Thursday, March 28, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

The art of apparel

When Nancy Shaw Cramer closed her Main Street gallery in Vineyard Haven in 2014, she didn't spend much time enjoying retirement. Instead she launched a new business creating one-of-a-kind pillows, scarves, and clothing. It...

Friends of Family Planning MV Art Show at the Ag Hall this weekend

Every Memorial Day weekend, hundreds, if not thousands, of Islanders and visitors head to the Agricultural Hall for what has become for many the unofficial kickoff to the Vineyard summer season. The Friends of...

The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker

It was a good time to be a kid — or at least a kid at heart — at the Agricultural Hall on Saturday, as makers, crafters, and techies of all ages gathered to...

Spring Fling horse show

The Martha’s Vineyard Horse Council is hosting a Spring Fling horse show this Saturday, May 20, at the Ag Hall fairgrounds. Get your horses and ponies ready for 8 am warmups; the show starts...

Attention, shutterbugs

Join Jocelyn Filley this Thursday, May 18, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm for a lesson on the basics of photography at the Polly Hill Arboretum. The class will cover the fundamentals of composition,...

Andrew Carroll’s book takes an intimate look at WWI hero Gen. John J. Pershing

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We know that U.S. General John J. Pershing commanded more than 2 million American soldiers, sailors, and Marines in Europe during World War I. What we did not know until Pulitzer prizewinner Andrew Carroll lifted...

Richard Limber likes to stir things up

Artist Richard Limber describes himself — more than half-seriously — as “a thorn in the side of the Vineyard art world.” The Oak Bluffs–based artist has opted not to go the typical route of...

On the road family-style, with the David Wax Museum

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David Wax and Suz Slezak started the folk group David Wax Museum in Boston a decade ago as friends. Since then they have released multiple critically acclaimed albums and toured internationally as both a...

Gourmet food for a troubled family in ‘The Dinner’

A star-studded cast gives substance to “The Dinner,” playing this weekend at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center. Richard Gere plays Congressman Stan Lohman; Rebecca Hall, Stan’s trophy wife Katelyn; Steve Coogan, his brother Paul;...

Screening ‘Screenagers’

The MVRHS Performing Arts Center is hosting a free screening of the film “Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age” on Monday, May 15, at 6:30 pm. Teens and kids are spending more time on...

Tales – Peter Colt Josephs recounts the colloquial history of his beloved Island.

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“Tales of the Massachusetts South Seas: Stories from the Cape Cod Archipelago, Martha’s Vineyard,” By Peter Colt Josephs. Illustrated by Jo Anne Briggs. $40 at Bunch of Grapes. Peter Colt Josephs is a scholar, the...

‘A Magdalene Awakens’ is an eerie tale

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Nancy Safford’s magical mystery tour, “A Magdalene Awakens: Hidden Temple Secrets,” takes the reader from Sedona, Ariz., to the Rennes-le-Château commune of southern France, to Glastonbury, England, then loop-de-loops between the France and Sedona...

West Tisbury Public Safety Day

Come see the new Highway Department facility on Saturday, May 13, from 12 to 3 pm at the West Tisbury Fire Station No. 2 on State Road. Hot dogs and hamburgers provided by the...

‘From Ship to Shape’ chronicles a search for healing

Walter Vreeland’s autobiographical monologue, “From Ship to Shape,” takes place on a cruise ship in the summer of 2003, when the writer was just 23 and embarking on a job as a singer for...

Celebrate with a Big Night Out

The Vineyard Montessori School’s Big Night Out, a time to eat, drink, and dance for a cause, is Saturday, May 13, from 7 to 10 pm at the Lighthouse Grill at the Harbor View...

‘Art of Flowers’

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Flowers and Mother’s Day — they seem to go together. Especially, perhaps, to Vineyarders who have become accustomed to attending the annual “Art of Flowers” show at the Featherstone Center for the Arts. Every...

Free Mother’s Day portraits

Photographer Lynn Christoffers will be offering free portraits to all mothers, grandmothers, and families at the West Tisbury library on Mother’s Day, May 14, from 2 to 4 pm. Portraits will be sent in...

Maypole celebration

The Vineyard Haven Public Library will host an old-fashioned celebration of spring on Thursday, May 18, from 3:30 to 5 pm. Help weave the maypole in the garden; skipping and dancing required. Twelve participants...

The Strand

By Joel Holmberg The strand, caught between the flat sea and red cliffs, was narrow. Barely perceptible wavelets lapped the dry sand. The white ribbon stretched straight ahead without curves or coves and gradually compressed...

Kentucky Derby fever spreads through the Harbor View Hotel

The "most exciting two minutes in sports" was celebrated in style over four hours in Edgartown on Saturday. For the second straight year, the Harbor View Hotel hosted a Kentucky Derby Party, bringing fans of horse...