The League of Women Voters hosts the annual Black History Month Breakfast at Howes House in West Tisbury on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 9 a.m.

If the acting bug hasn’t yet bitten you, then try your hand as a playwright instead or as student director, perhaps.

Biscuit, the beloved yellow puppy familiar to readers of the children’s books by Alyssa Capucilli, will visit the Island the last week of January.

Johnny Hoy, plus his Bluefish band, of course, will play at the Yard's benefit at the Chilmark Community Center Sunday night at 7:30 p.m.

As a nod to authenticity of voyages of old, Mystic Seaport is holding a contest to put a stowaway on board the Charles W. Morgan, oldest surviving whaleboat, as it heads out this spring on a three-month voyage throughout New England.

On Tuesday, Jan. 21, actors Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga will touch base with the Vineyard—and not hidden away at some secluded enclave.