Island Community Chorus performs this weekend
The Island Community Chorus got an unexpected gift of time when, just weeks into this rehearsal season, the Martha's Vineyard Hospital rescheduled its grand opening for the weekend of April 10 and 11.
Women Empowered dinner
Many dined at Mediterranean this past Sunday, April 11, to raise money for Women Empowered (WE), a non-profit organization that offers free life skills coaching programs, grants, and loans to Islanders.
West Tisbury students perform Caribbean folktale
Students in grades five through eight performed in the West Tisbury School's production "Once on This Island, Jr.
Golf courses open for the season
We wait for it all winter and into the spring: the day they say the greens are ready.
Island musicians pay tribute to Neil Young
Chappaquiddick musician and songwriter Kevin Keady joins several other Island musicians in a tribute to Neil Young at The Wharf.
Special Events M.V.
Thanks to the efforts of two local men, Joe Gervais and Joao Barbosa, Islanders have two opportunities to see an independent film at the Capawock Theatre.
Jemima James and Dan Waters perform April 9
With her warm, truth-telling voice and her 60s-era Gibson Hummingbird guitar, singer-songwriter Jemima James is a cornerstone of the Vineyard folk-music scene.
Martha’s Vineyard Film Society screens “Trust Us, This Is All Made Up”
Despite its unwieldy title, the documentary "Trust Us, This Is All Made Up" fine-tunes the fine art of improvisation to comic perfection.
Noteworthy
Green Fair seeking vendorsWorld Waterway of Martha's Vineyard and National Geographic will hold a "Green Fair" in conjunction with the book launch of "Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource.
Reel Pics
How could you not love a spin on a Lewis Carroll classic with a dolled-up Johnny Depp, a funny, fierce Helena Bonham Carter, a charming new version of Alice (Mia Wasikowska) — and best of all, the wildly imaginative Tim Burton? But with totally annoying Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, and its ultimate slide to conventional Disney — you won't.
Fine lines: Tom Hale’s lighthouses
"There's a Light to Starboard, Sir, right off our lee bow!" Tom Hale, 28 pages, printed in 2010 by Tisbury Printer.
Art and eggs: Easter hunts at Field Gallery and Tabernacle
A hazy fog hung over the Field Gallery in West Tisbury Sunday morning, making the annual search for Easter eggs all the more mysterious for an excited band of youngsters who charged toward the whimsical sculptures shortly after 9:30 am.
Cooking for a crowd at LeRoux
After about an hour of energetic multi-tasking, Cybele Sprague, owner of Zapotec Restaurant, set out big bowls with mussels, zesty green rice, and a wonderfully flavorful house salad.
“Pilgrimage” shows at Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center
There are quiet conversations among the family about the weather and shouldn't Ilana be wearing a hat, and there they are strolling through fields of wildflowers under springtime blue skies, along country roads, through old town squares, and pausing to place stones of remembrance on the monuments to those who died on the forced death marches out of Austrian concentration camps.