining room of course. Latkes and Applesauce: A Hanukkah Story by Fran Manushkin will be read aloud on Friday, Nov. 29 at 3 p.m. with a little of each tasty treat to go with the story.

So you want to be a star? Well, how about we start with baby steps, an extra perhaps. On Dec. 13 and 14, Day 90 Film Production will be shooting a movie in West Tisbury from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. each day.

When the Neighborhood Convention meets this month the Minnesingers will present a holiday program preview. The convention will meet at 11 a.m. on Dec. 3 at Trinity United Methodist Church at the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs.

For one day every year, the Island Cup trophy sits on the sidelines of a football field, where its home for the next year will be determined. For the other 364 days, the trophy sits in a case.

The Tisbury School hosts its Scholastic book fair from Dec. 2 to Dec. 5 in the school’s library. The public is welcome to come browse the sale with part of the proceeds going to purchasing print, audio and video resources for the school.

A superior court judge has denied a motion from 10 Oak Bluffs residents who are trying to block the town from using Community Preservation Act money to restore the stained glass windows at Trinity Methodist Church.