Pride and Progress
June is here and with it comes the beginning of another Martha’s Vineyard summer. The ferries arrive a little fuller each day, Circuit Avenue begins buzzing late into the evening, and the Island starts to really feel the energy of the season. But beyond the return of the Island Queen Ferry and the hum of…
‘The Light Is Returning’
Menemsha artist Colin Ruel’s immersive exhibition “The Light Is Returning” evokes sorrow for those who have struggled to remain on the Vineyard after many generations, or who have been forced to leave the home they love. The show, in the Waggaman Community Gallery at the M.V. Museum through August 16, navigates the tension between continuity…
War in the time of war
Four years ago, Circuit Arts began an experiment called Locals: an off-season weekend for local performing artists to try out new projects in front of a friendly audience. Most of the participants were creating material from scratch. But Lagan Love, directed by Katherine Reid, did an excerpt from a pre-existing play: “An Iliad,” by Lisa…
Arts & Entertainment
Islanders Write: Author Lara O’Brien
After 18 years as a resident of Vineyard Haven, Irish author Lara O’Brien returned to live in her hometown of Howth, a little fishing village north of Dublin. When she went, she took much of the Vineyard with her — nothing material, but a deep education earned through writing workshops and arts-based community building. That…
‘Tuner’: Creating harmony out of chaos
Given its title, it’s not surprising that music is key in Daniel Roher’s new film “Tuner,” playing at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center starting on Friday, June 5. The stellar ensemble cast is pitch-perfect. In addition, the film has something for everyone: humor, crime, suspense, drama, and romance. And while there are many moving pieces,…
COMMUNITY PHOTOS
Late-summer hydrangeas. —Katherine Scott 
The calmness of an early morning commute. —Melinda McCarron 
Spring has sprung! Crocuses greeting the day. —Daniel Seidman 
North Road icon in Spring. —Valerie Reese 
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
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Eat & Drink
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.…
Three Questions with Eva Faber
This month we sat down with Eva Faber, co-founder of Goldie’s Rotisserie — one of Martha’s Vineyard’s most beloved food…
