Archaeology experts will identify, examine and discuss any artifacts, from the Vineyard and beyond, that members of the public bring to Archaeology I.D. Day at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum on Saturday, August 28, from 9 a.m. to noon.

As part of the museum’s archaeology lecture series, experts Jill Bouck, Dick Burt, Duncan Caldwell, Bill Moody and Jim Richardson will help identify objects.

Stories are inevitably going to be told when the energy of a folk artist and the writings of a prewar author become entangled. Suzanne Vega is known for telling stories of life’s struggles and rewards through her music, but for the first time, Ms. Vega will be marrying both text and song to tell the stories of the life and works of Carson McCullers. The musical-theatre piece Carson Talks About Love will be performed by Ms. Vega, a guitarist and pianist, at the Yard in Chilmark this weekend.

Dorothy Bangs

Billed as An Evening of Fun, a sing-along with Dorothy Bangs and guest performers promises to be an old-fashioned social, with refreshments and fellowship, on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Baptist Parish House in Vineyard Haven.

Donations are welcome for the First Baptist Church Building Fund; the restoration of this old church is about completed, but paying for it is not.

For details, call 508-693-0969.

The fourth annual Taste of Tashmoo fundraiser will be held at the waterfront home of Denys and Marilyn Wortman at Hines Point in Vineyard Haven, on Friday, Sept. 3. The event is to benefit the Tashmoo Spring Building Preservation Fund, aimed at restoring the historic 1887 pumping station for community use

The menu will include a raw bar with clams freshly dug from Island waters as well as tastings from Island farms, caterers, restaurants, brew pubs and wine shops. There also will be a silent auction and live music. It will be rain or shine.