Five Things You Need To Know Today: August 9

1. Holly Bellebuono of Vineyard Herbs returns to from 1 to 3 p.m. for a . This hands-on workshop starts with a walk to identify and collect medicinal herbs and weeds on the Arboretum grounds. Afterward, participants will make their own oil infusions and beeswax-based ointments. The cost is $45 adults, $40 for Polly Hill members.

2. Children’s musician Ben Gundersheimer, better known as , will perform at Tuesdays at Twilight: Concerts at at 6 p.m. Tickets are $6 and benefit plans to expand the West Tisbury Library. Grandparents will be admitted for free.

3., increase Felix Neck’s portion of the proverbial pie! From 4 p.m. to close a portion of every pizza sale at will benefit the wildlife sanctuary.

4. The will present its fifth annual from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Guests may also partake in lunch on the lawn of the Parsonage from Noon-1:30 p.m. (r.s.v.p. only to voses@verizon.net)  and a lecture by Edgartown Historian Mary Jane Carpenter at the Federated Church from 1:30 to 2 p.m.  Tickets for the tour only are $35; the lunch, tour and lecture are $60.

5. The kicks off with two film screenings: “Breathe” at 5:30 p.m. and “Escaping Robert Parker: The Director’s Cut” at 7:30 p.m., both at the in Vineyard Haven. Registration for the festival will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. at the .

Update: All screenings for the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival today have been moved from the Katharine Cornell Theater to the Mansion House.