Radical Shakespeare: Children’s theater group performs Shakespeare classic
Shakespeare theatre groups are always emerging, but there aren't too many like The New Rude Mechanicals, a theater group comprised of 6- to 16-year-olds who will perform William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at The Yard this weekend.
Vineyard band Grateful Dread is built to last
Tom Major doesn't need to feign modesty about his current band.
NAACP fundraiser
Opportunities to support the local community while raising awareness on national issues are abundant on the Vineyard.
Ramsey Lewis Trio benefit concert
He's earned three Grammy Awards, seven gold records, and recorded 80 albums since he emerged as a major force in the jazz world 55 years ago.
Chali 2na at Nectar’s
Former member of Jurassic 5, hip-hop artist Chali 2na performs at Nectar's this Friday, August 13 with Two Fresh, Break Science, Borahm Lee, and Adam Deitch.
Cruising with Cruz: John Cruz plays on Alabama
The iconography and beauty of the Black Dog tall ships Shenandoah and Alabama might be familiar sights in the Vineyard Haven Harbor.
Dave Brubeck takes five for the Y
Hundreds of the Vineyard's best-heeled residents gathered before sunset in Katama Sunday evening to watch jazz great Dave Brubeck tickle the ivories.
The Flying Elbows release new CD Pokedelic
Decades ago on the Vineyard, before there was a distinction between "old" and "new" Ag Halls — back when the Agricultural Fair lasted only three days and was held at the West Tisbury Grange — each day culminated at sunset with the Fiddle Contest.
Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society celebrates 40
The Martha's Vineyard Chamber Music Society concludes its 40th anniversary summer with its fifth and final concert this Monday and Tuesday, August 9 and 10.
West Tisbury Bell Choir performs on Chappy ferry
The West Tisbury Handbell Choir boarded the Chappy Ferry, the On Time, last Friday evening for Bells On Time: A Floating Concert.
Two evenings with “Othello” and experts at Featherstone
For the last two years Boston's Actor's Shakespeare Project has been voted Best Theater Company by the Boston Phoenix.
“The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall” at Vineyard Playhouse
On one hand, it is not really about the 1977 Academy Award-winning mega-hit movie "Annie Hall.
“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”: a comedic experience
Those precocious kids we love to hate are played for laughs as they reveal an arsenal of emotional damage in Island Theatre Workshop's (ITW) production of the musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Mishka, Arrested Development, and Donavon Frankenreiter at Nectar’s
On the second track of Mishka's 2009 album Above the Bones, the international reggae sensation announces, "Here comes that train again.
Amphitheater transforms for magical performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream
Moments before the proverbial curtain was to rise on this year's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," something seemed amiss.
College troubadours land at Featherstone
A very talented band of troubadours has landed on Martha's Vineyard briefly to stage an original outdoor show before heading on to New York City's Fringe Festival.
“The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall”: New England’s premier of comedy at the...
The Vineyard Playhouse and Artistic Director MJ Bruder Munafo present "The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall" from July 22 to August 7, the New England premiere of a new comedy by Sam Forman, directed by Johanna McKeon.
Fun with The Fabulists every Saturday in Tisbury
"Welcome to our island," said actor Liz Hartford.
OperaFest 2010 this Friday at Union Chapel
"Glitter and Be Gay" is considered among the most difficult arias to master.
Stan Strickland, Joel Harrison to play at Ocean Club
Longtime friends, jazz musicians Stan Strickland and Joel Harrison, have been playing the occasional gig on the Vineyard since the early 80s.