Save the Date! Luce Playreaders Benefit for the Library!

Proceeds support the Vineyard Haven Library Building Fund's Capital Campaign for the new Library Community Room

Live In-Person Performance

Sun Jan 8, 4:00 pm @ Martha's Vineyard Film Center

Doors open for admissions 30 minutes prior to screening

Enjoy a special reading of I AND YOU, performed by John Brannen and Beebee Horowitz of the Peter H Luce Playreaders, directed by Linda Comstock. Come support our library and its mission to build a brand-new Community Space! 

Your in-hand *TICKET buys you a chance to WIN AWESOME PRIZES from: 

Salvatore’s, Cronigs, Our Market, Louisa Gould Gallery, Nochi, Pie Chix, Calleen’s Day Spa, Vineyard Pilates, The Green Room, CB Stark Jewelers, and Bunch of Grapes Bookstore!

“I AND YOU” is a play about the search for connection as two young adults (performed by two not-so-young Play Readers!) navigate a rocky path to a relationship. As they work together on a project in witty, non-stop repartee, they discover what makes up an ‘I and You’ relationship – a challenge as Caroline is housebound with a life-threatening illness while Anthony is a popular thriving athlete. Written by Lauren Gunderson, a multiple award-winning playwright, who in 2019 alone had a whopping total of 16 plays in production!

* Tickets are $25, sold at the Film Center or online at mvfilmsociety.com. 

Performance sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the MV Film Society.

“I AND YOU” is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

The Best Books of 2022

 

December is here, which means it's time for lists of the best books of the year! We've compiled a list of the lists to help you browse for holiday shopping or get ready hunker down for winter reading. 

Adults

New York Public Library's Best Books of 2022 for Adults

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022  (To access New York Times online click HERE and enter the code c59d2806040934a2. Then create a username and password for unlimited 3-day access. Renew your three day pass by returning to the library website. You may use this login and password for every future visit to the New York Times online.

The New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year

Winner of the 2022 National Book Awards

NPR's Books We Love 2022

Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2022

The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2022

Young Adults/Teens

Teens' Top Ten

New York Public Library Best Books of 2022 for Teens 

Children

American Library Association's Notable Children's Books 2022

New York Public Library's Best Books of 2022 for Kids

Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2022 for Children

The Washington Post's Best Children's and YA Books of 2022

Interactive Polar Express at the Film Center December 4th, Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

 

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT!

11 am Sunday December 4th
Martha's Vineyard Film Center at Tisbury Market Place, 79 Beach Rd

In Collaboration with the MV Film Center, Vineyard Haven Library presents a fun, free, interactive holiday event great for all ages! All interactive supplies provided, with funding from the Friends of the Library.  

This event is FREE, but please reserve your free tickets ahead of time to ensure you have admission! Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis and based on children’s author Chris Van Allsburg’s modern holiday classic of the same name, The Polar Express revolves around Billy (Hayden McFarland), who longs to believe in Santa Claus but finds it quite difficult to do so, what with his family’s dogged insistence that all of it, from the North Pole, to the elves, to the man himself, is all just a myth. This all changes, however, on Christmas Eve, when a mysterious train visits Billy in the middle of the night, promising to take him and a group of other lucky children to the North Pole for a visit with Santa. The train’s conductor (Tom Hanks) along with the other passengers help turn Billy’s crisis in faith into a journey of self-discovery. A long-time fan of Van Allsburg’s book, Hanks also helped produce the film.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library & MV Film Society