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.

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.

Every year since 1993, to honor National Trails Day, the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank hosts a cross-Island hike.

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

Pssssst, or rather Ssssst, it’s snake time on June 10 at 5 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.