Habitat Will Break Ground

On Sixth Vineyard House

Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard will break ground on its sixth house on Saturday, August 9, at 10 a.m.

The new home will be built in Edgartown on land donated by the Town of Edgartown and transferred to the Island Housing Trust. The address is 21 11th street, on the south side of the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.

Last Call for Chowder

The last New England chowder supper of the season at the Federated Church in Edgartown will be held Thursday, August 14. Supper will be served from 6 to 7:15 p.m. The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children. Proceeds benefit the Island Food Pantry. A Vineyard Sound concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the church meetinghouse. For information call 508-627-6040.

John Brown’s Body, the eight-piece band which hails from Boston and upstate New York, releases their sixth studio album this September, but you can sample the tunes early on Thursday, August 7, at Outerland at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport.

Singer-songwriter Bella will be performing a bossa nova show at Che’s Lounge every Tuesday through August at 7 p.m.

Called Bossa on the Moon, the show includes original songs and classics of samba, jazz and blues that Bella swings on her guitar and her cavaquinho, a soprano Brazilian guitar.

On the set list there will be sweet summer treats like Samba Chocolate and Samba Noir by Bella, and standards such as The Little Boat and Fly Me to the Moon with a bossa arrangement.

Parenting Talk

Dayle Pomerantz, a parent skills coach and child development specialist will share her latest book, Secrets of Great Parents, and explore successful parent-child relationships, on Thursday, August 7, at 4:30 p.m. at the West Tisbury library. The talk is free with refreshments. For details, call 508-693-3366.

Sexton Brings Soul

American soul man Martin Sexton got his start playing on the streets and subways of Boston in the 1990s; Friday night he is playing at Outerland.

He released his seventh album, Seeds, last April on his label Kitchen Table Records. “I believe songs are seeds,” Mr. Sexton says about the collection, “once planted they can grow and nourish and inspire and with that, change the world.”