Are you suffering from cabin fever? Cure it with some of the many affordable treats now available in our town.

You don’t know what you are missing if you don’t look for this: Laura Beebe’s wonderful quilts will be on display during February in the Vineyard Haven library during normal library hours. Her whimsy and talent are delightful. You should feel warmer just looking at her quilts. I’d love to hear your comments.

The Sustainable Book Club invites Islanders to read and discuss books that examine our relationship with nature. The program is sponsored by Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary and all six Island libraries. The first meeting is this evening at 5:30 pm at Felix Neck, to discuss The End of Night by Paul Bogard. The next book is American Catch by Paul Greenberg, to be discussed on April 29 at our Vineyard Haven library.

This is a good time to check out the new and improved thrift shop. Shop while you try to figure out where they have moved things on their clean new linoleum floor. It is inviting, and slowly filling up with new items.

The “Wicked Good Winter Cabaret,” with Molly Conole, Shelagh Hackett, Paul Munafo, Kenny Romero, and Peter Boak, is Saturday at 7:30. Advance tickets are $23 at the Vineyard Playhouse.

The Film Center postponed Sunday’s opera to next Sunday, at 12 noon. Your ticket will be good for that performance.

This Monday Night at the Movies is Mary Poppins, with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, shown at 6:30 pm at the Vineyard Playhouse. Jamie Alley invites you to see this classic on the big screen. The world of a spoiled Edwardian family is turned upside down by a nanny who teaches them to enjoy life. $5, cash only, at the door.

Oscar Movie Night at the Vineyard Haven library features Theory of Everything. I have heard several positive comments on this. It is the story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age, but is determined to fight on. Rated PG-13; refreshments are offered, at 7 pm.

Also Tuesday at 7:30 pm, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center offers Bluebird. A school bus driver in northern Maine becomes distracted at the end of a shift, and fails to notice a sleeping boy in the back of the bus. What happens next shatters the tranquility of a small Maine logging town, proving that even the slightest actions have enormous consequences.

On Wednesday, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum and the M.V. Film Center offer Easy Rider at 7:30 pm as part of the 1960s film series. $12.

You might want to go out of town to see Featherstone’s presentation “I Love Ewe: Year of the Sheep.” The opening reception was postponed to this Sunday, from 4 to 6 pm. No charge to enjoy a special ode to spring at Featherstone.

A younger friend was planning to enjoy the snowstorm as she headed to Vermont for the long weekend. She suggested that “skiing is the only thing worth all this cold.” We hope all of you skiers had a wonderful time.

You can get it in print, or as an e-book, and both are illustrated: Eleanor’s Odyssey: Journal of the Captain’s Wife on the East Indiaman Friendship, 1799-1801 is a fascinating voyage, alternating between excerpts from Eleanor’s journals and entertaining commentary by Joan Druett. Many of you will remember Joan, who has visited our Island many times from her home in New Zealand. The commentaries clear up mysteries, explaining the wardrobe requirements of the East India Co. captain’s wife, or the captain’s attempts to keep his rather slow ship away from privateers, and clarifying the conventions of society, afloat and ashore.

Big bunches of birthday balloon wishes go out to Peter Palches today. Tomorrow, wish the best to Tom Robinson and Benjamin Davey. Happy birthday on Monday to Anne Sylvester and Wendy Brophy. Some very special people will celebrate birthdays on Wednesday, including Judy Cronig and Robin Mathiesen.

Heard on Main Street: “I wish you balmy weather and warm friends.” (—Ann Maley)