Sometimes an artist is so wonderful it takes two galleries to promote her.

Beginning next week on Thursday, Sept. 29, and running through Oct. 10, the Dragonfly Fine Arts Gallery and Shephard Fine ArtSpace will be holding a joint retrospective showing for artist Nancy Furino.

At 82 years of age, Ms. Furino has been living and painting on the Vineyard since she moved here in 1980. A Copley Master, she is noted for her colorful work depicting scenes from Martha’s Vineyard and around the world.

Behind every bureaucrat beats the heart of an artist. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if that were so? Just imagine a world where a moment with CSPAN resulted not in a need for a nap but rather an inspiring journey into the creative (rather than destructive) souls of our elected officials.

Just a crazy dream you say? Well, here on the Vineyard that dream is a reality. Nonbelievers need only to wander the grounds of the Tashmoo Spring building today, Sept. 23, from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Free Soul Food

Soul food, Southern food . . . whatever you call it, enjoy it free and fresh from the students of the Martha’s Vineyard Ecumenical Youth Group, who have returned from Tennessee with a slide show of the mission work they did there.

A southern dinner and auction on Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Federated Church in Edgartown.

Magic and Mystery

It is the season of magic, or at least that’s what Fall seems to be, what with those cool dark nights slipping in off the ocean, perfect for that wandering black cat shapeshifter at bat-winged spellmaster patrolling the night skies.

Not feeling it yet? Well, the folks at New Moon Magick located at 4 Chapman avenue in Oak Bluffs are. This Sunday, Sept. 18, from 4 to 6 p.m. they are holding a reading by Annette Blair, author of the Accidental Witch Trilogy and artist Diane Hayes, author of The Rift Healer.

Historical Women Rock

Phyllis Vecchia Creative Drama will be having an enrichment program for young adults titled Women In History through theatre. This will be held at the Tisbury School for the sixth and eighth grade classes.

Abigail Adams, Eleanor Roosevelt, a woman athlete and the history of Title IX, the Suffragists, Phillis Wheatley and Marina Silva, a rain forest advocate from Brazil, are the women who will be studied.

The program is supported by Mal Jones, his partner, Francie Desmone, and the town of Tisbury.

A community organization has formed calling itself Island Climate Action Network (ICAN). The purpose of the group is to promote awareness about the local effects of climate change and to educate and act to:

• Adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change.

• Create greater community resilience regarding climate-related issues that affect our community’s well-being and economic future.

• Support policies at the local, regional, state, and federal level that contribute to a sustainable future.