Reflecting tight financial times, Oak Bluffs voters yesterday defeated three funding measures for Proposition 2 1/2 overrides and debt exclusions for next year’s operating budget, while narrowly approving three others.

It was Langston Hughes who asked, what happens to a dream deferred?

At age 10, Patricia Carlet first picked up a paint brush and began to dream of becoming an artist. She took private art classes and studied art in college. But soon, the real world — and all of its bills — caught up with her and that dream was put on hold.

Boston cello sensation Sebastian Baverstam and the Russian-American piano virtuoso Constantine Finehouse will perform a concert at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown on Sunday, May 25, at 4 p.m. The program includes works of Beethoven, Kodaly, Schemmer and Brahms, and will benefit The Vineyard Playhouse. A free reception to honor the artists and the composer Tony Schemmer will follow the performance.

Male Dancing Revue

Men in Motion, a male revue show, returns to Outerland on Airport Road, Edgartown today, Friday, May 16.

The R-rated Chippendales-style show will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 at the door. This is a event for people 21 and older. Men in Motion performed last November at Outerland.

For more information, call Outerland at 508-693-1137 or visit outerlandmv.com.

Exhibit of Pastels, Tapestries

Marjorie Berlow of Vineyard Haven is presenting an exhibition of pastels and tapestries through Thursday, May 22 at the Chilmark Public Library.

A Wisconsin native, Ms. Berlow moved to the Vineyard five years ago to join family. She studied art and art history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Milwaukee.

The Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company> will present Mayne Mentshn, a poignant celebration of family life in a complex world, on Saturday, May 24, at 6:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center

Tickets are available at several levels. Admission for $100 includes premium seating and a post-performance supper party with the cast at the home of the president of The Yard, Emerita Elanie Miller, in Vineyard Haven. Tickets also are available for $50 for premium seating and $10 for general admission.

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

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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.