The Science & Nature Book Club Reads "The Secret Life of Lobsters" by Trevor Corson

If you like reading, thinking, and sharing ideas about science and nature, you'll love the Vineyard Haven Library's Science & Nature book group. This month, we’re reading The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favor......More

If you like reading, thinking, and sharing ideas about science and nature, you'll love the Vineyard Haven Library's Science & Nature book group. This month, we’re reading The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean by Trevor Corson. Pick up your copy at our 15 Church Street location.  The Science & Nature Book Club meets at 3:00 PM on the first Wednesday of each month to discuss nonfiction books about science and nature. For more information and to be added to the email list, please contact Liz at [email protected] or (508) 696-4211. Everyone is welcome!  

Grace Church, Woodlawn Ave, Vineyard Haven

Kids Crafts - Valentines

Make Valentines for your friends and family!

Tisbury EMS Facility, 215 Spring Street

Great Decisions 2026: America's largest discussion group on world affairs!

The Library is pleased to announce the launch of its annual foreign policy reading and discussion group, Great Decisions. Organized by the Foreign Policy Association, Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs, providing interested library ......More

The Library is pleased to announce the launch of its annual foreign policy reading and discussion group, Great Decisions. Organized by the Foreign Policy Association, Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs, providing interested library patrons the opportunity to learn about and discuss in a thoughtful and courteous manner some of the most critical global issues facing America today. Click here to register. The group meets weekly for a total of eight sessions to discuss a pre-determined set of topics selected by a panel of foreign policy experts. This year's discussion group will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday evenings, from February 5th through March 25th. Meetings will be held both in-person and via Zoom. Those attending in-person will meet at the Tisbury EMS Facility, located at 215 Spring Street, opposite the far end of the Tisbury School playground. For more details, please see our blog post here.  

Tisbury EMS Facility, 215 Spring Street or via Zoom

String Games Club

Remember playing Cat's Cradle with friends? We welcome kids, nostalgic adults, and newbies of all ages to learn classic solo figures like Cup and Saucer, Eiffel Tower, and Jacob's Ladder, or invent new ones! String and rope have been essential to human ventures for mill......More

Remember playing Cat's Cradle with friends? We welcome kids, nostalgic adults, and newbies of all ages to learn classic solo figures like Cup and Saucer, Eiffel Tower, and Jacob's Ladder, or invent new ones! String and rope have been essential to human ventures for millennia, and cultures around the world have developed string figures, some of them quite complex. Impress your friends with a magic trick, or relax while making yourself a bracelet. Take home a finger string loop of your own, just your size!  Drop in between 3:30 and 5:00 on the first and third Thursdays of the month with children's librarian Aria. 

Grace Church, 38 Woodlawn Ave

Virtual Writing Series with Caroline Joy Adams: Writing About Love

Explore various writing topics and creative pathways in a supportive writing community led by creative writing coach Caroline Joy Adams. Writers of all experience levels, backgrounds, and interests are invited to attend this Zoom-based series. Writing may take the form ......More

Explore various writing topics and creative pathways in a supportive writing community led by creative writing coach Caroline Joy Adams. Writers of all experience levels, backgrounds, and interests are invited to attend this Zoom-based series. Writing may take the form of memoir, poetry, fiction, essays, and creative non-fiction. This month’s topic is Writing About Love. Click here to register for one or more of the workshops below. Caroline’s Writing Workshops will take place via Zoom on the first Thursday of the month from 2:00-3:30 pm as follows:  Thursday, March 5th, 2:00-3:30pm: Writing a Mini-Memoir Thursday, April 2nd, 2:00-3:30pm: The Mindful Art of Haiku Thursday, May 7th, 2:00-3:30pm: Writing About Nature Thursday, June 4th, 2:00-3:30pm: The Great Travels Writing Workshop For more information, please contact the library.

Online

Story Circle with Aria at the MV Family Center!

Join us for our weekly story circle with Children's Librarian Aria on Tuesdays -- stories, music, songs, and more -- now at 10:45 at the MV Family Center! Due to the library renovation, Monday's storytime is temporarily on pause, and both Tuesday's and Friday's 10:45 st......More

Join us for our weekly story circle with Children's Librarian Aria on Tuesdays -- stories, music, songs, and more -- now at 10:45 at the MV Family Center! Due to the library renovation, Monday's storytime is temporarily on pause, and both Tuesday's and Friday's 10:45 storytimes will be at the MV Family Center on Greenwood Ave following their 9:30 playgroup.   

MV Family Center, 35 Greenwood Ave.

Adult Crafts -Heart Handwarmer

​RESCHEDULED TO FEBRUARY 8TH DUE TO FORECASTED SNOW Make these sweet little handwarmers to keep or gift.

