On Saturday afternoon at Waban Park in Oak Bluffs, across from Inkwell Beach where the Polar Bears take their morning swim everyday 7:30 a.m., the inaugural MV Vibe Fest was in full swing.

Chilmark the ox, who weighs 2,360 pounds, was by far the biggest animal at the Celebration of Pets event on Wednesday at the Agricultural Hall, but he was outnumbered by the many dogs in attendance.

As the former head of the Martha’s Vineyard Tick Borne Illness Reduction Initiative, Richard Johnson spent years tracking, studying and worry about ticks and tick-borne illnesses. Now he is focused on turtles.

At the Grange Hall on Wednesday night, roughly 75 people sat, popcorn and concessions in hand, watching both The Bourne Identity and being treated to a running monologue of behind-the-scenes tidbits from its director, Doug Liman.

The most eye-catching auction item at this year’s Garden Party fundraiser for the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard was a painting done in real time by a pony.