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Virtual Music Event: Hits of the Ragtime Era


 

TUESDAY, APRIL 20, AT 6 PM on Zoom!

Pop music comes and goes, but some songs from over 100 years ago are just as fresh in the mind as the day they were written. The Entertainer, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, St. Louis Blues, and Ballin’ the Jack are still familiar, but even when they first hit the scene, these songs were recognized as having something special. We’ll take a look at some of the songs that captivated the public and how their popularity continued into the present, and we’ll also share some songs and rags that were hits back in their day. So to quote Irving Berlin, “come on along” for a great hour of ragtime and also some early jazz and blues!

“Cherry & Jerry” is Isaac Cherry on percussion and Jerry Rabushka on piano. Based in St. Louis, the duo is also part of the larger “Ragged Blade Band,” and has toured music of the ragtime era throughout a several state area. They’ve found this music is great for good times – brewpubs, wineries, markets, festivals, and more! They’ve appeared in the Big River Steampunk Festival in Hannibal, MO, the Oddities and Curiosities Expo in Chicago and Tulsa, the RAGBRAI bicycle event in Iowa, and the St. Louis World’s Fare in their hometown. A typical performance includes some well known songs of the early 20th century as well breathing life back into as some rarely played tunes.

Co-sponsored by the Chilmark and Vineyard Haven Public Libraries. Contact Library Program Coordinator Anne McDonough at amcdonough@clamsnet.org to register for Zoom access.

Upcoming Library Events 


To register for online events or for more information, contact our Program Coordinator Anne McDonough at amcdonough@clamsnet.org

10 am to Noon, Tuesday & Saturday (Weather permitting)
Backyard Book Browsing

Each week while the library is closed, patrons are invited to browse and checkout a selection of new and popular books outdoors in the courtyard behind the library. Entry is by the path behind the building from Greenwood Avenue. Participants are required to wear a mask, sanitize hands prior to browsing, practice social distancing, and limit handling books they do not intend to check out. Browsing may be limited to 15 minutes per person. 

Today! 6 pm Saturday April 10th
Online: Dr. Frederick Lewis, Director of "Beyond the Mask" 

For National Poetry Month, the Chilmark, Vineyard Haven, West Tisbury and Edgartown libraries present an opportunity to view the film “Beyond the Mask,” a documentary about Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), the first African American to achieve national fame as a writer. Library patrons are invited to self-screen the film from April 8-12, and join us on Zoom on Saturday, April 10 at 6 pm to  meet the director, Dr. Frederick Lewis, as he speaks about his film and the legacy of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Participants will be able to stream the film 'Beyond the Mask' on their own time from April 8th - April 12th (a link to access the film will be sent out to registered participants). View trailer: https://vimeo.com/253063876  

9 am Tuesday April 13th
Online: Conversation en Francais

Join our weekly French conversation group. All levels are welcome. For more language learning support try Mango Languages, an online language-learning system available to library cardholders. 

6 pm Tuesday April 13th
Online: Vineyard Haven Library Spice Club

A new take on a cookbook group, Spice Club meets virtually one Tuesday each month. Registration comes with a sample pack of the spice of the month and a little history about it. Prepare a recipe, and then come and discuss your opinions, experiences, and love (or hate!) of the spice on Zoom. Spice for the month of April is Za'atar. To sign up contact Anne McDonough at the library (amcdonough@clamsnet.org) or register online.

10 am Wednesday April 14th
Online: Advance Care Planning with Healthy Aging MV

Sharing your wishes for end-of-life care can bring you closer to the people you love. It’s critically important. While no guide and no single conversation can cover all the decisions that you and your family may face, what a conversation can do is provide a shared understanding of what matters most to you and your loved ones, that can make it easier to make decisions when the time comes. Join the conversation to gather the toolkit! Please register at: https://bit.ly/3qDArp4

3 pm Wednesday April 14th
Online: Container Companion Planting
Get the best use from your container garden pots by planting happy companions! Enjoy growing fresh herbs, fruits, vegetables, and other plants at home in convenient garden pots. They may not all get along, though, so Emily Armstrong of Island Grown Initiative has some tips to share on companion container gardening, including which plants grow best together and how to maximize a small space. 

