Five Things You Need to Know Today: January 7

1. There is a new class today at : Watercolor or Acrylic Painting with John Holladay. $50. 9 am – noon. For more information, call 508-693-1850

2. The Town of Chilmark is holding an open house at today to help the determine if there is interest among potential farmers to lease the three-acre Tea Lane Farm land from the Town of Chilmark and the adjoining 15-acre parcel of land owned by the Land Bank for the purpose of living on the farm and commercially farming the land. 9 am – noon. For more information, call 508-645-2114

3. The is holding an eBook and Downloadable Audiobook Instruction today. There will be an informal demonstration of the library's Overdrive service and library staff will be available to answer questions and demonstrate how to use the library's eReader devices including Nook, Sony Reader, and Kindle. Continues each Saturday through January. 10 am – noon. For more information, call 508-696-4211.

4. The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival is holding a Dinner and Movies tonight at the . There will be dinner made by Chris Fischer, a series of short films for kids and live music; followed by “The Hedgehog” feature film for adults. For more information, call 508-645-9599 or visit tmvff.org. 5 pm.

5. is holding a Fried Chicken Dinner and Karaoke Night tonight to benefit the building maintenance fund. For tickets or more information, call 508-693-0332. 5 pm - 9 pm.