Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America for more than a decade, will be the featured speaker at the next Author Series event at the Chilmark Community Center.

Union Chapel will greet August and its congregation with the Rev. Canon Dr. Sandye A. Wilson at the pulpit.

Lieut. Commander Alexander B. Baynes of the United States Navy was awarded the degree of doctor of philosophy in applied physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.

Amateur and professional artists alike are invited to show and sell their work at the annual All Island Art Show held at the Oak Bluffs Tabernacle on August 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Vineyard Haven band is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a gala concert on August 9 at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs.

One hundred fifty years ago this year, by an act of the Massachusetts legislature, the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association was incorporated to manage what had become one of the largest camp meetings in New England.