7 pm Wednesday, April 14th 
Online: Faulkner’s Masterpieces with Phil Weinstein, Session 2 of 9

Philip Weinstein, the Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English Emeritus at Swarthmore College, will present  a nine-part seminar on the three masterworks of William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury , Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom! Professor Weinstein and Lifelong Learning Swarthmore have generously arranged for Martha's Vineyard Library patrons to participate in this program at no charge. To sign up for complimentary access, please register through the library's event calendar. Hosted on Zoom by Lifelong Learning Swarthmore, Wednesdays from April 7th through June 2nd. Recordings of all sessions will be available to registered participants.

1:30 pm Thursday April 15th
Online: Vineyard Haven Library Book Group

Come enjoy a lively discussion online! Monthly book selections are available as Overdrive eBooks as well as in print format via request. Everyone is invited to join us. April book selection: 'Squeeze Me' by Carl Hiaasen.

3 pm Friday April 16th
Online: Friday Knitting 

Sit and knit a bit during this dedicated weekly afternoon Zoom session. Spend some time connecting with others while working on your knitting, crocheting, or quilting. 



11 am Wednesday April 21st
Online: A Summer of Drawing with Elizabeth Whelan

Following up on last year's Summer of ArtVineyard Haven Public Library and Elizabeth Whelan are teaming up once again to fill your summer with art via Zoom. Join us every Wednesday at 11 am EST from April 21 - September 1, 2021, for our FREE series of drawing classes. Sign up by contacting Anne McDonough at the library (amcdonough@clamsnet.org) or register online to receive a Zoom access code, good all summer. You can attend any, or all, of the classes.

Learn how to use Zoom on the Zoom Channel on Youtube! (If you need more help, contact the library to set up a Zoom practice session with one of our librarians.)

Free Library Events, Statewide


The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners maintains a calendar of virtual programs offered by libraries across the state! Most of these programs are free to attend, from the comfort of home via Zoom or other online platforms.

A highlight of the coming week, on Wednesday, April 21 at 7 pm, Chelmsford Public Library will host a talk by Sy Montgomery on her most recent book, How to Be a Good Creature. It's a wonderful memoir about gratitude, forgiveness, empathy, and grief told through the author's encounters with 13 different animals, and the book includes lovely illustrations by Rebecca Green. 

Sy Montgomery’s 28 books for both adults and children have garnered many honors. The Soul of an Octopus was a 2015 Finalist for the National Book Awards. The Good Good Pig, her memoir of life with her pig, Christopher Hogwood, is an international bestseller. She is the winner of the 2009 New England Independent Booksellers Association Nonfiction Award, the 2010 Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award, the Henry Bergh Award for Nonfiction (given by the ASPCA for Humane Education) and dozens of other honors.

CLICK HERE to register for this free event, sponsored by Chelmsford Friends of the Library.

For information on other virtual library programs being offered statewide, visit the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners calendar

New Books Available This Week


Here's a sample of the new fiction and nonfiction titles recently added to the library's collection! Visit the new books page on our website, updated weekly, to keep up with what's new.
 
Other People's Children Other People's Children
By Hoffmann, Rj
2021-04 - Simon & Schuster
9781982159092 Check Our Catalog

A riveting debut novel about a couple whose dream of adopting a baby is shattered when the teenage mother reclaims her child.

What makes a family?

