Tashmoo Picnic

On Monday, May 31 the town of Tisbury hosts the annual Memorial Day picnic at the Tashmoo Water Works off Spring street and State Road in Vineyard Haven. This event is open to all from 12 to 4 p.m. and is accessible by bus.

Camp Ground Sale

United Methodist Church of Martha’s Vineyard will hold its annual Memorial Day weekend sale next Saturday, May 29 from 9 a.m. to noon, in front of the parish house, near Trinity Church and the Tabernacle, in the Camp Ground of Oak Bluffs.

Church members will assist in baking and selling goodies. Proceeds benefit the ministries of the church, designed to provide outreach and Christian growth.

Sea Breeze

Alas! the flesh is sad; the books I’ve read already —

O to run away! To flee! I feel with birds their giddy

Flights between unknowns: sea-foams and skies!

And nothing, not old gardens mirrored in bright eyes,

Can now hold back this heart — o sea-drenched nights!

Nor, on this empty paper, lamp-light’s

Desert clarity, whose whiteness keeps it undefiled;

HUNDRED-DAY HAUL: 27,000 Miles in 100 Days. By Chris Huff. Vitallight Press. 285 pages. Soft cover, $19.90.

M aybe you know Chris Huff because back in the 90s he mowed your lawn. Or because in that same party-hardy epoch, you and he knocked back some serious drinks at the Lamppost, the Rare Duck and the Ritz. Or you joined the throngs who donated, over the brand new World Wide Web, cash to fund the guy’s road trip throughout the 48 contiguous U.S. states, this madcap laying of rubber to take place in the last hundred days of 1999.

Art Exhibition

Marianne Neill will be showing her recent gouache paintings at the Chilmark Library for three weeks beginning May 22 through June 11. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. All are welcome. The show can also be viewed during regular library hours: Monday 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Thursday 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Built on Stilts

The Built on Stilts dance and performance festival is now accepting registrations for 2010. Application deadline is July 1. Festival dates are Thursday, August 12 through Sunday, August 15 and Saturday, August 21 through Monday, August 23. Please see builtonstilts.org for guidelines and registration forms.