Conservation biologist Dr. Richard Primack will give a talk on climate change and bird migration patterns on Wednesday, August 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Polly Hill Arboretum. A favorite sign of spring is the arrival of the migratory birds we await each year. There are signs that these birds are returning earlier each year in Massachusetts. The evidence is in our own backyards.

Sail MV

On Tuesday, August 19, Sail Martha’s Vineyard welcomes Matthew Stackpole, historian and past Sail MV president, who will present an illustrated talk entitled The Last Wooden Whaleship, about the Charles W. Morgan, her history and her future. The event begins at 7 p.m. at the Sail MV building at 110 Main street in Vineyard Haven. Admission is free.

Author Carol Gilligan discusses Kyra, her first book of fiction on Thursday, August 21, is free from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.

Dr. Gilligan is most known for her nonfiction bestseller In a Different Voice. Although her previous writings have been works of nonfiction, Dr. Gilligan published Kyra in January of this year. Kyra is a Cambridge-based architect who spends time on Nashawena, one of the Elizabeth Islands. She seeks psychological counseling after falling in and out of love for the first time since the death of her husband ten years before.

Island Resident Participates

In UNICEF Fundraiser

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF recently presented the Children’s Champion Award to Red Sox star David Ortiz at the Four Seasons Hotel Boston.

Vineyard resident Nancy Thomas Caraboolad and her husband Geoffrey Caraboolad served on the event committee and were generous sponsors of this year’s event.

The Vineyard Haven Library Evening Lecture Series continues its summer author program on Tuesday, August 19, at 7 p.m. with Vineyard artist Edward (Ted) Hewett speaking about cartooning. He will discuss work from his new book, Extreme Birding, a collection of cartoons published in June by Westmeadow Press of Martha’s Vineyard.