Gail and Jon Durbin moved to the Chicago suburbs to set up house as soon as Gail got pregnant. But then she miscarried--once, twice, three times. Determined to expand their family, the Durbins turn to adoption. When several adoptions fall …More

Festival Days Festival Days
By Beard, Jo Ann
2021-03 - Little Brown and Company
9780316497237 Check Our Catalog

A searing and exhilarating new collection from the award-winning author of The Boys of My Youth and In Zanesvillewho "honors the beautiful, the sacred, and the comic in life" (Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award-winner for The Friend)

When "The Fourth State of Matter," her now famous piece about a …More

Sunflower Sisters Sunflower Sisters
By Kelly, Martha Hall
2021-03 - Ballantine Books
9781524796402 Check Our Catalog

Martha Hall Kelly's million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday. Now, in Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of Ferriday's ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse during the Civil War whose calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Anne-May Wilson, a Southern …More

Half Life Half Life
By Cantor, Jillian
2021-03 - Harper Perennial
9780062969880 Check Our Catalog

The USA Today bestselling author of In Another Time reimagines the pioneering, passionate life of Marie Curie using a parallel structure to create two alternative timelines, one that mirrors her real life, one that explores the consequences for Marie and for science if she'd made a different choice.

In Poland in 1891, Marie Curie (then Marya …More
Northern Spy Northern Spy
By Berry, Flynn
2021-04 - Viking
9780735224995 Check Our Catalog

The acclaimed author of Under the Harrow and A Double Life returns with her most thrilling novel to date: the story of two sisters who become entangled with the IRA

A producer at the BBC and mother to a new baby, Tessa is at work in Belfast one day when the news of another raid comes on the air. The IRA may have gone underground in the …More

The Widow Queen The Widow Queen
By Cherezinska, Elzbieta
2021-04 - Forge
9781250218001 Check Our Catalog

Elzbieta Cherezinska's The Widow Queen is the epic story of a Polish queen whose life and name were all but forgotten until now.

The bold one, they call her--too bold for most.

To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an alliance. Three marriages on which to build his empire.

But Swietoslawa refuses …More

Meant to Be Meant to Be
By Deveraux, Jude
2021-03 - Mira Books
9780778331445 Check Our Catalog

An inspiring new family saga by New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux

Two headstrong sisters are bound by tradition but long to forge their own path
. It's 1972 and times are changing. In the small farming community of Mason, Kansas, Vera and Kelly Exton are known for their ambitions. Vera is an activist who wants to join her boyfriend in 
…More

Paradise, Nevada Paradise, Nevada
By Diofebi, Dario
2021-04 - Bloomsbury Publishing
9781635576207 Check Our Catalog

"Diofebi is an irreverent and audacious new voice."- Susan Choi, National Book Award-Winning author of TRUST EXERCISE

Vegas has been right there forever, waiting for a great novelist, and Dario Diofebi has come dealing nothing but aces.--Darin Strauss, NBCC Award-Winning author of HALF A LIFE

From an exhilarating new literary voice--the story of four transplants …More

The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
By Freitas, Donna
2021-04 - Pamela Dorman Books / Viking
9781984880598 Check Our Catalog

A deeply moving novel about a woman who thought she never wanted to be a mother--and the many ways that life can surprise us

In every woman there are many stories . . .

Rose Napolitano is fighting with her husband, Luke, about prenatal vitamins. She promised she'd take them, but didn't. He promised before they got married that he'd never want children, but now he's changed his mind. …More

An Artist of the Floating World An Artist of the Floating World
By Ishiguro, Kazuo
Illustrator Hische, Jessica
2013-05 - Penguin Group
9780143124283 Check Our Catalog

This is the story of an artist as an aging man, struggling through the wreckage of Japan's World War II experience. Ishiguro's first novel. …More

Mother May I
Mother May I
By Jackson, Joshilyn
2021-04 - William Morrow & Company
9780062855343 Check Our Catalog

13th book in Virgil Flowers series

Chilling, thought-provoking, and hauntingly written, Mother May I kept me on the edge of my seat with its breathless race against time. -- Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl from Widow Hills

The New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Never …More

Caul Baby Caul Baby
By Jerkins, Morgan
2021-04 - Harper
9780062873088 Check Our Catalog

New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins makes her fiction debut with this electrifying novel, for fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jacqueline Woodson, that brings to life one powerful and enigmatic family in a tale rife with secrets, betrayal, intrigue, and magic.

