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A trunk show of one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces will be held this weekend at Bryn Walker of Edgartown. The show includes Cerca Trova Jewels (Cerca Trova means “seek and you shall find” in Italian), a line of handcrafted jewelry by Marie Fiedrich of Edgartown and Carlisle. Zen Bijou, a collection of handmade silk flowers, pearls and sea glass by Annie Smith of Carlisle, is also part of the show. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, August 14, and Sunday, August 15, at the Kelley street store.

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Rev. Streit at Trinity

Trinity Episcopal Church in Oak Bluffs will have the Very Rev. John P. (Jep) Streit as celebrant on the next two Sundays, August 15 and August 22. This is his 19th year at Trinity. Rev. Streit is dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Boston, where he is well-known for his outreach and inclusiveness among Boston’s diverse ethnic and religious communities. Prior to the Cathedral post, he served for 11 years as Episcopal Chaplain at Boston University and has been a parish priest.

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At Union Chapel this Sunday, August 15 the guest speaker is the Rev. Susan Sparks. She is America’s only female comedian with a pulpit. Currently senior pastor of the historic Madison Avenue Baptist church in New York city (and the first woman in its 160 year history), Rev. Sparks has been featured in the New York Times, on many networks, including as a regular guest with country music star Naomi Judd on the Hallmark Channel, and in numerous comedy clubs in New York city.

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A USTA junior tennis tournament will be held at Vineyard Youth Tennis the weekend of August 14 and 15. The tournament will consist of boys’ and girls’ 12-and-under and 14-and-under age divisions (this means anyone under 12 years old can also play in the 12 and under division).

This is a great way to get some points for your ranking without leaving the Island. You can register at usta.com/tennislink (click “USTA Junior Tournaments” in the upper right corner, then enter tournament ID# 450414710).

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Hoopapalooza

It’s all hoops, all day, on Sunday, August 15, when the dunking begins in the 22nd annual Alex Cohen Memorial Basketball Marathon for Charity at the Chilmark Community Center.

Fun begins at noon and continues through 6 p.m.

The marathon is played in memory of Alex Cohen, who spent his summers in Chilmark, playing and working at the community center until his untimely death in August 1991.

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The Holmes Hole Sailing Association race on Thursday night July 22 was a warm evening with a pleasant 10 knots of west wind. Twelve boats posted for the 6 p.m. start at red nun 6. The course took the fleet to green can 23a at East Chop then to nun 4 at West Chop, and back to nun 6. The first leg was a broad reach on the port tack. After rounding the nun, a beat to West Chop was followed by a beam reach to the finish line.

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