Island golfers came out to Farm Neck last weekend for the 21st annual Children’s Benefit Golf Tournament.

Brian D. Spiro of Oak Bluffs graduated from Salem State University with a bachelor of science degree in business administration.

The Red Cross is looking for blood donors, and Vineyarders will have a chance to help the cause at a blood drive on the Island later this month.

The very first time Andrew and Sarah Aliberti met, she had happened to walk into his store, Summer Shades, to have her sunglasses adjusted. The Main street Edgartown store is celebrating its 30th anniversary this summer.

This weekend is the culmination of the annual three-week Bessie Schonberg residency program at The Yard in Chilmark, in which choreographers and dancers fully immerse themselves in their work. On Friday, June 12, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, June 13, at 6:30 p.m., the results of the residency will be displayed on stage. Participating fellows include Chelsea & Magda, Amber Sloan and Raphael Xavier.

The Sense of Wonder Creations spring art show and benefit will be held on Friday and Saturday June 12 and 13 from 1 to 5 p.m.

Chilmark’s Miles Jaffe spends his winters playing bridge, among other things, in New Zealand and France, but a lesson he learned at the Hartford, Conn., Bridge Club really struck home.

The breeding season for birds is now in high gear. We have over 100 species that nest on the Island.

French Impressionist Edgar Degas was a great painter, but I have reason to doubt that he could fully appreciate a New England beach in early June.  

Polly Hill Arboretum hosts a lecture entitled Landscape History at the Arboretum on Tuesday, June 16, from 10 to 11 a.m.