Floral arranger Mary Louise Perry and assistant arranger Simmy Denhart will represent the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club during the annual Art in Bloom show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston this month. Ms. Perry and Ms. Denhart will create a flower design that interprets a work of art, one of 50 designs submitted by New England Garden clubs. The three-day festival takes place Saturday, April 28 to Monday, April 30.

State Road Restaurant’s Speakeasy Series returns next week with more unrivaled chances to mingle and speak with respected authors. This Tuesday, April 18, author John Hough Jr. will discuss Seen the Glory, a novel about the Battle of Gettysburg and two young brothers who volunteer to serve their country. Future participating authors include Alexandra Styron, who will speak about her book, Reading My Father, on May 16. On June 20 novelist Richard North Patterson will discuss his 20th novel, Fall from Grace, a family drama set on Martha’s Vineyard.

Singing for Supper

Cultural Luncheon

The Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living is holding the third in a series of cultural luncheons on Saturday, April 21, from noon to 2 p.m. at The Grill on Main in Edgartown. The luncheon will examine the history of the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association in Oak Bluffs. Tickets are $25, and are available by calling Leslie Clapp at 508-939-9440.

Lobster Rolls

Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven will serve its last round of off-season lobster rolls this Sunday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Enjoy a lobster roll, chips and a beverage for just $15 — a perfect way to lighten your wallet after tax returns. Hot dogs and assorted pies by the slice are also available. Call 508-693-0332 for more information or to place large orders.

Unable to make it? No need to worry about going lobster-less for long: the church’s regular Friday lobster rolls return next month.

Saints and Sinners

Calling all Minnesingers, past and present! Your dulcet tones linger in our memories, but what about your photos of concerts and travels with the minstrels? Those are harder to recall. That’s why the Minnesingers needs your help.

Three teens, two girls and a boy, clad in jeans and nondescript navy blue sweatshirts stand on a stage and wait for a cue from the audience. “France!” shouts a woman from a few rows back. The performers leap into action, willing to personify whatever they think means All Things French. “Oui!” shouts the boy. One of the girls contributes, “Escargots, but of course!” and the other girl spreads wide her arms, “But, of course, we go to the park-e’!”

Three Island towns will hold annual elections on Thursday, April 12, offering up a mix of contentious ballot questions and races.

An overflow turnout of of West Tisbury voters completed a marathon annual town meeting Tuesday night that saw decisions on everything from dredging the Mill Pond to dogs on Lambert’s Cove Beach to paving town roads.

It was a night for debate and at times compromise.

The Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Network has extended the application deadline for a small business grant till Friday, April 13. The $2,500 grant will be awarded to a local small business person (man or woman) based on the Vineyard who plans to improve, grow or start a new business. The applicant’s project or program should promote economic development on the Island, in keeping with the mission of the Women’s Network.