This spring, teenagers Amber Medeiros and Olivia Pate created Humans of Martha's Vineyard, a Facebook page filled with photographs of Islanders along with captions. The undertaking was inspired by the Humans of New York movement.

When Lois Mailou Jones began painting in the 1920s, she did so in near anonymity, a sign of the endemic racism and sexism of the time. But 92 years after her first exhibition, Ms. Jones is now the focus of a new exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, running from June 12 to August 23 this summer. Nearly 17 years after she died, Ms. Jones is once again on display in the Vineyard.

Members of the Martha’s Vineyard Photography Club will showcase their work in the fifth annual group art show at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.

Next week at the Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dr. George Church will deliver a lecture on synthetic biology and its human health implications.

Chris Fischer knows Martha’s Vineyard well. The family homestead, Beetlebung Farm, is the primary subject of Mr. Fischer’s new book, The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook.

On Saturday, June 6, the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market returns to the grounds of the Grange Hall.