Amy Brenneman will join a panel discussing abortion access on the Island on Saturday, August 4 at 5 p.m. at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown.

Featured speakers at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, running from August 6 to 11, are Spike Lee and Barry Jenkins, screenwriter and director of Academy Award winning film, Moonlight.

Shelly Davis bought her loom, a four harness Nilus Leclerc, in 1975. It weighs more than she does, and it arrived in pieces with a guidebook called “Weaving: A Fantastic Hobby.”

Vineyarder and former high school basketball star Erin Hill will join the Yale women’s basketball team next year, one of only four standout first-years.

After screening discussion of Sleepless in Seattle included lead actor Meg Ryan, producer Gary Foster and screenwriter Scott Frank as part of YMCA's annual Stars and Stripes fundraiser.

Nafissa Thompson-Spires will discuss her debut book of short stories, Heads of the Colored People, on July 29 at the Chilmark Community Center as part of this summer's Martha's Vineyard Author Series.