Abby Remer
Fright nights
Richard Paradise, founder and executive director of the Martha's Vineyard Film Society, is the go-to person on the Island to learn anything about film....
Botanical beauty
Kate Patterson gives us the opposite of a bird’s-eye view in her rich botanical photographs. She brings us up close and personal. Seen together,...
Special space
I’ve found my new favorite Shangri-la on Island, Ingrid Goff-Maidoff’s Tending Joy Artisan Gift Shop. And, indeed, joy is what you feel entering this...
Nurturing through nature
Saskia and David Vanderhoop offer a valuable resource to the Island through their indigenous organization, Sassafras Earth Education, and its mission to connect people...
Writing that flows
Both before and throughout this crazy pandemic, I’ve been able to experience Moira Silva’s memoir writing workshops. I originally joined because while I have...
Taking action
There is some dynamic news for anyone who has fallen, or is wary of doing so. Healthy Aging Martha's Vineyard (HAMV), which is a...
Keeping fit and focused
The YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard provides much more than the pool and exercise room. While the pandemic closed them down initially, it turned out...
From Austen to Wharton
There’s been only one good thing that’s come from the pandemic as far as I’m concerned — Dee Leopold’s fabulously engaging M.V. Library Association...
Visual language
Three artists exhibit at both the physical and virtual gallery at the West Tisbury library this month in “The Abstract Collective.” While each one’s...
Glassworks: Everything is illuminated
Walking into Glassworks on its historic property in West Tisbury is magical. The luminescent gallery is filled with the translucent colors of glass objects...
An innkeeper’s tale
The fourth book in Jean Stone’s Vineyard series, “A Vineyard Crossing,” is every bit as absorbing and moving as her previous books. And all...
Putting something on paper
We are lucky on two counts with Justen Ahren. First, he is teaching both an introductory “Devotion to Writing” workshop and one specifically for...
Edgartown’s beginnings
Here’s the thing about the Edgartown 350th anniversary celebration. Edgartown, originally called Great Harbor, had been around for some 30 years before it got...
Understanding aging
Mary Holmes, supervisor at the Supportive Day Program at the Martha's Vineyard Center for Living, is happy to bring Dementia Friends to the Island....
A trip around the Island
Thomas Dresser, prolific Island author, has just published a gem of a guidebook, “Schlepping Around Martha’s Vineyard.” The title of the book has a...
One Island, many abilities
The Martha’s Vineyard Disability Film Festival came about through an enthusiastic synchronicity that led to bringing a shared dream to life. Working with the...
Experience Bryan Collier’s illustrations in Featherstone’s exhibit
Bryan Collier is one of the stellar artists featured in “From Caldecott to Coretta Scott,” an exhibition of Black children’s book illustrators at Featherstone...
ITW presents ‘Sunday in the Park’
The show must go on! Well, at least this summer Island Theatre Workshop can do just that. After canceling last year’s musical because of...
Honoring an icon
By any stretch of the imagination, Delores Stevens, co-founder of Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society and its artistic director until 2019, is a vital...
A story full of humanity
“Something Wild” by Hanna Halperin is indeed a searingly wild ride with emotional depth that takes us on a tough journey, but one very...