In a blink of an eye, those local luscious red orbs are gone. They had their day in the sun and we had a few days of delicious delirium when they were ripe and ready for eating.

Activists from Cape Cod who are pushing for the closure of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth brought their cause to the Island at a public forum early this week. Fukushima was a wake-up call, they said.

The Summer Institute of the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center begins its season next week on Thursday, July 10, with Rudolph Tanzi, the world’s leading expert on research into Alzheimer's.

This Monday, July 7, begins the Monday Night Specials at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse with Edward L. Beck’s Sweetened Water on the Patricia Neal Stage.

The Moth is returning to the Vineyard for the third straight summer. The Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs will once again play host to the live storytelling performances hosted by the NPR show on Saturday, August 9.

The Martha’s Vineyard Sound Festival is coming. Are you ready? On Saturday, July 12, from 3 to 9 p.m., Waban Park in Oak Bluffs will be turned into a nonstop concert venue.

Sense of Wonder Creations and the Permanent Endowment Fund are sponsoring a visit by the Arm of The Sea Theatre puppets.

The Edgartown Yacht Club hosts its 91st Annual Regatta beginning July 10 and continue through July 12.

Sail MV hosts its major fundraising event at the Tisbury Wharf with the harbor as a backdrop beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 10.

The town of Tisbury throws itself a birthday party on Tuesday, July 8, as it hosts the annual Tisbury Street Fair from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the Main street of Vineyard Haven.