Abby Remer
Art and culture of Tokyo at the Film Center
Four hundred years of art and a city combine to make a fascinating film “Tokyo Stories” playing this Saturday, June 3, at the Martha’s...
Irish Repertory production comes to the Playhouse
With Irish wit and charm, Michael Mellamphy as Tim Finnegan, spins an enthralling yarn of crime, immigration, America’s struggling poor, corruption — and love...
Living and loving well
I thought I’d had my fill of reading inspirational self-help books in the 1980s, and hadn’t done so until picking up “Live, Learn, Love...
Compelling works
Circuit Arts, like its founder and everyone who works for this stellar organization, bursts with creativity and a profound dedication to building community through...
Making deep connections through the ‘art of conservation’
From the mouths (and eyes) of babes comes the most profound response to climate change I’ve seen in a while. This year’s annual exhibit,...
50 years at the Yard
The Yard’s 50th summer anniversary is just about here, and there is a lot to celebrate. The roster of this Chilmark-based institution is full...
History’s flight
“Please touch!” That’s exactly what we’re encouraged to do with the five larger-than-life sculptures of birds that no longer grace this earth but stand...
‘Martha’s Vineyard Flavors’
Food crosses cultures and times. We eat it, think about it, cook it, celebrate with it, and some of us grow it. Food is...
‘The Half Moon’ illustrates a marriage in crisis
“The Half Moon: A Novel '' in the title of part-time Vineyarder Mary Beth Keane’s new novel is not in the night sky, but...
It’s always the right time for ‘A Vineyard Season’
I’m always thrilled to review Jean Stone’s books in her Vineyard series. They are like chowing down on a tasty meal, and “A Vineyard...
‘A Border Town in Poland: A 20th Century Memoir’
“A Border Town in Poland: A 20th Century Memoir,” by Hirsch Bieler, as told to Nora Jean and Michael H. Levin, is an intimate...
‘Sunday Morning and All That Jazz’
“Sunday Morning and All That Jazz” with Dave Kish is a Vineyard institution on MVY Radio since the program’s inception some 26 years ago....
Artist Virginia Stone’s whimsical take on the pandemic
Virginia Stone attacks the early pandemic with a keen eye for the changes it wrought in our everyday lives, with both compassion and humor....
Two stories, one novel
There are two interweaving storylines in Islander Kate Hancock’s new young adult novel, “Sea Change,” which, since it takes place on the Vineyard, has...
Take a walk on the wild side
The press release that appeared in my inbox titled “Nature-Inspired Drag” grabbed my attention in the first sentence: “Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary...
Lose yourself in Erica Brody’s shimmering works of art
Seasonal resident Erica Brody is a captivating colorist. Her hues convey the very essence of time and place, shifting our outer experience of her...
Love and desperation
Hanna Halperin’s second novel, “I Could Live Here Forever,” fearlessly delves into powerlessness in the face of addiction. Ostensibly it is about the main...
Celebrate Mother’s Day in Edgartown
Spring is definitely in the air, and nothing welcomes the season more than Edgartown’s annual Mother’s Day and Spring Festival. The website (edgpinkandgreen.com/events) invites...
Woodland wonders
If you worry about climate change, hearing Bob Perschel, Chilmark resident and executive director of the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF), share about the...
What’s past is present
Memory is a tricky thing. It can be fluid … remembering is not an objective, static act. Noted author, literary scholar, and seasonal Islander...