Abby Remer
For the ages
As the West Tisbury library website states, every body is welcome in Jesse Jason’s Saturday morning community dance class. Whether a budding novice, emerging...
Lights, camera, action
Richard Paradise, founder and executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society, is planning three enticing festivals in the next few months.
For Paradise, festivals...
A different angle
Ann Smith, Featherstone Center for the Arts executive director, is jubilant while walking through Joyful Geometrics — an exhibition that shines in the Francine...
Engaging art
As a photographer, curator, and teaching artist, Melissa Knowles comes from a background of using art, photography, and music in a health, therapeutic, and...
A surprise love
Rose, the protagonist in summer Island resident Elisa M. Speranza’s novel, faces a challenge — well, actually a number of them, which are at...
For the birds
We can thank the pandemic for bringing a lot of people who wouldn’t ordinarily be farmers around to the idea of raising chickens for...
Spring into history
Things are popping up at the Cooke House and Legacy Gardens in Edgartown, as the warm days of spring and summer finally greet us.
Starting...
The art of women
Pathways vibrated with creativity on Friday evening, with its eighth annual celebration “Women Live,” a multi-arts event celebrating International Women's Month. We were welcomed...
Colorful connections
Michael Rottman’s appealing new exhibition “Connections” kicks off Featherstone’s 2022 curatorship of the Feldman Family Art Space at the M.V. Film Center. And it...
Inspiring young actors
Writer and Montessori teacher Carrie Peckar says her newly released book, “Weird and Wonderful,” is not really a book per se, but rather a...
Feeling ‘Full’
Julia Spiro’s thought-provoking new book, “Full: A Novel,” is an incisive exploration of what it can cost to maintain appearances on the outside, no...
Architectural art
Jack Ryan is a master artist when it comes to the pen-and-ink technique. Look closely to see how he constructs entire compositions with stippling...
Hidden heroines
“Her Hidden Genius” by Marie Benedict is aptly named. You will be astonished and captivated by the heroine, British-born Rosalind Franklin, who, as it...
Loving the light
As the winter rolls on … and on and on … do yourself a favor and see photographer Paul Doherty’s newest exhibit, “Vineyard Refractions,”...
Kids’ choice
Pondering — or perhaps fretting just a tad — about what to do with the kids over winter school break? There are indoor and...
Wellness wins
COVID didn’t stop Jason Mazar-Kelly, also known as Yogi Jay, and his wife, Casey, from creating a new business on the Island. At the...
Creative minds
Things are really stirring at the Yard. They have a new cadre of folks and a substantial new grant that promises great things for...
A brief history of chocolate
As far as I’m concerned, chocolate is the nectar of the gods. And its evolution to seduction, or at least romance, is no small...
At the wheel
Pottery is a very visceral art form, and Featherstone Center for the Arts offers a wealth of opportunities this winter to get your hands...
Feeding body and soul
The Martha’s Vineyard Boys and Girls Club is going all out in serving about 700 Island youth, even while facing ongoing challenges brought on...