By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL

Fewer fish were caught and released in the 18th annual Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club’s flyrod striped bass catch and release tournament last weekend than in the previous year’s contest. It may be the first time the number of fish caught and released was less than the number of anglers who entered the contest. There were a total of 146 striped bass and 193 flyfishermen.

Cape Cod Baseball League to Play On Island

This Tuesday, June 9, two franchises of the famous Cape Cod Baseball League will go head to head on Vineyard soil when the Falmouth Commodores play host the Wareham Gatemen at the Vineyard Baseball Park at the high school at 1 p.m. An autograph session will follow the game. For details, visit vineyardbaseball.org.

Virtuoso Guitarist Plays Dive Bar

Jersey Shore-based musician Pat Guadagno will perform two shows on Friday and Saturday, June 5 and 6 at the Dive Bar on Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs, located between the Ritz and the Lampost. The club, formerly known as the Rare Duck, has been a tour stop for Guadagno for over 15 years. “I stopped in this little club and met John Cruz, we played together, and I have been coming back every year since,” he says.

Money for the Vineyard Food Pantry, now closed for the summer, comes from many different sources. Recently the cochairmen of last year’s Crop Walk, Phil Dietterich and Alden Besse, presented a check to Armen Hanjian, food pantry coordinator, for $5,113, earmarked to bolster the pantry coffers as it continues to provide food for Islanders in need.

High school drama students played in the Yard last weekend — performing in a new (for them) up-Island setting to match the students’ new much-upped fund-raising goal: enough money to take a strong ensemble to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival next year.

This fundraiser was particularly significant for the drama department because of their long-term endeavor to raise $6,000 per student to participate in the Fringe, at the invitation of a national student theatre organization.

What do food, fashion and fine wine have in common? Surprisingly, the Yard, the Island’s choreography and performing arts center in Chilmark. Connecting the dots requires going to the other end of the Island. First, across from the Black Dog Tavern in Vineyard Haven, where fashion designer Stina Sayre keeps shop. Then to Oak Bluffs, at the Sweet Life Café, where husband-and-wife owners Pierre and Susan Guerin will be hosting a dinner and fashion show benefit on Wednesday, June 10.

Double Dose of Comedy

Aquarium Passes

Landscape History Talk

On Wednesday, June 10, at 7:30 p.m. the Polly Hill Arboretum welcomes David Foster, forest ecologist and director of the Harvard Forest, who will speak about the landscape history of Martha’s Vineyard and nearby coastal Islands.

Every landscape is shaped by the historical interaction between humans and the natural environment; understanding this history provides strong guidance for both land management and conservation planning.

Benefit Art Show