‘Gloves in!’
Independence Day is the annual celebration of America’s birthday — and so, on Martha’s Vineyard, it seems fitting that an innately American sport goes to bat each year on the Fourth of July. While the whole Island will be focused on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Island also…
The struggle and survival of our indigenous population
Nôepe, this Island where we live or visit, has been part of the U.S. for 250 years, but it has been a Wôpanâak homeland since time immemorial. On June 23, Vineyard Haven library hosted Brad Lopes, an Aquinnah Wampanoag citizen and the Aquinnah Cultural Center education and public program manager and education director for the…
Island Community Chorus to celebrate the 250th at the Tabernacle
A “With pomp and parade, with shews, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations.” –John Adams, on celebrating Independence Day “Shews” means “shows,” and this weekend, the most American show on the Island will be Island Community Chorus’s Fourth of July concert. The chorus’ 2026 repertoire is vast, encompassing multiple genres and eras — but…
First annual Farm Day
This past Friday, the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society hosted its first annual Farm Day, inviting guests of all ages to go behind the scenes and see how the Island’s local food is grown. The day-long celebration of Island agriculture was held onsite at seven Island farms — Beetlebung Farm, Island Grown Initiative Regenerative Farm, Native…
Arts & Entertainment
An island-to-Island interview
Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of eight New York Times best-selling works of American history, including “In the Heart of the Sea” (winner of the 2000 National Book Award); “Mayflower” (a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in history); a trilogy about the American Revolution that includes “Valiant Ambition” (winner of the George Washington Book…
‘Good Bones’ for good reads
The latest from Brooke Allen, a longtime Vineyard visitor, is an eclectic collection of essays and reviews she has published in the past 30 years. Troubled deeply by waning literacy in the internet age, Allen here engages in a rear-guard effort to keep alive the contributions and life stories of important writers who risk being…
‘I Love Boosters’ playing at the M.V. Film Center
Just when you think you know where writer-director Boots Riley is taking us in “I Love Boosters,” he throws in an extra twist … or two … or three. This surreal, anticapitalist crime comedy begins at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center on Friday, July 3. In a dark nightclub in the Bay Area, Corvette (Keke…
Community Photos
Send your submissions to photos@mvtimes.com for a chance to be featured in our community photos slideshow.
Spring has sprung! Crocuses greeting the day. —Daniel Seidman 
Patriotic hay bales, Nip in Tuck Farm road. —Kate Feiffer 
Late-summer hydrangeas. —Katherine Scott 
North Road icon in Spring. —Valerie Reese 
The calmness of an early morning commute. —Melinda McCarron 
Edgartown Memorial Wharf sunrise. —Kristen Jenkinson 
Edgartown Memorial Wharf sunrise. —Kristen Jenkinson 
Boch Park views, early fall. —Katherine Scott 
Pinkletink on rhodie leaf. —Eugenie Reidmiller 
Ghost Island sunflowers; my woodcut of Island trees. —Elizabeth Langer 
One of Molly’s Marvel’s. —Caroline Thorton 
Sunrise OB. – Mark Crossland 
Sunset in Katama —Fabricio Sornas 
Vineyard Haven silver sky —Elizabeth Langer 
Katama airfield —Zandro Avansini 
Harvest Moon. —Katherine Scott
Photo Requirements
- The name of the person who took the image.
- A brief sentence or two detailing who or what is pictured.
- Where it was taken (to just say Martha’s Vineyard is not sufficient).
- The image must have been shot on or around the island.
- The image must not be heavily altered.
NOTE: Images with watermarks, text overlays, digital borders or date stamps will be rejected.
Eat & Drink
Salt Air and Good Food: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Outside on Martha’s Vineyard
There is a specific kind of happiness that only reveals itself when you are sitting on a sun-warmed beach blanket…
Edible beauty
I pulled into the Bend in the Road parking lot and immediately noticed the wild roses, their pink and white…
What We Cook When We Celebrate
Be a Proud Ally Promise me this: You won’t celebrate Pride by just trying to make rainbow-shaped and colored foods.…
Farm Map
Looking for Island-grown food and flowers? Check out the “Farm Map” by the Ag Society.
