There are no swans in the West Tisbury Mill Pond this summer.

My essay about A Walk in the Woods failed to attribute a line from Into the Woods to James Lapine, its author.

The following letter was sent to the Edgartown selectmen.

Watching Matthew Heineman’s new documentary Cartel Land is like visiting a meth lab in the desert on a dark night, being caught in the middle of a shootout between Mexican vigilantes and a drug cartel, and being a witness to torture.

“It’s not easy to find comic dance,” acknowledged David White, the artistic director of The Yard. Nevertheless, Mr. White has worked hard to put together a wide collection of acts for the Women Dance the Comic series at The Yard running until July 25.

An oil painting of an empty rowboat hangs on a wide column at A Gallery in Oak Bluffs. It’s missing its oars, and occupants too. A Gallery owner Tanya Augoustinos sees the painting by Carol Barsha as a metaphor for passage and transition.

Last week was fried dough at the Tisbury Street Fair. This week it’s malasada, sopa and cacoila. Welcome to the Portuguese Holy Ghost Feast and Festival, a two-day extravaganza of eating, festivities and a parade through the streets of Oak Bluffs.

PigPen is back. No, not the kid from Peanuts. This is the troupe that specializes in grass roots storytelling, music, puppetry and live theatre.

Summer Stories: A Dialogue of Color and Light opens this Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Louisa Gould gallery in Vineyard Haven.

Pulitzer-prize winning playwright James Lapine is holding a casting call for an eight- to 10-year-old boy who can act and sing for a musical he is developing at the Vineyard Arts Project.