Library Events

Join local authors Bernice McIntyre, Connie Belton Green, and Terri Potts-Chattaway for a reading and discussion from the latest volume of the literary anthology, the Washashores Review, featuring over thirty pieces of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry connectedg to the theme of “wanting.”...read more

Do you like reading, thinking, and sharing ideas about science and nature? If so, you'll love the Vineyard Haven Library's Science & Nature book group. This month, we’re reading “Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures” by Mer...read more

First Friday returns to the Vineyard Haven Harbor Cultural District for an incredible day celebrating local art, food, and community! Now a full day of fun for all ages starting with an Art Market on Beach Street Extension from 10 AM to 2 PM, live music and activities in Owen Park sta...read more

Join Vineyard resident and professional forester Bob Perschel for a talk about his fifty-year quest in pursuit of something larger than all of us. In his four-decade career, Bob helped conserve six million acres of New England’s forests and led efforts to establish forest management practices ...read more

Movement, stories, and music threaded together in an improvisational journey

Join Professor Philip Weinstein, the Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor Emeritus of English at Swarthmore College, for a new, seven-part literary lecture series entitled “Gender Dramas.” This series will be hosted on Zoom by Lifelong Learning at Swarthmore. Professor Weinstein and...read more

Jonathan Herrick, LCSW, returns for another two-hour meditation workshop combining two powerful, pragmatic approaches that can reduce personal suffering and increase the capacity for happiness and love. Building on the concepts and practices introduced at his June workshop, Jonathan will contin...read more

Do you love poetry? If so, you'll love the Martha's Vineyard Poetry Reading Group. The Poetry Reading Group has been meeting for over 10 years to share and discuss poems by favorite poets from around the world. The Group meets September to June via Zoom. Meetings take place at 10 AM on the f...read more

Story circle with emergent stories, music and songs, responsively led by librarian Aria. All ages. 

Neurocognitive specialist Dr. Nicole Absar of the Martha's Vineyard Hospital returns to the Vineyard Haven Library to provide an update on neurocognitive disorders and Alzheimer’s disease. In this lecture, Dr. Absar will focus on the updated differential diagnosis of various forms of major...read more

The Board of Trustees meets at 6pm on the third Wednesday of each month and welcomes your input. Meeting will include a Joint Meeting with the Library Building Design and Construction Committee.Remote access via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/94580360907To join by telephone: dial 646 55...read more

Join the Vineyard Haven Public Library Book Club and the Aquinnah Cultural Center for a community discussion about the 2026 Massachusetts Great Reads title "Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity" by Joseph Lee. This program will be held on Thur...read more

Join photographer and teacher Heather Pillar for a presentation about her photographic collaboration with Morrie Schwartz, subject of the best-selling memoir “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom.In 1995, Heather Pillar collaborated with Morrie Schwartz to document Morrie during the last...read more

Join Professor Philip Weinstein, the Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor Emeritus of English at Swarthmore College, for a new, seven-part literary lecture series entitled “Gender Dramas.” This series will be hosted on Zoom by Lifelong Learning at Swarthmore. Professor Weinstein and...read more

Join author Lesley Mahoney O’Connell for a discussion of her newly released story collection, “Ripple Effects and Other Stories.” In eleven carefully crafted stories, Lesley Mahoney O’Connell’s landscapes and seascapes help readers to recognize and to feel the strengths...read more

The Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library always welcome new members! All volunteers and those who are interested in knowing more about the Friends meet at 10:15 am quarterly on the fourth Saturday of the month. Contact the library for&nb...read more

Join us in-person at the Vineyard Haven Library for the Mass Center for the Book’s virtual Q&A with author Joseph Lee. This will be an opportunity for Great Reads MA participants around the state to join us and ask the author their questions. For those of you who would like to submit quest...read more