Poets and musicians will gather at Featherstone on Thursday, June 19, to commemorate the season. Martha’s Vineyard poet laureate Lee McCormack and Edgartown’s poet laureate Steve Ewing will join poets from Cleveland House and the poets’ collective. Music and dance performances round out the night.

Renaissance House will once again hold free writers’ salons on Tuesdays, beginning June 17 at 7:30 p.m. with John Hough Jr. and his latest book, Little Bighorn.

Renaissance House provides writers and artists with a retreat to focus on their projects. Held at Renaissance House, 31 Pennacook avenue in Oak Bluffs, the salons feature authors talking about their work, and they always end with dessert.

Other writers over the summer include Pat Williams, Jessica Harris and poets Dan Waters, Justin Ahren and Mike West.

James Joyce’s The Dubliners is the subject of a lecture presented by Philip Weinstein at the Vineyard Haven library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25.

Mr. Weinstein is a professor at Swarthmore College and promises the only homework for the lecture is to carefully read the stories: The Sisters, A little Cloud, Counterparts and The Dead.

Copies of The Dubliners are available at the front desk at the library and there are no reservations necessary to attend the lecture. For more information, call 508-696-4211 or visit vhlibrary.org.

The Sense of Wonder Creations art show is Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15, noon to 5 p.m. on both days.

The show features the work of students as young as six years old. There will be an opening and closing party and a benefit for the Gecko Orphanage in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Rick and Hudson Bausman, and Brian Weiland will perform music as will Tobey La Roche. There will be face painting, balloon animals, art projects, potters wheel and games, too.

Visit senseofwondercreations.org for more information.

Morning Glory Farm is bringing a bit of friendly competition to the growing fields. Sure they have farming down, but what about all those homegrowers out there? To inspire more green thumbs, the farm is sponsoring a pea competition. First peas to be brought into the farm from a backyard grower wins a $50 gift certificate and, more important, an honorary sash and crown to wear all summer long. Queen Pea or King Pod, who knows who will emerge victorious.

Tradition continues this weekend on Saturday, June 14 at 10 a.m. when the Vineyard Committee on Hunger (VCOH) holds its annual bread sale at Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven. The bake sale has been going on for 30 years, helping to raise money to feed the hungry and to raise awareness about the issue.

The Martha’s Vineyard Youth Leadership Initiative begins a week-long training event June 21. The intensive workshop is for ages 15 to 21 and helps them envision personal and professional goals. Youth will learn about green projects on the Island, and share best practices and lessons with other Island youth.

Eighth graders from the Oak Bluffs and Edgartown Schools will hold an afternoon of debates on Friday, June 13 beginning at noon at the Oak Bluffs School.

The two schools created teams with students from both schools. There will be six debates, each scheduled to last 35 minutes. The audience votes for the winner.

Sadie Dix from Chilmark graduated from Cambridge School of Weston in Weston. She is the daughter of Rebecca Miller and Matthew Dix of Chilmark. She will be attending University of Rochester in September and is the recipient of a Renaissance and Global Scholarship.

Martha’s Vineyard Community Services presents An Evening with Keith Jones on Tuesday, June 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Daybreak Clubhouse on State Road in Vineyard Haven.