West Tisbury author Cynthia Riggs will talk about her latest book Death and Honesty, the eighth in her Martha’s Vineyard mystery series, at the Chilmark Public Library on Wednesday, May 20, at 5:30 p.m.

In this year-long serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after many years away, to help her unstable Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. Abe has a monomaniacal fear and loathing of Richard Moby, the CEO of an off-Island wholesaler, Broadway Nursery. Recently, Moby unscrupulously took over one Island landscaping business and undercut 5 others, thus re-invigorating Abe to try to “destroy” Moby.

Woman of the Year

The Empowered Woman of the Year Brunch will be held from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 30 at Mediterranean in Oak Bluffs. The brunch honors Cindy Doyle of Vineyard Haven.

Tickets are $50. For details, call 508-696-8880.

Charity Golf

The team of David Murphy, John Dutton, John Farrington, Jane Shigley and Paul Breen emerged from a crowded field of 24 teams this past weekend to win the Holy Ghost Scholarship Golf Tournament at Mink Meadows in Vineyard Haven. Runners-up were the team of Steve Furtaw, Keith Fullin, Jason Balboni, J.T. Marhar and Eric Perry.

Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard and the Town of West Tisbury are searching for a family to purchase a three-bedroom affordable house, and the application deadline is Monday, May 18.

Big Night Out

Big Night Out, the annual Vineyard Montessori School fund-raiser, is May 15 at Farm Neck golf course from 7 to 11 p.m. There will be live and silent auctions, with hors d’oeuvre and dessert from Rickard’s Bakery. Tickets will be available at the door as well as online at ticketsmv.com.