Arts Extravaganza

On Wednesday, May 20, the performing and visual arts students at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School will present Evening of the Arts, an evening of art, music and drama. Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission is free.

The halls will be filled with student art work ranging from sculpture to photography to painting to architecture and more; meanwhile, the Performing Arts Center will be filled with song, dance and drama.

Dessert and Auction

Everyone is invited to a dessert and auction hosted by the Federated Church youth group on Sunday, May 17 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the parish house on South Sumemr street in Edgartown.

An auction will follow the dessert, with Pastor Jerry Fritz serving as auctioneer. Items include four tickets for the Shenandoah, an MP3 player, gift certificates, gift baskets, and, of course, much more. All proceeds go to support the youth group’s mission work.

For details, call 508-627-4421.

In this year-long serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after many years away, to help her unstable Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. Abe has a monomaniacal fear and loathing of Richard Moby, the CEO of an off-Island wholesaler, Broadway Nursery. Recently, Moby unscrupulously took over one Island landscaping business and undercut 5 others, thus re-invigorating Abe to try to “destroy” Moby.

Woman of the Year

The Empowered Woman of the Year Brunch will be held from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 30 at Mediterranean in Oak Bluffs. The brunch honors Cindy Doyle of Vineyard Haven.

Tickets are $50. For details, call 508-696-8880.

The effects of climate change and commercial fishing on the marine ecosystem will be the focus of this year’s Menemsha Fisheries Development Fund’s series of programs at the Chilmark Public Library.

Photography Show