The thing Martha’s Vineyard NAACP branch president Laurie Perry-Henry likes best about the jazz band Pieces of a Dream was their sense of togetherness and common purpose.

“That’s our theme for the NAACP, is One Nation, One Dream,” said Ms. Perry-Henry in an interview this week. “It’s almost prophetic in nature,” she said of the common values shared by the national civil rights group, and the smaller, musical one.

Benefit for Seniors

Flatbread Pizza will donate part of their sales tonight to the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living. Each Flatbread pizza sold on Tuesday, August 24 between 5 to 9:30 p.m. will benefit this association helping Island seniors. There will also be a silent auction table at the restaurant at Nectar’s at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport.

Tower Grants

The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation recently awarded $12,265 to Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools. One of the goals of the foundation is to enhance service delivery for children, adolescents, and young adults up to age 26 with developmental disabilities.

This initiative was designed to provide funds for the purchase of specialized equipment and/or assistive technology for use by kids in school programs.

Cave Talk

Prehistorian Duncan Caldwell will explore the ramifications of a single unexplained groove on a cave wall in a talk called Mother Caves: The implications of a Paleolithic Freize, on Tuesday, August 31, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Aquinnah old town hall.

Sweet Words of Youth

West Tisbury Public Library continues its weeklong series showcasing local poets of all ages and styles with Leslie Prosterman and Lily Bick appearing at 5:30 p.m. today, Tuesday, August 24.

Wednesday’s poets are Eileen Maley and Beth Parker; Thursday, Maureen Hall and Donald Nitchie perform; and on Friday, Justen Ahren, Sam Barrow and Amira Thoron will read. Poet Joe Eldredge will be a guest each night. Each day the readings begin at 5:30 p.m.