The history of the Island’s main streets is written on the facades of the older buildings. The three down-Island main streets all have their stories — and their storytellers.

Main street is memory lane for those who share in the fellowship of growing up, playing and working on the pavement and along the side streets.

Richard Clark of Vineyard Haven, Dennis daRosa of Oak Bluffs and Edward (Peter) W. Vincent Jr. of Edgartown all have spent most of their lives stepping, smelling and breathing the life on the down-Island sidewalks and streets.

Mother’s Day arrives each year with an odd dichotomy: It is universally held to be a marketing gimmick, and yet it’s widely observed by even the most cynical among us. If mothers approach the holiday with any attempt at mindfulness, then adoptive moms may have an edge in that department.

The hit television series Lost tracks the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious island, winks Heather Capece in a sly marketing maneuver. The family play she is directing, Pirate Island, premiering this weekend at the Vineyard Playhouse, toys with the same theme, only with shipwreck survivors washed up on a deserted island.

Two years ago, documentary filmmakers Len and Georgia Morris arrived in Kenya, Africa, with a schedule, a cameraman and a translator. There to finish shooting an exposé on street children, they flew home to Martha’s Vineyard six weeks later with 600 hours of footage and a project thrown off the tracks by a conniving and obnoxious, but brilliant, street boy named Emmanuel.

Let’s Talk About Race

Moving Beyond Race: The Dialogue Continues is the program on Wednesday, May 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center on Centre street in Vineyard Haven.

The Island Diversity Council, Martha’s Vineyard NAACP, and the Social Action Committee of the Hebrew Center will show the video Eye of the Storm: Sharing Powerful Lessons About Racism, followed by a community discussion. All are welcome.

Get all wrapped up in a free cooking demonstration by Dee Geiger of Tea Lane Caterers as she presents Oh, the Things You Can Do With Wonton Wrappers! on Wednesday, May 14, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library. Samples and recipes will be provided.

Ms. Geiger will share her ideas for innovative ways to fill wontons, beyond the traditional pork and shrimp. She likes to be creative in her catering and enjoys developing specialty foods around themes like Old Fashioned Southern Barbecue and Mexican Fajita parties.

Alasdair Fraser, one of Scotland’s finest fiddlers, and Natalie Haas, the talented young Californian cellist will perform at the Katharine Cornell Theatre on Thursday, May 15, at 8 p.m.

After two successful benefit wine dinners for The Yard artists-in-the-schools program at The Sweet Life Café Oak Bluffs, owners Susan and Pierre Guerin are going bubbly, announcing an evening featuring Champagne from the world-renowned house of Veuve Clicquot, on Wednesday, May 14, at 6 p.m.

An aperitif and hors d’oeuvres will be followed by a four-course menu specially prepared to showcase the Champagnes. Winemaker Cyril Brun will be on hand to guide guests through a tasting of five different champagnes.

Dragonfly Gallery opens its 13th season with its annual flower art show.

The opening reception for the flower art show will be held on Saturday, May 10, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Dragonfly Gallery, 91 Dukes County avenue, located in the Dukes County arts district of Oak Bluffs. The show runs from May 8 through May 18.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

May 2 58 46 .13

May 3 51 46 .03

May 4 51 45 .04

May 5 58 45 .05

May 6 59 40 .00

May 7 65 48 .00

May 8 69 53 .10

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 56º F.