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Multiple musical languages

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The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society is bringing us what promises to be a splendid musical evening this fall. The six-piece American African fusion...

Dark in a blink

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We all know, theoretically, our world can change in the blink of an eye. But Daniel Roher and Edmund Stenson’s compelling film, “Blink,” at...

Oysters and us

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The title of Dan Martino’s new book, “The Oyster Book: A Chronicle of the World’s Most Fascinating Shellfish — Past, Present, and Future,” may...

Seahorse sculptures to shark weathervanes

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Walking into Anthony Holand’s studio is entering a fabulous hub of creativity. Unsurprisingly, with a three-year waitlist of clients, he is hard at work....

The class of ’60 celebrates 60 years

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Updated, Sept. 30 On Martha’s Vineyard in 1960, Elvis Presley’s “It’s Now or Never” topped the charts on transistor radios. A young man named John...

‘Up-Island Harbor’ by Jean Stone

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For fans of Jean Stone’s Vineyard novels, there’s good news. While her engrossing Vineyard series drew to a close with “A Vineyard Season,” she...

Lipsky’s landscape

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Stepping inside Kanta Lipsky’s new exhibition, “Local Influence,” is like walking outdoors. Her richly colored oil Vineyard landscapes are handsomely hung in the Playhouse Art...

M.V. Playhouse: ‘THE UNExPECTED 3rd’

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There is one unifying thing that everyone shares from the moment we are born … we are all getting older. Obie-winning actress and playwright...

27th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival

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Have you ever watched the Academy Awards and felt you would have been a better judge of what’s good and what’s not? Well, the...

Sweet tooth heaven

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If you have a sweet tooth, Murdick’s Fudge is one of the Vineyard’s best-loved treats. Depending on demand, they make anywhere from 180 to...

Celebrating cultural cuisine

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Thomas and Joyce Dresser’s new book, “A Culinary History of Martha’s Vineyard,” is a compact sweep that’s sure to awaken your taste buds. With...

A not-so Mad Hatter

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Billy Hoff’s painted flights of fancy abound in his exhibition through Oct. 6 at the Feldman Family Artspace, curated by Featherstone Center for the...

‘Will & Harper’

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“Will & Harper” will make you laugh, tear up, . . . and consider profound thoughts about what it means to be one’s true...

Horses return to Featherstone

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All things equestrian fill the bright, gorgeous Francine Kelly Gallery at Featherstone Center for the Arts through Oct. 6. Featherstone’s magnificent campus actually began...

Elio Silva: A Brazilian Entrepreneur

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The word for ‘entrepreneur’ translated from Brazilian Portuguese is: ‘empreendedor.’ And Elio Silva embodies that word. Since he emigrated 36 years ago from Brazil, a...

Healthy Thinking

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Two years ago, almost to the day, I lost my mother to Alzheimer’s disease, which took us both through six trying years. With a...

Darkness into Vineyard light

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For anyone who has or knows anyone who has wrestled with suicide or died from it, all can seem pretty dark. Seven years ago,...

Planting seeds of ambiguity

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Allison Alsup’s richly detailed, atmospheric novel, “Foreign Seed,” transports us to a fascinating, unfamiliar time and place. Based on history and infused with mystery,...

Looking for light

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Every summer, the dedicated artists of Aire MV bring their easels, brushes, palettes, and paint tubes out of the studio into the open air...

Steve Lohman’s whimsical sculptures at Turpentine Gallery

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Steve Lohman’s whimsical thin wire and thicker steel sculptures at the Turpentine Gallery make you smile with glee. They are playful drawings in space,...