Laila desperately wants to become a mother, but each of her previous pregnancies has ended in heartbreak …More

You Love Me: A You Novel You Love Me: A You Novel
By Kepnes, Caroline
2021-04 - Random House
9780593133781 Check Our Catalog

The highly anticipated new thriller in Caroline Kepnes's hit You series, now a blockbuster Netflix show--a compulsively readable trip into the deviant mind of the uniquely antisocial, savvy bookseller . . . Joe Goldberg.

"Fiendish, fast-paced, and very funny."--Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train

ONE OF …More

Mrs. Wiggins Mrs. Wiggins
By Monroe, Mary
2021-03 - Dafina Books
9781496732583 Check Our Catalog

New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns to the Deep South Depression-era town of her scandalous Mama Ruby series, in this tale of a woman determined to have a respectable life--and she'll do anything to keep it...

The daughter of a prostitute mother and an alcoholic father, Maggie Franklin knew her only way out was to marry someone upstanding and church-going. …More

The Five Wounds The Five Wounds
By Quade, Kirstin Valdez
2021-03 - W. W. Norton & Company
9780393242836 Check Our Catalog

It's Holy Week in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and thirty-three-year-old unemployed Amadeo Padilla has been given the part of Jesus in the Good Friday procession. He is preparing feverishly for this role when his fifteen-year-old daughter Angel shows up pregnant on his doorstep and disrupts his plans for personal redemption. With weeks to go until her due date, tough, ebullient …More

Animal Instinct: A K Team Novel
Animal Instinct: A K Team Novel
By Rosenfelt, David
2021-04 - Minotaur Books
9781250257208 Check Our Catalog

2nd book in The k team

The K Team is back in the second installment in this spinoff series from bestselling author David Rosenfelt's beloved Andy Carpenter mysteries.

Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, a German shepherd named Simon Garfunkel, are recently retired police officers turned private investigators. Along with fellow former cop Laurie Collins and her investigating partner, Marcus, they call …More

Good Company Good Company
By Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix
2021-04 - Ecco Press
9780062876003 Check Our Catalog

A Most Anticipated Book From: OprahMag.com * Refinery29 * Houston Chronicle The Millions * Elle * Buzzfeed

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney plumbs the depths of marriage, motherhood and friendship with warmth and wit. I devoured it in one gulp Treat yourself to some Good Company. --Maria Semple, author …More

Gold Diggers Gold Diggers
By Sathian, Sanjena
2021-04 - Penguin Press
9781984882035 Check Our Catalog

"Gold Diggers takes a wincingly hilarious coming-of-age story, laces it with magical realism and a trace of satire, and creates a world that's both achingly familiar and marvelously inventive...This is a dizzyingly original, fiercely funny, deeply wise novel about the seductive powers--and dangers--of borrowed ambition." --Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere

…More

Under the Wave at Waimea Under the Wave at Waimea
By Theroux, Paul
2021-04 - Houghton Mifflin
9780358446286 Check Our Catalog

"Theroux's work is like no one else's." -Francine Prose, New York Times Book Review

From legendary writer Paul Theroux comes an atmospheric novel following a big-wave surfer as he confronts aging, privilege, mortality, and whose lives we choose to remember.

Now in his sixties, big-wave surfer Joe Sharkey has passed his prime and is losing his "stoke." The younger surfers …More

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
By Walton, Dawnie
2021-03 - 37 Ink
9781982140168 Check Our Catalog

A kaleidoscopic fictional oral history of the beloved rock 'n' roll duo who shot to fame in 1970s New York, and the dark, fraught secret that lies at the peak of their stardom.

Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, Afro-punk before that term existed. Coming of age in Detroit, she can't imagine settling for a 9-to-5 job--despite …More

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
By Murphy, Mannie
2021-03 - Fantagraphics Books
9781683964100 Check Our Catalog

Mannie Murphy is a gender queer Portland native. This work of graphic nonfiction, told in the style of an illustrated diary, begins as an affectionate reminiscence of the author's 1990s teenage infatuation with the late actor River Phoenix but morphs into a remarkable, sprawling account of the city of Portland and state of Oregon's dark history of white nationalism. …More

Finding Freedom Finding Freedom
By French, Erin
2021-04 - Celadon Books
9781250312341 Check Our Catalog

From Erin French, owner of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, a TIME world dining destination, a life-affirming memoir about survival, renewal, and finding a community to lift her up

Long before The Lost Kitchen became a world dining destination with every seating filled the day the reservation book opens each spring, Erin French was a girl roaming barefoot on a …More

The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack
By Blumenthal, Ralph
2021-03 - High Road Books
9780826362315 Check Our Catalog

The Believer is the weird and chilling true story of Dr. John Mack. This eminent Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer risked his career to investigate the phenomenon of human encounters with aliens and to give credibility to the stupefying tales shared by people who were utterly convinced they had happened.

Nothing in Mack's four decades of psychiatry 
…More

The Beauty of Living Twice The Beauty of Living Twice
By Stone, Sharon
2021-03 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780525656760 Check Our Catalog

"Not your typical Hollywood autobiography. Brutally honest, restless and questing."
--O, The Oprah Magazine

"Elegantly written with her wicked sense of humor on full display, the memoir is catnip for fans who have never managed to crack the exterior of the elusive star."
--Vogue

Sharon Stone tells her own 
…More

Broken (in the Best Possible Way) Broken (in the Best Possible Way)
By Lawson, Jenny
2021-04 - Henry Holt & Company
9781250077035 Check Our Catalog

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let's Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety.

As Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken, Jenny brings readers along on her mental and physical health …More

Hype: Inside the Golden Age of Grift Hype: Inside the Golden Age of Grift
By Bluestone, Gabrielle
2021-04 - Hanover Square Press
9781335016492 Check Our Catalog

From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age--and why we can't stop falling for them.

We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic …More

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York
By Green, Elon
2021-03 - Celadon Books
9781250224354 Check Our Catalog

In this astonishing and powerful work of nonfiction, Green meticulously reports on a series of baffling and brutal crimes targeting gay men. It is an investigation filled with twists and turns, but this is much more than a compelling true crime story. Green has shed light on those whose lives for too long have been forgotten, and rescued an important part of American history.…More

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds
By Weidensaul, Scott
2021-03 - W. W. Norton & Company
9780393608908 Check Our Catalog

In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrations--how billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres on an annual …More

Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old
By Steele, Andrew
2021-03 - Doubleday Books
9780385544924 Check Our Catalog

A startling chronicle by a brilliant young scientist takes us onto the frontiers of the science of aging, and reveals how close we are to an astonishing extension of our life spans and a vastly improved quality of life in our later years.

Aging--not cancer, not heart disease--is the true underlying cause of most human death and suffering. We accept as inevitable that as we advance in …More

The New Normal: A Roadmap to Resilience in the Pandemic Era The New Normal: A Roadmap to Resilience in the Pandemic Era
By Ashton, Jennifer
2021-02 - William Morrow & Company
9780063083233 Check Our Catalog

From Dr. Jennifer Ashton--the Chief Medical Correspondent at ABC News covering breaking medical news for Good Morning America and GMA3: What You Need to Know--comes a doctor's guide to finding resilience in the time of COVID, while staying safe and sane in a rapidly changing world.

In March 2020, "normal" life changed, perhaps forever. In its …More

Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a Common Chore Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a Common Chore
By Richardson, Patric
Author Miller, Karin B.
2021-03 - Flatiron Books
9781250235190 Check Our Catalog

Patric Richardson, aka the Laundry Evangelist," reveals his revolutionary methods for cleaning clothes--and making laundry loads more fun.