EMS Building

Open on Sunday

The library will be open most Sunday afternoons from 1-5pm through the winter

Landmarks Building 15 Church St

Local Off-Season Dancing & Music with live music by Delanie & Johnny

RESCHEDULED FROM JANUARY 18th -- The MV Ballroom Dancers invite you to an afternoon of off-season music and dancing, with live music by Delanie & Johnny! Organized and sponsored by the MV Ballroom Dancers and the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Library, in collaboration w......More

RESCHEDULED FROM JANUARY 18th -- The MV Ballroom Dancers invite you to an afternoon of off-season music and dancing, with live music by Delanie & Johnny! Organized and sponsored by the MV Ballroom Dancers and the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Library, in collaboration with Pathways Arts and the Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha's Vineyard. Winter music and dance events begin at 4:00 PM on the first and third Sunday of the month at the Unitarian Universalist Society’s Stevens Chapel at 238 Main Street. Come to dance, or just to listen. Everyone is welcome! Upcoming Local Off-Season Dancing & Music events are as follows: February 15th at 4:00 pm: Serendipity March 1st at 4:00 pm: Ellen Biskus & friends March 15th at 4:00 pm: Jessie & Rick, Blue Yonder Duo

238 Main St, Vineyard Haven

Story Circle with Aria at the MV Family Center!

Join us for our weekly story circle with Children's Librarian Aria on Tuesdays -- stories, music, songs, and more -- now at 10:45 at the MV Family Center! Due to the library renovation, Monday's storytime is temporarily on pause, and both Tuesday's and Friday's 10:45 st......More

Join us for our weekly story circle with Children's Librarian Aria on Tuesdays -- stories, music, songs, and more -- now at 10:45 at the MV Family Center! Due to the library renovation, Monday's storytime is temporarily on pause, and both Tuesday's and Friday's 10:45 storytimes will be at the MV Family Center on Greenwood Ave following their 9:30 playgroup.   

MV Family Center, 35 Greenwood Ave.

Traditional Storytelling for Adults with Nancy Binzen

Traditional storyteller Nancy Binzen returns for another wildcrafted evening of folktale and myth from around the world–especially for adults. Free and open to the public. No registration required. Storytelling isn’t just for children. Traditional storyteller Nancy Bin......More

Traditional storyteller Nancy Binzen returns for another wildcrafted evening of folktale and myth from around the world–especially for adults. Free and open to the public. No registration required. Storytelling isn’t just for children. Traditional storyteller Nancy Binzen will narrate two tales: The Woman Who Became a Fox and The Handless Maiden. The Woman Who Became a Fox is a short Siberian tale. "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" asked poet Mary Oliver. From the steppes of Siberia, The Woman Who Became a Fox responds. The Handless Maiden is an old, old story map of the journey from innocence to wisdom and the courage and commitment required of anyone seeking to claim who they truly are. Today, more than ever, we need this map. Come join us on the journey. Nancy Binzen has a BA in Theatre Arts, a Certificate in Storytelling from Dominican University, and has studied with noted mythologist, Martin Shaw. She’s been telling traditional tales for 25 years and is a seasonal Vineyard Haven resident.

Katharine Cornell Theater

Kids Crafts - Mardi Gras Masks

Make a fun mask for Mardi Gras

Tisbury EMS Facility, 215 Spring Street

Great Decisions 2026: America's largest discussion group on world affairs!

The Library is pleased to announce the launch of its annual foreign policy reading and discussion group, Great Decisions. Organized by the Foreign Policy Association, Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs, providing interested library ......More

The Library is pleased to announce the launch of its annual foreign policy reading and discussion group, Great Decisions. Organized by the Foreign Policy Association, Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs, providing interested library patrons the opportunity to learn about and discuss in a thoughtful and courteous manner some of the most critical global issues facing America today. Click here to register. The group meets weekly for a total of eight sessions to discuss a pre-determined set of topics selected by a panel of foreign policy experts. This year's discussion group will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday evenings, from February 5th through March 25th. Meetings will be held both in-person and via Zoom. Those attending in-person will meet at the Tisbury EMS Facility, located at 215 Spring Street, opposite the far end of the Tisbury School playground. For more details, please see our blog post here.  

Tisbury EMS Facility, 215 Spring Street or via Zoom

Story Circle with Aria at the MV Family Center!

Join us for our weekly story circle with Children's Librarian Aria on Tuesdays -- stories, music, songs, and more -- now at 10:45 at the MV Family Center! Due to the library renovation, Monday's storytime is temporarily on pause, and both Tuesday's and Friday's 10:45 st......More

Join us for our weekly story circle with Children's Librarian Aria on Tuesdays -- stories, music, songs, and more -- now at 10:45 at the MV Family Center! Due to the library renovation, Monday's storytime is temporarily on pause, and both Tuesday's and Friday's 10:45 storytimes will be at the MV Family Center on Greenwood Ave following their 9:30 playgroup.   

MV Family Center, 35 Greenwood Ave.