The air smelled of straw, sawdust and livestock at the agricultural fairgrounds this Saturday, and the bahs ands bleets of sheep mingled with shouts of excited children.

On Saturday morning, the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society and Slough Farm hosted sheep shearer Siri Swanson, owner of Yankee Rock Farm in Orwell, Vt.

For dancers LaTasha Barnes and Caleb Teicher, a Vineyard artist residency was an opportunity to explore new creative possibilities in a way that has not been possible this year.

Fluent in tap, Lindy Hop, jazz, hip-hop and other social dance forms, LaTasha Barnes and Caleb Teicher gave a virtual workshop and a concert Saturday.

Learn to make beef bolognese and more with chef Kevin Crowell of Detente in free online classes through the West Tisbury Library.

Island cartoonist Paul Karasik, known for his work in the New Yorker and the Vineyard Gazette, teaches a weekly comics workshop online beginning Jan. 13.

Slough Farm in Edgartown has joined the ranks of the food equity network this summer.

Farmers don’t take a break when the weather is rainy, and neither does the Plum Hill School community, which flocked to Slough Farm in Katama Sunday for a wet but lively spring fundraiser.