Memorial Day weekend begins for school children in Tisbury and Edgartown with the annual March to the Sea on Friday, May 24. The Edgartown School students begin their walk to the Edgartown Wharf at 1 p.m. They will be joined by town officials as they make their way to the water, stopping at the court house to leave baskets of flowers. The band will play and the students will recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The community and parents are welcome to join them for the traditional march commemorating those who lost their lives in service to their country.

Eating pizza is even more important when you do it for a good cause. Martha’s Vineyard Ice Arena is the beneficiary of dine-to-donate on Thursday, May 23, at the Flatbread Company, 17 Airport Road in Edgartown.

Visit flatbreadcompany.com or call 508-693-1137 for more information.

Offered by Tea Lane Associates
This beautifully renovated 1910 farmhouse integrates old world charm with impeccable design, and innumerable modern luxuries. Just two minutes to Main Street, house is oriented to maximize privacy, and provides a buffered experience of in town living.

On Monday afternoon, tentative strains of Go Tell Aunt Rhody echo in the foyer of the Chilmark School where beginning and intermediate students perform solo violin recitals. On Tuesday morning, a group of Advanced Orchestra students work to achieve fortissimo at the West Tisbury School. On Wednesday morning, eight intermediate students, ranks depleted due to MCAS testing, fill the band room of the Tisbury School with the coda of their latest piece. One youngster swings his foot in time to the music as he plays.

Juliska and State Road Restaurant go together like wine and cheese, especially on Friday, May 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. when they partner for an evening of wine, cheese and State Road preserves at the Juliska Island Store, 23 Main street in Vineyard Haven.
For more information, call 508-562-4010.

This winter Jemima James began work on a new CD, her first in five years. The CD is called Nothing New and the recording was done in West Tisbury.

A CD release party will be held this Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury. The only catch is there won’t actually be CD’s at the party. There is still some tweaking to be done. It will be ready by mid-June.

Author Judith Hannan shares the story of her young daughter’s battle with cancer and how the journey strengthened her resilience as part of the Speakeasy Series on Wednesday, May 22, at State Road Restaurant in West Tisbury. Ms. Hannan’s talk begins at 5:30 p.m. She will discuss her book Motherhood Exaggerated, which chronicles the emotional toll her daughter’s illness took on her family.

The summer calendar at Flatbread Company is full of backyard boogies, family dance parties and live music featuring on-Island and off-Island musicians. And of course, the main event ­— Pizza.

Live music officially returns with Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish and Goodnight Louise at the opening party on Saturday, May 18, beginning at 8 p.m.

Kids can run for a great cause on Sunday, May 26, with proceeds benefitting Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard. Registration is from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Wesley Hotel, 70 Lake avenue in Oak Bluffs. Preregister on Saturday, May 25, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the hotel.

Those interested in finding out about the fungus among us should head to the mushroom walk with mycologist Wesley Price on Sunday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to noon at Menemsha Hills Reservation in Chilmark. Mycology is the study of fungi and all their many uses, so get ready to embrace your inner mushroomologist.