🍾Weekend Update: 12/30-1/1
What To Do This Weekend
Friday (12/30)
Island Outfitters Annual End of Season Sale (Daily until Jan 3)
Rock Concert for Kids with The Pinkletinks @ West Tisbury Public Library, 3p
Families and kids of all ages are invited to a rock concert featuring the island band, The Pinkletinks! The musicians will be playing rock versions of classic children's songs. Come enjoy live music and dancing!
Saturday (12/31)
Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides New Year's 2022 @ Harborview Hotel 11-2:30
The Harbor View Hotel invites you to explore historic Edgartown by horse and buggy this holiday season. The magnificent Percheron draft horses and beautiful carriage will offer an unforgettable experience and a perfect photo opportunity. The 30-minute tour will take you by beautiful homes, picturesque meadows overlooking the ocean, Eel Pond, historic Edgartown village and Edgartown Harbor. Enjoy hot cider while cozying up with a throw on cooler days. Available every half hour.
Special NYE Film Screening: Love Actually @ MV FIlm Center, 4p
State Road, Alchemy, Bettini, Salvatores - Reservations open for New Year’s Eve Celebration
Larder - Special New Years Eve Takeaway Menu
Live Music/Dancing @ The Loft, The Ritz, PA Club
Sunday (1/1)
Pancake Recovery Brunch Popup @ The Moglo Food Wagon, 10a-2p
The 63rd Marthas Vineyard Christmas Bird Count
Each year, the Audubon Christmas Bird Count mobilizes over 72,000 volunteer bird counters in more than 2,400 locations across the Western Hemisphere. The Christmas Bird Count utilizes the power of volunteers to track the health of bird populations at a scale that scientists could never accomplish alone. Data compiled on Martha’s Vineyard will record every individual bird and bird species seen in a specified area, contributing to a vast citizen science network that continues a tradition stretching back more than 100 years.
BiodiversityWorks is coordinating the annual CBC for Martha’s Vineyard and compiling the data to submit to Audubon. On the Vineyard, we have 13 territories, and each has a captain. Most teams are out before dawn to go owling, and we bird until sunset. Anyone with a bird feeder on Martha’s Vineyard is welcome to participate using the instructions below. Info
Save The Date
January 5 - Good Shepherd Parish Community Suppers
January 11 - The Island Housing Crisis: Seasonal Hiring and Potential Collaborations
January 19 - Wine Dinner @ Little House Cafe
January 14 - Artisanal Breads of the World with Vineyard Baker @ FARM Institute
Island Updates
Alcohol sales without food began in Vineyard Haven this week
Island Grown Initiative purchased Kitchen Porch Catering
Ninas has taken over Square Rigger (now open under new ownership)
Restaurant Closures
Recently Closed: Pawnee House, The Alley
Closing Soon:
Black Sheep: Last Day 12/30
Fish House: Last Day 12/30
Sharky’s Edgartown: Closing Permanently 12/31
Lookout: Last Day 12/31
Bettini: Closed 12/31-2/2
Menemsha Fish Market: 1/2 (2 week closure)
Fun Food Happenings
Life at Humphreys - winter lunch box special for $14, sandwich, chips + drink
Little House Cafe - Enjoy dinner at LHC and for every $25, get a $3 discount on a movie ticket at the MV Film Center the same night