Nashville on the Vineyard
Nashville is coming to light up the Vineyard on Sept. 20 and 21. Matt Casey is bringing both hit songwriters and emerging stars to play a plethora of venues over the Tivoli weekend.
Casey, a...
‘Billy Baloo’ redux
Michael Mason may have died in February 2023, but he’s living on through his labor of love, “Billy Baloo,” now onstage at the M.V. Playhouse. The tale was his life’s work, and his family...
‘Dancing in the Streets’ with Dance Theater of Harlem
Bodies were moving this past Friday in Ocean Park for a free community event called Dancing in the Street, where Islanders participated in an old-style Soul Train dance.
The world renowned Dance Theater of Harlem...
‘Dancing in the Streets’
Get your dancing shoes on because on Friday, August 9, at 5 pm in Ocean Park, you can dance with the world-renowned Dance Theater of Harlem (DTH) at their free community event, Dancing in...
Silas Berlin returns to perform classics at Edgartown library
Pianist Silas Berlin will be playing an afternoon piano concert at the Edgartown library Saturday, August 10, from 3 to 4 pm. The program will include Bach and Rachmaninov, and he and soprano Molly...
Livingston Taylor: Words and music
Singer, songwriter, teacher, performer, and supreme raconteur Livingston Taylor does it all. The latter makes him enthralling to see on stage and a delight to interview.
Like all busy Vineyarders, we begin our conversation by...
Storytelling on stage
The cast of “Miss Maybelline’s Nocturnal Flights of Fancy” at the M.V. Playhouse sings — quite literally at times. Although the play is not a musical as such, Miss Maybelline, while over 100 years...
‘Broadway Divas’ comes to the M.V. Film Center
How lucky are we? No need for subways. No bridges or tunnels to drive through from out of town to Manhattan’s theater district. Broadway divas will grace the stage at the M.V. Film Center...
Jewel comes to the Campground
Working to sustain and maintain the beautiful Campground in Oak Bluffs, with its charming and colorful architecture and storied history, is part and parcel of Kelly Feirtag’s job as general manager of the MV...
Fierce, dynamic, touching, trios and quartets
The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society (MVCMS) has two treats for us this summer at the Old Whaling Church.
The Verona Quartet will return to the Vineyard on July 28 at 4 pm — this...
‘Overcome’ and the tyranny of normal
Good theater engages us in innumerable ways. It makes us think and feel, draws us into the present moment and keeps us there. It also provides a peephole into someone else’s experience — one...
Meet Dock Street Fight Club
Alone they stand, together they're Dock Street Fight Club. The promising Island band has been playing together for three summers now, and have been playing at Dock Dance since last summer. On June 9,...
Jemima James brings us ‘Silver and Gold’
Island musician Jemima James' new album, “Silver and Gold,” has been released from the nest it was nurtured in, and is flying free at last. Luckily, the Island community will get the opportunity to...
Music at Featherstone Summer 2024
Before Featherstone Center for the Arts was officially Featherstone, music graced its beautiful campus. “It is just the most glorious setting for music,” says executive director Ann Smith.
Musical Mondays began the summer before the...
Mixing things up
The Yard is mixing up its rich tapestry of dance experiences this summer. The extensive renovation project on its campus has set new plans in motion for its season.
“Our idea this year was to...
Circle of friends
On June 29, acclaimed songwriters and musicians Jemima James, Lilah Larson, Willy Mason, Lexie Roth, Rose Guerin, Phil daRosa, Cliff Eberhardt, Amanda Palmer, Rachel Jayson, and more to be announced will perform at the...
‘Locals’ returns to the Grange
Creativity and community promise to merge in “Locals,” a two-night mini-festival highlighting Islanders’ diverse talents on Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, at 7:30 pm at the Grange Hall.
“Locals” is a chance for...
Aquinnah variety show: Talk of the town
It was a vaudeville village in Aquinnah Saturday evening. The inaugural Aquinnah Variety Show kicked off what is hoped by the organizers, Laura Jordan-Decker and Kate Taylor, will be the first of many to...
‘The Man I Might Have Been’
On Sunday, May 5, from 5 to 7:30 pm at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury, Island musician and Woodstove Studios (woodstovestudios.com) founder Peter Halperin will celebrate the release of his first album, “Bring...
This season at the Playhouse
From an African American neighborhood in 20th century Oak Bluffs to 1800s Colorado Rockies, and with a Black New York City schoolteacher and the British author of “Peter Pan,” the plays and characters in...