Vineyard Pedicab entrepreneurs Will and John Pasquina will host the first Pan-Martha Challenge, a 40-mile bikeathon across the Vineyard to raise money for cancer research and treatment at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, on Oct. 4 at 9:30 a.m.

Participants are asked to gather donations before pedaling from the Flying Horses Carousel in Oak Bluffs to the cliffs of Aquinnah, a route one-fifth the length of the statewide charity event it mimics, the Pan-Mass Challenge.

Cycle Martha’s Vineyard

Cycle Martha’s Vineyard is a scenic recreational Island ride on Saturday, Oct. 17. Both the 100-kilometer and the makes a circuit of the Island, traveling along the Atlantic Ocean, Nantucket Sound, rolling farmland and the State Forest. The 50-kilometer route also offers breathtaking views. The event benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Martha’s Vineyard and other charities.

Hoping to guard against an outbreak or worse of the H1N1 virus among young people this winter, a group that includes town health agents, the Vineyard Nursing Association and school leaders is moving forward with a plan to vaccinate the Island student population against the virus known as swine flu.

Members of the group have been meeting weekly to finalize a plan to distribute vaccine to the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School and the five Island elementary schools.

The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands chapter is organizing a number of CPR, AED and first aid classes this September for residents of Martha’s Vineyard. All classes will be held at the YMCA, 57 Pequot avenue in Oak Bluffs.

It’s a double feature of classic choreography and the chaos of Wall Street on stage this weekend at The Yard.

First, world-renowned Isadora Duncan specialist Catherine Gallant will perform new choreography plus rarely performed pieces of early modern dance in a program featuring live piano music by Daniel Fox on Friday, August 28, at 8 p.m. and on Saturday, August 29 at 4 p.m. at the arts center on Middle Road in Chilmark.

A groundbreaking new play based on an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till comes to the Vineyard Playhouse on Monday at 7 p.m.

This staged reading of Anne and Emmett features prologue narration by Academy award-winning actor Morgan Freeman and an original score by 16-year-old musical prodigy Joshua Coyne. There will be a brief question and answer session and an informal reception following the performance