Prosperity Gardening at the Native Earth Teaching Farm, located at 94 North Road in Chilmark, begins Sunday, May 31, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., and continues weekly throughout the summer.

Kaleidescope Dance will make school more fun (and inspiring) than you ever imagined, when it presents the 14th annual spring show on Sunday, May 31, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the performing arts center at the regional high school.

With a quiet, unerring regularity, two groups of life drawing artists have congregated at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs each and every week for years, slowly improving their ability to conjure living, breathing images out of flat white paper.

The best work from members of both the Tom Maley and the Firehouse figure drawing groups will go on display this Sunday, May 31, in Faces and Figures, an exhibition at Featherstone’s Virginia Weston Gallery.

The opening reception is Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. All are welcome.

New Island Lifeguards

After successfully completing a rigorous Red Cross program, 16 Mansion House swimmers were certified as lifeguards. The Mansion House was pleased to donate pool time and classroom space, as it continues to support lifeguard training as certified by the Red Cross and taught by Jennifer Fragosa.

Life guarding offers lucrative employment opportunities to the Island’s young adults and many of the town’s lifeguard employees were trained in the Mansion House pool.

Built on Stilts

Built on Stilts, the Island’s community dance and performance festival, is accepting registrations for participating artists now through July 1. The festival will run from August 12 to 17. The Built on Stilts children’s programs, Stiltshop and Advancedshop, are also now enrolling on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit builtonstilts.org for details and application forms.