It’s the most fun you could have all year, maybe the most fun in five years. What I discovered at this year’s Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival was, you need a big breakfast on each of the four days and a powerful multivitamin to build your strength. Though stamina for this event has nothing to do with age: 82-year-old Doreen Kinsman is the all-time movie maximizer, able to view 12 to 14 screenings (out of 36-plus offered, three per time slot) per festival. I believe she also can leap tall buildings in a single bound.

Julie Sierputoski pulled her pickup truck into the parking lot behind the Oak Bluffs School. It was Labor Day, school had not started yet and Ms. Sierputoski’s truck was the only one in the parking lot.

Down came the tailgate and off the truck came tomatoes, cabbage, yogurt and string beans.

“What about these, will your kids eat these?” Ms. Sierputoski said, holding up a lemon cucumber.

“You know me, I’ll take whatever I can get,” replied school chef Leah Miranda.

A few weeks ago, on the day of his concert at the Old Whaling Church with Ben Taylor and friends, Julian (just Julian) stopped by St. Andrew’s Church located around the corner from the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown. Julian had always liked the look of the church, “something out of Robin Hood,” and wanted to say a small prayer before the show.