Despite the meek promise of a cold spring, summer is really coming. While I have barely gotten around to swapping out my winter closet with summer clothes, my mind has been on other signs of the changing seasons lately. Like delicious spring greens, fresh herbs, asparagus pushing up through the spring earth, sweet peas on their way and strawberries calling my name. I’m an Island girl after all, and a farm girl too, so nothing sends spring into summer more than fresh vegetables and fruits at my fingertips.

Dancehall reggae legend Barrington Levy performs tonight, June 7, at Dreamland in Oak Bluffs.

Mr. Levy’s particular style is a blend of old and new coming out of the transition occurring in reggae music as he began his rise to fame in the late 1970s. More traditional roots reggae featured mellower rhythms and a fiercely activist message. Listeners now wanted faster beats and a more dance-oriented style of music, which coincided with major developments in digital music technology. Enter Mr. Levy with his traditional roots rhythms and a harder dancehall edge.

To help with the Vineyard Playhouse capital campaign, Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson will perform Love Letters on Tuesday, July 2 at the regional high school’s Performing Arts Center. After the show, winners of last year’s Possible Dreams bid will get to meet Ms. Steenburgen and Mr. Danson. The list of regrets at not having raised that auction paddle last summer is now very long.

If trees could talk what story would they tell? Tom Clark, curator at Polly Hill Arboretum, knows better than most.

On Tuesday, June 11, he will lead a walking tour and share stories about the trees of the arboretum. Meet at 10 a.m. at the arboretum, 809 State Road in West Tisbury, for an hour-long trek. Cost is $5 or free for Polly Hill members.

Sometimes puppets are just a fun diversion and a creative way to tell a story. Next Saturday, June 15, puppets will also help disabled children in Zambia.

On Saturday, June 8, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society (MVFS) and Heaven in Ocean Productions will host a pair of film screenings at The Film Center in Vineyard Haven in honor of World Oceans Day. The event will show the films Planet Ocean, a documentary addressing damage to the marine ecosystem, and Hot Tuna, which explores the Atlantic Ocean’s endangered bluefin tuna.

The screenings are part of a series called Across Sound Connections, which pairs an informative ocean film with a speaker to educate audiences about the ocean and the issues marine ecosystems face.

Champagne, cupcakes and poetry lead the way as the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society and the West Tisbury Library present an evening with poets Jorie Graham and Fanny Howe. Ms. Graham is the author of 12 poetry collections including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Dream of the Unified Field. Ms. Howe has written more than 20 books of poetry.

What’s a summer fair without a clown and a little face paint? The Salvation Army is combining fun with some relevant information as they host a summer fair on Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the West Tisbury Fire Department Station Two located at 452 State Road. Throughout the day residents can enjoy face painting, a bit of magic with Ollie the Clown, and free ice cream and iced coffee while learning about what to do in the case of a natural disaster on the Island.

With some luck, anglers might come across a school of weakfish running, or more likely swimming.

The bird is a very small one, measuring around five inches. In flight one cannot help but notice its long seven-inch wingspan. Well camouflaged for its choice of habitat, this bird creeps around tree trunks, has a brown back speckled with white, a tail and rump the color of an old-fashioned brick and a white belly.