Selected sculptures and drawings by Stella Waitzkin will be featured at A Gallery on Uncas avenue in Oak Bluffs from July 19 to 31.

Sail Martha’s Vineyard is expecting more than 100 sailboats this weekend at Vineyard Haven harbor as the 2014 Vineyard Cup gets underway.

Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook from New York city will be leading the Union Chapel in worship on Sunday, July 13, at 10 a.m.

A block party with art, the first of the season’s Arts District Strolls, takes place Saturday, July 12, from 4 to 7 p.m. along Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs.

The Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group will host its first annual benefit Art Show at the Tashmoo Spring Building in Vineyard Haven on July 18 and 19.

Dr. Gerry Donnelly, president and CEO of the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Ill., will share his insights about public gardens in relation to today’s communities in a presentation at Polly Hill Arboretum at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16.

Jonathan Zittrain, described as one of the web’s brightest theorists, is the featured speaker of the Martha’s Vineyard Summer Institute in a 7:30 p.m. program on Thursday, July 17.

Martha’s Vineyard Author Lecture Series features a series of evening lectures, readings and panel discussions throughout the summer, with nationally acclaimed authors speaking about their newly published work.

Aloha Paddle MV is forging new waters with Stand Up Sisters, a day camp for tweens and teens.

Megan and Nathan Zellner announce the birth of a son, Maxwell Charles Zellner, born on May 12. Maxwell weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.