The nationally popular former host of the public radio program Prairie Home Companion captivated a nearly sold-out audience Sunday.

The Yard opened — and filled — its 100-seat Patricia Nanon Theatre May 19 with a performance by H.T. Chen & Dancers.

With a generous double program that traveled easily from sacred music and opera to jazz and Lady Gaga, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Minnesingers displayed their versatility with two spring concerts over the weekend.

For three days in April, Key West, Fla. became a southern outpost of the Martha’s Vineyard arts scene.

The former poet laureate of West Tisbury, Justen Ahren, stepped into his Island-wide laureate role with an April 30 reception at the West Tisbury Free Public Library.

The Spectrum Film Festival festival was the Vineyard’s first film festival to focus on the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.