A series of events are scheduled this weekend and next week as culminating activities of the year for the visual and performing arts departments at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.

Between the Lines, an original play written for the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild Competition, will be performed at the Grange Hall at 7:30 pm. today, Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17 in West Tisbury.

The Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School’s Rock Auction — part auction and part 1960s dance party — is scheduled for Sunday, May 25 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.

A silent auction and hot hors d’oeuvres are set from 5:30 to 7 p.m., a live auction from 7 to 8:30 p.m., and dancing to 1960s tunes from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Peru: Panoramic Studies

Featured in Library Show

Artist Valerie Sonnenthal will present a series of photographs taken in Peru’s Sacred Valley in 2007 in an exhibit scheduled for the Chilmark Public Library.

The public is invited to an artist’s reception at the library on Saturday, May 24 from 3 to 5 p.m. The show will run through June 13.

All are panoramic assemblage studies for large-scale installations. Though presented here as flat, the series of photos are generally made for 360-degree viewing.

Knowing they would be filling some pretty big — well — skillets, when they bought Sweet Life Cafe in Oak Bluffs a year ago, Susan and Pierre Guerin’s goal in bringing in Chef Scott Ehrlich was, Mrs.

If you blinked last week, then you might have missed it. The shadbush bloomed.

Shadbush is a quick-change artist: its flowers are here one moment and gone the next. Before leaf-out of most other woodland species, the slender five-petaled white flowers of the shadbush appear and fade away quickly.

Hello, Isabella

Ryan and Kelley Cobb of Bridgewater announce the birth of a daughter, Isabella Cobb, on May 6 in South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. She weighed 9 pounds. She is the great-granddaughter of Katherine Manning of Oak Bluffs.

Burning Noman’s Land in May? What is that all about? This is nesting season. There are birds on eggs and some with young over there already. Did the Navy want scrambled eggs for breakfast or perhaps squab? And doesn’t Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife have control over Noman’s? It seems they should know better than to burn in May.

By LYNNE IRONS

While enjoying my morning cup of Joe, I looked out at my blooming white rhododendron, fragrant viburnum, fully budded miniature lilac, weeping crabbapple, mature old apple in all its glory, the remnants of the flowering quince, and watched a pair of orchard orioles flitting about in the apple tree. Now there is a sight to write home about. I confess I don’t do that as often as I would like. Good thing the folks receive the Gazette weekly. Hi Mom and Dad . . . . Love you!

Estate Planning Talk

An educational presentation on estate planning will be presented by attorney Margot Parrot at 5 p.m. Monday, May 19, at the Tisbury Senior Center, 34 Pine Tree Road, Vineyard Haven. Admission is free. A light supper will be served after the presentation. Reservations are required by Friday, May 16, and are available by calling 508-696-4205.

Launch Operator License

Course Is Set for June

Sail Martha’s Vineyard and Confident Captain-Ocean Pros of Rhode Island will offer a launch operator license class in Vineyard Haven on June 7 and 8.

This 16-hour class meets the U.S. Coast Guard training and exam requirements to enable the operator to apply for the launch operator license. Completion of this course exempts students from having to take the licensing exam at the Coast Guard.