African crafts from Zambia, Ghana, Congo and Zimbabwe take the spotlight during the African Artists Community Development Project’s sale.

What could be better than books and the beach? How about books and the people who wrote them, near the beach.

On Friday, Katie Couric will present the film Fed Up at the Performing Arts Center at the regional high school alongside director Stephanie Soechtig and producer Laurie David. While Ms. Couric has covered the issue for years, the film exposed even more areas of concern, she told the Gazette.

A dedication of the community program room at the new West Tisbury Free Public Library was held in honor of David and Rosalee McCullough.

Photographer Peter Simon will present a multimedia work titled Peter Simon: Through the Lens on Tuesday, July 29 at the Vineyard Haven library.

In 2010 Cutter Hodierne decided to tell the story of a band of Somali pirates who commandeered a Ukrainian ship, the Faina. But he realized that the only way to do it right was to travel to Africa and use Somali actors.