Pipefish, stripers, hermit crabs, minnows, even pufferfish: Bodhi Favreau, 8, of Easton, had seen all these before. But on Sunday at State Beach, he he discovered a rare and magical ocean denizen: Hippocampus erectus, a lined seahorse.

The Tarpaulin Cove Lighthouse is up for transfer, and the U.S. Coast Guard hopes to permanently sign care of the lighthouse to a government agency or nonprofit that will preserve the Naushon island landmark for generations to come.

Author Percival Everett, whose new book James came out earlier this year, will be at the Performing Arts Center Sunday as part of the Martha's Vineyard Author Series.

Ben Shattuck will discuss The History of Sound this Saturday at the Bunch of Grapes bookstore, in conversation with poet and Aquinnah resident Ron Slate, who also happens to be his father in law.

Pack One Bag, the new podcast by seasonal Chilmark resident David Modigliani, documents his family's escape from fascist Italy and their arrival in wartime America.