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CANCELED UNTIL OCTOBER – Game Night at the Barn

The Barn Bowl & Bistro 13 Uncas Ave, Oak Bluffs, MA, United States

Come join us downstairs at the Barn Bowl & Bistro for a variety of board games and socializing. We meet weekly at 7:30pm, and newcomers are always welcome.

Sankofa Festival

In 2016, the Oak Bluffs Public Library celebrated the first week of August with an African American Literature and Culture Festival in honor of the Oak Bluffs Power of Place permanent exhibit in the The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The next year, the library received a sizable donation of African American … Read More

Library Volunteers

For students entering grades 6-9. Learn new skills, meet people and help the library.

Play Kitchen and Store

Come enjoy watching your kids be creative and solve problems! Play is the primary way kids learn and express themselves. For ages 2-6. Drop in between 10am-noon.

Anime Club

For tweens/teens entering grades 6-9. Come by to watch and draw anime. We'll have our manga collection available and plenty of Japanese snacks!

Anime Club

For tweens/teens entering grades 6-9. Come by to watch and draw anime. We'll have our manga collection available and plenty of Japanese snacks!

Sankofa Festival: Bob Hayden celebration of life on our South Lawn

The Oak Bluffs Library, African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard, and Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers invites you to join us at the summer reception honoring the life of Robert C. Hayden, Science Teacher, Historian, and Social Activist, in celebration of his new plaque on the AAHTMV.  The outdoor reception will take place on … Read More

Sankofa Festival: Giving Her Her Flowers Art Reception

Giving Her Her Flowers, an art exhibition featuring Black women artists celebrating Black women writers and culture creators with ties to Martha's Vineyard. Curated by Dana Todd Pope of the Women's LIVE Artist Studio. Presented by Women's LIVE Artist Studio, in partnership with the Oak Bluffs Public Library Sankofa Festival and HBCU Legacy Week On The Vineyard.