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Art and culture of Tokyo at the Film Center

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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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

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“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’

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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

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“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’

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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’

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“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’

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“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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Memory is a tricky thing. It can be fluid … remembering is not an objective, static act. Noted author, literary scholar, and seasonal Islander...