There are many reasons why the Vineyard is an attractive summer vacation destination. There’s the beaches, the salty cool air, daisies in the meadows, walks on the trails.

One other motivation may or may not be the fact that the Island was the setting of a popular movie filmed here and released 50 years ago. To celebrate the Jaws anniversary, the Chamber of Commerce and a corporate ally will screen the movie once again for two categories of attendees. One group of film buffs is asked to pay $500 each for a reserved seat, a tote bag, a blanket and 6 p.m. entry at the Winnetu on South Beach. Another set of fans will pay $175 each for an unreserved spot on the lawn, no merch, and “gates open” an hour later. No free tote bag. Bring your own blanket.

That seems like a lot of money but there is a West Tisbury property on the market now priced at $40 million. It’s all relative. Go figure.

The movie gala will take place June 21, the longest day, with sunset at 8:21 p.m.. Plenty of daylight (weather permitting) to shop for souvenirs before the Cape Symphony, in person, strikes up the score of the film. Enjoy.

In addition, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum plans a summer-long exhibit and series of events beginning May 24 on the complex production problems and plenty of other minutiae about the making of the movie.

Meanwhile, we have two weeks until Memorial Day and a full month before the Jaws screening to save our money and brace for the onslaught of summer. This coming week there are a number of entertainments and stimuli available.

Stillpoint, the new event center at the Priester’s Pond curvy corner of State and North Roads, offers Friday evening discussion groups on varied interests. On Friday, May 23, the topic is the up-Island/down-Island divide. And on June 6, participants will talk about regulations on farming and food.

One way to entertain us on Sunday, May 18, 10 a.m. until noon, is the annual farm animal meet-and-greet at the Agricultural Society animal barn. On hand to meet and greet you will be calves, pigs, piglets and goats, in a fundraiser for the 4-H group.

The college crowd is finishing their school year and many will arrive home this weekend. Annabelle Brothers will be home for just 10 days before heading to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for an eight-week program to polish her grasp of Spanish.

Paulo and Aline Moraes are in Barcelona, Spain, with their sons Yuri and Yago, while Yago attends soccer camp at the Barco Academy. I’m cheering lots of Oles for Yago, who is 13.

Birthday wishes go to Lydia Fischer, Jim Osmundson, Bob Kimberly and Nina Ferry, all on Friday, May 16. Thomas Stackpole will celebrate his big day on Sunday, May 18, and Sally Hamilton is the birthday girl Thursday, May 22.

Happy anniversary to Ken and Martina Mastromonaco on Thursday, May 22.