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Five Things You Need to Know Today: April 24

Today Nicole Galland reads at West Tisbury Library, there's a Poetry Jazz Jam featuring Samantha Barrow at Pathways and a horseshoe crab lecture in Vineyard Haven

Five Things You Need to Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

1. This week our Best of Patch Readers’ Choice Poll asks: where is the best garden center on Martha’s Vineyard. Make sure to vote for your favorite garden center!

2. This and every Tuesday morning, the Tom Maley Life Drawing Group meets at in Oak Bluffs. $10. 9:30 am – 11:30 am. For more information, call 508-693-1850; featherstoneart.org.

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3. There is a tonight at . The event features poetry by Samantha Barrow and other Island artists including Mait Edey, Adam Lipsky and David Stanwood on piano, Atzik Marquez on violin, Nate Sprague on classical guitar, Rick Bausman and other surprise artists. Light Fare Served. Show starts at 6:30 pm, doors of Pathways ArTbAR and Writing Room open at 5 pm for hors d'oeuvres and conversation.

4. Island author Nicole Galland reads from her new book “I, Iago” this evening at the . Refreshments served. 5 pm. For more information, call 508-693-3366.

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5. presents: lecture and slide show tonight at the .  7 pm. For more information, call 508-627-4850.

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