Taylor-Bray Farm Spring Sheep Festival
Rusty and Dusty are two of the friendliest hosts at Yarmouth Port’s historic Taylor-Bray Farm. They’re goats. On Sunday, they’ll share the spotlight with the farm’s flock of sheep and other livestock, as the Taylor-Bray Farm Preservation Association presents its 15th annual Sheep Festival. One of the descendants of Richard and Ruth Taylor, who established the farm in 1639, was Captain Samuel Taylor, a Revolutionary War hero who fought at Bunker Hill and was with Washington when he crossed the Delaware. He built the house and barn that survive today. Acquired by the town of Yarmouth in 1987 and added to the National Register of Historic Places five years later, the farm is one of the Cape’s best examples of living history.
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free ($5 suggested parking donation). 108 Bray Farm Rd. North. http://www.taylorbrayfarm.org/
38th Annual Bloomsday
On June 16, Leopold Bloom stopped by the butcher shop, read a few letters, attended a funeral, and ordered a gorgonzola cheese sandwich. James Joyce’s greatest creation, the protagonist of his thick, infamously challenging novel “Ulysses,’’ is celebrated annually around the world, but Martha’s Vineyard’s Arts and Society claims to have the longest-running of the Bloomsday celebrations. Over the years participants have included poet Seamus Heaney, composer Virgil Thomson and pianist Christopher O’Riley, to name a few.
8 p.m. $20. Katharine Cornell Theatre, 54 Spring St., Vineyard Haven.
http://www.artsandsociety.org/
The Odd Couple
Have you met Florence and Olive? They’re the mismatched roommates – one’s fastidious, the other’s a slob – in the distaff version of Neil Simon’s classic play “The Odd Couple,’’ which the playwright adapted for two female leads in 1985. The production, directed by Theatre Workshop of Nantucket Artistic Director Justin Cerne, kicked off TWN’s 60th season in May.
2 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday (June 12, 15-18). $33-47. Bennett Hall, 62 Centre St. http://theatreworkshop.com/events/the-odd-couple
Nantucket Book Festival
The writer and naturalist Diane Ackerman, author of “A Natural History of the Senses,’’ will celebrate Nantucket’s particular pleasures – the island’s sights, sounds, scents, tastes – in a lunchtime event on the first day of this year’s Nantucket Book Festival. In one way or another, all of the dozens of authors scheduled to speak over the weekend will address the island’s unique culture and history, from discussions of race and class to the sensory overload of the Gray Lady’s fog and waterfront.
Some events are free, some ticketed. Check website for prices, venues, times. http://nantucketbookfestival.org/
Martinis, Mad Men, and Sinatra
May brought news of another auction of props from the set of the wildly popular TV series “Mad Men’’ — more than 1,500 items from the period, in fact. You’re more than welcome to bid on that vintage ashtray that Don Draper must have dropped more than a few ashes into. But if you’d prefer to experience your nostalgia with a night under the stars, consider the Cape Symphony’s program of great standards from the Sinatra era, led by vocalist Brian Duprey. This evening, it’s the way you wear your hat.
8 p.m. $33-61. Cape Cod Melody Tent, 21 West Main St., Hyannis. http://www.melodytent.org/
