The Vineyard has a long history of being dog-centric. There are dogs on boats, dogs on beaches, dogs at offices. At the top of Circuit avenue there’s a shop dedicated to all things dog. And, of course, there’s the Island’s most well-known canine — the Black Dog.

This fall begins the second year of Island Grown Harvest of the Month, a program of Island Grown Schools that highlights a different locally available crop every month to encourage healthy, whole foods, seasonal eating in our schools and in the wider community.

Just in time for Halloween, the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard has some singular pumpkin-colored cats. A mother, Etta, and her two kittens were surrendered. One kitten has already been adopted, and the other, a laid-back male named Ray is also ready for a new home. At eight weeks old he is eating solid food, but since he is still housed with his mother, he nurses from time to time. Once he leaves the nest, so to speak, his mother’s milk will dry up and she can be spayed and ready for a new home. Orange females are quite rare.

When the Bread and Puppet Company comes to Chilmark next week there will be protests, absurdity, laughter — and there’s a good chance audience members will leave scratching their heads. If you leave with a new point of view, even better.

Morning Glory Farm hosts its annual Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All things farm and all things fall are on tap — hay rides, games, face painting, a hay maze and lots and lots of local food.

In case you happened to miss the farmers’ market and are still craving fresh and local food, Whippoorwill Farm is offering a special sale on the alternating Saturdays opposite the farmers’ market dates.

Join jazz aficionado Leslie J. Stark as he presents The Duke, The Count, and Louis at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at the Oak Bluffs Library.

In celebration of the return of Katama Bay oysters, Slow Food Martha’s Vineyard and Martha’s Vineyard shellfishermen are collaborating to bring a night of learning about oyster farming and a little oyster tasting on Oct. 22.

The YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard will revive the original broadcast of Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds with its Theatre of the Mind event on Saturday, Oct. 26 beginning at 5 p.m.

An Evening Without (Art*Island) with performance readings will be presented in collaboration with the Massachusetts ACLU and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center on Thursday, Oct. 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven.