The Aquinnah Cultural Center is hosting the exhibit Captured: 1614 curated by Plymouth 400, which commemorates the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower and the settlers’ relationship with the native populations.

Amidst shouts in Italian and a few anachronistic jokes, James Reston Jr.’s play, Galileo’s Torch, based on the life and trial of Galileo Galilei had its Martha’s Vineyard premiere Monday night in a reading at Vineyard Playhouse directed by Scott Barrow.

The 13th annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival opened on Monday night with Mavis!, the story of Mavis Staples, and the audience was roaring, crying, laughing and singing along with the film.

On Sunday, Andrew Moore’s paintings were reintroduced at the Granary Gallery on Old County Road in West Tisbury. The artist decided to join the Granary Gallery so he could spend less time marketing and selling, and more time holding a paintbrush.

In advance of the upcoming Cinema Circus event, two Kid Critics reviewed some of the short films that will be shown on the afternoon of August 15.

Not to be outdone by harbor festivals and street fairs, West Tisbury is hosting a West Tisbury Day on Saturday, August 15.