Trinity Episcopal Church in Oak Bluffs is pleased to welcome back the Rev. Canon Edward W. Rodman as celebrant on the next two Sundays, August 29 and Sept. 5. Rev. Canon Rodman is the John Seely Stone professor of pastoral theology and urban ministry at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge. He is also the denominational counselor for Episcopal students at Harvard Divinity School. Over the course of a 40-year career, he has served as assistant minister at St.

By PETER BRANNEN

This Saturday only a half-mile from Blue Heron Farm at the Grange Hall, comedian Scott Blakeman will be doling out policy advice for the President.

By MEGAN DOOLEY

The book is called Poems from the Gray Bar Hotel. The title refers to the nickname that inmates have given to the Edgartown House of Correction, where West Tisbury poet laureate Fan Ogilvie held poetry classes last winter. But Mrs. Ogilvie said the jail is more like a revolving door for prisoners with haunted pasts who often can’t seem to get out of their own way.

Stories are inevitably going to be told when the energy of a folk artist and the writings of a prewar author become entangled. Suzanne Vega is known for telling stories of life’s struggles and rewards through her music, but for the first time, Ms. Vega will be marrying both text and song to tell the stories of the life and works of Carson McCullers. The musical-theatre piece Carson Talks About Love will be performed by Ms. Vega, a guitarist and pianist, at the Yard in Chilmark this weekend.

Rocking and Rolling Into Town

The Ryan Montbleau Band is coming to the Vineyard this Saturday, August 28. They will be playing at Nectar’s, a venue that in two years has very quickly proven itself as the go-to club for serious musical talent. This weekend’s choice is the perfect coda to a summer full of top-notch acts.

Dorothy Bangs

Billed as An Evening of Fun, a sing-along with Dorothy Bangs and guest performers promises to be an old-fashioned social, with refreshments and fellowship, on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Baptist Parish House in Vineyard Haven.

Donations are welcome for the First Baptist Church Building Fund; the restoration of this old church is about completed, but paying for it is not.

For details, call 508-693-0969.

Archaeology experts will identify, examine and discuss any artifacts, from the Vineyard and beyond, that members of the public bring to Archaeology I.D. Day at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum on Saturday, August 28, from 9 a.m. to noon.

As part of the museum’s archaeology lecture series, experts Jill Bouck, Dick Burt, Duncan Caldwell, Bill Moody and Jim Richardson will help identify objects.

The fourth annual Taste of Tashmoo fundraiser will be held at the waterfront home of Denys and Marilyn Wortman at Hines Point in Vineyard Haven, on Friday, Sept. 3. The event is to benefit the Tashmoo Spring Building Preservation Fund, aimed at restoring the historic 1887 pumping station for community use

The menu will include a raw bar with clams freshly dug from Island waters as well as tastings from Island farms, caterers, restaurants, brew pubs and wine shops. There also will be a silent auction and live music. It will be rain or shine.

The Oyster Bar Grill is hosting a Wine and Champagne fundraiser on August 29, from 1 to 3 p.m., to benefit the growth of Pathway to Your Success, a weekly program broadcast on MVTV and the web. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted on behalf of the organization.

The television show is the five-month-old project hosted by Islander Natalie Dickerson, featuring local business heroes. The goal is for the television show also to become a reference tool for local entrepreneurs.

Flatbread and Farm

The Farm Institute calls it farmtastic. On Tuesday, August 31, from noon to close, pat your happy stomach, full with delicious pizza and organic salads from Flatbread Pizza, while also patting yourself on the back for supporting farm education for children and adults. A portion of pizza sales goes directly to the Farm Institute.