Jameison Sennott was three years old when he first heard Stevie Wonder’s I Just Called To Say I Love You and picked out the melody on keyboard. Soon after, he climbed on to the bench of his aunt’s piano and played a rendition of Chopsticks. In high school, he found out he had perfect pitch.

Holiday Sale for Haiti

Peacecraft Holiday Benefit Sale begins today and continues through Dec. 24 from noon to 5 p.m. daily. One hundred per cent of the proceeds from the sale of the international handmade crafts and gifts benefits the poor and needy of Haiti and other countries.

The holiday pop-up store is located at 13 Beach Road Extension in Vineyard Haven across from Black Dog Tavern near the harbor.

For more information visit fishfarmhaiti.org. To volunteer this season, call Meg at 508-687-9709.

Care to Parade?

The 30th annual Edgartown Christmas parade is less than a month away on Saturday, Dec. 10, and the planning committee is already hard at work. Any businesses, civic and social organizations, clubs, churches and families who would like to participate in this year’s parade should contact the parade director, Jeff Winter, at 508-687-9097.

Library Speakeasy

Pulitzer-prize winning author Tony Horwitz headlines the Speakeasy Series of author talks this Tuesday, Nov. 29, at State Road Restaurant in West Tisbury. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. and is in collaboration with the West Tisbury Library Foundation, Inc., to benefit the library’s capital campaign.

C lose your eyes and you’ll think you’re at Carnegie Hall. Open your wallet and you’ll find you’re still solvent.

This Saturday, Nov. 26, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Whaling Church, the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society will present an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary music performed by a quartet of world-class musicians, and the tickets will cost only $20 at the door.

The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of an Edgartown-based fishing vessel on Tuesday after multiple safety violations were discovered.

According to Coast Guard officials, the 40-foot fishing vessel Sea Raven did not have enough safety gear required to operate the vessel outside a three-nautical-mile line bordering federal waters. The violations included insufficient immersion suits and an unserviceable life ring.

At the time the Sea Raven was boarded, it was located four miles east of Cape Pogue.

Attention, turkey shoppers: There is no meat aisle at the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission.

The land bank has been turning down requests for Good Farm turkeys this week due to an incorrectly listed number in Edible Vineyard’s pull-out farm map. The Island-raised turkeys are available for purchase at Cronig’s Market or by calling 714-785-0112.

The Island’s largest wind turbine to date was installed Monday morning on the rolling hills of the Allen Farm in Chilmark. Once complete, the turbine will be 149 feet tall.

The turbine will produce 125,000 kilowatt hours per year, double the amount of energy the pastoral sheep farm uses, and is expected to be in full operation within the month.

“I hate the wind,” farm owner Mitchell Posin said of the salt spray that usually covers the land he and wife Clarissa Allen own. “Now we get to use it for something good.”

Next Thursday is the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving parade in New York city. For the majority of us this mean a little couch time watching the floats roll by and the participants perform. But for Alley Ellis, an eighth grader at the Edgartown School, it means kicking it, literally, on national television.

Years ago, Lani Carney, known by young artists far and wide as Miss Lani, took a trip with her daughter to Puerto Rico. While strolling down the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan, a balmy wind coming in off the ocean, they came upon a kite festival. It was magical. “It felt like we were borrowing a taste of the wind,” Miss Lani said.