Monthly Archives: August 2023
Academic honors
Graduation
Cecilia Brennan of Oak Bluffs, M.A. in clinical mental health counseling, from William James College.
Hollis Boyd Kelly of Vineyard Haven, from Saint Michael's College.
Dean’s...
New paintings and driftwood sculpture at Ashley Medowski Gallery
The Ashley Medowski Gallery opens this Island artist’s 21st annual art show on Saturday, August 5. Featuring Menemsha fishing shacks and Island birds, the...
Chilmark: Book festival is coming
“I believe in pride of race and lineage and self; in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves …” ...
Global Black art and culture exhibit at Eisenhauer Gallery
To celebrate the contributions of Black artists worldwide, the Eisenhauer Gallery in Edgartown will showcase a collection of emerging and established Black artists from...
Shop till you drop
Looking for some new art? Some jewelry? Then make sure to swing by the Grange for the Vineyard Antique and Flea Market on Friday,...
Yoga? Check. Alpacas? You betcha!
The only thing better than starting off the morning with a nice yoga class is a yoga class with alpacas. After a rewarding 45-minute...
Real life
Sherry Sidoti’s new memoir is a joy. I read “A Smoke and a Song” once for the story, and a second time to savor...
‘The Spirit Unveiled’
Island photographer Leo Frame’s striking large photographs are a moving journey through history and Black culture in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. His...
Tisbury: Keeping up with the museum
Heard on Main Street: Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
We love our visitors, but not so much...
Around the Writers’ Table: With two New Yorker cartoonists
Last Friday I sat down with cartoonists Mick Stevens and Paul Karasik in the gallery space of the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, where some of...
Garden Notes: Moving into August
The heat and lack of rain, compared with elsewhere on the mainland, are almost minor details. We should know what to be grateful for.
In...
A celebration in tribute of Robin Williams
“The Ultimate Robin Williams Tribute Experience” comes to the M.V. Film Center for one night on Saturday, August 5. Standup comedian Roger Kabler, who...
Have Faith: Love with justice
If you’re looking for an uplifting and motivational read (and author), I’m recommending the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III’s “Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual...
Health Beat: A virtual care option for Islanders and visitors
With significantly more people on the Island during the summer, the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Emergency Department can feel the pinch, resulting in long wait...
Oak Bluffs: Music all over town
“I am in love with summer! No line-cutting or wrong-way-driving is going to change that for me. Everyone stay cool, be kind, and enjoy...
On My Way: Kayaking the Chop and beyond
I have long been enamored of the small, circular Oak Bluffs Harbor that summer folks flock to in droves. The numerous million-dollar yachts tied...
Poet’s Corner: ‘Martha’s Vineyard Morning’
Martha's Vineyard Morning
By John Warren McCauley
The seagulls singing seaside songs
On a sweet Martha’s Vineyard morning,
While baby rabbits foraged in the yard,
The wild turkeys were...
Writing from the Heart: Right ranting
WHY AREN’T PEOPLE RUNNING DOWN THE STREETS MUTTERING? WHY AREN’T THEY OUTRAGED”!! What is wrong with people!!!
So you already know this is my husband’s...
Real Estate Transactions: July 24 – 28, 2023
Chilmark
July 26, Robert A. Brown and the Estate of Frederick Gardner Burgess, also known as the Estate of F. Gardner Burgess, sold 99 Hammett...
Visiting Vet: Porch histories
Lately I’m trying to go out on the porch whenever I can, to talk to clients in person. That’s right, I’m still practicing curbside....