Doing laundry is rarely anyone's favorite task. But to Patric Richardson, laundry isn't just fun--it's a way of life. After years of running Laundry Camp at the Mall of America for thousands of eager learners, he's ready to 
…More

Instant Pot Cheese: Discover How Easy It Is to Make Mozzarella, Feta, Chevre, and More Instant Pot Cheese: Discover How Easy It Is to Make Mozzarella, Feta, Chevre, and More
By Lucero, Claudia
2020-09 - Storey Publishing
9781635862409 Check Our Catalog

The beloved Instant Pot can be used to do just about anything: caramelize onions, boil eggs, steam rice . . . and now, make cheese Cheesemaking in a multicooker is not only time- and money-saving, but the cooker's accurate and consistent temperatures make it an ideal tool for the craft. Claudia Lucero, author of the best-selling One-Hour Cheese, presents the cheesemaking basics, then …More

Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America
By Washington, Kate
2021-03 - Beacon Press
9780807011508 Check Our Catalog

The story of one woman's struggle to care for her seriously ill husband--and a revealing look at the role unpaid family caregivers play in a society that fails to provide them with structural support.

Already Toast shows how all-consuming caregiving can be, how difficult it is to find support, and how the social and literary narratives that have long locked women into providing …More

Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters
By Morton, Andrew
2021-03 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538700464 Check Our Catalog

Perfect for fans of The Crown, this captivating biography from a New York Times bestselling author follows Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret as they navigate life in the royal spotlight.

They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle Edward Vlll decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between …More

Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas
By Ostler, Jeffrey
2020-09 - Yale University Press
9780300255362 Check Our Catalog

"Intense and well-researched, . . . ambitious, . . . magisterial. . . . Surviving Genocide sets a bar from which subsequent scholarship and teaching cannot retreat."--Peter Nabokov, New York Review of Books

In this book, the first part of a sweeping two-volume history, Jeffrey Ostler investigates how American democracy relied on Indian dispossession and the federally …More

Spilt Milk Spilt Milk
By Zoffness, Courtney
2021-03 - McSweeney's
9781952119149 Check Our Catalog

What role does a mother play in raising thoughtful, generous children? In her literary debut, internationally award-winning writer Courtney Zoffness considers what we inherit from generations past--biologically, culturally, spiritually--and what we pass on to our children. Spilt Milk is an intimate, bracing, and beautiful exploration of vulnerability and culpability. Zoffness relives her …More

Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling th Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling th
By Swan, Shanna
Author Colino, Stacey
2021-02 - Scribner Book Company
9781982113667 Check Our Catalog

In the tradition of Silent Spring and The Sixth Extinction, an urgent, meticulously researched, and groundbreaking book about the ways in which chemicals in the modern environment are changing--and endangering--human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale, from renowned epidemiologist Shanna Swan.

In 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers completed a …More

Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible
By Cervantes, Jorge
2006-03 - Van Patten Publishing
9781878823236 Check Our Catalog

Featuring information by more than 300 contributors--a veritable "who's who" of cannabis cultivation--this is the most complete book on the subject available. New greenhouse and outdoor growing chapters have been added to this edition. …More

The Ultimate Meal-Prep Cookbook: One Grocery List. a Week of Meals. No Waste. The Ultimate Meal-Prep Cookbook: One Grocery List. a Week of Meals. No Waste.
By America's Test Kitchen
2021-03 - America's Test Kitchen
9781948703581 Check Our Catalog

Turn meal prep aspirations into dinnertime reality

1 short shopping list gets you 5 weeknight meals

Meal prep no longer means filling your freezer with boring casseroles, dipping into the same pot of beans every day for a week, or spending all day Sunday cooking. Instead, use these smart meal plans to customize fast, fresh dinners that fit your ever-changing schedule. We've done the …More

Charles Dowding's No Dig Gardening, Course 1 Charles Dowding's No Dig Gardening, Course 1
By Dowding, Charles
2020-10 - No Dig Garden
9781916092037 Check Our Catalog

An in-depth course for experienced gardeners or those new to no dig gardening

This book is for anyone wishing to learn the no dig method from the beginning, or to consolidate what they already know: it helps readers to see the simplicity of no dig, why it works so well, and how much time they can save. The course has six modules and totals 18 lessons, each one packed …More

Emotional Healing: How to Put Yourself Back Together Again Emotional Healing: How to Put Yourself Back Together Again
By Barry, Harry
2021-03 - Pegasus Books
9781643136646 Check Our Catalog

In this instructive and uplifting narrative, Dr. Barry explores how to recover from loss, trauma, grief, and loneliness by helping readers identify their emotions and providing the steps to emotionally heal yourself.

