Hello, Sophia

Vanessa J. and Dhionyo Sampaio of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Sophia Jahara Sampaio, on June 18 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Sophia weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.

Hello, Micah

Christopher Nolin and Nancie Nolin are proud to announce the arrival of Micah Clarence, who was born June 3 at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. He is the grandson of Vineyard Haven resident Nancy Tarter Nevin. Micah Clarence weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces.

Hello, Milo

Karolina Sullivan and Michael Sullivan of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Milo Alexander Sullivan, on June 25 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Milo weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at birth.

Dean’s List

Katherine Campbell of Vineyard Haven was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2008 semester at Emmanuel College in Boston.

Featherstone Center for the Arts presents its annual fundraiser, Art Under the Stars, on Monday evening, July 7, at Farm Neck on County Road in Oak Bluffs. The evening gets under way at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails and appetizers. The premier event is The Art of Living Auction. The invitation explains it this way: “There is art and artistry in a comfortable home, a thriving garden, a lovingly prepared dinner, a healthy body and time spent enjoying the things that matter with the people who mean the most to us.”

The African Artists’ Community Development project will be selling crafts from Ghana, Niger, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe on Tuesday, July 8, at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury from 5 to 9 p.m. Items for sale include baskets, woven grass ceremonial cloth, Tuareg silver jewelry, malachite jewelry, carved wooden bowls and salad servers, animal and human sculpture, brilliant khanga printed cloth and more.