The new play Chilmark will be a different experience for the audience, where parts of the play are communicated only in sign language.

In an often-humorous interview at the Chilmark Community Center, Michael Pollan answered questions and shared stories from his new book.

Director Liz Garbus was asked after a screening of her series The Fourth Estate how she got such great access to the New York Times.

THE RIDDLE OF THE GRAVEYARD. By Peter Hufstader, Hedge Fence Press, softcover, illustrated, 180 pages, $18.

All the Women in My Family Sing: Women Write the World is an anthology featuring 69 female authors. On Wednesday, August 22, the voices of four of those authors will join together, not in song, but rather as part of a panel discussion.

The Vineyard Gazette printed copies of its Friday, August 21, 1885 edition, which will be used as a prop for the new Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse production opening on Tuesday, August 21.