When we experience trauma, loss or grief the pain can feel as if it will last forever. We begin to wonder if our old selves--the ones who felt hope and happiness and …More

The 80/80 Marriage: A New Model for a Happier, Stronger Relationship The 80/80 Marriage: A New Model for a Happier, Stronger Relationship
By Klemp, Nate
Author Klemp, Kaley
2021-02 - Penguin Life
9781984880772 Check Our Catalog

An accessible, transformative guide for couples seeking greater love, connection, and intimacy in our modern world

Nate and Kaley Klemp were both successful in their careers, consulting for high-powered companies around the world. Their work as mindfulness and leadership experts, however, often fell to the wayside when they came home in the evening, only to end up fighting about …More

The Digital Library is Always Open


While printed books, movies, audiobooks, and magazines are now available for pickup from Vineyard Haven Library, cardholders can continue to access our digital library for streaming video, eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, genealogy, and eLearning resources.

Access to most resources requires a Vineyard Haven Library Card and PIN number. Contact the library if you need assistance getting started with digital resources.

      

            

Martha's Vineyard library patrons now have free access the New York Times online. Simply click HERE and enter the code c59d2806040934a2. Create a username and password that you may use for your first login and for every future visit to the New York Times online.

Your code will give you unlimited access to articles for 72 hours. When your 72 hour access expires, simply return to the library website to activate a redemption code for additional 72 hours of access with your existing New York Times account.

Complimentary access to NYTimes.com is sponsored by the Martha's Vineyard Library Association.



More digital resources...
 

Weekly Children's Room Newsletter




Our Children's Librarian Emily is sending out a new weekly email newsletter for families. To sign up, email Emily at elapierre@clamsnet.org, or just reply to this email and ask to be added to the children's email list. You can follow this link to view this week's issue: DIY Journal, Cucumber Sandwich, Quill & Ink!

Weekly Children's Programs
Each week our Youth Services librarians create "Take & Make" bags filled with themed educational activities. Virtual Storytime and video tutorials on our Facebook and YouTube pages enhance the Take & Make bag activities. Bags are available for pickup weekly on Sundays from 3pm - 5pm (on a first come basis while supplies last). For more information, contact Emily our Children's Librarian! Teen "Take & Make" craft bags are also available weekly, Young Adult Librarian Jennifer can provide the details!

For program announcements follow our Kids & Young Adults Facebook Page, and check out our new YouTube channel. Books are now available from the library through contactless pickup, and eBooks are available through our digital library resources for kids.

Hours & Contact Information


Call: (508) 696-4210 
Email:  vhpl_mail@clamsnet.org 
Staff Hours:  Monday-Saturday, 10 AM - 5 PM


Contactless Pickup Hours:  
Monday-Saturday, 12 PM - 5 PM, & until 6 PM  Thursday

The Library Building is temporarily closed to the public. Contactless pickup of books, movies, CDs, magazines, and other library material is available 6 days a week. Items must be requested in advance. We cannot fill walk-up requests at this time, but we will do our best to fill same day holds placed by 2pm. Learn more: http://www.vhlibrary.org/contactless.shtml

For the latest information on library services and programs, visit our website http://vhlibrary.org/ or follow our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/vhlibrary/.

Programming at Vineyard Haven Public Library is supported by the Friends of the Library, the Bergman Foundation, and by bequests from Ruth Redding and Stephen C. Luce.
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