For the month of October, Chris Hughes will be the featured artist at the Vineyard Haven Mocha Motts. And just who is Chris Hughes you should ask, because if the answer is anywhere near as rewarding as his art, then his art is priceless.

The fifth annual Island Elderly Housing arts and crafts show and sale is Saturday, Oct. 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Woodside Village 260b Village Road in Oak Bluffs, across from the regional high school.

The A gallery in Vineyard Haven lives on for another weekend with XX Danger Zone, a multi media event being held on Oct. 7 from 7 to 10:30 p.m. The Danger Zone is actually Holly Diane Anger a.k.a. Holly Danger who with Jeff Schram is presenting the Moon, an acoustic, electronic and live visual performance project.

Samantha Barrow who often rides her motorcycle around the country sharing her poems, will dismount for the evening and add her blend of poetry and performance to the mix.

This Sunday, Sept. 30, The Martha’s Vineyard Art Association and the Old Sculpin Gallery are holding an opening reception for the exhibit Artist Reflection: Scenes along the Shore with paintings by Meg Mercier. The show runs from Sept. 29 until Oct. 8 along with a continuation of Fish Stories the 2012 Fishing Derby Show.

The A Gallery in Vineyard Haven is having its last reception of the season on Saturday, Sept. 22.

Proud purple

Shifting shades

Of red

Hugging clean green leaves

Tucked in sandy bed

Pumped up

With summer sun

Just fresh

From rain

I kneel

To bend

And pluck

Fistfuls

And drift

Into that picker’s dream

Of jelly jars

And old time

Kitchen smells

That linger

On the edge

So precious

And so real

— Steve Ewing