Five Things You Need to Know Today: August 22

1. Today at Seastone Kids in West Tisbury, children age ages 7 to 12 can take part in Hooked on Books. Design and create three book structures with Larissa Bernat. $65. 9 am - noon. For more information, call 508-693-5786 or visit seastonepapers.com.

2. There is today at in Chilmark. Tours and animal visits, toddler time, permaculture, ask-a-farmer, fiber arts. Informal, casual, fun for all ages. Free, donations welcome. 10 am. For more information, call 508-645-3304

3. Harvard Law Professor Kenneth W. Mack talks about his book, at the this evening. 5:30 pm. For more information, call 508-645-3360.

4. Lee McCormack, the Island's first Martha's Vineyard Poet Laureate, will be sharing his original poetry at the accompanied by the Island's first Seasonal MV Poet Laureate, Rachel Baird. 7 pm. For more information, call 508-696-4211 x16.

5. The , in collaboration with the , screens "Stagestruck," tonight at the . A nostalgic look back at American summer stock theater through the story of the first “theatre-in-the-round” — the Orleans Arena Theatre on Cape Cod, established in 1950. $5 for Museum or Film Society, $8 for Non-Members. 7:30 pm. For more information, call 508-627-4441