The Tisbury Street Fair’s reputation as a playground for silly-stringers held true again this year. Thin ribbons of fluorescent foam decorated the asphalt Monday night and no passer-by was safe.

The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center kick-offs their annual Summer Institute on July 11 with a talkfrom Harvard University professor Karim R. Lakhani.

The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society’s 54th season commences on July 6, however this summer a familiar and beloved face will be missing from the crowd.

A family of artists will display their work at the Chilmark Library from July 19 to August 8. 

Fine Lines: A Family of Artists features eight artists from three generations of the extended Scott and Cook family.

Victoria Campbell crossed the Dominican-Republic border into Haiti disguised as a nun five days after a devastating earthquake hit in January 2010.

In a meeting Thursday, Vineyard Lands for Our Community president Steve Bernier said the nonprofit is scrambling to raise the closing costs for a massive redevelopement project on the Vineyard Haven waterfront before the August 1 deadline.

Beach BeFrienders has met monthly since its inception, gathering to clean different beaches with a rotating group of volunteers. This year’s summer season begins Saturday, June 29 in Aquinnah where from 8 to 10 a.m. volunteers will head out to Philbin, Lobsterville and Moshup’s Beach.

Spirits are high at Island Elderly Housing as residents and staff look forward to the second annual Songwriters Benefit Concert at the Tabernacle on June 29.