Each week the folks at Cinema Circus show a series of short films on Wednesday evenings at the Chilmark Community Center. The films begin at 6 p.m. but at 5 p.m. the circus — complete with jugglers, face painters, stilt walkers, food and music — gets under way.

An advanced screening of the films was arranged. In a world with few certainties, the kid critic is the critic to trust. This week’s reviewer is Will LaFarge

The Story Tree (Dir. Stephanie Sim / Canada / 2006 / 3 min.)

Gay Head Gallery

This weekend the Gay Head Gallery is hosting a reception on Sunday, Aug. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. for its latest show entitled Endangered Lands and Water: The Intrinsic Value of Wild Nature. The gallery seeks to promote conservation and environmental education through its artists, and this show is no different. The exhibit is a benefit for the Vineyard Conservation Society and the Moshup Trail Project — an ongoing conservation effort to protect globally rare habitat.

Multicultural Art Show

The Harlem Fine Art Show (HFAS) will present a multicultural art show at Island Inn in Oak Bluffs on August 9 through 12. This is the first time the show has traveled to Martha’s Vineyard from its usual home in New York city. It has also teamed up with Pathway to Your Success, an Island non-profit dedicated to helping parents and their children plan future career choices.

Jawsfest Cruise

Jawsfest should not be limited to land — that’s for wimps. Better to get out on the water; after all that’s where the sharks live. On Sunday, August 12, starting at 9:30 a.m. Seastreak’s 141-foot catamaran will be heading out to sea to view scenes from the movie including East Chop, Harthaven, State Beach and Big Bridge, Cow Bay, Edgartown and Cape Pogue.

Corrections

A story about Island birder Warren Woessner in last Friday’s Gazette incorrectly stated the date of the sighting of the red-footed falcon. The rare bird was spotted on the Island in 2004.

A story about Meet the Coaches night at the regional high school on Tuesday incorrectly stated the time of the event. It begins at 6 p.m.

The Gazette regrets the errors.

The Island’s reputation as a cultural hot spot is deserved, according to a recent study that says artistic and cultural endeavors are twice as prevalent on the Vineyard as elsewhere in the state.

Alexandra Flake of Vineyard Haven has been named to the dean’s list at Union College for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Christopher and Joanne Nelson- Unczur of Pittsfield announce the birth of a son, Jack Arthur, on August 3 at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northhamptom. Jack weighed nine pounds and measured 21 inches at birth. His grandparents are Henry and Linda Unczur of Vineyard Haven and Dan and Rose Nelson of Ballston Spa, N.Y. Great grandparents are Priscilla Dickson of Vineyard Haven and the late Arthur B. Dickson.

A New Jersey man was med-flighted to a Boston area hospital Friday after being injured when the moped he was operating collided with a Jeep on State Road in West Tisbury, police said.

According to a police report, Robert Czech, 47, of Clifton, N.J., sustained injuries after being ejected from his moped. His passenger, Emily McDonald, 25, of New York, N.Y., was also injured and taken to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, West Tisbury police Cpl. Garrison Vieira said Friday.

Martha’s Vineyard voters will weigh in on a contested congressional seat and see several new faces vying for spots on the Martha’s Vineyard Commission when they go to the polls this fall.

In the new 9th congressional district, formed by redistricting last fall, Democrat Cong. William Keating will face a primary challenger in Bristol county district attorney C. Samuel Sutter, who lives in Fall River.