For Ric Burns filmmaking is a collaborative journey. Last week at a screening of his work-in-progress documentary Driving While Black, even the audience became part of the process.

On Saturday August 24 at 6 p.m. Vineyard Arts Project will host a staged reading of the first act of Cullud Wattah, which follows three generations of African-American women through Flint, Michigan’s water crisis.

Wandering around the Grange Exchange and Antique Market in West Tisbury in a fading Friday afternoon light is like traveling back in time. That’s the point.

Mixing it up on Sunday mornings in Washington Park, the Oak Bluffs Open Market is one part flea market and one part artisan fair, with a dash of farmers’ market and a hit of live music to round things off.

For more than 30 years, choreographer Ronald K. Brown has been creating narrative works of dance and music that honor the experiences and cultures of the African diaspora.